# You are present to witness the downfall of civilization. What's your witty one-liner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213 "2010-12-15T06:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/81 "2010-12-16T01:45:04Z")
_\_ “NEXT!!” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/82 "2010-12-16T01:48:07Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > And there was light. No. “Let there be…dark…” ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/83 "2010-12-16T01:59:50Z")
“But it’s not 2012 yet!” Unless, of course, it is. Then I’d have to come up with something else. Perhaps “I said there were no gifts!” (I’m talking to you, **Descamisado.** ) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/84 "2010-12-16T02:04:32Z")
Now I can jerk off in public! No more bacon? If the entire world must be destroyed to assure that every last copy of every single episode of _The Nanny_ is also destroyed, it is well worth the cost. Get your paws off me, you damn dirty ape! I must be trippin’ on some really bad shit. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/85 "2010-12-16T04:18:07Z")
“Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnd _scene_.” ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/86 "2010-12-16T04:29:10Z")
Th-th-th-that’s all, folks! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/87 "2010-12-16T05:53:10Z")
Is that all there is? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/88 "2010-12-16T06:18:19Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Is that all there is? Good choice! There better damn well be Four Horsemen coming by soon. Nyah nyah nyah! I’m gonna be Raptured, and you losers are gonna fry! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/89 "2010-12-16T06:19:06Z")
I wouldn’t say anything, but I’d be blowing the hell out of my _Vuvazula!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/90 "2010-12-16T06:38:49Z")
Makes me wished I hadn’t skipped dessert last night. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/91 "2010-12-16T06:40:13Z")
“Figures. Just when I think up the witty one-liner, there’s no way it’s going to be remembered.” ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/92 "2010-12-16T10:23:55Z")
HAHA! (I say this as I’m pointing at the downfall of civilization of course) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/93 "2010-12-16T10:38:27Z")
I’d sing “Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome, im cabaret, au cabaret, to cabaret!” ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/94 "2010-12-16T11:36:22Z")
“Well, there goes my cheap broadband.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/95 "2010-12-16T11:48:18Z")
What’s next? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/96 "2010-12-16T12:00:17Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > four Yorkshiremen > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Four Horsemen sleep-deprived brain has just produced the Four Yorkshiremen of the Apocalypse. All too fitting, for some reason. Frankly, I don’t think the downfall of civilization demands a witty one-liner. I like it too much; I’d probably weep quietly for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/97 "2010-12-16T12:10:34Z")
“Babe? Remember when you said you would only have sex with me if I was the last man on Earth? Weeeeellll…” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/98 "2010-12-16T14:25:37Z")
Where’s my dawg, he was just here a minute ago? And why does my head suddenly feel heavy? And what’s that fiery object hurtling towards m ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/99 "2010-12-16T15:27:09Z")
I won’t have time. I’ll be busy in the underground lair with other Dopers waiting for the dust to settle. Then we will emerger to start the New World Order!! This is all theoretical, of course . . . 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-present-to-witness-the-downfall-of-civilization-whats-your-witty-one-liner/564213/100 "2010-12-16T15:35:38Z")
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