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I've always heard that it's "turning a page" -- only heard about the apocalypse stuff in jokes. gateley May 2012 #1
Just going from Pisces to Aquarius, what Jesus meant saying 'look for the man carrying water.' freshwest May 2012 #19
Yeah, that's right -- and I never gateley May 2012 #26
I cannot wait to see the wooösphere's desperate flailing the morning of December 22nd. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #2
To be fair, did the Mayans use the Greek Orthodox calendar? brooklynite May 2012 #8
I've read that they didn't use leap years htuttle May 2012 #14
The "wooosphere" agent46 May 2012 #13
It'll spike up again in the fall, I'll bet. Posteritatis May 2012 #15
The "woosphere" that I've always hung around ALWAYS said.......... socialist_n_TN May 2012 #27
Does this mean all the Mexican souvenir vendors have to update? jberryhill May 2012 #3
All right - CHEAP Christmas presents! csziggy May 2012 #25
"Controversial." Brickbat May 2012 #4
or..... chknltl May 2012 #5
Doom Turbineguy May 2012 #6
I have PROOF that the world will end on December 31st! brooklynite May 2012 #7
You haven't bought next year's calender yet. Pathwalker May 2012 #9
LOL! Wind Dancer May 2012 #10
So your point is that the Mayans never got to the Hallmark Store before the Spanish invaded? brooklynite May 2012 #11
no. Pathwalker May 2012 #12
Actually, the guy doing the calendar had a date with a cute temple maiden that night... LongTomH May 2012 #21
I turn 50 on December 22. Maybe the Mayans were right.... Thor_MN May 2012 #18
You Mean All Those Preparations I Have Been Making Are For Nothing? SkatmanRoth May 2012 #16
Keep the food and the survival gear... they might come in handy! FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #17
Oh that's just great... -..__... May 2012 #20
Well, we can still have some 'end-of-the-world' parties on 12-21-2012... LongTomH May 2012 #22
Ha. Certain sectors of the wooösphere are now is trumpeting MadrasT May 2012 #23
The timing of this announcement is a little too convenient, if you ask me slackmaster May 2012 #24
"...keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future." unkachuck May 2012 #28
There goes the History channel's ratings. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2012 #29
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