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2012--End of the World? Your thoughts welcome.

18,308 38,677 August 18, 2009 at 07:55 AM in Chat
Okay, so I have an older sister who is OBSESSED with reading about 2012 and the Mayan Long Count calendar. She is absolutely convinced that the Mayans were onto something and that Armageddon is just a stone's throw away.

This morning she called to tell me about a movie that is being released in November called 2012 that is, obviously, about the end times.

Okay, so aside from the fact that my husband and I think she is a one french fry short of a Happy Meal on this issue, she appears pretty normal about other issues/situations. But she harps on this 2012 all the time to anyone who will listen.

I finally Googled it and read a little but don't find it to be any more or less impressive than the Nostradamus (sp?) guy. I think people can pretty much read anything they want into things.

So my question is, anyone here ever spent any time reading about this 2012 stuff? Thoughts?

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arjunsr
08-18-2009 at 08:56 AM.
08-18-2009 at 08:56 AM.
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Alright, a little off-topic, but what exactly is non-archival? From what I understand, posts of a certain age get moved off the main forum and to the archive. Does non-archival mean the post is left in the main forum and never moved to the archive, or does it mean the post is deleted altogether instead of being archived?
there's a couple somewhat new features:

auto archive: threads with no posts for 6 months get moved to the archive site. mods can set threads to never leave the live site. just let any of us know you want it set like this and we will.

auto renew: script goes through and any thing with ~3k posts has everything but the first 3 posts and the last few posts get thrown into a locked thread with a link in the op. if there's a lot of busy threads it can take quite awhile before it reaches a certain thread. priority given to the deal forums/lounge.

i know you didn't ask about auto renew but a lot call renew archive so if i explain one, might as well explain both
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SimplyDABulous
08-18-2009 at 08:57 AM.
08-18-2009 at 08:57 AM.
Epic in less than an hour? Is that a new record?
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08-18-2009 at 08:58 AM.
08-18-2009 at 08:58 AM.
Quote from msgal67belle :
It is? So sis is right and doesn't just have a kink in her slinky????

Aw crap, that means I won't be around to actually get any fruit from those damned date palms I just planted. (Takes 4-7 years.) Bummer.
laugh out loud You are funny...I had to look up more expressions like yours...and here's wot I found...
( http://www.geocities.com/denimani...yings.html )

