The trick to “psychic” and “astrological” predictions: Every year, throw out a hundred of them. 90 are things that are vague and almost bound to happen anyway, and 10 are imaginative but improbable. Then ignore the misses and trumpet the hits. If one of the “out there” ones should happen to come true by sheer coincidence, buy billboards and TV spots about it.
Hint: If you run across ads for “this guy who predicted Trump would win in 2016”, it’s the same scam.
Mom may have been on to something. Remember, this was the Great Flood of ’93. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/calculating-disaster-scientists-who-predicted-great-flood-93#stream/0
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
I guess, Mike takes after his father.
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Poor Burt. He didn’t look so good there at the end.
Ravenswing almost 5 years ago
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Guilty Bystander almost 5 years ago
And how long DID Burt and Loni last? Or Burt and Sally? Or Burt and Dinah…?
Troglodyte almost 5 years ago
One could only hope (against hope) that Jeane’s weather predictions would continue to work over the years. But history tells us otherwise.
Differentname almost 5 years ago
iirc Burt and ‘Anybody’ was an easy prediction.
Watcher almost 5 years ago
I guess the Farmer’s Almanac fell out of favor with her.
Jimmyk939 almost 5 years ago
Even a digital is correct, unless it’s a 24 hour clock.
Call me Ishmael almost 5 years ago
Nobody predicted Trump
ArtyD2 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Thanks a lot. It just sank in, this strip and I are really old.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The trick to “psychic” and “astrological” predictions: Every year, throw out a hundred of them. 90 are things that are vague and almost bound to happen anyway, and 10 are imaginative but improbable. Then ignore the misses and trumpet the hits. If one of the “out there” ones should happen to come true by sheer coincidence, buy billboards and TV spots about it.
Hint: If you run across ads for “this guy who predicted Trump would win in 2016”, it’s the same scam.
Kabana_Bhoy almost 5 years ago
Mom may have been on to something. Remember, this was the Great Flood of ’93. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/calculating-disaster-scientists-who-predicted-great-flood-93#stream/0
alexius23 almost 5 years ago
Now there’s name I haven’t heard in decades
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
People get separated from their money in the most extraordinary ways. sigh…
DoktorScheisskopf almost 5 years ago
“Today’s appearance by Jeanne Dixon is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.”
bryan42 almost 5 years ago
I you knew you were right about the flooding then why didn’t you by insurance this year, Ma?
cmxx almost 5 years ago
Ma, if you planted rice in an unflooded field, how did it survive?
bakana almost 5 years ago
Safe Prediction. There is Always a very heavy rain Somewhere.
You can also predict a bad Drought with almost perfect certainty. Somewhere Else.