"If people ask in 1,000 years who Americans were, this might help them figure it out," he said.

I think Inglourious might be his masterpiece, but ask me again in 5 years.

Last week we asked readers for their predictions of life in 100 years time.

Maybe two people asked for Brown Betty in seven years, and you were one of them.

Lerner chuckled heartily and said, "Ask me in five years."

Ask again in 10 years, Weis suggested, and he will see where he stands.

A. Ask me in five or 10 years and I'll have a better idea.

Ask me again in a few hundred thousand years when it starts to matter.

Ask me in five years whether it worked, but I don't see why it won't.

"If you ask me in two years, maybe I can say."