Did anyone notice the End of the World?


scrollMay 21st 2011 has, for some reason, been scheduled as the day that the World ends. At 6pm to be exact. It’s now 7.02pm and everything is still here, exactly as it was before. Although, it has started to get a little dark… I think it’s about to rain.

The World is also expected to end on October 21st 2011 as well. And next December, December 20th or 21st 2012, when the Mayan calendar comes to an end – this date seems to change quite a bit lately too.

I don’t understand any of this End of the World stuff, if the truth is to be known. I mean it is highly unlikely that the World really will end, when there is another prediction for it to end a few months later on in the year.

It’s as though someone, somewhere, wants the majority of the population to live in fear. Shame on those people who need to try to control the masses by fear. It isn’t on. Remember the Power of Tenfold Return applies in this instance…

I mean to say, if the World was to end, I’d rather it just happened. I don’t want to know that the World will end on ____________________ (insert date here, but be quick – the dates are going fast!). And what a palaver it is to get things sorted, ready for the end, if you know. Leave things be, and let things take their own course of action, is what I say, and just enjoy the moment now. So what if the World is ending… it’s not ending right now, right at this time, so do what you want to, enjoy yourself, and live in the moment!

Here are ten suggestions to pass the time on the day the World Ends – best be quick, though, just in case (but don’t worry… be happy!)

    1. Get your hair done.
      Ever fancied having a green rinse? Or shaving one side of your head? Go for it! I’m going to resurrect my severe flick.
    2. Wear your most hideous clothes – or those that you are saving for best.
      You may never get the chance again, so why not? Mix and match is always a good policy!
    3. Go out and dance in the rain.
      Even if you can’t dance, do it! Get others to join in – or better still, go to your local supermarket to do it… you can get a bit of last minute shopping in as well, while you’re at it!
    4. Paint a portrait.
      Historians in the future will want to know what life was like in our time. Your portraits will help. Especially if you paint yourself with green hair wearing that hideous orange shirt, dancing in a shopping trolley. The historians will think of us all as a fun-loving lot!
    5. Write a tale of our time.
      Your words could be the change that the Earth needs for the future. Don’t mention any End of World dates though, unless you are certain, and if you are certain, don’t bother with the writing, the painting, the clothes, the dancing or the hair. No, hang on… do bother!
    6. Look around at your immediate surroundings, and see the beauty in the first thing that you look at.
      What you think about, you bring about, remember – look for beauty and you will see it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
    7. Hug.
      Yourself. Another person. A tree.
    8. Learn a foreign language.
      Well, you may have time, and you may get to use the ability… you never know.
    9. Sing five songs in full that have the word ‘Celebrate’ in them.
      I can’t think of any right at this time, so there you have it… the World can’t possibly end without knowing five songs with the word ‘Celebrate’ in them.
    10. Go and make your own list of ten things to do when the World is coming to an end.
      It’s actually quite fun, if you don’t stay too caught up in the reason why you are doing it.

All I can say is that it is a good job that I managed to serve my notice of termination in my last post. Not that I knew anything yesterday of today’s End of the World prophecy. This was all one big coincidence… I only found out about today before writing this post – that was where the inspiration came from.

Blimey.

Being inspired by the End of the World.

That’s not a good note to end on really, is it?

However, must dash. I’ve got to go to Sainsbury’s to do some dancin’! (Other supermarkets are available)

And word count: Seven Seven Seven… 


6 responses to “Did anyone notice the End of the World?”

  1. Alannah Murphy avatar

    It’s so silly, all those beliefs people have about the end of the world, I think if it’s going to happen, it will be most likely something unexpected, like another meteor, like the one who wiped out the dinosaurs etc…

    As Douglas Adams said: DON’T PANIC!
    (and in his novels the world did come to an end…hmmm)
    🙂

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Hi Alannah! I think there’s no point panicking about it, it’s not as though we can do anything about it anyway! ‘Keep calm and carry on’ is one of my favourite quotes at present.

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  2. penpusherpen avatar

    Phew!!! BUT It couldn’t have happened anyway,Sir Aquatom, ‘cos DR Who that night was a two parter, and I would have been fair vexed to have missed the second bit next Saturday. So breathe again, and wait for the next portent of doom. {{{hugs}}} (couldn’t find a tree next to me ) so you’ll have to do.
    xPenx

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Pen, I’m as close to a tree as the real thing! 🙂
      And you’re right. The Universe wouldn’t let us miss Dr Who, so the End has been put back a bit. (For some reason, I wasn’t expecting a two-parter this week…)

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  3. bex avatar

    hahaha! fun post Tom! nope, it totally didn’t end. i mean, if it did, there doesn’t seem to be much difference…huh. to the best of what i’ve read about it was the beginning of the end on Saturday – it all begins with the rapture, the actually end-end is supposed to be in october.

    you know…i think people find it easier to think and talk and pour resources (emotional and otherwise) into talking about the end of the world – it is a distraction from all the stuff that we should be putting our resources (emotional and otherwise) into things we can change.
    it is like – have you ever the book “Amusing Ourselves to Death”? like that.

    love your list of ten things to do.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Ulp… the beginning of the end, you say? As in on Saturday, when Grímsvötn started to erupt? No, that’s only a coincidence. And no, I’m not spreading fear… do you know where I can get some green hair dye from?

      By the way, I’ve never read that book… I’ll look into it… 🙂

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