# Dec. 21st 2012, End of the World **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322 "2007-03-02T17:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/41 "2007-03-03T15:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] WOOT! I don’t even do my Christmas shopping until the 22nd or later. I am going to save a bundle that year. [/QUOTE] So what are you gonna squander it on when Dec. 22nd dawns. Assuming it does that is 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/42 "2007-03-03T16:35:33Z")
I’ll give the Big Event three months to really show up. So if there’s no Apocalypse by my B’day in mid-March 2013 (I’ll be 51), I’ll rest easy. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/43 "2007-03-03T16:51:44Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Well then what are the odds of dying on your birthday… [QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Ask Thomas Jefferson. [/QUOTE] Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 and died July 4, 1826. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/44 "2007-03-03T17:03:55Z")
Here’s the wikipedia list of people you can ask: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_people\_who\_died\_on\_their\_birthdays](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_on_their_birthdays) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/45 "2007-03-03T22:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] According to: Scientists,Historians,Religious Freaks and a whole bunch of other weidos the world is gonna end on Dec 21st 2012. [/QUOTE] The source for this “information” did not happen to actually provide the names of any actual scientists, genuine historians, or legitimate religious freaks, did it? (I don’t generally include New Age loons among the religious freaks; there is a tiny overlap, but not enough to justify using one term in place of the other.) ---
**Author:** ![29car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ebca7d/32.png) [@29car](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/29car)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/46 "2007-03-03T23:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] And this End OF The World is going to be different from all the others how? [/QUOTE] This one comes with a winter storm advisory. No real need for a run on milk and bread, but please be wary of alternate side parking regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/47 "2007-03-03T23:36:25Z")
Weird. I just watched the post-apocalyptilc ‘children of men’ with theo wearing his london olympics 2012 pullover. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/48 "2007-03-03T23:41:11Z")
Since the world will end on a Thursday, and the date in question isn’t, I must conclude the world will continue. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/49 "2007-03-04T02:11:13Z")
Hey, that’s my brother’s 43rd birthday! I wonder if that has anything to do with it… ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/50 "2007-03-04T02:26:17Z")
You mean we have to wait 5 more years? Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/51 "2007-03-04T04:31:36Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] You mean we have to wait 5 more years? Good grief. [/QUOTE] _News had just come over We had five years left to cry in_ –David Bowie, “Five Years” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/52 "2007-03-05T15:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=postcards] Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 and died July 4, 1826. [/QUOTE] I could have swaorn he was born on the same day he died. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/53 "2007-03-05T16:00:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] I could have swaorn he was born on the same day he died. Thanks. [/QUOTE] Then that would have made for a short and non-famous life. (heh) ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/54 "2007-03-05T17:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] On the bright side you don’t need to buy any Christmas presents [/QUOTE] Yeah but you still have to buy me birthday presents. And for the first time they won’t be Christmas presents people just decided to give me because Christmas was coming. Ha ha ha ha ha. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/55 "2007-03-05T17:29:30Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] According to: Scientists, [/QUOTE] Um. . . do you mean scientists, or “scientists”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/56 "2007-03-05T18:48:13Z")
The world is not going to end on December 21st, 2012. Because the alien invasion begins on December 22nd, 2012, and everyone knows that you can’t invade a world that ended the day before. duh. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/57 "2007-03-05T18:52:57Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Well then what are the odds of dying on your birthday… 😛 [/QUOTE] What are the odds of being born on your birthday? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/58 "2007-03-05T18:56:58Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] Hey, that’s my brother’s 43rd birthday! I wonder if that has anything to do with it… [/QUOTE] Is his name Adam Young and does he have a dog named Dog? /Why yes, I am reading Good Omens, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/59 "2007-03-05T19:00:00Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Leonard Bernstein! [/QUOTE] Leonid Breshniv ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-21st-2012-end-of-the-world/394322/60 "2007-03-05T19:05:41Z")
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