# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/21 "2013-08-29T21:07:49Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Paging Bruce Campbell! He can’t make it. He’s all out of bubble gum. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/22 "2013-08-29T21:44:15Z")
[nitpick]Bruce Campbell and Rowdy Roddy Piper are two different people.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/23 "2013-08-29T22:27:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [nitpick]Bruce Campbell and Rowdy Roddy Piper are two different people.[/nitpick] While that is indeed true, Bruce is still all out of bubblegum. And DON’T TOUCH MAH PIECE! just to mix things up a bit, ya know. Besides, the only way to be sure is to nuke it from orbit chewing gum. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/24 "2013-08-29T22:38:07Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [nitpick]Bruce Campbell and Rowdy Roddy Piper are two different people.[/nitpick] [NCB] Gracias [/NCB] [SBB] de Nada [/SBB] ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/25 "2013-08-29T22:38:53Z")
> [@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. So what’s the target date for destruction? I want to put it on my calendar and make sure I have plenty of beer and a easy chair set up to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/26 "2013-08-29T23:48:29Z")
I knew this kind of thing would happen when that no-account McCormack kid moved into town and started teaching our local young people to dance. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/27 "2013-08-30T00:16:16Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > He can’t make it. He’s all out of bubble gum. Then get Duke Nukem! ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/28 "2013-08-30T00:38:17Z")
Sillies! The world ends at 10 tonight. You can see the pictures at 11:00. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/29 "2013-08-30T00:49:52Z")
We live about 20 miles east of Troy, and I have been hearing about this concert non-stop for the past week. So today I finally googled the band’s name, since I have never even heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/30 "2013-08-30T00:59:36Z")
I live about a mile from the venue so I’m pretty much at ground zero. Ulp! Maybe if the wind blows my way I’ll get a buzz… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/31 "2013-08-31T11:59:16Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Because when I think lawless destruction and anarchy, I think Mumford & Sons. lawless destruction and anarchy…and beach balls, beach balls being tossed around in the crowd. We have to have a little bit of fun during the apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/32 "2013-08-31T13:15:58Z")
Beach balls filled with the air of discontent! THAT’S the issue! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/33 "2013-08-31T13:42:11Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > 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. Hey, are you prejudiced against crotchety old farts like me? Shame! Gonna report you to the mods. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/34 "2013-08-31T13:51:50Z")
Did they sell out of spray paint and paper bags yet? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/35 "2013-08-31T14:55:46Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > After hearing Mumford & Sons all summer, I agree with the letter writer. Mumford and Sons are my personal biggest WTF is that all about. I don’t understand how anyone could like them. If I were in a band like that even my mother would not like it and she’d be right. There is clearly a dark sinister force behind their existence. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/36 "2013-08-31T15:14:43Z")
So, when IS the concert? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/37 "2013-08-31T15:20:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The end is [Nye](http://images.cryhavok.org/d/23405-2/The+End+is+Nye.jpg). I LOVE this. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/38 "2013-08-31T15:30:31Z")
So, the OP lives in Troy. Before the coming destruction, I have to ask if Helen is a blonde or a brunette. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456/39 "2013-08-31T20:18:30Z")
The concert began yesterday and ends tonight. So far so good… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-is-nigh-goodbye/667456.md?page=1)