Mayans say: Don't make long term plans...

[erik_blank]

Looks like the end of the world as we know it is fast approaching! DOOM! DOOM! GLOOM! RUN and HIDE

The ancient Mayans predicted the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012. Just read the following books and they'll tell you ALL about it!
Apocalypse 2012

oh, and look for the new movie starring John Cusack this fall...
Anyone planning an end of the world party should start planning now or all the good venues will be taken!

[Rabid Monk]

If anyone is willing to sign a legal document granting me full ownership of all their worldly possessions (property, money, equity, stocks, bonds, valuables, etc) effective December 22, 2012, let me know.

I'll have the papers out to you post haste.

If you don't want to do the above, then plainly you have nothing to fear.

[Fencergrl]

Good Lord! It can't come soon enough in THIS heat. Someone just kill me now.

[Empty Wallet]

What is this HEAT of which you speak?

I am off to get the nice warm clothing for the ski trip next weekend.

[Greg]

Remind me again a month before it happens so I can max out my credit cards.

[RkfdFencer]

Actually, the 22nd is a much more likely day for the end of the world. But you can still have the 21st as the last full day for partying, shopping, or general mayhem.

21st is on a Friday (just checked) and we all know that the only thing that ends on a Friday is most people's work week (mine does at any rate).

[parrythis]

Heck! I didn't expect to live this long! This is all bonus time!!

[Inquartata]

Pffft! The Maya said the same thing the LAST time a Long Count ended. As I recall, nothing much happened then, either. Of course, I wasn't in the Americas then. But still.

Frankly, by their cosmology the world should have ended when the human sacrifices dwindled to the point where they would no longer preserve it.

However, I will still party like it's Baktun 13.0.0.0.0, just in case.

[Phaeton]

Kind of like the way world th ends every time it's December 31st right?

[JEC]

Anyone planning an end of the world party should start planning now or all the good venues will be taken!

Perhaps, THS should look into this opportunity.

[Inquartata]

Stay and Pray?

[JackOfHearts]

Stay and Pray?

It certainly didn't work for Bush.

[kmwong]

No.

...

[Inquartata]

Sure it did. Obviously the Pray part influenced first the Supreme Court and then voting machines across America to let him Stay.

[Mergs]

Sounding a lot like Y2K!!!! Yawn.

[noodle]

the mayan's calendar ends at 2012 and we say "the end of the world is coming"
the modern calendar ends at 2010 and we say "time to buy a new one"

[parrythis]

Sounding a lot like Y2K!!!! Yawn.

Yes... Well... The reason Y2K was a "yawn" is that a lot of people spent a lot of time repairing the short-sighted programming techniques implemented in the decades prior to that.

[parrythis]

Perhaps, THS should look into this opportunity.

Only 10 people will be able to attend the party because the drinks will be too expensive and the room will be too small.

[erik_blank]

Only 10 people will be able to attend the party because the drinks will be too expensive and the room will be too small.

But that's only because no one wanted to use their web service to pre-register! How can they POSSIBLY negotiate a good deal on the party if everyone refuses to use there services?

[erik_blank]

the mayan's calendar ends at 2012 and we say "the end of the world is coming"
the modern calendar ends at 2010 and we say "time to buy a new one"

Looking to buy a new world just because the calendar ends? hummm.. Well, I have an existing world available. Only lightly used by ecologically concious inhabitants who outgrew their world and moved into an adjoining galaxy just a few millenium ago. They are letting it go cheap because the cost of maintaining two worlds is cutting into their recreational budget...

If you are interested, please E-mail me your credit card information, SSN, residental address and best time to contact you.