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50 Predictions for 2008
This list was posted on January 1, 2008, and is updated continuously as the year goes on…
1. Carla Bruni gets a baby in September - with a bit of Hungarian blood
2. José Bové ends his hunger strike before he dies - because hunger strikes
3. Terrorists target Eiffel Tower
4. Marion Cotillard does not win an Oscar for her role as Edit Piaf in 'La Vie en Rose'
I lost. Cotillard won Best Actress.
5. Italians beat French in Durex poll about weekly intercourse frequency
6. Nine in ten French associate work with stress, up from three in four last year
7. France sells nuclear power plants to half a dozen Muslim states
8. Last Slovenian bear dies in Pyrenees 'accident'
9. Segolene Royal sues paparazzi for publishing topless photos, then drops charges
10. Stock market crisis: CAC-40 hits 4,000 low
11. Gerard Depardieu announces his retirement, then makes six new films
12. France does not win the UEFA cup
13. French unemployment down to 7%, but socialists say the figures are cooked
14. Eurotunnel closed after leaks found
15. Massive public disobedience forces government to relax smoking ban
16. Renault will not become Formula 1 champion
17. Earthquake hits France
18. Alain Robert, aka the French Spiderman, dies in his sleep
19. Air France goes on strike at the start of the summer holidays
20. Trains, buses and metros go on strike at the start of the Easter holidays
21. Postal workers go on strike in the run-up to Christmas
22. Tour de France marred by doping scandals, foreigner wins
23. France does not win any Nobel prize
24. Sébastien Chabal shaves his head and beard
25. France will not reduce its budget deficit to 64% of GDP
26. Mona Lisa declared a forgery
27. French remain #1 swallowers of anti-depressants in Europe
28. At least two socialists quit Sarkozy's government
29. Ségolène Royal romantically linked with industrial multimillionaire
30. Peugeot and Citroen 4×4s declared 'commercial failures'
31. Johnny Hallyday forced to cancel his farewell tour for health reasons
32. At least two Franco-American showbiz couples break up
33. Miss France 2008 does not become Miss World 2009
34. First Airbus A380 superjumbo crashes
35. French hydro-electric dam collapses, several towns drown
36. Millau brige closed for 'unscheduled maintenance'
37. Tapwater in Brittany declared unsafe to drink
38. France sells zero Raphale fighter jets
39. Accident in French nuclear power plant, government says it's not too bad
40. Jacques Chirac found guilty of multiple crimes, gets presidential pardon
41. Miss France 2009 loses her crown because of naughty pictures
42. French universities score even lower than last year in the world's "best of" list
43. Frogsmoke will not win any blog award
44. There will be at least half a dozen calendars with naked people
45. France does not win the Eurovision song contest
46. Google has 99% of the search market, three new French search engines launched
47. First French victim dies of Taser gun
48. Sarkozy meets five world leaders who are shorter than him
On track: Sarkozy met King Abdullah of Jordan on Jan 5.
49. Mohamed becomes second-most popular baby boy's name
50. Nicolas and Cecilia kiss and make up
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Comment from Lurker
Time: March 9, 2008, 6:54 am
#45 might be brought about if a load of annoyed French speakers agree to vote for the English entry out of spite for it (their one) being in English…
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