Status: Hoax
Via
David Emery's Urban Legends blog I read about a Nostradamus prophecy now doing the email rounds which predicts a World Cup victory for Spain (never mind that Spain is no longer in the running):
At the end of the sixth month of 2006,
The King of Spain will cross the Pyrenees with his army.
The legions of Beelzebub await the battle on the central European plains.
Destruction and defeat will fall on the evil-doers.
The Holy Grail will be returned to Spain.
Nostradamus wrote no such thing. And as David points out, the World Cup final is in July, not June. But more importantly, when I was in Vegas over the weekend I placed a $20 bet on England to win, so I'm glad this prophecy has already proven false. Maybe what the prophecy really means is that The Da Vinci Code movie will open in Spanish theatres in June. (Can this be true?)
Of course, Nostradamus is famous for his sports-related prophecies. His most famous quatrain foretold the death of Henry II during a jousting contest (if you believe his supporters):
The young lion will overcome the old one,
On the field of battle in single combat:
He will burst his eyes in a cage of gold,
Two fleets one, then to die, a cruel death.
It sounds like gibberish to me. But then, all of Nostradamus's quatrains sound like gibberish to me.
Comments
*runs and hides*
It's called the "Make enough vague predictions and something'll stick" school of prognostication.
Oh, by the way, I predict a major air catastrophe, the death of a world reknowned figure, a major upheaval in the middle east, and a natural disaster with shocking loss of human life within the next 6 months. (Remember, ya heard it here first, kids! 😉
OMG! how did you know?
I Hope So.
And in brazil we have a "carro_a_agua" in yahoo groups.
Many peaple are waste time in this idiot project!
Im'from Brazil and i not very good in english. Sorry!
On a vast, global collective consciousness,
They will project their thoughts onto this place,
And proclaim another statement to be false.
Hey, look guys! I just discovered a "lost tome" from Nostradamus! He predicted this site! How spooky is that?!
And ya know what else? He also predicts that pants don't really exist. That's right, pants = non existant.
"That which will be carried off by the young Hawk,
By the Normans of France and Picardy:
The black ones of the temple of the Black Forest place
Will make an inn and fire of Lombardy."
Given the obtuseness of the other predictions I think this straight forward. Note this was posted before the quarter final matches but I will not be putting a bet on the prediction.
*looks down*
Damn, he was right!
🐛
At least come up with something that has a HINT of possibly being true.
Have a Nostradamus contest.
Whoever writes the best prophecy quatrain
Wins a prize, preferably something predictable.
But first, Gary, be mindful of the rules.
Four lines, of course, of ten syllables each.
Also a pause... after syllable four.
Nostradamus, in his four-sided hat,
Told his strange tale in a kind of ping-pong.
Hinting at this, making guesses at that,
Too bad for him, but his forecasts were wrong.
At the end of the sixth month of 2006
---> This is true in LUNAR months
The King of Spain will cross the Pyrenees with his army.
---> King of Spain might not be SPAIN. Think spanish football
---> Which country need to cross Pyrenees in order to go germany ?
The legions of Beelzebub await the battle on the central European plains.
---> Which country known as Beelzebub ?
---> Central European = Germany
Destruction and defeat will fall on the evil-doers.
The Holy Grail will be returned to Spain.
---> evil-doers = Beelzebub
---> Holy Grail = Worldcup.
All above would be my interpretation, don't shoot me for any harm done. Well as usual, do correct above statement if anything is wrong.
Above info would tell who is worldcup finalist and world cup winner 😊