The Coffee Place's Joke Stack
The Art of Being Wrong:
'And for the tourist who really wants to get away from it all - safaris in Vietnam' - Newsweek predicting popular holidays for the late 1960's
'ALL THE PASSENGERS ARE SAFE' - Lancashire Evening Post headline on their report of the Titanic sinking.
'Television won't last. Its a flash in the pan' - Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948.
'The Beatles? They're on the wane' - the Duke of Edinburgh in Canada 1965. They went on to produce five albums and eleven singles, most of which got to number One.
'Radio has no future' - Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, 1890-5.
'Heavier than air flying machines are impossible' - Lord Kelvin. President of the Royal Society,1890-5.
'X-Rays will prove to be a hoax'-Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, 1890-5.
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