The Apocalypse Is Upon Us (Now What Do I Do?)

[weary]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

R.E.M? whats that?

I think it's an early stage of dreams.

[Tinker]

R.E.M. = Rapid Eye Movement (what occurrs during the period of sleep mentioned by Weary).

[moon_whisperer]

R.E.M. for the band is Rapid Ear Movement

[Rocket]

Darn...the end of the world......and I missed it again ?!?

[Dances with Mice]

Originally Posted by Doctari

All I know is: a lot of my friends & family were in a "Oh no the world is going to END Jan 1 or 2000!!" Tizzy. I laughed at them as they bought: flashlights, canned food, etc. Then laughed harder on 1/2/2000 when they said "Now what do I do with 50 cans of red beans?"

Some corporate managers but nobody with any sense, redundant as that may be, thought there would be trouble with Y2K. Some of us even used it to our advantage. We were told to have manufacturer's certification of Y2K compliance on every instrument in our lab -and- to advance the date on each instrument as a test. One old instrument still worked great but had internal software so basic that it didn't have a date entry. But we couldn't honestly say that we could certify it. So kinda as a joke we asked if we could replace it outside our capital budget. And management said yes!

Usually to get new instruments we have to jump through a marathon of hoops before the corporate purse strings loosen. But this time we just dumpstered it and ordered a new one, milking the corporate cash cow. A free toy! Y2K was very good to us. We could use another end of the world rumor but I don't think they're going to fall for that Aztec calendar story.

[mudhead]

Originally Posted by Chaco Taco

Really sucky college band from the 80's. They sang "its the end of the world as we know it" WORST BAND EVER

Sha Na Na. May have been at the party, but always made me shake my head.

[Rocket]

Do Zombie's drive jacked up 4x4's with dog boxes in the back? If so I think they live next door....

[tazie]

Originally Posted by Dances with Mice

We could use another end of the world rumor but I don't think they're going to fall for that Aztec calendar story.

Based on the Mayan calendar, not Aztec.

and my teenage kids & friends said the movie "2012" sucks..wasted $$$. Wait for the real thing...

[Doctari]

Originally Posted by Connie

Hmm... what did they think they were going to do with 50 cans of red beans?

f-rt contest?

I was never interested enough to ask.

Yea a f-rt contest is a likely as anything else.

[Big Dawg]

Originally Posted by Dances with Mice

Wait, I thought the apocalypse was in 2000. Is this like the procrastinator's Y2K?

I'm pretty sure it was in the year 50 AD

[IceAge]

Originally Posted by Dances with Mice

Some corporate managers but nobody with any sense, redundant as that may be, thought there would be trouble with Y2K.

I worked for one of the largest financial data centers in the world in 1999-2000. Believe me, we were all there at midnight, just in case.

I worked w/ a guy who was certain the world was going to end back in October of 1988, he even took the day off so he could stay home and pray. That one, obviously, didn't happen either.

I was in the Yucatan a couple years ago and some Mayan descendants explained to me that the 2012 date just means the end of an age, not the world, but they like freaking out the yanquis with doomsday stories.

[Mags]

Originally Posted by IceAge

I was in the Yucatan a couple years ago and some Mayan descendants explained to me that the 2012 date just means the end of an age, not the world, but they like freaking out the yanquis with doomsday stories.

It's like the odometer on an older car rolling over to 00000.

But, the easy , logical explanation does not sit too well with the 'woo-woo' set and/or the easily frightened.

http://www.skepdic.com/maya.html

Makes for some fun threads, though.

[jeff0321]

Yuengling and Metallica is always a great combination! Thats what I'd want if the world was going to end. (And some female companionship if possible)