Official [Multi-Purpose] Party Thread!

[Amman d Stazia]

I hope you all realise that any prophecy prior to the middle ages is at least a day out?

Round about the time that the Gregorian calendar was introduced, all of christianity lost at least one day - in Britain, it was 11 days, in Russia, 13 days, because they left it so long - and everyone was very upset because they still got taxed on the basis of a 365-day year.

So if you are thinking that Mayan -predicted apocalypse was 22dec2012, you need to think again, and add 11 minutes for every year since the introduction of the 'new' calendar since 1582.  That makes about two weeks at todays rate of exchange.

Happy panicking!

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar - wikipicky, but close enough to the truth that only Ancalimon would argue otherwise)

 

[bgfan]

Don't worry guys, Montezuma just stopped at 7/11 for a slurpie on the way to Earth. The invasion is merely delayed...

 

[Austupaio]

Well, the Americas have been clear of the 21st for about 15 minutes now. Pretty lame day, actually.

 

[Grimmend]

Speak for yourself.  Gangnam style reached 1,000,000,000, I got a 20 dollar tip at work (which is odd, since I work in fast food), and to top it off, the world isn't destroyed (yet).  So overall, not a bad day for me. 

 

[Austupaio]

I had to do a whole bunch of **** at work that isn't my job (changing bed linens, doing laundry) and when I bent over backwards trying to to help these people out, I got a 2 dollar tip.

Pretty ****.

I'll quit whining.

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

I am drinking something called Jeremiah Weed Root Brew at 9.30 in the morning, because somebody told me that American root beer tastes like germaline and this was the closest I could find at the super market.

In other news, it's obvious the world didn't end yesterday so I'll set it back to tomorrow, which is the second projected date for EotW.

 

[Kobrag]

*pops open a bottle of homebrew dandelion wine*

To our probably not dying anytime soon!

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Possibly not dying any time soon.

Let's not get peoples' hopes up!

 

[Úlfheðinn]

To possibly not! Cheers!

 

[Delora Filth]

My hopes are genetically predisposed not to go above 35% anyhow.

To if's and maybe's!

 

[Londnred]

I hope you all realise that any prophecy prior to the middle ages is at least a day out?

Round about the time that the Gregorian calendar was introduced, all of christianity lost at least one day - in Britain, it was 11 days, in Russia, 13 days, because they left it so long - and everyone was very upset because they still got taxed on the basis of a 365-day year.

So if you are thinking that Mayan -predicted apocalypse was 22dec2012, you need to think again, and add 11 minutes for every year since the introduction of the 'new' calendar since 1582.  That makes about two weeks at todays rate of exchange.

Happy panicking!

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar - wikipicky, but close enough to the truth that only Ancalimon would argue otherwise)

At least we get Christmas first, then.

 

[Delora Filth]

That's what I was hoping to avoid.

 

[Selothi]

Well, it's 00:51 on the 23rd, and the world is still very much normal. Been raining all day though.

 

[Lord Burgess1]

The confluence a few hundred metres from my house looks more like an estuary.

 

[Tuckles]

11:00 AM on the 23rd here in Asialand, still very much alive.

 

[Haresus]

4 AM, Sweden, no Valhalla.

 

[galactic bum]

So can I get out of my bomb shelter now? Is it safe?

 

[Austupaio]

Not just yet, got about 25 hours left before it passes over the Americas.

 

[Bromden]

I thought for a moment here that I've seen the Feathered Serpent, but it was only a dog in the snow.

 

[Courage]

No worries.

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