How to sum up 2010? To paraphrase Jim Crow from Dumbo, and with apologies in advance to the Disney Corporation:
I seen a penis tanned, was seen on TV and I went to London to march with Pride. But I been done seen about everything, when I seen a Melanie fly.
However, I did as usual make some predictions for the year just gone, and the results are in – courtesy of Chris as per. Adjudications and corrections in square brackets. Feel free to insert your own oar in the comments.
The Oscars
- Best Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man [No – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart]
- Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia [No – Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side]
- Best Original Screenplay: District 9 [No – The Hurt Locker]
- Best Director: James Cameron, Avatar [No – Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker]
- Best Picture: Up in the Air [No – The Hurt Locker]
[Score: 0/5]
UK General Election
- The election takes place on March 25th [No – May 6th]
- Predicted share: Con 39%, Lab 32%, Lib Dem 21% [Close enough – 36%, 29%, 23%]
- Predicted seats: Con 296, Lab 267, Lib Dem 56 [Close enough – 306, 258, 57]
- A Green party MP is elected [Yes – Caroline Lucas]
- Esther Rantzen wins Luton South [No – she lost her deposit]
[Score: 3/5]
Entertainment
- ITV closes down ITV3 and ITV4 to save money [No]
- Britain’s Got Talent contestants include a trio of drag artistes collectively known as The Fleurettes [No]
- Robbie Williams rejoins Take That for at least one concert [Everything but! Rejoined Take That, recorded an album, announced 2011 tour, performed with Gary at Help for Heroes concert, Take That performing New Year’s Eve in Barbados but without Robbie – 0.9 points]
- The final UK Big Brother is won by a lesbian [No – Josie, or Brian Dowling if you count Celebrity Big Brother]
[Score: 0.9/4]
Science
- The Large Hadron Collider does not find the Higgs Boson this year [True]
- Exoplanet GJ 1214b is confirmed as a water ocean planet with an atmosphere [No]
[Score: 1/2]
Sport
- Winter Olympics: Great Britain win one gold medal [True], one silver medal [Wrong – zero] and zero bronze medals [True]
- World Cup semi-finalists (in no particular order): England [No], Brazil [No], Denmark [No], Argentina [No]
- Cambridge win the University Boat Race [True]
- Andy Murray wins a grand slam singles tournament [No]
- A fatal accident occurs during the construction of Olympic Park in Stratford [No]
[Score: 3/10]
Celebrity Deathwatch
- The Duke of Edinburgh [No]
- Jimmy Young [No]
- Jimmy Saville [No]
- James Garner [No]
- Lady Gaga [No]
- Ian Paisley [No]
[Score: 0/6]
[Total score: 7.9/32]
Well, that was rubbish as usual. Any moment now: my 2011 predictions.
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