PREDICTIONS 01.10.08

Pipe-smoking, which has been losing popularity in the past few decades, will suddenly become popular again among early adults -- both men and women. The reason for this will be surprising: It will be the result of a dance craze called “The Pipe,” which is performed with a pipe in the mouth.
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Expect most fine dining seafood establishments to offer an assortment of shark in the next decade, the result of an explosion of shark farming in southeast Asia.
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In the next 50 years, a severe financial crisis will cause America to sell off Alaska and Washington State to Canada. Many residents of these states, disgusted by the political failure that led up to this event, will choose to remain in their home states and become Canadian. The cause of this momentous event? A war with China.