We are not prognosticators. We are not a bunch of Nostradamuses. (Nostradami?) We are not even one single
Long Island Medium. We don’t even know what we’re going to have for lunch. (Our best guess: turkey
Reuben.)
But we are doing this: laying odds on what will happen in the world next year. Politics. Entertainment. Culture.
It may be pure hubris at this point, but we’re willing to take that chance.
100:1—Trump-Carson 2016
250:1—Trump-Bush 2016
10:1—Trump-Shkreli 2016
5:1—Clinton-Sanders 2016
50:1—Sanders-Clinton 2016
Pretty, pretty good odds—Sanders-David 2016
17:1—Chris Rock performs magic tricks while hosting the Oscars.
10,000:1—Chris Rock strips down to underwear while hosting the Oscars.
1:10,000—Chris Rock is way better than Neil Patrick Harris when it comes to hosting the Oscars.
1,000,000:1—Chris Rock gives an Oscar to Miss Colombia by mistake.
1,000,000:1—Steve Harvey asked back to host Miss Universe.
15:1—Ben Affleck tapped to direct a big-screen adaptation of The Nanny.
2:1—Jon Snow brought back for season 6 of Game of Thrones.
50:50—Jon Snow killed in season 6 of Game of Thrones.
12:1—In an effort to upgrade respective images, Subway and Chipotle engage in battle to sign Pizza Rat as spokesperson.
50:50—Adele makes a triumphant return to drunk tweeting by end of year.
25:1—She does it by April.
5:1—Not paying $12 for a juice becomes hot new financial health craze of 2016.
3:1—Marijuana replaces kale as favorite green; people brace for weed Caesar salads.
500:1—The Walter Palmer Kitten Rescue opens.
30:1—Artisanal e-smoke becomes the new artisanal cocktail.
25:1—Vanessa Redgrave cameo in Downton Abbey series finale.
25:1—Sir Ian McKellen cameo in Downton Abbey series finale.
Surprisingly high—Lil Jon cameo in Downton Abbey series finale.
Most popular searches of 2016:
2:1—Royal Baby
5:1—Rio Olympics
1:1—Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess Doing “Turn Down for What”
But we are doing this: laying odds on what will happen in the world next year. Politics. Entertainment. Culture.
It may be pure hubris at this point, but we’re willing to take that chance.
100:1—Trump-Carson 2016
250:1—Trump-Bush 2016
10:1—Trump-Shkreli 2016
5:1—Clinton-Sanders 2016
50:1—Sanders-Clinton 2016
Pretty, pretty good odds—Sanders-David 2016
17:1—Chris Rock performs magic tricks while hosting the Oscars.
10,000:1—Chris Rock strips down to underwear while hosting the Oscars.
1:10,000—Chris Rock is way better than Neil Patrick Harris when it comes to hosting the Oscars.
1,000,000:1—Chris Rock gives an Oscar to Miss Colombia by mistake.
1,000,000:1—Steve Harvey asked back to host Miss Universe.
15:1—Ben Affleck tapped to direct a big-screen adaptation of The Nanny.
2:1—Jon Snow brought back for season 6 of Game of Thrones.
50:50—Jon Snow killed in season 6 of Game of Thrones.
12:1—In an effort to upgrade respective images, Subway and Chipotle engage in battle to sign Pizza Rat as spokesperson.
50:50—Adele makes a triumphant return to drunk tweeting by end of year.
25:1—She does it by April.
5:1—Not paying $12 for a juice becomes hot new financial health craze of 2016.
3:1—Marijuana replaces kale as favorite green; people brace for weed Caesar salads.
500:1—The Walter Palmer Kitten Rescue opens.
30:1—Artisanal e-smoke becomes the new artisanal cocktail.
25:1—Vanessa Redgrave cameo in Downton Abbey series finale.
25:1—Sir Ian McKellen cameo in Downton Abbey series finale.
Surprisingly high—Lil Jon cameo in Downton Abbey series finale.
Most popular searches of 2016:
2:1—Royal Baby
5:1—Rio Olympics
1:1—Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess Doing “Turn Down for What”