"It's an ancient sacred text, not a magic 8 ball."
(Wes, To Shanshu in L.A.)

Back in December 2002, I used the public 8 ball to predict the end of Buffy with startling correctness. Buffy did get better, the outlook for Spike was not good and it was too soon to tell if Spike would Shanshu.

The magic 8-ball site is not behaving this year, so instead I took my test to Bob.

I asked "will Spike become a real boy?"
Bob said "as I see it, yes"
(see screen grab)

"will Angel season 5 get any better?"
"Most likely"
(see screen grab)

"will Spike die?"
"better not tell you now"
(see screen grab)

"will Angel be the vampire to shanshu?"
"my reply is no"
(see screen grab)

"is it the end of the world as we know it?"
"you may rely on it"
(see screen grab)

Now to wait to compare Bob's accuracy against the 8-ball's...