7 flawed predictions

1. "It will be years -- not in my time -- before a woman will become Prime Minister." - Margaret Thatcher, 1974.
2. "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
3. "There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." - Albert Einstein, 1932.
4. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
5. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." - Western Union internal memo, 1876.
6. "While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility." - Lee DeForest, inventor of the Cathode Ray Tube.
7. "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." - Lord Kelvin, British mathematician and physicist, president of the British Royal Society, 1895.

7 movies I never want to sit through again

1. In The Cut
2. Solaris
3. The Thin Red Line
4. Drowning By Numbers
5. Autumn in New York
6. The Sin Eater
7. Themroc

7 of my favourite main courses

1. Garganelli Maretti
2. Any Pizza without fish or olives
3. Rare Peppered Steak
4. Roast Beef, Yorkshire Puddings and all the trimmings
5. Chicken Sag Masala
6. Enchiladas
7. Home made Chicken Teriyaki (with vegetable crispy pancake rolls)

7 'what were they thinking' concept cars

1. 2008 Mazda Hakaze Concept
2. 2007 Changfeng Rhombus R-6 Concept
3. 2007 Ford Airstream Concept
4. 2007 Honda Step Bus Concept
5. 2007 Stadia CityCab
6. 2006 Nissan Pivo
7. 2006 Venturi Electric

7 most influential languages

This list is based on George Weber's article in Language Today, Vol. 2, Dec 1997; How influential a language is being weighted using 6 criteria: number of primary speakers, number of secondary speakers, population of countries where used, number of major fields using the language internationally, economic power of countries using the languages, and socio-literary prestige.

1. English
2. French
3. Spanish
4. Russian
5. Arabic
6. Mandarin Chinese
7. German

7 unusual fruits and vegetables

1. Dragon Fruit
2. Salsify
3. Taro
4. Kohlarabi
5. Sweetsop
6. Mamey Sapote
7. Cardoon

7 phobias

1. Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Fear of friday the 13th
2. Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
3. Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns
4. Peladophobia - Fear of bald people
5. Barophobia - Fear of gravity
6. Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens
7. Globophobia - Fear of balloons