# Well THAT'S just fucking great **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749 "2001-10-31T17:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/21 "2001-11-01T00:17:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joyfulgirl \* > Sure, as long as I can have your ice cream when I get there. You’re not going to eat those mashed potatos, are you? Saaayy, nice straight-jacket! Can I try it on? Look, padded walls! Cool! A cell-mate! We can lounge on the nice comfy walls. Wiggle around in the pretty white jackets. Babble on about how the one world government conspiracy totally ruined the special effects in the moon landings and now are plotting to implant mind control devices in our brains that make us think “Yes! I will buy more Kraft Macaroni and Cheese” and thus save the economy. And that’s ok because Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is good stuff. But I think I might just call the whole “end of the world” thing off. I mean, I was all pysched for it but then I remembered that tonight “Enterprise” is on and while it’s not a great show, it does entertain me. I also have to get the garbage out to the curb cause I don’t want to face the end of the world while I’m sitting in a smelly house. And then the weekend is coming up and my working friends will be around and there are some movies coming out that I want to see. In fact, I don’t think I could possibly schedule the end of the world until after Lord of the Rings has been released. But I’m still up for a visit to the Happy Home, so as soon as my therapist tells me that I need a little time in the comfy room, I’ll let you know. You know I once wrote a story called “The Mash Potato Terrorist.” Oh it was funny then. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/22 "2001-11-01T01:09:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*Well, you gotta respect people who have hallucinatory enemas. Or were those the Maya? \*\* But, I’m NOT hallucinating, I really do have a lot of enemies. Excuse me? Oh. Never mind. 😃 **jarbaby** , fear not. As the brilliant, incisive and UNCANNILY accurate prognosticator, **Nostradamous** predicted, > [@](#): > > On the 31st Day of the 10th Month of the Year of The Great Upheaval, the Allignment shall be so very Perfect as To Render All Humanity Incapable of understanding Double Entendres See? It’s all in the history books, cupcake. By the by, you do look MAHHHHHVELOUS. 😉 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/23 "2001-11-01T03:15:45Z")
Well, if we’re going to live without double entendres, they might as well roll the end credits now (well, for sitcoms, anyway). Like they always say, a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/24 "2001-11-01T03:33:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by **Jodi** _ > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > Might you be mixing this up with the ancient Aztec prediction that this would be the night the lights go out in Georgia? > > > > I thought the ancient Aztec prediction was that this would be the night Chicago died. > > \*\* > Oh, I’d always understood it to be when they saw the lights go out on Broadway. Wasn’t that supposed to happen in 2017? > > Esprix \*\* Oh, no, the way _I_ heard it was that it was supposed to be when the lamb lies down on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/25 "2001-11-01T04:28:47Z")
When my roommate and I were driving home one day on I-395 in Alexandria, VA, he was pissed that the setting sun was directly in our eyes. “Why the @!?#@! is the setting sun aligned perfectly to be right in our eyes?” he griped. “Well, that’s why the ancient Aztecs built the Beltway,” I replied. :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/26 "2001-11-01T15:21:19Z")
Screw the Aztecs…if the Bears actually make the playoffs, then I know that the second coming of Jesus is just around the corner. 😃 …d&r… ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/27 "2001-11-01T15:24:20Z")
So I skipped the gym and ate a pint of french onion dip for NOTHING? Stupid aztecs. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/28 "2001-11-01T15:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*Well, according to my calendar, the world will end January 31, 2002 (the last 31 days will apparently be much smaller than the previous 365). Either that, or I’ll need to buy a new calendar. \*\* Thanks, **Munch**. I needed a good laugh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/29 "2001-11-01T16:20:23Z")
No problem, **ladybug**. In late breaking news, my day-by-day calendar just notified me this morning as I flipped to today’s date that I can **extend time** by making sure that I purchase the 2002 Raisins That Look Like Don Rickles A-Day Calendar.[sup]\*[/sup] So, pending today’s lunch hour purchase, I will single-handedly divert this disaster for one more year. [sub][sup]\*[/sup]Personally, I thought they just had 10 raisins that look like Don Rickles, and that they just use different camera angles for the other 355 days to compensate. But with this new 2002 calendar (thus a total of 730 unique Ricklesesque raisins), I’m wondering if maybe they’re artifically manufacturing these things. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/30 "2001-11-01T16:24:48Z")
