Who could have seen that coming?

Sometimes it seems as though we live in a completely crazy and unpredictable world, with global warming and an international financial meltdown to deal with, real estate prices that fluctuate wildly, Airbuses falling out of the skies and trained monkeys piloting jets for Garuda Airlines, but it's a comfort to know that there are still some events in life that unfold pretty much as expected.

A poster featuring the smiling face of a local politician, displayed at a bus shelter, is defaced with a silly black moustache and blackened teeth - who could have seen that coming?

As I listen to Morrissey's new CD playing in a music shop I notice that it features soaring, emotional vocals combined with lyrics that generally have a mood of self-pity and bitterness - who could have seen that coming?

As I stop at red traffic lights I look across and see stuck beside me a driver who was speeding away and driving aggressively a few miles back - who could have seen that coming?

Theatre arts university students distinguish themselves daily with their outlandish and stylish fashions and hairstyles - who could have seen that coming?

The subnormal brat who lives down the road is spotted climbing out of the back of a paddy-wagon - who could have seen that coming?

Journalists report that Michael Jackson was not the biological father of his children - who could have seen that coming?

Teenage girls are observed wearing too much makeup in flagrant disregard of the good advice of their mothers - who could have seen that coming?

Teenage boys fail to keep their bedrooms maintained in a tidy and hygenic condition - who could have seen that coming?

The comments section of an article at the Whose Planet is it Anyway? blog becomes loaded with rude, irrelevant and generally pointless comments by John Best - who could have seen that coming?