This year has flown by.
The countdown to the end of the world has crept up on me and now I find that there are only 5 weeks and four days to go.
As usual, with an important date looming on the calendar I am not at all prepared. I should, many months ago have put a reminder on my wall calendar to supplement current regular entries of when to put out the different coloured recycling bins, pay the newspaper shop and, specifically for this current month, arrange for the death of a free range turkey.
The forthcoming 21st December 2012 is going to be a hellishly busy day by all accounts.
I expect, that with the end of the world falling on a friday, it may be an opportunity for many to finish work a little bit earlier and either go to the pub for a drink, head off home for an early tea or just hang about to see what happens.
Of course, a few employers may be broad minded enough to offer an extra days vacation on an unpaid basis if individuals express a desire to put their affairs in order.
The impending armageddon is a bit inconvenient because I am confused from what direction, quarter or actual apocalyptic horseman the final blow will be dealt.
The doom-mongers, religious extremists, anarchists and just the rather pessimistic are all trying to hijack the day for their own interests and egos.
Some say that the end of the world will be caused by an economic meltdown. The total collapse of the worlds markets and currencies. I do not find this helpful and would appreciate a heads up whether I should pay my mortgage for the month or just enjoy a bit of extra cash in my pocket with which to pay tribute to that Nostradamus bloke. I will try to ring the Moneybox radio programme on this subject but lines always seem to be busy on more mundane issues. The conspiracy theorists have advocated that the Contract of the Federal Reserve in the USA is up for renewal on that very day. At least we will have some idea of the earthbound whereabouts of Mr Branson on that day.
Others are looking to the skies for a galactic trigger to the ecological gun barrel that we have already manoevred into place against our collective heads. This could take the form of a solar flare ( remember to cancel my monthly direct debit at the tanning salon), a stray asteroid or a shift in the axis of the earth because it is so much out of sorts with itself.
One strain of thought is that the end will just come.
No drama, no warning, no waiting. It will just happen and all the lights will go out.
The trend of oneupmanship exists even in a global catastrophe situation as I hear that a sect are gathering together in a French village on the promise that they will be rescued and evacuated by aliens to recolonise some distant planet. Unfortunately, the gullibility of those with this belief does not, in my opinion, augur well that they represent the keenest, brightest and best examples of humankind from which to repopulate the species.
The App Store do have a product which runs a countdown to the end of life as we know it which appears to be selling well, but then again Crazy Frog offering redemption and forgiveness to those willing to repent their sins and misdemeanours is also a popular listing.
I have left, intentionally, December 22nd free of appointments and commitments just in case......either way.
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