2012? "End of the World, Dad"!

[Rick Lee]

A once every 20k year event has happened many thousands of times over the course of the universe. It's but a blink of an eye. And how far ahead were those Mayans supposed to plan? Seems they had to stop somewhere.

Kinda funny that Orwell's 1984 seemed so futuristic at the time of its release and we're still not there yet, unless you live in North Korea. Rush's 2112 is probably an arbitrary number too. BTW, the story that inspired their song, Red Barchetta, was also a futuristic prediction about a time when cars would be banned. The story was written in 1973 and supposedly took place in 1982, though the Rush song came out in 1981. So we probably have a ways to go beyond 2012, unless that volcano under Yellowstone lets go. That's gonna be a doozie.

[Les Paul]

My son is heading off to Austin and the University of Texas next month. I'd love to be able to trade gigs with him for the next 4 years. And he doesn't believe that 2012 jive.

[Dueller]

In The Year 2525 Lyrics


In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you

In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube

In the year 7510
If God's a-coming, He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
"Guess it's time for the judgement day"

In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say "I'm pleased where man has been"
Or tear it down, and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew
Now man's reign is through

But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away

[72doug2,2S]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
A once every 20k year event has happened many thousands of times over the course of the universe. It's but a blink of an eye. And how far ahead were those Mayans supposed to plan? Seems they had to stop somewhere.

Kinda funny that Orwell's 1984 seemed so futuristic at the time of its release and we're still not there yet, unless you live in North Korea. Rush's 2112 is probably an arbitrary number too. BTW, the story that inspired their song, Red Barchetta, was also a futuristic prediction about a time when cars would be banned. The story was written in 1973 and supposedly took place in 1982, though the Rush song came out in 1981. So we probably have a ways to go beyond 2012, unless that volcano under Yellowstone lets go. That's gonna be a doozie.

What is this strange Red Barchetta which you refer to?

[Sunroof]

I talked to my son last night and he got a kick out of the responses from you guys. Nothing like a collective sense of calm!! Anyways, no bets or enslavement based on the 2012 stuff, just dedicated to his upcoming first semester and meeting all the honies on campus. Ah, the college life...............

I give the Mayans credit for listening to their alien visitors who helped direct them in proper pyramid construction; because no one on this planet must have had that capability!! I do dispute their ability to determine the center of the Milky Way under naked eye (unless of course the alien architects helped here too), which is the basis of the Mayan calender and the 2012 world end scenario. Naw, I like the "big bang eruption" forecast for that monster crater we call Yellowstone and beyond. Afterall, on the geologic clock we are but a blink of the eye over a full days time on this planet and sooner or later its got to start burping again.

Bob