# The end is nigh, goodbye! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456 "2013-08-29T00:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/1 "2013-08-29T00:19:20Z")
[https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586](https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586) Just wanted to say it’s been fun and interesting being part of the Doper community. But, as you can see from that letter, my hometown and I will soon be destroyed. Adios. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/2 "2013-08-29T00:20:18Z")
It’s not too late for you to mail me all of your stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/3 "2013-08-29T01:17:18Z")
Apparently, it’s already too late… The letter has been destroyed with him! ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/4 "2013-08-29T01:36:39Z")
God once sent a letter to my father saying something to the effect that He threw all the demons into a hole in space and my father would be able to see it because he had a telescope. God’s name was Nunziati. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/5 "2013-08-29T04:23:31Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > [https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586](https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586) > > Just wanted to say it’s been fun and interesting being part of the Doper community. But, as you can see from that letter, my hometown and I will soon be destroyed. Adios. “Sorry, that page was not found.” 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/6 "2013-08-29T09:24:51Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Sorry, that page was not found.” > > 😕😕😕 Wow, he wasn’t kidding. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/7 "2013-08-29T12:59:17Z")
Sorry, not sure why the link isn’t working. The letter was a letter to the editor of the Troy (Ohio) Daily News from some crotchety old fart. The subject was the upcoming Gentlemen of the Road Tour (the Mumford & Sons folk festival) which is a HUGE deal for our town of 25,000. Typically, Grandpa Grumpy was not amused and compared the festival to the Nazi invasion of France. He also said the city fathers sold us to the Roman Centurions for thirty pieces of silver and that Troy would be destroyed. Hilarious! [https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586](https://picasaweb.google.com/116321657869809362085/August282013#5917328259967143586) There you go. I’m an idiot. Had to change the visibility setttings. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/8 "2013-08-29T13:03:08Z")
All that for Mumford and sons? They seem pretty harmless to me. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/9 "2013-08-29T13:26:54Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > All that for Mumford and sons? They seem pretty harmless to me. They say f@&k in a song. And you say harmless?!? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/10 "2013-08-29T13:34:00Z")
They have banjos and wear hipster hats. They are a menace! Troy is doomed, I say, doomed! ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/11 "2013-08-29T13:37:34Z")
“Crotchety” doesn’t even begin to cover it. What would really be cool is if the tour would stop by this dude’s house on the way out of town, present him with a signed poster, and thank him for his civic concern. That would explode his little head! ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/12 "2013-08-29T13:41:58Z")
After hearing Mumford & Sons all summer, I agree with the letter writer. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/13 "2013-08-29T13:45:39Z")
[The start is nigh](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8342/8242199249_ba3990d2c6_z.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/14 "2013-08-29T14:59:27Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > God once sent a letter to my father saying something to the effect that He threw all the demons into a hole in space and my father would be able to see it because he had a telescope. God’s name was Nunziati. I thought Nunziati was a city councillor in Toronto. This would explain a few things. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/15 "2013-08-29T15:15:29Z")
The end is [Nye](http://images.cryhavok.org/d/23405-2/The+End+is+Nye.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/16 "2013-08-29T15:28:42Z")
I hear Troy has had problems in the past with getting destroyed after bringing seemingly harmless things into town, though. I’ll bet everyone laughed at Cassandra’s letters to the editor too. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/17 "2013-08-29T15:33:27Z")
Because when I think lawless destruction and anarchy, I think Mumford & Sons. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/18 "2013-08-29T17:53:43Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > I hear Troy has had problems in the past with getting destroyed after bringing seemingly harmless things into town, though. I’ll bet everyone laughed at Cassandra’s letters to the editor too. Ah yes, the Atreus and Sons tour. Their bassist had serious anger issues, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/19 "2013-08-29T19:07:14Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Ah yes, the Atreus and Sons tour. Their bassist had serious anger issues, IIRC. Eh, he had an Achilles heel, though. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/20 "2013-08-29T20:53:14Z")
> [@](#): > > An army of darkness has aligned against the city of Troy… Paging Bruce Campbell! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456.md?page=2)