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Old 12-11-2012, 07:41 PM   #31
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Oh shit, I'm 2 mins early.
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Old 12-11-2012, 07:48 PM   #32
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The last thing you will ever see:

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Don't blink. You'd hate to die in the dark.
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Old 12-11-2012, 08:33 PM   #33
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Don't blink. You'd hate to die in the dark.
Australian Daylight Time... that's not real time (UTC+11)
... dontwe gotta wait for Coordinated Universal Time ?
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Old 12-11-2012, 08:42 PM   #34
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Surely it'll be Mayan time. What time is it now in, er, Maya?
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Old 12-11-2012, 08:58 PM   #35
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Would that mean we'll all be mayonnaised.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:29 PM   #36
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Would that mean we'll all be mayonnaised.
Hold the Maya!
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Old 12-11-2012, 10:30 PM   #37
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Maybe it's just you yankies who're on the 12/12 hit list? Most like Spain though right? Aren't they the ones who caused the end of the Mayan civilisation?
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Old 12-11-2012, 10:36 PM   #38
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Climate change did the lion's share, then the Spanish polished them off.
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Old 12-12-2012, 06:26 AM   #39
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.... then the Spanish polished them off.
those greedy bastards with their lust for gold! And their STD's and foreign virusus....and, and...well, that's all I got.
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Old 12-12-2012, 07:28 AM   #40
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I slept through 12:12:12 AM 12/12/12.

But I get another shot at missing it when it comes around again in 3.5 hours.
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Old 12-12-2012, 07:35 AM   #41
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Surely it'll be Mayan time. What time is it now in, er, Maya?
Guffawed out loud!
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Old 12-12-2012, 08:48 AM   #42
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Old 12-12-2012, 02:20 PM   #43
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dammit. eight minutes late.
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Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand, he'd also have
12 toes or so the theory goes. Well, with twelve digits, I mean
fingers, he probably would have invented two more digits when he
invented his number system. Then, if he saved the zero for the end,
he could count and multiply by twelve just as easily as you and I do
by ten.

Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand, he'd probably
count: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, dek, el,
doh. "Dek" and "el" being two entirely new signs meaning ten and
eleven. Single digits! And his twelve, "doh", would be written 1-0.
Get it? That'd be swell, for multiplying by 12.

Hey Little Twelvetoes, I hope you're well.
Must be some far-flung planet where you dwell.
If we were together, you could be my cousin,
Down here we call it a dozen.
Hey Little Twelvetoes, please come back home.

Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand, his children
would have 'em too. And when they played hide-and-go-seek they'd
count by sixes fast. And when they studied piano, they'd do their
six-finger exercises. And when they went to school, they'd learn the
golden rule, and how to multiply by twelve easy: just put down a
zero. But me, I have to learn it the hard way.

Lemme see now:
One times 12 is twelve, two times 12 is 24.
Three times 12 is 36, four times 12 is 48, five times 12 is 60.
Six times 12 is 72, seven times 12 is 84.
Eight times 12 is 96, nine times 12 is 108, ten times 12 is 120.
Eleven times 12 is 132, and 12 times 12 is 144. WOW!

Hey Little Twelvetoes, I hope you're thriving.
Some of us ten-toed folks are still surviving.
If you help me with my twelves, I'll help you with your tens.
And we could all be friends.
Little Twelvetoes, please come back home.
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Old 12-12-2012, 06:57 PM   #44
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Oh, forgot to answer the question. I"ll be doing the opposite of rapturing. I suppose it will involve fire and brimstone but I'm not sure if this part of the country has brimstone. We may have to settle for limestone. we've tons of that.

I've based my financial planning on the whole world ending 12/21 so....here's hoping!
"God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water, fire next time"

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gawd that's hot.
Srsly. can you imagine if zengum's brain and clodfobble's brain had children? They wish us all into the cornfield before we'd even get our mouths open.

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Surely it'll be Mayan time. What time is it now in, er, Maya?
swoon. You know what effect humor has on me. Why do you do that?
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Guffawed out loud!
It's that deadpan delivery.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:42 AM   #45
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Srsly. can you imagine if zengum's brain and clodfobble's brain had children? They wish us all into the cornfield before we'd even get our mouths open.
Ohhhhhh! What would they name it? This star child?

We could do a field of 64....
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"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
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