Iran to lose it’s Barbie Battle with the West

According to Reuters the Iranian morality police are focusing their efforts on the pressing matter of banning Barbie Dolls citing the “destructive social and cultural consequenses” her sale has on their country. Iran’s approved alternative to Ken and Barbie, a couple known as Sara and Dara, are attired in traditional Islamic dress as shown above. We’re predicting that despite the couple being outlawed that they’ll continue to outsell Sara and Dara by means of the Black Market.

The “Are you busy” chat with Taxi Drivers to be replaced by “Fuel’s gone mad expensive hasn’t it”

We all roll out the same small talk with taxi drivers or variations of it but with the recent fuel and VAT hikes we’re predicting that taxi drivers will be assaulted with mile per gallon, diesel vs petrol and where’s the cheapest petrol station rants.

Interesting fact – the last time average fuel prices in Ireland were under €1 was as recently as January 2009. Click here for a historical breakdown of fuel prices.

Brian Kennedy to Steer Clear of Reality TV for 2012

Nice guy Brian Kennedy managed to undo 20 years of swooning middle aged women in the space of ten days with two outbursts on national TV. We’re predicting that after his public eruptions he’ll take sound counsel and politely decline any reality TV offers or Paul Martin interview requests for the foreseeable future.

Continued Happy New Year emails

People often ask the question “Is it too late to say Happy New Year?” I’m of the opinion that the festive email opening line is only valid for the first two weeks of January but am predicting that it’ll continue to infiltrate our inboxes for at least another week.