Just got an email from Ross Dawson in Sydney who is thinking of doing an update of our now infamous extinction timeline. The timeline was thought of over lunch in Bondi just before Christmas 2006 and went live in early 2007. Its most famous feature is possibly the extinction of Belgium, which has cost me so much lost business from Belgians over the past 5 years it’s not funny.
Anyway, I’ve got about 20 new additions, for example…
Landline telephones
Door bells
Wrist watches for under-25s
Desktop computers
Printing photographs
Chain bookstores
Record stores
e-cards
Tipex
Typewriters
MySpace
Paper textbooks in schools
Cheap food, especially meat
Single child policy (China)
So I wonder what else might be put on the death list. Any suggestions? Note that by extinction we mean the general disappearance of something, not the absolute and total extinction. It should also be noted that it’s not 100% serious.
What does it mean by waistlines will disappear? As in, we’ll all be round?
Anyway, other things that will disappear in the next 40 years – fixed line (corded) phones, photocopiers, desktop monitors, calendars, mice (computer variety) and keyboards.
What about things like ‘pets’ – with more allergies and concern over being attacked, I wonder if people will continue to have pets.
Yes, it’s either straight down or round. Not well put but I’m sure you know what I mean. BTW, turns out as well as extinctions we’re doing appearances!
and one has to add: Low Resolution Images