I note that zero malls were attacked by terrorists yesterday. I wonder if the idiots who were passing along that UL will bother to circulate a “Ooops, were we gullible!” retraction, too. ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/31 "2001-11-01T16:45:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*I note that zero malls were attacked by terrorists yesterday. I wonder if the idiots who were passing along that UL will bother to circulate a “Ooops, were we gullible!” retraction, too. \*\* I’m sure they would if they weren’t so busy getting the “Terrorist plan an attack sometime in Dec in a medium sized city that has at least two vowels in it!” mass mailing ready. ---
**Author:** ![nerv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@nerv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nerv)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/32 "2001-11-01T17:20:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > _Originally posted by **Jodi** _ > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > Might you be mixing this up with the ancient Aztec prediction that this would be the night the lights go out in Georgia? > > > > > > I thought the ancient Aztec prediction was that this would be the night Chicago died. > > > > \*\* > > Oh, I’d always understood it to be when they saw the lights go out on Broadway. Wasn’t that supposed to happen in 2017? > > > > Esprix \*\* > > Oh, no, the way _I_ heard it was that it was supposed to be when the lamb lies down on Broadway. \*\* Nah! It’s “There’s no lights on the Christmas tree mama. They’re burning Big Louie tonight.” Hey, look what I can do! (Runs head-first into the wall of the padded cell with arms strapped behind back in straight jacket) ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/33 "2001-11-01T17:50:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blackclaw \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > > \*\*I note that zero malls were attacked by terrorists yesterday. I wonder if the idiots who were passing along that UL will bother to circulate a “Ooops, were we gullible!” retraction, too. \*\* > > I’m sure they would if they weren’t so busy getting the “Terrorist plan an attack sometime in Dec in a medium sized city that has at least two vowels in it!” mass mailing ready. \*\* Wasn’t it John Ashcroft that started that one? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/34 "2001-11-01T18:17:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*Well, according to my calendar, the world will end January 31, 2002 (the last 31 days will apparently be much smaller than the previous 365). Either that, or I’ll need to buy a new calendar. \*\* I have a US Government issued calendar that’s missing both 31 March and 29 April 2002. There’s a 28 where 29 should be but just a 24 where there should be 24/31. ---
**Author:** ![Zach\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ed655f/32.png) [@Zach\_Lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zach_Lee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/35 "2001-11-05T18:35:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blackclaw \* > “Yes! I will buy more Kraft Macaroni and Cheese” and thus save the economy. And that’s ok because Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is good stuff. > \*\* But only Kraft Spiral Macaroni and Cheese. Not the Regular kind. SPIRALS. Got It? I ain’t going nowhere without the spiral Mac n Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/36 "2001-11-06T02:16:51Z")
What’s wrong with regular mac 'n cheese? You can stick the noodles on the tines of your fork, and then it’s like having a mac 'n cheese fork! Oh, wait, they won’t give me forks in this cell. Maybe if I ask really nicely, those nice young men in their clean white coats will let me have a fork. Hey **Blackclaw** and **joyfulgirl** , do either of you have a fork? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/37 "2001-11-06T20:35:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blackclaw \* > **I don’t think I could possibly schedule the end of the world until after Lord of the Rings has been released.** Which means we have until 2003, since Part Three won’t be released till then. But I think George Lucas has more power to preserve the Earth than Peter Jackson. George has The Force, you know, so the world should endure forever, since Lucas plans to milk the SW series forever. The SW movies will be re-released over and over and over, in every form of media that currently exists and those yet to be invented. We have nothing to worry about. Even if Lucas dies, he’ll just come back as a translucent, shimmering spirit. The world won’t end as long as George Lucas has The Force. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/38 "2001-11-06T21:29:44Z")
Nah. It’s Disney that has death-grip on TEOTWAWKI[sup]tm[/sup] (The End Of The World As We Know It[sup]tm[/sup]). As long as they hope to sell one more copy of The Little Mermaid or Snow White, none of us are getting out of here early. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/39 "2001-11-07T02:36:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tranquilis \* > \*\*Nah. It’s Disney that has death-grip on TEOTWAWKI[sup]tm[/sup] (The End Of The World As We Know It)[sup]tm[/sup] \*\* [sub]gotta say it; just gotta say it[/sub] . . . but I feel fine . . . ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-just-fucking-great/90749/40 "2001-11-07T05:30:36Z")
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