# So at 00:00:01 on December 21st... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742 "2012-12-11T20:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/1 "2012-12-11T20:21:23Z")
…you are awakened by a giant rumbling in the earth that grows and grows and grows. How many of you would pull up the covers, turn over one last time, and mutter something like “thank god!” ? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/2 "2012-12-11T20:28:09Z")
First I would think it was the cats. Then maybe an earthquake. Then I’d probably just say “Hunh?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/3 "2012-12-11T20:39:41Z")
Which time zone are we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/4 "2012-12-11T20:41:36Z")
Pull the covers over my head? No way! I shouldn’t have served chili the night before… ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/5 "2012-12-11T20:41:51Z")
Well, I’m in the Bay Area, so I’d probably roll onto the floor and pull the mattress over me. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/6 "2012-12-11T20:48:09Z")
I heard that “it” is supposed to happen at 11:11 UTC, which would be 5:11 am where I live (U.S. Central Standard Time). ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/7 "2012-12-11T20:49:27Z")
> [@](#): > > So at 00:00:01 on December 21st… > …you are awakened by a giant rumbling in the earth that grows and grows and grows. Usually this doesn’t happen until I’ve had my morning coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/8 "2012-12-11T20:50:12Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > …you are awakened by a giant rumbling in the earth that grows and grows and grows. > > How many of you would pull up the covers, turn over **one last time** , and mutter something like “thank god!” ? (emphasis mine) None of us, because it wouldn’t be the last time… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/9 "2012-12-11T20:52:00Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > …you are awakened by a giant rumbling in the earth that grows and grows and grows. > > How many of you would pull up the covers, turn over one last time, and mutter something like “thank god!” ? Being that I have a doctor’s appointment that day, I would. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/10 "2012-12-11T20:57:42Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Which time zone are we talking about? [Central Time Zone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Time_Zone), of course. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/11 "2012-12-11T21:15:26Z")
> [@Michael63129](#): > > I heard that “it” is supposed to happen at 11:11 UTC, which would be 5:11 am where I live (U.S. Central Standard Time). Damn, so I still have a full days of work and just when I’m in my beer time it all ends… actually, I should be pretty plastered by them (a local La chouffe festival here in Holland). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/12 "2012-12-11T21:20:50Z")
I’d groggily mumble “…'scuse me…” to my fiance. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/13 "2012-12-11T22:27:30Z")
I’d tell my wife “Good news everybody, we don’t have to throw that party now”. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/14 "2012-12-11T22:47:15Z")
I’d be grumpy. Of all the times for this to happen! Now those idiots will forever consider that their nonsensical prophecy was right! (Some years ago, sitting in candlelight when the power was out from a heavy windstorm, my friend snapped his fingers and declared aloud, “The power is coming back on, now!” And it did. I was the only person in the room who made nothing of it: he was bored and shot off his mouth, and, coincidentally, the power came on. Since then, I’ve caught him numerous times trying to accomplish the same trick, and it hasn’t worked again.) Hey, right now, as you – yes, you! – are reading this post, there is a big barking dog making a loud noise just outside your window! Pretty impressive, right? ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/15 "2012-12-11T23:01:43Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > …you are awakened by a giant rumbling in the earth that grows and grows and grows. > > How many of you would pull up the covers, turn over one last time, and mutter something like “thank god!” ? _raises hand_ > [@Michael63129](#): > > I heard that “it” is supposed to happen at 11:11 UTC, which would be 5:11 am where I live (U.S. Central Standard Time). Good, if the world does end, at least I won’t have to go to work. > [@Trinopus](#): > > Hey, right now, as you – yes, you! – are reading this post, there is a big barking dog making a loud noise just outside your window! > > Pretty impressive, right? Most days, that would have worked, but I think the snow has put the kibosh on that for a while… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/16 "2012-12-11T23:11:59Z")
I won’t be real broken up about it. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/17 "2012-12-11T23:30:40Z")
In all honesty, I’d be all “Well I’ll be damned! Fuck me if I ever thought this would be how it ends.” OK - that’s how I’d be if I didn’t have kids, I’d actually run to check on the kids and my mind would be racing to figure out how to minimize their suffering. Most likely I’d hug 'em, calm them down, and hope it was over with quickly. ---
**Author:** ![nion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/18 "2012-12-12T05:40:58Z")
I’d be pissed that I was robbed of the opportunity to find happiness again. Ditto For my estranged wife. I’d also be pissed my children got robbed of their adolescence and so many other things. I’d feel so bad for the two terrified kitties. But yes, I’d get to skip work… ---
**Author:** ![drew870mitchell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drew870mitchell/32/3946_2.png) [@drew870mitchell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drew870mitchell)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/19 "2012-12-12T05:56:15Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Hey, right now, as you – yes, you! – are reading this post, there is a big barking dog making a loud noise just outside your window! > > Pretty impressive, right? There’s two. They trade off in shifts. I mean, I love dogs, but I don’t want to hear yours 24/7. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742/20 "2012-12-12T06:02:07Z")
I’d just hope it was all over very quickly. And I’d be glad I didn’t have to go to work. > [@Trinopus](#): > > Hey, right now, as you – yes, you! – are reading this post, there is a big barking dog making a loud noise just outside your window! > > Pretty impressive, right? Oh, so close. The neighbor’s dog only barks during the day. There are, however, two feral cats having loud, noisy sex out by the driveway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742.md?page=2)