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2012? "End of the World, Dad"!

Man oh man, my 18 year son is about to head off for college and now its, "I decided not to go, because the world is going to end in 2012, and I am going to screw off for the next five years"!!

The 2012 scenario is fascinating, both as a sientist, skeptic, and old hippie!! Put the alledged Myan calendar, NASA official report of expected and increased solar activity predicted for 2011-2012,
Einstein's ("when bee's start disappearing, we are doomed") edict, biblical prophecy, magnetic polar switching, magma displacement, and on and on.......can 2012 be the end?

What the hell, he is going to college next month, and if 2012 is the end, their is nootihng I can do about it!

Any believers out there in this stuff?

Bob

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Some say a comet will fall from the sky
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still
Followed by millions of dumb-founded dip$h!ts

Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this

Stupid $h!t
Silly $h!t
Stupid $h!t
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Re: 2012? "End of the World, Dad"!

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Man oh man, my 18 year son is about to head off for college and now its, "I decided not to go, because the world is going to end in 2012, and I am going to screw off for the next five years"!!

The 2012 scenario is fascinating, both as a sientist, skeptic, and old hippie!! Put the alledged Myan calendar, NASA official report of expected and increased solar activity predicted for 2011-2012,
Einstein's ("when bee's start disappearing, we are doomed") edict, biblical prophecy, magnetic polar switching, magma displacement, and on and on.......can 2012 be the end?

What the hell, he is going to college next month, and if 2012 is the end, their is nootihng I can do about it!

Any believers out there in this stuff?

Bob
College is one of the best places to meet girls.

If the world is ending, does he want to spend it alone or with a great partner?

And if he has any ideas about going and just goofing off at college; what is his "plan B" if he's wrong about 2012 being the end?

(And you may want to tell him he needs to be "hush-hush" about the "world ending in 2012" -- the girls really don't go for that doomsday scenario stuff.)
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The world was supposed to end on Dec. 31, 1999 too, remember?

There are going to be a lot of disappointed people on the morning of December 22, 2012 when the sun comes up and everything is fine.

Make sure to not get him a Christmas present that year either and to tell him, "well, you thought the world was going to end, why should you have expected one?"
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Their is a crap load of these kids including my son who have a doomsday attitude and they get stuff from each other. The doomsday 2012 scenario is not short of info and loaded on the internet everywhere. Hence.......drink, play and to hell with college!! HE will go to school as planned......so I have to de-program this stuff somehow to keep his concentration going on his grades. I told him every generation has its "end of the planet" story. I thought "Sputnik" was going to rain down death rays as a kid that night and an invasion from Mars was to follow............

I would have enjoyed that.................

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Make a bet with him.

If he is right, you will pay him $5000.

If he is wrong, you get all of his stuff and he is your slave for life.
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The world was supposed to end on Dec. 31, 1999 too, remember?
Bingo! Who knows when it will end but not preparing for the future will hurt only one person... him.
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He's wrong. The killer bees will have attacked and wiped us out long before then.
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Re: Re: 2012? "End of the World, Dad"!

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College is one of the best places to meet girls.

If the world is ending, does he want to spend it alone or with a great partner?
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Only one, college is great for threesomes & more Tell him to go out in style
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"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows."
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It will all pass over once he sees the skirts in his first class! Could capitalize on the whole damn thing and come up with some great pick up lines. Now that should be motivation enough to keep it going. Lucky kid, I wished I was starting college over again at his age.

....and this to shall pass.........




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+1 , I am planning to live to 80ish, if GOD checks me out before then...
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"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows."
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Re: Re: Re: 2012? "End of the World, Dad"!

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Only one, college is great for threesomes & more Tell him to go out in style
this is true and the 3 years after college.
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Tell him just to take 15 hr.s and schedule all classes after lunch. That will get him in. I can't think of any better time in my life (carefree, relaxed, no responsibilities). Did you mention girls?

And no, no one will know the final hour.
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Re: 2012? "End of the World, Dad"!

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[B]Man oh man, my 18 year son is about to head off for college and now its, "I decided not to go, because the world is going to end in 2012, and I am going to screw off for the next five years"!!...
There is no better 5 year plan for "screwing" and "screwing off" than college

ps: Don't flunk out and abort the plan...
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wish it would hurry up and get here. i've been pretty bored of late..
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this is true and the 3 years after college.
Why stop then
I'm just pointing to an easy starting point where you find the most hotties
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"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows."
Unfortunately far too many people do not realize this. Its not worth worrying about anyway, you cannot change or modify this.

Live life the way you should, do the best you can and He will take care of you.
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