# So, We Gonna Count This Thing Down, Or What?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 2, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-gonna-count-this-thing-down-or-what/608136 "2012-01-02T12:58:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-gonna-count-this-thing-down-or-what/608136/1 "2012-01-02T12:58:03Z")

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December 21, 2012, I mean. The Aztec calendar and the end of the world an’ shit?

I reckon the bars and liquor stores will make a killin’ (so to speak) supplying the booze for all of the “End of the World” parties.

So hell, I don’t know… is this the first thread of 2012 addressing this thing?

Has the “Count Down” started?

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H91--HfmtB0/hqdefault.jpg "THE MOONBEAM SONG ~ HARRY NILSSON ~ MOON ON THE BLACKWATER BAY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H91--HfmtB0)

Miss you, Harry!

Q

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**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-gonna-count-this-thing-down-or-what/608136/2 "2012-01-02T13:39:00Z")

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I don’t know about counting down, but we decided to have an End of the World party. We wanted to have it on End of the World Eve, but that falls on a Thursday. (Even though the world is gonna end, we all still have to work.) So we’re holding it on the actual day. I just wish I knew what _time_ it is scheduled to happen. It’s tough to plan a menu and activities without knowing that.