# Hey - it's only one month till the apocalypse! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753 "2012-11-21T19:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Modern\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@Modern\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modern_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/21 "2012-11-22T03:09:13Z")
They are selling more prophetic, end of days, sub-par movies as of late. Romney hasn’t become president so it looks like the prophecy is a bust. Fox News is becoming worse so it looks like the prophecy is a bust. People are realizing how nutty the Republican party is so it looks like the prophecy is a bust. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/22 "2012-11-22T03:30:55Z")
Been hearing radio ads for a local electronics store having an End of the World Sale. Do not pay EVER! (If the Mayans are right and the world ends in December.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/23 "2012-11-22T03:40:52Z")
My survival strategy: stick close to John Cusack. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/24 "2012-11-22T16:25:26Z")
I’d really like to know one way or another what’s going to happen. I have a couple bills due around the 21st, and if the world’s going to end, I’d rather use the money on an end of the world party. I mean, what’s the point of paying for my car insurance and cell phone if we’re all going to die? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/25 "2012-11-22T19:32:17Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > I’d follow your example, but in Canada it is illegal to own canned meat. > > The Apocalypse can’t come soon enough. You can leaseor rent it however… ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/26 "2012-11-22T19:33:58Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > [Klik](http://www.mapleleaffoods.com/en/market/butcher/canned-meat/luncheon-meats/maple-leaf-klik-luncheon-meat) is tenuously still available, but only if you have an [FAC](http://www.mapleleaffoods.com/en/market/butcher/canned-meat/luncheon-meats/maple-leaf-klik-luncheon-meat), as it sounds so weapon-like. > > Believe me, Canada fully intends this Apocalypse to be a peaceful, non-violent one. You also forgot Cam. Wait, that doesn’t count as there is no meat in it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/27 "2012-11-22T19:36:48Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My survival strategy: stick close to John Cusack. Better Keith Richards. The fact that he’s still alive somehow means that he’s on to something. Stick to him like glue. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/28 "2012-11-22T19:41:50Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#): > > I’d really like to know one way or another what’s going to happen. I have a couple bills due around the 21st, and if the world’s going to end, I’d rather use the money on an end of the world party. > > I mean, what’s the point of paying for my car insurance and cell phone if we’re all going to die? Not much point in saving the money either though. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/29 "2012-11-22T20:58:11Z")
I hope the End of the World goes smoothly - I’m getting married a week later and don’t want to be stuck in traffic or some such. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/30 "2012-11-22T21:01:02Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I got guns, ammo, booze, weed, and canned meat. Mayan bitches can tongue my taint. Major Kong’s survival kit is still pretty good today! 😛 - One forty-five caliber automatic - Two boxes of ammunition - Four days’ concentrated emergency rations - One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills - One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible - One hundred dollars in rubles - One hundred dollars in gold - Nine packs of chewing gum - One issue of prophylactics - Three lipsticks - Three pair of nylon stockings. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/31 "2012-11-23T05:36:08Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Not much point in saving the money either though. Well, no, but rather than waste it on bills, I’d waste it on booze and fattening food during the last few days. Allstate and Verizon can go suck it. I’m just not real clear on the Mayan prophecy. Are we all going to die, or is it more like a _Mad Max_ end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it type of thing? ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/32 "2012-11-24T05:28:33Z")
Dear Sir or Madam: I formally request postponement of the apocalypse until after Alabama wins this year’s BCS title. However, should we lose to the barn or the Dawgs, thereby guaranteeing the championship to the despicable Fighting Irish, please proceed with Earth’s total destruction posthaste. Thank you and best wishes, bassett hound ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/33 "2012-11-24T11:57:15Z")
The world ends 2 days before Festivus? The Mayans are on my Airing of Grievances list for sure! ---
**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:** [November 24, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/34 "2012-11-24T14:57:34Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Major Kong’s survival kit is still pretty good today! 😛 > > - One forty-five caliber automatic > - Two boxes of ammunition > - Four days’ concentrated emergency rations > - One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, > vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills > - One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible > - One hundred dollars in rubles > - One hundred dollars in gold > - Nine packs of chewing gum > - One issue of prophylactics > - Three lipsticks > - Three pair of nylon stockings. You could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with that! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/35 "2012-11-24T16:36:48Z")
[I warned you all about… THE MAYAN CALENDAR]([http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/601360\_511205645571384\_1637465249\_n.jpg](http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/601360_511205645571384_1637465249_n.jpg)) > [@](#): > > After one hundred and forty thousand k’ins the time has finally come for… > > **THE END OF B’AK’TUN!** And yes, I bought the T-shirt. ETA: We’ll be flying that day. 😛 . ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/36 "2012-11-24T16:50:27Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#): > > I’m just not real clear on the Mayan prophecy. Are we all going to die, or is it more like a _Mad Max_ end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it type of thing? Neither, although they might have celebrated much like we do on New Year’s Eve & Day, when our calendar rolls over much like theirs did. The Mayans didn’t make a prophecy any more than our calendar makers do when they print the December calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/37 "2012-11-24T16:56:36Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Neither, although they might have celebrated much like we do on New Year’s Eve & Day, when our calendar rolls over much like theirs did. > > The Mayans didn’t make a prophecy any more than our calendar makers do when they print the December calendar. Or as my link says: > [@ITZAMINA](#): > > What’s the big deal, anyway? So I ran out of space on a stone tablet. Get over it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/38 "2012-11-24T17:25:21Z")
[Another explanation](http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/12/07) — which makes a helluva lot more sense to me than the other whackadoodle theories on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/39 "2012-11-24T17:35:49Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Neither, although they might have celebrated much like we do on New Year’s Eve & Day, when our calendar rolls over much like theirs did. > > The Mayans didn’t make a prophecy any more than our calendar makers do when they print the December calendar. Some calendar makers have the decency to include an extra month or three in the next year, albeit usually tiny. That affront makes me think the Mayans deserved it. I have stuff to do in January! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753/40 "2012-11-24T18:13:50Z")
> [@basset\_hound](#): > > Dear Sir or Madam: > > I formally request postponement of the apocalypse until after Alabama wins this year’s BCS title. However, should we lose to the barn or the Dawgs, thereby guaranteeing the championship to the despicable Fighting Irish, please proceed with Earth’s total destruction posthaste. > > Thank you and best wishes, > > bassett hound God’s Mother is going to see to it that the Mayans are disappointed and Notre Dame wins the BCS. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-its-only-one-month-till-the-apocalypse/641753.md?page=3)