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99 THINGS THAT WOULD BE COOL IN 2004...  (p. 2 of 3)
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34 Old-fashioned typography à la McSweeneys
35 Personal butlers at hotels
36 Bartenders (the new chefs)
37 Slow money investments
38 Vegetable smoothies
39 The following kitchen gadgets: ceramic knives, silicon kitchen moulds, pressure cookers, the Susur Lee-endorsed Robot Coupe food processor, bamboo cutting boards, the Glad Press n Seal wrap and (our favourite) the Tupperware Butter Huggers Set
40 Drive-ins
41 Lucite bathtubs and egg-shaped tubs
42 Flat-screen TVs in the tub
43 Bathtubs in hotel bedrooms
44 Trapeze fitness routines
45 Luxury time-shares
46 Yellow
47 High-tech clothes like the self-defence parka that shimmers with 80,000 volts of electricity; a Velcroed kimono that can hold your cellphone; and fat-burning pantyhose from Japan
48 Pinot Grigio
49 Flamenco
50 Learning a dead language
51 Buddha sculptures
52 Upscale baby-care products
53 Pillow and soap menus in hotels
54 Greens-only flower arrangements
55 Wild food
56 Organic wine
57 Soy candles
58 The Bentley Continental GT, the Honda Element, armoured vehicles and pre-ordering a Smart Car (available in North America in 2005)
59 Bonefishing
60 Pixilated animations styled after 1980s arcade and video games
61 Red-sauce Italian restaurants, rice restaurants and restaurants with signs (being obscure is so 1990s)
62 The Bodymetrics 3-D digital body measurement scanning system at Selfridges
63 Warming and refrigeration drawers in the kitchen
64 Chic bar and restaurant/entertainment complexes like Londons Sketch and The Establishment in Sydney
65 The AquaFit 19 Dual Temp spa, a full fitness centre inside a giant hot tub (no, really)
66 Flavours like pineapple, honey, rosewater and violet
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