Don't miss the end of the world scheduled for today....

[Fulthrotl]

i probably should take the time to clarify this, as i have first hand
knowledge in this matter, and can fabricate anything i don't have
direct knowledge of.

the real reason that the mayan calendar doesn't have dates
after today is simple. the civil servant tasked with making the
calendar retired, and there was a government hiring freeze,
as they had just gone over a financial cliff back then as well.

so today was the last day he had chiseled the day before he
retired. the last day was his retirement party, and we KNOW
he didn't do any work that day.

while on the subject of milestones, i'd also like to visit the
time honored tradition of turkey at thanksgiving.

why do we have turkey? simple. when they decided to have
a harvest celebration, they went out to get food, and the
only thing they could get was a turkey, 'cause the hunter
was a bad shot.

if he'd been a half decent shot, he'd a got a cow, and then
we would have been eating steak for thanksgiving for the
last couple hundred years.

so, thanksgiving is really a tribute to bad marksmanship.

hope this clarifies things.

have a happy last day of the world... i'm paying off all
my bills today, and postdating the checks for next week.

what is the rest of the internet doing to celebrate?

 

[renosteinke]

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

 

[petersonra]

I was supposed to have all last week off as vacation days but ended up having to work Monday so I took today off instead.

I have an eye doctor appointment.

If the world ends, at least I will be able to see it for a split second.

 

[K8MHZ]

The world did end. For the Maya.

They just had the date wrong by a few hundred years.

It may have been a typo.

 

[charlie b]

Heard in the elevator this morning, "If the world was going to end today, why didn't it end before I had to get out of bed?" :lol:

 

[Besoeker]

have a happy last day of the world... i'm paying off all
my bills today, and postdating the checks for next week.

I like that....

what is the rest of the internet doing to celebrate?

A guy I know is offering $10,000 bets that the world won't end today.
He hasn't had any takers.....

And, even if the Mayans got it wrong, I'm still going to eat Mayonnaise.......does that make me cannibal?

 

[zbang]

Hey, the Mayans didn't get it wrong, we reached the end of the calendar cycle. The next cycle starts tomorrow (or today, depending on how you look at it).

Now why is it that people say that winter starts on Dec 21 and then call it "midwinter's day", and say that summer starts on Jun 21 and call that "midsummers day". Hmm... doesn't make sense.

 

[iceworm]

It's 8:21pm. The world should have ended 21 minutes ago (12:00 midnight Mayan time)

I'm off tomorrow, so I scheduled a barbecue. Told everybody it was canceled if the world ended. Guess it's not. Bummer - now I have to go shopping and get some steaks and beer.

Minor problem with the barbecue though. It's -45F today. Propane vapor pressure goes to 0psig at -40F. Practically, about -35F is as low as one can go. Pulling on the bottle drops the temperature (heat of vaporization pulls heat out of the liquid) I may have to borrows Mom's heatpad.

Oh the problems one has if the world does not end on schedule.

ice

 

[ActionDave]

...what is the rest of the internet doing to celebrate?

Went out to celebrate my wife's birthday.

After the band played their first two songs I was sure the world was indeed coming to an end. As they continued to play I started wishing it would.

 

[ptonsparky]

We turned the tv off and went to bed early... Watching how it all began was taking to long and seemed pointless considering.

 

[realolman]

I knew I shoulda made that mortgage payment.

Went out to celebrate my wife's birthday.

After the band played their first two songs I was sure the world was indeed coming to an end. As they continued to play I started wishing it would.

I was in a band once... trust me...It's harder from their end.

 

[GUNNING]

rats

rats

rats
I double booked all week and took HUGE deposits. Then I maxed out the credit cards.

rats rats rats

I will never believe anything on TV again.

 

[George Stolz]

There was a misunderstanding. They predicted the end of a thread talking about the end of the world. Simple mistake.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I saw this the other day and couldn't resist.