End of the world?

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited May 2011
    Not the Audio God, though. He Loves you and he wants money.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited May 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Anyone who's ever worked through a weekend then. You people are really nitpicking my smug joke to death.

    Us audiophiles are like that :-)

    Just in case, on Saturday night I'll have Bruce Cockburn's Last Night of the World cued up and ready to go...


    I'm sipping Flor De Cana and lime juice, it's three a.m.
    Blow a fruit fly off the rim of my glass
    The radio's playing Superchunk and the friends of Dean Martinez

    Midnight it was bike tires whacking the pot holes
    Milling humans' shivering energy glow
    Fusing the space between them with bar-throb bass and laughter

    If this were the last night of the world
    What would I do?
    What would I do that was different
    Unless it was champagne with you?

    I learned as a child not to trust in my body
    I've carried that burden through my life
    But there's a day when we all have to be pried loose

    If this were the last night of the world
    What would I do?
    What would I do that was different
    Unless it was champagne with you?

    I've seen the flame of hope among the hopeless
    And that was truly the biggest heartbreak of all
    That was the straw that broke me open

    If this were the last night of the world
    What would I do?
    What would I do that was different
    Unless it was champagne with you?

    http://www.cockburnproject.net/songs&music/lnotw.html
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Just in case, on Saturday night I'll have Bruce Cockburn's Last Night of the World cued up and ready to go...

    Friday night, or maybe Saturday depending on your perspective. Saturday is D-Day. If you are still on Earth Sunday then you are in big trouble. As somebody else said, you can do whatever you want to do for the next 6 months, since anybody left on Earth after Saturday is going to hell.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited May 2011
    Darn, anyones stereo that I'd want to steal would still be here! drats!
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2011
    Gosh, why are the devoted in such a hurry for it all to end?
    So they can say "I told you so"?
    Maybe all those Kansas crazies that picket
    at GI's funerals will drink the kool-aid.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited May 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Just to be clear - the Sabbath of the Old Testament is Saturday, not Sunday. Christians chose to recognize the day of Easter (a Sunday) in lieu of the Sabbath to commemorate the significance of the Easter event.


    If you've ever spent any time in Israel, you'll know that the week does indeed begin on Sunday - rush hour and all!

    Very true....I usually blow peoples mind when I tell them Moses was actually given over 600 commandments, not just the 10 we have all come to know. Wonder if God put all that on a hard drive for the poor old guy....thats alot of tablets.

    As far as the end of the world goes, well, I've been around long enough to have heard this scenario a time or two.....or 3 or 4, time keep marching on and we are still here. I think some just want it to happen so badly for what ever reason that they make themselves wacked out over it. If it happens,it happens, not like we can run from it anyway.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2011
    Lasareath wrote: »
    A bunch of people are saying that the end of the world is this Saturday.

    That there's going to be a flood and we'll all need Arks.

    I'm a little worried because it's been raining non-stop here the past 10 days and the forecast calls for another 9 days of rain.

    What do you guys think?

    http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS429US429&q=end+of+the+world+2011

    This is the reason I moved to Colorado, the rest of you people didn't plan. :biggrin:
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited May 2011
    And it's one, two, three,
    What are we fighting for ?
    Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
    Next stop is;
    12/21/2012

    And it's five, six, seven,
    Open up the pearly gates,
    Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
    Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
    “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2011
    I think the end of the world is when Brett22 calls you up to say he's in town and is coming by for dinner. Thanks man....house is a mess and we're totally unprepared for company. The wife is running around like a crazy person, worried about her hair and if the spare bedroom is ok. I was really looking forward to laying in bed and watching TV douchebag.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,713
    edited May 2011
    Anybody know what time this End of Times is going to occur on Saturday ?

    I usually schedule a shower on Saturday between 2pm and 4pm.

    I guess I should get up early and shower; might be able to sneak in with the decent folks then.

    Are we supposed to pack food and clothing ? I didn't get the memo.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited May 2011
    So do you suppose this rapture thingy will lower gas prices? I hope so because it's summer and it would be nice to take off and do some road-tripping. I figure most of the country will be pretty peaceful while NYC, DC, and California won't know anything happened.
    DKG999
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited May 2011
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Anybody know what time this End of Times is going to occur on Saturday ?

