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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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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............
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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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He's wrong. The killer bees will have attacked and wiped us out long 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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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.
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+1 , I am planning to live to 80ish, if GOD checks me out before then...
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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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wish it would hurry up and get here. i've been pretty bored of late..
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