Not quite all there! One French Fry short of a Happy Meal.
One brick short of a load.
If he had a brain, it would be lonesome.
He couldn't cut soft butter with a hot knife!
He couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag.
As useless as teats on a bull.
As useless as balls on the Queen.
One sandwich short of a picnic.
Half a bubble off plumb.
He paddles his own canoe.
He has his solar panels on the north side.
He would have told the captain of the Titanic, "Full Speed Ahead!"
He lives in a Tinker Toy castle.
His elevator doesn't go up to the top floor. (Chrissie, NJ)
He's not playing with a full deck of cards. (Mouse, MI)
He doesn't have both oars in the water. (Mouse, MI)
The porch light is on but nobody is home. (Sharon, Ont, Can)
One sandwich short of a picnic. (Linda, South Africa)
One enchilada short of a combo platter! (Mistie, TX)
He's having a brain fart. (Jeannie, Nova Scotia, Can)
He couldn't pour pee out of his boot with the directions written on the heel. (Sharon, Ont, Can)
Dumb as a box of rocks. (Michelle, MO)
Not the brightest lamp on the porch. (Michelle, MO)
More useless than a football bat. (Kent, LA)
(A whole list from Bea, WI)
About as sharp as a marble.
A few clowns short of a circus.
Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree.
A few beers short of a six-pack.
Dumber than a box of hair.
A few peas short of a casserole.
Doesn't have all her Cornflakes in one box.
One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl.
One taco short of a combination plate.
A few feathers short of a whole duck.
All foam, no beer.
The cheese slid off her cracker.
Body by Fisher, brains by Mattel.
He fell out of the Stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.
An intellect rivaled only by garden tools.
As smart as bait.
Chimney's clogged.
Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash.
Forgot to pay her brain bill.
Her sewing machine's out of thread.
His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels.
His belt doesn't go through all the loops.
If she had another brain, it would be lonely.
Missing a few buttons on his remote control.
No grain in the silo.
Proof that evolution can go in reverse.
Receiver is off the hook.
Several nuts short of a full pouch.
Skylight leaks a little.
Slinky's kinked.
Surfing in Nebraska.
Too much yardage between the goal posts.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
The lights are on, but nobody's home.
24 cents short of a quarter.
The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.
A few cards short of a deck. (Gus, AZ)
His brother was an only child. (Gus, AZ)
Pretty house ... nobody home. (Pat, MS)
A few bees short of a hive. (Pat, MS)
An egg roll short of a Pu Pu Platter. (DC, NY)
A taco short of a combination plate. (DC, NY)
He's got a hole in his bag of marbles. (DC, NY)
His cord doesn't quite reach the outlet. (Jeff, WI)
He's a few channels short of cable. (Jeff, WI)
He doesn't know his ass from a hot rock. (Steve, CA)
If clues were shoes he'd be barefooted. (Paul, Nova Scotia, Can)
If his brains were dynamite, he couldn't blow his nose! (Dave, NE)
He's eating with only one chopstick. (Tony, IL)
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MsGal
08-18-2009 at 09:01 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:01 AM.
Quote from Pig :
laugh out loud You are funny...I had to look up more expressions like yours...and here's wot I found...
( http://www.geocities.com/denimani...yings.html
OMG! Those are GREAT! laugh out loud
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08-18-2009 at 09:02 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:02 AM.
Quote from msgal67belle :
OMG! Those are GREAT! laugh out loud
May be you can use all of them on your sis WootWoot

OP's sis is an egg roll short of a Pu Pu Platter.


laugh out loud
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08-18-2009 at 09:04 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:04 AM.
Quote from SimplyDABulous :
Epic in less than an hour? Is that a new record?
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08-18-2009 at 09:06 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:06 AM.
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It is all real. Have her sell all of her belongings to you at bargain prices.
Don't get me wrong but if your brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow your nose Nono2
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08-18-2009 at 09:07 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:07 AM.
Didn't the world end on January 1, 2000? Scratchhead





LMAO
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08-18-2009 at 09:10 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:10 AM.
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08-18-2009 at 09:30 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:30 AM.
lame, their calendar should have ended in 1492 when they were conquered by the euro-trash
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08-18-2009 at 09:33 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:33 AM.
Quote from Ray Nagin :
lame, their calendar should have ended in 1492 when they were conquered by the euro-trash
You sound like you have your solar panels on the north side.
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08-18-2009 at 09:33 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:33 AM.
What everyone fails to realize is that the Mayans counted in base 9 because of their ritual of lopping off the pinky finger on all of their mathematicians' left hands so that they couldn't discover zero and thereby escape from the grue. So 2012 in base 9 actually = sqrt*5^3 which, when divided by pi, = 81909, means

OHSHI--

The end of the world is TOMORROW! Whee

Who wants to have sex one last time?
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08-18-2009 at 09:34 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:34 AM.
Penn and Teller's Bull$hit had a great episode on this a few weeks ago.

Their conclusion.

it's BULL$HIT!
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08-18-2009 at 09:34 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:34 AM.
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lame, their calendar should have ended in 1492 when they were conquered by the euro-trash
Sooooo .... what you're saying is, you think it's bupkes?
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08-18-2009 at 09:40 AM.
08-18-2009 at 09:40 AM.
i don't buy it...your sis is wrong. Nono2

i know someone who went to the year 3000. they say not much has changed but they lived under water. and your great great great grand daughter, is doing fine.
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