# Anyone else sittin' on their ass New Year's Eve? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872 "2003-12-31T01:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/101 "2004-01-01T04:28:45Z")
Can’t… hold out… much … longer. … … ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/102 "2004-01-01T04:31:30Z")
Half hour to midnight for me… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/103 "2004-01-01T04:47:13Z")
I probably won’t even notice until I start hearing the neighbors making noise at midnight…just like every year. I mean, what’s the big deal? It’s not like there haven’t been a billion years already? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/104 "2004-01-01T04:49:41Z")
Mine have been doing that since elven…BOOM! I likd how Terry Pratchett described the evil in the world leaving from the noise. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/105 "2004-01-01T04:57:48Z")
Well, don’t cry for me Argentina, since I’ve had plans every day and most nights this week except for tonight itself. Just came back a couple of hours ago from visiting a friend in CT and going to see another good friend for lunch tomorrow. Here we go!! (btw, standing in the square is the sort of thing you do once before you realize it’s kinda boring) HAPPY NEW YEAR, DOPERS! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/106 "2004-01-01T04:58:53Z")
Ahh, midnight straight up and not a peep here. I LOVE this complex. Not a firework around. Maybe they’re illegal or something. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/107 "2004-01-01T05:00:33Z")
Happy new year, everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/108 "2004-01-01T05:00:35Z")
Well, the clock at the Reader is off, it was 12:00 when I pressed Submit. And when I stood in the Square when I was 17, there were no fireworks and the ball didn’t do as much. It sure didn’t change colors. The Mayor is hugging Shoshanna Johnson and his girlfriend and daughter alternately and crying like a little kid. Awwww. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/109 "2004-01-01T05:00:47Z")
Oh my…fireworks and a trumpet being played…some type of horn…I want to go outside and yell “HAPPY NEW YEAR BOROMIR!” ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/110 "2004-01-01T05:03:34Z")
One hour to go here! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/111 "2004-01-01T05:03:56Z")
**GMRyujin** , ya want fireworks, come to da Bronx. Yes, they’re illegal. Some guy is proposing to his girlfriend right on NY1 (local cable). Awwww. I like this channel, they’re just using the feed the people in the square are hearing and not commenting over it. How cute, midnight kisses everywhere. Well, last year I had a nice one, at least 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/112 "2004-01-01T05:15:02Z")
I’ve been sitting on it most of the day. Sat on my ass in the car (well, how else can one drive?) to take mom and me to catch a bus (more sitting) to the Pantages (nearly 3 hours of sitting) to see _The Producers_ before it closes. And here I sit, again. At least I pedaled while sitting on my exercise bike. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/113 "2004-01-01T05:18:29Z")
Happy New Year, my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/114 "2004-01-01T05:25:15Z")
Happy new year, one and all. Just been home from work for a bit, after a perfectly ordinary day, aside from the fact that evidently twenty percent of my coworkers were ill today. Sucks being them. Tris ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/115 "2004-01-01T05:28:56Z")
Off to bed, bonne annee to my friends… ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/116 "2004-01-01T05:47:18Z")
I was watching The Three Stooges when midnight rolled around. No better we to bring in the New Year than by laughing your ass off. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!! ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/117 "2004-01-01T05:59:28Z")
Happy 2004 from Dallas, TX!!! ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/118 "2004-01-01T06:01:08Z")
Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/119 "2004-01-01T06:12:21Z")
We’ve wandered mony a weary foot, Sin’ auld ang syne. We twa hae sported i’ the burn, From morning sun till dine, But seas between us braid hae roared Sin’ auld lang syne. Sin’ auld lang syne, my dear, Sin’ auld lang syne. But seas between us braid hae roared Sin’ auld lang syne. –Robert Burns \*\* If you comprehend it, you’ve had too much to drink!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872/120 "2004-01-01T06:20:56Z")
Thank dantheman… he’s only 6 days old and sleeps a lot but he’s not bad company [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-sittin-on-their-ass-new-years-eve/221872.md?page=7)