One word: 2020.

What on Earth is 2020?! What is this ludicrous year. In the words of Waylon Jennings, Stop The World And Let Me Off.

It started with a bang!

I remember it well. New Year's Eve. Big party. Friends and family. The roaring twenties were finally back again.

But then there was another bang.

When Trump ordered the death of Iranian General Soleimani sparking serious fears for a third world war.

Then came the fire.

Apocalyptic bush-fires which killed quite literally billions of animals and turned Australia into little more than an entire nation of fire and scorched Earth.

Then came COVID-19.

Yep, remember the world before coronavirus? Remember how good it was before this random virus started wiping out the entire planet and forcing the rest of us into total lockdown?

And then UFO's.

Yeah, I mean, this is the most ludicrous on the list - the US Government all but confirmed UFO's exist just last week but we're so used to absurd news nowadays nobody seemed to bay an eyelid.

Murder Hornets.

I remember being a little kid in the park in summer. Terrified of wasps I was. I think it's because I never got stung. I didn't know what they were capable of. But now? Well of course wasps and hornets aren't mental enough for 2020, so we've got giant murder hornets!

In fact.

2020 easy such a rough year that I actually can’t remember all the negatives.

But thank the Lord Christmas is finally here.

And although this Christmas isn’t the same as it used to be, it’s still providing a warm escape from the misery of earlier months.

Whether you’re with family or friends.

The festive season is providing us all with a small boost!

I guess that’s the beauty of Christmas!

Good food, good drink, good company. And maybe even a present or two!

It’s just a matter of days until New Year.

And people, for once, are actually looking forward to January.

It’s a new year! Thank goodness 2020 is over.

Or is it?

Well the legendary prophet, Nostradamus, thinks not.

And there have been some truly terrifying prophecies of his making headline recently.

Zombies and famine.

And they’re just two of his apparent prophecies for 2021.

Let’s remind ourselves.

That Nostradamus predicted a lot of things accurately. From WW2 to JFK’s assassination.

But for 2021, Nostradamus allegedly wrote:

On ‘Zombies’:

Few young people: half−dead to give a start. Dead through spite, he will cause the others to shine, And in an exalted place some great evils to occur Sad concepts will come to harm each one, Temporal dignified, the Mass to succeed. Fathers and mothers dead of infinite sorrows, Women in mourning, the pestilent she−monster: The Great One to be no more, all the world to end.

On Biblical Famine:

After great trouble for humanity, a greater one is prepared, The Great Mover renews the ages: Rain, blood, milk, famine, steel, and plague, Is the heavens fire seen, a long spark running.

On an asteroid hitting Earth:

In the sky, one sees fire and a long trail of sparks.

Yikes.

And there’s also talk of solar storms, soldiers with chips implanted in their brains, and more misery!

Bring back 2020 I say.

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