On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 16:08:54 +0100, Peter Lemesurier
<lemesur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 06:49:06 -0700, "digilinus"
><digilinus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> either wrote or (if so marked) quoted:
>
>>Why doesn't any of these sothsayers
>>ever come up with a prophecy about
>>maybe something happining a week from now?
>>Its always wait 15, 20 years or more.
>>
>>July 29th 2017
>>The sun will come up at dawn and go down
>>at sunset. Other than that nothing im****tant
>>to the universe will happen.
>>
>>How about a month form now.?
>>Anybody picking up any heavy vibes
>>about October 2003? Anyday that
>>month will do.
>
>Posted on 30th November last year:
>
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>
>Would you believe it? The seer has once again managed to come through
>on time with his Almanach for next year (2003). As before, he seems to
>have been attending English cl***** in his new abode, but the
>underlying style is very much as it always was... ;)
>
>[Comments in square brackets added subsequently...]
>
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>
>FOR THE WINTER
>
>Those who go forth to search shall discover only what they expect to
>find. [UN arms inspectors in Iraq never did discover anything of any
>signifance]
>
>The last week of December shall see Mars and Venus in conjunction in
>Scorpio before moving slowly into Aquarius, thus strongly indicating
>the possibility of war that may be waged in order to obtain what is
>greatly desired, and yet that shall become tinged on both sides with a
>certain amount of idealism. [Much talk of war at the time, and the
>story, like the conjunction, went on, evolving from a mere 'war on
>terrorism' to a kind of 'moral crusade' by the spring...]
>
>There shall be many deaths of strange birds, the appearance of even
>stranger men dressed in red, much travel, much exchange of gifts, many
>family quarrels. [Would you believe it? -- this duly happened... at
>Christmas!]
>
>A well-known person with a quavering voice shall die in or near the
>City of the Angels, to much public regret. [Hollywood actress
>Katharine Hepburn died at 96, but not until June, and in Connecticut,
>not Los Angeles!]
>
>Those who would fight terror with terror shall be no more successful
>than those who would fight war with war. [US failure to nail down Bin
>Laden, despite brave words following 9/11]
>
>Diseases shall lay low many of the old and the infirm. [New virulent
>form of pneumonia known as SARS -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
>-- started spreading from Far East in early March]
>
>Storms shall cause much havoc, and regions more used to warmth shall
>endure much cold. [Severe storms across American mid-west at
>Christmas: storms and floods across Europe in early January.]
>
>Great leaders thinking to reveal their greatness by meeting each other
>shall reveal their smallness by avoiding each other, then changing
>their minds and meeting each other again. [Already half-fulfilled by
>Blair and Chirac]
>
>Volcanoes and earthquakes shall strike unexpectedly [new eruption of
>Etna: several earthquakes already by the end of January].
>
>A leader named after a fish shall make warlike preparations of which
>he himself does not approve. [Colin Powell began to sound unexpectedly
>hawkish by the end of January -- 'colin' being the French for a
>coalfish or green pollack]
>
>A case of marital discord shall excite much public interest. [?]
>
>A mighty vessel shall be overwhelmed at sea. [Happens at least once a
>month, but in particular?...]
>
>The people of God shall be assailed by the people of God, who shall
>reply in kind. [Continuing atrocities by the Palestians against the
>Iraelis, and by the Israelis against the Palestinians]
>
>Floods shall devastate large areas. [Huge floods in southern France in
>January, as well as across much of the rest of Europe]
>
>Those who talk of fighting terror shall merely create it. [Not GWB,
>surely?!]
>
>
>FOR THE SPRING
>
>Those who say 'peace, peace' shall make war, war. [GWB again?]
>
>The religious shall display their irreligion, and the spiritual their
>lack of spirituality. [Was it ever otherwise?]
>
>Many shall die. [No -- really?! Not in Iraq, surely?]
>
>New planets shall be discovered by those who did not know of them, but
>not by those who thought that they did. [Jupiter-type planet
>discovered orbiting star HD 70642 re****ted by BBC on 3rd July 2003]
>
>A large country thinking to dispose of a small country shall find that
>small problems have turned into large problems. [USA invasion of Iraq
>in April, with huge post-war reconstruction problems]
>
>The disciples of a former prophet shall discover, yet not discover,
>that they are disciples of somebody else. [Could that be in the
>process of happening in a.p.n.?]
>
>Those who thought spring had arrived shall realise that winter has not
>yet left. [Was it ever otherwise?]
>
>A new Xerxes shall discover that he is no better than the old Xerxes
>[efforts of original US administrator in Iraq, Jay Garner, initially
>resulted in worse living conditions for many Iraqis than under Saddam
>Hussein].
>
>Those who are sober shall be drunk with their sobriety, while those
>who are drunk shall undergo sobering realisations about their
>drunkenness.
>
>
>FOR THE SUMMER
>
>There shall be great heat, great drought, great fires, yet at the same
>time unusual cold [massive fires in Arizona in June, unusually high
>temperatures all across Europe and drought in southern Europe --
>especially Italy -- in mid-July despite cold weather in Scandinavia,
>an extreme heatwave resulting in huge forest fires all across southern
>Europe and the west of North America in July/August].
>
>A great metallic bird shall descend from the sky, killing many [116
>killed in Sudan air-crash on 8th July].
>
>There shall be great arguments, great protests and great riots [huge
>and prolonged public demonstrations all over France at proposed
>increase in official retirement age: riots in southern Iraq in
>August].
>
>Many shall travel vast distances, but shall return more discontented
>with their lot than before [the experience seemed to be inexplicably
>confirmed by returning holidaymakers!].
>
>Despite advances in medicine, the blind shall not see very much, and
>the deaf shall be pretty hard of hearing [curiously, this proved
>true...].
>
>A would-be Caesar shall discover that Caesars have to suffer not only
>the glory, but also the fate of Caesars [dismissal of original US
>administrator, Jay Garner, in Iraq].
>
>Violent storms shall disturb the complacent [multiple cyclones all
>across the American midwest in May: violent thunderstorms in southern
>France and Spain in August].
>
>One who is sought shall still not be found [continued failure to find
>Bin Laden -- to say nothing of Saddam Hussein].
>
>Some of those paid to serve the populace shall do them a great
>disservice [evident lying by political leaders to persuade public of
>case for war against Iraq?].
>
>Many who thought to live for ever shall die [was it ever otherwise?].
>
>
>FOR THE AUTUMN OR FALL
>
>The weather shall be unusually warm in some parts where it was
>expected to be cold.
>
>The whole world shall be in fear of the crescent moon.
>
>Fires shall continue to rage.
>
>Books about a former prophet shall appear, in most cases without
>adding much to the sum total of knowledge about him.
>
>Ancient diseases shall return, and new ones spread.
>
>Students shall discover that the world is an unfriendly place.
>
>The harvest of some crops shall be unusually good, while others shall
>be unusually bad. In either case, many animals shall die.
>
>Where there was peace there shall be war, and where there was war
>there shall be war.
>
>At the end of the period, the quincentennial birthday of a former seer
>shall be celebrated, though on the wrong date.
>
>The end of the world shall be predicted, but not observed.
>
>The ignorant shall believe that they know everything: the wise shall
>know that they know nothing.
>
>Indifferent to human concerns, the Earth shall continue to turn, and
>the universe shall continue to unfold exactly as it is meant to.
Hahahahahahah what a bunch of horse****.
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