Palm Reader Predicts The End of Palm Reading

                                               

                                 Palm Reader Predicts The End of Palm Reading

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                                                           Nick Thompson

     In an ironic twist of fate, a local New Orleans palm reader has predicted the end of palm reading.  "It's sad to say, says Madame Thibodeau (who has been doing readings for locals and tourists for the past 53 years), but by the end of 2020, there may be no palm readers left."  "I don't do that many palm readings during the average week, mostly tea leaves and Tarot cards take up 90% of my business, sometimes bones, but almost no one trusts palm reading these days."

Increased longevity leads to decline in palm reading

     The decline in the reliability of palm reading is attributed to the increased longevity among the population. During my conversation with Madame Thibodeau, she told me: "These days people are living 75 to 100 years, whereas 150 years ago people were lucky to live to fifty."  "This has led to an increase in the length of the life lines on the palm."

     "I've seen this one guy's life line go half way up his arm!"  "How can you tell anything about the success line or marriage or children lines, when they are all wiped out by this giant life line?"  "It just doesn't make any sense at all."  "Why I know one seer down on Bourbon St. "Madam Wu". She won't read palms anymore at all, just throws the bones, and well, your take what you get - It ain't cheap either."