A Trelawney Moment...

[macloudt at yahoo.co.uk]

> 
> Hmmm, does anyone know anything about Nostradamus?  I remember 
> watching a special about him when I was a kid and it terrified me.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw*****************************************

Jenny, I'm pretty sure it was July of '99 when a British telly 
channel had a Nostradamus night.  Why?  Because according to N's 
faithful followers the world was to come to an end that very day.  
Channel 4 had great fun taking the mickey out of the whole situation, 
encouraging everyone to eat, drink, and be merry, as we'd all be 
space dust in a few hours anyway.  The more serious side of the 
evening showed experts picking apart N's so-called predictions, and 
the conclusion was that once again the wording was so vague that it 
could be interpreted however one likes.  Much like Trelawney herself, 
don't you think?  

Come to think of it, on another board (can't remember which) someone 
mentioned a possible Nostradamus prediction link, but yet again holes 
were blown into this theory.  Sorry I can't provide any details, but 
I just skimmed over that info.

In any case it is indeed interesting that no psychic has come forward 
to claim predictions.  But then doing so is at the very least bad 
taste in far less tragic circumstances.  In this case the individual 
would be tarred and feathered, and rightly so IMHO.

Mary Ann
(who groaned the very minute she first met Trelawney, and hasn't 
stopped groaning since)