    I usually schedule a shower on Saturday between 2pm and 4pm.

    I guess I should get up early and shower; might be able to sneak in with the decent folks then.

    Are we supposed to pack food and clothing ? I didn't get the memo.

    Your starting to sound like Albert Brooks in "Defending your life".:tongue::smile:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    dkg999 wrote: »
    So do you suppose this rapture thingy will lower gas prices? I hope so because it's summer and it would be nice to take off and do some road-tripping. I figure most of the country will be pretty peaceful while NYC, DC, and California won't know anything happened.

    Higher prices. Fewer consumers equals lower sales, so the price needs to go up to provide the same level of profits. :rolleyes:
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited May 2011
    gimpod wrote: »
    And it's one, two, three,
    What are we fighting for ?
    Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
    Next stop is;
    12/21/2012

    And it's five, six, seven,
    Open up the pearly gates,
    Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
    Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

    Country Joe McDonald!!:biggrin:

    Greg
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    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited May 2011
    Oh, and this is some crap that Harold Camping put out. Utter rubbish.:frown:

    Greg
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    Your starting to sound like Albert Brooks in "Defending your life".:tongue::smile:

    This is damned exciting stuff.


    Also, FUN FACTS : http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/things-you-need-to-know-about-the-rapture?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=links
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
    What's Camping going to do with the 70+ million dollars in FUNDS that his church is sitting on? You can't take that with you, you know!

    I've been hearing these guys since 1975 when, I believe, it was H. Armstrong who said that that was pretty much it for us. Unfortunately, I got to finish college, go on to Graduate School and get my first teaching job many years later. And I'm still here? Now if I could only figure out how to talk poor folk out of their life savings, I'd be a Harold Camping...nah!

    cnh
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited May 2011
    Guess I'll wait until after the weekend to mow. Why mow if the world is going to end?

    H9
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  • fishbones
    fishbones Posts: 947
    edited May 2011
    I'm headed straight to the strip clubs and maxing out my credit cards! WOOOOO HAAAA!!! Going out with a bang baby! Champagne room...3 at once...slap & tickle...yeah! :biggrin::tongue:

    ...Don't tell the wifey!
    ..... ><////(*>
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited May 2011
    A little more than 24 hours from the Doomsday! I took a day off and quite the job and partying like hell. I think that's where we are heading anyway.

    Who cares? I don't have to see the boss next Monday.

    Yippie...This is gonna be sweet. :tongue:
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited May 2011
    headrott wrote: »
    Country Joe McDonald!!:biggrin:

    Greg

    Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
    You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high,
    You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try;they're gonna love you.
    Well I've always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely.
    The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think.
    Oh by the way, ....
    “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited May 2011
    Anyone convinced the end is here, please PM me and I will set you up with my PayPal address so you can send all of your money to me.
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  • greyford1979
    greyford1979 Posts: 749
    edited May 2011
    How is the world ending tomorrow when it already ended in the year 2000:confused::tongue: Am I the only one that remembers when the world ended that year:eek:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited May 2011
    I'm a Christian...and I made plans for Sunday.

    The guy is a hack. He supposedly has based it on the Bible.

    He missed one little detail:

    Words attributed to Jesus himself regarding his return...FROM THE BIBLE ..."You do not know the day or the hour of such events".

    See y'all on Sunday.
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited May 2011
    greyford1979 wrote: »
    How is the world ending tomorrow when it already ended in the year 2000:confused::tongue: Am I the only one that remembers when the world ended that year:eek:

    President Obama is going to have a couple chili chess dogs with broccoli for dinner and then the gas will start flowing about 3 am, We'll all be dead from methane poisoning by Sunday morning. :eek::eek:
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2011
    Tomorrow, 21 May 2011, my wife, the former Theresa Talamonti, will be enjoying her 51st birthday.

    6PM go-time huh? It's reassuring to know she will have enjoyed part of the day. The part before she got sucked into a black hole at the speed of light.
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited May 2011
    Hey George, tell the lovely Miss Theresa Happy Birthday! Tomorrow.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2011
    Will do sir!
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited May 2011
    Brought my shotgun with me to work just in case but haven't seen anything yet:cool:
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited May 2011
    Enjoy what 's left of this day gents.
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