The 100 Most Entertaining Predictions about the 21st Century

by William Ray, Lynette Ray

Overview

A fascinating look at the predictions—wacky and wise—that have been made about our new century and millennium.

For centuries, the turning of the 21st century has attracted predictions like a windshield attracts bugs. Now that we're there, we thought it would be fun to research what has been predicted about our day—from both recent and ancient history—and see how the predictions turned out. The result is The 100 Most Entertaining Predictions About the 21st Century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595145614
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/2000
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

William and Lynette Ray are graduates of Grand Canyon University, and William holds the Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. William is also the author of ANSWERED PRAYER: THE JESUS PLAN, BIBLE SIDEKICK: STUDY HELPS FOR BELIEVERS NEW AND OLD, and the novel BURDEN STONE.

Table of Contents

	You Won't Look a Day Over 40	1
	So Says the Pyramid	2
	Jumping Out the Office Window	3
	$30 Trillion in Frozen Bodies	4
	Medical Experiments on Felons	5
	Popes Harmed	6
	A German Empire	7
	Ireland Relocated	8
	Lasting Peace in 2002?	9
	Earth Knocked Off its Orbit	10
	China Invades the Middle East	11
	Freight Shipped Cross-Country by Air Tube	12
	Ship of Pearls	13
	"Aerocar" Garage	14
	Highways Give Way to Hovercraft	15
	All-Wheel Steering	16
	The Life Span of Cars	17
	Good-bye to Black Ink on White Pages	18
	Moral Breakdown	19
	Abortion	20
	Women's Work?	21
	A Woman President	22
	Freeways Converted into Skating Rinks	23
	No More Ironing	24
	A Tunnel to America	25
	Bridges Across the Atlantic	26
	"A Milk Faucet in Every Kitchen!"	27
	Growing Chicken Parts	28
	Man Will Fly (from Hill to Hill)	29
	Oprah Buys CBS	30
	Sharon Stone Rescues Plane from Hijacker	31
	Paid to be Idle	32
	Earth Admitted to Interstellar Federation	33
	Mechanical Doctors	34
	Square Tomatoes	35
	A Paradise for Womankind	36
	Hot Walls	37
	Air Conditioning Faucets	38
	A Thermostat in Your Clothes	39
	Hosing Down the Living Room	40
	No Tolerance for the Nonproductive	41
	Household Robots	42
	No Smoking	43
	Municipal Umbrella	44
	World Population	45
	No More Racial Prejudice	46
	End of the Cold War	47
	Boswash, Chipitts, and Sansan	48
	Cure for the Cold	49
	A Really Easy Pregnancy	50
	Canada Claimed by the U.S.	51
	Specialized Breeding of Humans	52
	Modern Gas Stations	53
	Women Make No Bad Marriages	54
	Fashions Never Change	55
	Distant Events Relayed By Mirrors	56
	State-of-the-Art Home for $5000	57
	Domed Cities	58
	Talking Plants	59
	The Speed of Light	60
	Basketball Goals 12 Feet High	61
	Earthscrapers	62
	Moats Come Back in Style	63
	A Marriage for Family, A Marriage for Pleasure	64
	Sex for Efficiency Only	65
	Ice Age	66
	California Earthquake	67
	Rats, the Plague, and Celebrities	68
	"The Rockin' Royals," Regis Philbin, and Roseanne	69
	Alien Virus	70
	Men on Mars	71
	Commuters Whisked through Tunnels at 500 mph	72
	Family Helicopter Parked on the Roof	73
	The American Highway of the Year 2000	74
	The White House in Minneapolis?	75
	The Debit Card	76
	Marlboro, Winston, and Marijuana	77
	Castro	78
	Saddam Hussein's Rule Ends	79
	No Man on the Moon	80
	Tragedy for the Royal Family	81
	Women Will Rule the World	82
	No Professional Sports	83
	Somebody Forgot to Tell My Boss	84
	Bathing Bubble	85
	Just Two More Popes	86
	God Coming to Garland, Texas	87
	Touched by an Alien	88
	Nostradamus Predicts Catastrophe in 1999	89
	The End of Democracy	91
	Underwear Converted into Candy	92
	Silicone Injections in Every Girl's Make-up Kit	93
	A Cure for Grouchy Spouses	94
	Your Brain Wired to a Computer	95
	A Helicopter in Your Backpack	96
	"We Deliver!"	97
	An "Airship" with Bat-like Wings	98
	Eve Takes Off Her Leaf	99
	Doctors Refund Fees If Patient Not Cured	100
	Golf the Chief Pursuit of Man	101