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March 22, 2006 3:35 PM

Fan predicts 7-0 win on BBC site
posted by Ugandan Discussions (34 comments total)

predict derision in .. 93 seconds
posted by jepler at 3:38 PM on March 22, 2006

"Punter" is a funny word.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:41 PM on March 22, 2006

damn .. clearly my prediction was way off.
posted by jepler at 3:41 PM on March 22, 2006

How peculiar. Not sure it merits a post, mind.
posted by jack_mo at 3:43 PM on March 22, 2006

So it's true...Simon Cowell and Mark Burnett control everything!
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:43 PM on March 22, 2006

I predict deletion after 23 comments, at least 17 of which will be variations on this joke.
posted by dersins at 3:46 PM on March 22, 2006 [1 favorite]

What a dumb post.
posted by gagglezoomer at 3:49 PM on March 22, 2006

What does this news story have to do with America?
posted by xmutex at 3:52 PM on March 22, 2006

I think the only thing particularly impressive about the prediction is that the 6th goal would be an own goal. Isn't it just the law of large numbers that eventually some fan's optimistic pre-game prediction on the internet will eventually correspond with actual results?
posted by stopgap at 3:54 PM on March 22, 2006

So, out of a bajillion (or is that gazillion?) predictions made by people last Tuesday, one(!) had a passing correlation with what actually occurred that day.

Something about monkeys typing Shakespeare ...
posted by bright cold day at 3:55 PM on March 22, 2006

I see this as yet more evidence of Time Travelers leaving little clues for us to find...
posted by WhipSmart at 3:56 PM on March 22, 2006

Colbert was five for five on Oscar predictions. Now that's impressive.
posted by bardic at 4:03 PM on March 22, 2006

Come on, we should totally be overreacting to this.
posted by wumpus at 4:08 PM on March 22, 2006

What xmutex said.

Interesting story, although I already read it earlier today.
posted by fire&wings at 4:18 PM on March 22, 2006

Maybe this is what they're discussing in Uganda today.
posted by quantumetric at 4:22 PM on March 22, 2006

I'm far more amused by the fact that BBC thought it was interesting enough to make a news article about than the fact that it happened. They do love their football.
posted by blacklite at 4:31 PM on March 22, 2006

I have one thing to say.

GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET INNNNNNNNNN YOUUU REDDDDDS!


Translation into english for americans unfamiliar with this idiom: well done you red-shirted players of soccer.
posted by lalochezia at 4:47 PM on March 22, 2006

Maybe this is what they're discussing in Uganda today.

Well they do like their footy
posted by twistedonion at 4:54 PM on March 22, 2006

Nice job, except Fabregas is better than Messi.
posted by wfc123 at 5:11 PM on March 22, 2006

Sounds like a pretty boring game of football to me. That's only 1 touchdown.
posted by jefbla at 5:21 PM on March 22, 2006

they should go back to calling it soccer.
posted by tsarfan at 5:22 PM on March 22, 2006

How do we know it isn't fake, as in, they might have the wrong timestamps or the person might have been able to edit the post afterward or something?

Also, would the person who predicted the exact outcome like to contact me personally and give me his predictions for this weekend? I could do with the money.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 5:40 PM on March 22, 2006

Come on, we should totally be overreacting to this.

Non-compassion fatigue.
posted by mediareport at 6:24 PM on March 22, 2006

That's an amazing prediction... does this fellow have a newsletter, or perhaps a religion that I could sign up for?
posted by I Love Tacos at 6:28 PM on March 22, 2006

Wait, wait, wait....so a fan predicted his team would win a game in a blowout? No fuckin' way! And the other team would score against themselves, thus proving their incompetency? Good golly!
posted by graventy at 7:03 PM on March 22, 2006

At least add a little more color to this linkfilter:

Nostradamus didn't pick this one, but he was close (Century 7: Verse 36). And close only matters in horseshoes and hand grenades. When we these come true? Or have they???
posted by ?! at 7:26 PM on March 22, 2006

adnan was here, errmm, too !!!
posted by adnanbwp at 8:31 PM on March 22, 2006

Take her to Saintfilter.
posted by Samsonov14 at 8:35 PM on March 22, 2006

Earlier today I predicted my cat would poop in this litter box before running around the house as fast as possible in an insane fashion. AND THEN HE DID!
posted by Justinian at 10:22 PM on March 22, 2006

The unstated and more newsworthy subtext is that the whole game was a gigantic fix.
posted by criticalbill at 12:05 AM on March 23, 2006

Spooky, of course it all just ties in with my previous prediction: "Brum are shit."
posted by Jofus at 1:04 AM on March 23, 2006

I predict that Chelsea will WIN at the weekend!

And they will be EVIL CHEATING GITS, every last one of them.

Look, I was born with *magical powers*
posted by Blip at 3:06 AM on March 23, 2006

I predict Arjen Robben's head will be shot clean off by a sniper but that his hands will continue to clutch where his face used to be and that his body will roll back and too until a penalty is awarded or the full 90 minutes is up.
posted by biffa at 3:46 AM on March 23, 2006

YNWA!
posted by 27 at 10:14 AM on March 23, 2006