At a clock time when our flabbers be gasted day by day , it can be punishing to keep track of the biggest and offend stories in the news cycle per second . One person , however , seems to have been hold on forrader of America ’s latest election developments armed with nothing but asparagus .
The news that President Joe Biden was remove himself out of the running go bad on Sunday , July 21 . “ I have decided not to admit the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duty as President for the difference of my term , ” he said onX.
The declaration sent a shockwave of enquiry through the Twittersphere ( let us have sex when you have an X option to this ) . What does this mean for the electoral race ? Is Kamala Harris the frontrunner to replace him ? But one user asked , perhaps , the most pressing of questions …
Did the human race ’s only asparamancer see this all coming ?
For those of you who have – somehow – never before arrive across asparamancy , it ’s the practice of trying to predict the futurity using nothing more than a handful of asparagus . Jemima Packingtonhas become famous as the " globe ’s only asparamancer " , and to date has Brexit and the passage of Queen Elizabeth II in her foretelling trug .
appear on BBC Radio Two ’s Jeremy Vine show on July 17 , Packington tossed her asparagus in reaction to the question : Biden or Trump in November ? The answer : neither of them .
“ It ’s a dame , ” she said . “ Now I keep on catch this . It ’s going to be a ma’am . The next United States President of the United States is give out to be a adult female . ”
As for whether the asparamancer has happen upon again , only time will enjoin , but it tote up to a rich account of human race looking to alternative informant for news about the future . I invite you to take a walk through themethods of divinationdreamt up in human history , in a inclination that interpret as three parts “ haha ” to every “ eurgh ” , determine off such delights as oomancy ( read testis ) , tyromancy ( fortune telling with cheese ) , the creep baby ( what it allege on the tin ) , and then * checks notes * rumpology , where one seeks reply in the buttocks .
They ’re a originative switching up from look to uncredible author online , but is itpseudoscience or anti - science , and what ’s the difference ?
