Ever say something only to be proven severely wrong?

StupidLikeAFox

These guys did!
http://my.athenet.net/~jlindsay/SkepticQuotes.html

Ill also mention Margaret Thatcher, who said that there would never be a woman Prime Minister in her lifetime

(then went and won an election....obv)

Scarinae

What about that British weatherman, I think his nae was Michael Fish, who said something like "A woman just rang in asking if it was true that a hurricane was on the way, well don't worry, there isn't one"
And then England was hit by a hurricane

dlofnep

ColHol wrote:

These guys did!
http://my.athenet.net/~jlindsay/SkepticQuotes.html

Ill also mention Margaret Thatcher, who said that there would never be a woman Prime Minister in her lifetime

(then went and won an election....obv)

She wasn't a prime minister, she was a dictator.

joejoem

Fishie wrote:

What about that British weatherman, I think his nae was Michael Fish, who said something like "A woman just rang in asking if it was true that a hurricane was on the way, well don't worry, there isn't one"
And then England was hit by a hurricane

and it was the worst one recorded since the 16th century or something? I think it was worse than any storm to hit America even

rubadub

Every time I go to the pub and say "I'm only having one or 2 and then I'm off home"

Unit00

In nightclubs

There is no way she will leave with him

Catsmokinpot

ALL the time


George W bush did to but he seemed to get away with it :rolleyes:

toiletduck

dlofnep wrote:

She wasn't a prime minister, she was a dictator.

really? i could have sworn her government was elected three times...

disillusioned

as a teenager i swore that i would never wear high-heels, carry a handbag or get married - now i've done all three and my dad loves to remind me of this at every family gathering! :rolleyes:

prospect

disillusioned wrote:

as a teenager i swore that i would never wear high-heels, carry a handbag or get married - now i've done all three and my dad loves to remind me of this at every family gathering! :rolleyes:

Jeepers Frank, I never knew!!!!

ixoy

Seeing the Spice Girls do a crappy first live performance on MTV Europe, before their first single, and announcing with contempt that they'd never get anywhere.

disillusioned

prospect wrote:

Jeepers Frank, I never knew!!!!

you found me out...