Tales From The Ridge

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Crystal balls-up

"It's nearly that time again," Ecks said, "My favouritest time of the year."
"Christmas?" asked Madame Poincaré.
"No."
"Hanukkah?" asked the Monkey Man.
"No."
"The anniversary of the 1392 abdication of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, which ended the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts?" asked Lazzaro Lamela, the Italian circus owner.
"No, you're all wrong - it's the time of year when we add up the scores of all the 'mediums', 'seers' and 'psychics' who made predictions in January about the coming year."
"I used to be a medium, you know," continued Lazzaro, "But then I put on weight."

Find out how the psychics did
here