So... on 12/21/12

[Earth_First]

Whatdya think...?

[NMDemDist2]

1. just hope all hell doesn't break loose in the mid east

that's what i'm watching for....

[Care Acutely]

21. why?

Do you mean, on that day? Or in general? Because FYI, all hell has been breaking loose for long about a decade now, give or take a little.

[onlyadream]

2. Just another day

No worries.

[joesdaughter]

3. Party!

Planning an Armageddon Eve party on 12/20.2012. Any menu suggestions?

[oldhippydude]

4. yellowstone or tepco.... name your poison

not holding my breath.. paying my bills just in case we survive...lol

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. A good excuse for a party!

Beats the fuck out of y2k and is just before the solstice. Sounds perfect to me!

[Earth_First]

8. Y2K was great!

We went to the largest North American party in the Everglades and watched Phish play from 11:55 p.m. straight through sunrise at 7 a.m.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. What I did on Y2K Day:

Some people were convinced all the electricity in the world would disappear or something but I didn't believe it. A friend and I rented an airplane (I was working as a flight instructor at the time) so we could fly around and see if anything happened at 24:00 GMT (6:00 pm local time), like the whole electrical grid going out. The airlines were so afraid there would be glitches that they cancelled their flights that evening, so we had the skies around the normally very busy MSP area pretty much to ourselves. It was weird - we were the only plane talking to ATC for that half hour or so before 6:00 during what's normally the evening rush hour. And, of course, nothing happened, so we landed and went home to watch TV.

[Earth_First]

15. Wow. That's extremely unique.

I'd be hard pressed to find a more unique story than that.

Kudos!

[upi402]

6. buying my green bananas now

pffft
and
meh

[pinboy3niner]

7. Me? I think I'll go with the Jameson.

That's my prediction right now, but don't hold me to it--I reserve the right to pick a different libation.

[jeff47]

9. Nothing.

The Mayan calendar actually ended a few months ago. The people who calculated the 12/21/12 date didn't take leap years into account.

[Capt.Rocky300]

10. Only 3 days to Christmas..........

I better do some shopping.

[0rganism]

11. I'm taking the day off from work

It'll be a great start to a 5-day (X-mas) vacation.

[JHB]

12. TGIF

[geckosfeet]

13. what about 12/12/12?

Not to be cynical but,,,

Those are numbers from a number system that humans invented.

Used to represent a calendar system that humans invented.

Using a regional convention to denote date that humans invented.

My guess is that any perceived significance is also the invention of humans.

[Tutonic]

16. John Travolta's hairpiece orbits the moon, forms a codpiece and lands

on Trump.

[murray hill farm]

17. I will be in Mexico!

Visiting on Isla Mujeres (I lived there years ago) and meeting my son for the holidays for the visit to lovely Isla. We plan to spend the 21st at the Mayan ruins and pyrimids near Cancun to celebrate the end of the world. LOL! Then we will return to Isla to celebrate that the world didn't end on the beaches of Isla. What could be better. We have been planning this trip for two years since we last visited Isla Mujeres and came up with this good reason or excuse to return this year.

[Hayabusa]

18. My grandma is going to think it's the end of the world

when her pain medicine wears off. She has knee surgery that day.

[cntrfthrs]

19. So what'll happen?

...the Mayan calander will come to an end.

[Separation]

20. Vegas is taking odds

1,000,000/1

Can't go wrong with a dollar bet.