Buckets would rule the future.

Predicting the future can be a tricky business. For proof of this, one needs only to look at the reliability of weather forecasters. And that's just for a weather report that looks forward a mere eight days! Similarly, wrestling commentators seem unable to anticipate the outcome of a match that will end within the next fifteen minutes. Predicting anything years or even decades in advance is obviously much more challenging. Many people have tried, without much success. Our society seems to have a tendancy to exceed all expectations in certain areas, while falling far below them in others. Computers are an example of the former. When they were first conceived, experts in the field predicted they would never become common household items. It's probably a good thing that most of these experts are long dead, because they would probably feel pretty silly right now. On the other hand, the transportation industry has been riding well below expectations. Back in the day, everyone was predicting that there would be a hovercraft parked in every driveway by the year 2000. Yeah, we're not even close to that one.
Quite frankly, I'm not convinced that hovercrafts will be the transportation of the future. It just doesn't seem to be happening. That's where this quote comes in. Buckets will be the way of the future. You've probably seen them at theme parks; they're kind of like suspended electronic cable cars, but with a more futuristic/stupid shape. Cars will look totally retro next to these environmentally-friendly, new-age buckets. With this innovation, we could infuse public transportation with the fun of an amusement park ride. And in this era of traffic and congestion, who wouldn't want to soar above the streets suspended in a metal bucket? Unless, of course, you wanted to have the ability to exceed 3mph.
So where did this idea come from? I assure you, I'm not the first to predict the dominance of the bucket. In fact, it all started with the geniuses at Disney, who have been using the Tomorrowland portion of Disneyland to predict the future for dozens of years. As you can see here, they've been hyping up buckets since the '60s. I understand that the buckets have since disappeared in one of many updates to Tomorrowland. That's the problem with a place dedicated to the future; it entails constant upgrades to avoid becoming obsolete. Kind of like my computer. Anyway, last time I was there, I noticed that they also seem to believe that everything in the future will use strange shapes. Traditional squares and circles will become obsolete, replaced with lopsided ovals and slanted hexagons. I can hardly wait.
Finally, I would like to thank my contact in Montreal for suggesting this quote. She also sent in the link featured above, which provided me with much entertainment. I predict that this won't be the last great idea I receive from her, and that's one prediction I hope isn't wrong. But since most of them are anyway, I find it's better to make ridiculous ones. Which is why car manufacturers should beware. Buckets may appear innocent for now, but someday they may make up the ridiculous backbone of our transportation industry.
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