New York, NY -- We're in a world of trouble if the wacky trends that futurists are predicting will become big are any indication.

Trend watchers for Euro RSCG Worldwide say that some of the bizarre new fads busting out include something called the "urban beach," a phenomenon in Paris and Amsterdam, where locals pour sand on the streets and set up beach umbrellas.

Also on the trend radar: "Flash picnics," where random folks schedule elaborate picnics in the most unlikely locales.

-- Turning your apartment into a bar is becoming big in Spain and in New York, as a protest to the anti-smoking laws.

-- Speed is now the drug of choice among party kids but experts say that, as far as the hipness factor is concerned, "alcohol is the new black."

-- Finally, experts say Finnish trendsters are going retro and are holding singalongs and sledding in the snow instead of going to clubs.

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