# Nostradamus **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004 "2001-09-12T03:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/21 "2001-09-12T17:27:38Z")
Nobody mentioned that [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_051.html) already covered this? ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/22 "2001-09-12T17:29:01Z")
…not to mention [David](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnostradamus.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/23 "2001-09-12T21:48:39Z")
Also predicted by Nostradamus: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will win the 2001 World Series. Pauly Shore will win 2 Academy Awards for best actor. The winning numbers are 5, 12, 15, 21, 30, and 32, but I can’t tell you where or when those numbers will hit. ---
**Author:** ![spoot4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@spoot4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoot4)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/24 "2001-09-12T23:42:52Z")
he had also said the village idot would take power of the greatest country in the world in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/25 "2001-09-12T23:59:05Z")
and you can read about it right here. [http://www.prospect.org/print/V12/3/mooney-c.html](http://www.prospect.org/print/V12/3/mooney-c.html) ---
**Author:** ![BingoBurringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@BingoBurringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BingoBurringo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/26 "2001-09-13T22:30:30Z")
My only source of joy from all this bullplop is that I had three Nostradamous paperback books I picked up for a quarter each in a used bookstore last year, and now I’ve already sold them all on Amazon to idiots for 10 bucks each. Coincidence? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/27 "2001-09-13T22:49:46Z")
This nugget was cited in the Associated Press feature “Religion Roundup” this morning (which features variuous religion-themed items). Anyway, it conspicuously fails to mention the hoaxical nature of the supposed prophecy. The short article does include the curious remark that “skeptics have found fault with other prophecies of Nostradamus. Bibilical prophets were held to a standard of 100 percent accuracy.” Not one of the best written stories (even for its Entertainment section) from the AP. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004/28 "2001-09-14T00:40:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Normally Nostrodamus nuts translate this to mean Jerusalem or Mecca or some other religious centre. New York hardly qualifies. I heard they cleaned up the ho’s in Times Square 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostradamus/81004.md?page=1)