A SIDEWAYS GLANCE: Six Nations sees a seal galumph to the fore as Jinx has correctly predicted wins for Scotland and Wales… and now she is backing Wales to beat England!
- Jinx is the latest sea-born Uri Geller to rise to fame by predicting results
- Seal correctly picked Scotland to beat England in the Six Nations last month
- Now she has backed Wales to beat England at Twickenham on Saturday
Can the world please have a day off? Take a blow, at least.
For two years, a deadly virus has swept across continents. Now a new strain engulfs the Kremlin. Experts have christened it the Omicretin variant.
Fortunately, even as civilisation crumbles, pillars of familiarity stand firm. Beacons of normal life that pierce the darkness of these times.
Jinx, a rescue seal at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, has built up quite a fanbase on TikTok
This week two have burned bright: Manu Tuilagi is injured again. And an exotic animal is reading the runes once more.
Would it be a major sporting spectacle without a sea-born Uri Geller predicting results with jarringly consistent success?
Paul the Octopus rose to fame during the 2010 World Cup. This year’s Six Nations has seen a seal galumph to the fore.
Jinx, a rescue at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, has built up quite a fanbase on TikTok. She would be loaded too — if only bookies were more accommodating of fin-footed oracles.
Jinx has backed Wayne Pivac’s side for victory against England at Twickenham on Saturday
Jinx correctly picked Scotland to beat England. She rightly predicted Wales would beat Scotland.
Now Jinx has backed Wayne Pivac’s side for victory at Twickenham on Saturday. The latest video — which shows Jinx ignoring the cross of St George, flopping instead towards the Welsh flag — has garnered more than three quarters of a million views.
‘FIX! NONSENSE!’ you cynics cry. Well, not according the Cornish Seal Sanctuary.
‘There is no cheating involved,’ a spokeswoman confirmed to Wales Online. Yep, I’m serious. Now, few things sharpen perspective like the spectre of nuclear war.
Jinx correctly predicted Scotland would beat England in the Six Nations last month
So, with all respect for Jinx and her powers of prediction, the events of this week do pose a rather pertinent question: what on earth are we doing? How in 2022, with Europe at war and the rest of the world slipping deeper into a metaverse, are we still seduced by stories like these?
And then you read this: Jinx needs ongoing treatment to avoid becoming ‘incredibly poorly’.
‘We like to do some sort of enrichment to help stimulate their brain,’ the spokeswoman explained. ‘She has a very bouncy personality and this was a great way to do it.’
Suddenly you wish Jinx had been around to tackle other burning questions. Lampard or Gerrard? Coleen Rooney or Rebekah Vardy?
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