Due to positive feedback about last Friday's 'Top 8 Christmas predictions’, we’ve come up with a similarly themed offering for today’s pre-New Year’s column.
So, here are eight things you can expect to see in the coming few days:
1.
TV footage of drunken idiots, probably fighting among themselves, tomorrow night. Hopefully they don't bother sensible passers-by (and hopefully there's none of it in the Riverland).
2.
A sobering compilation of the famous names who have died over the past year. We sometimes don't realise just how many people we have farewelled. Think about the number of people in your life who have died over the past year: it could make you appreciate your loved ones even more.
3.
Media stories about new hangover 'cures' for those who over-indulge on New Year's Eve. Drinking water during and after your big night out is fine, but regardless of what you do, alcohol takes its sweet time to exit your system.
4.
With reference to the above, someone trying to appear wise by saying: 'Don't drink, that's the best cure for a hangover'. Well, if you didn't drink, you wouldn't have one, would you?
5.
Lists of well known people and their New Year’s resolutions. In fact, The Pioneer has one on page 5 today.
6.
Entertainment journalists coming up with their 'picks of the year' in film, music, TV etc. Expect rampant snobbery in most cases, with anything 'popular' or 'successful' facing an uphill battle to make the cut.
7.
A handful of people tell you they "didn't see in the New Year" at all. "I was in bed by 11...". Odds are at least a couple of them did in fact see in the New Year – and were watching TV when the clock struck midnight.
8.
A column about someone's top New Year’s predictions.
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