Ok I have to say it...

[FirstLight]

I am not trying to be snarky...BUT

is Dick Clark's passing really a SIGN that the calendar really WILL stop in Dec. 2012...?
No more New Year's Rockin Eve? oh dear

[barbtries]

1. according to my son,

and i don't know where he heard it, the mayans did not account for leap year, and the end of the world according to their calendar, had they done so, has already passed. so, we may be safe

[NuttyFluffers]

2. nah, their calendar is far more precise than our Gregorian. no need for a leap year.

but there won't be an end of the world. and, as iconic as Dick Clark is, his passing has no relation to the end of the world. however, since i do love me some irony, i'd be deliciously amused if i was proved wrong. granted i'd be amused ever so briefly, but it's best to go out with a bang and a hearty laugh.

(edit: IIRC, Mayan calendar has something like a leap month. but that's also regularly taken into account in calculations. the trouble comes about comparing two different calendars.)

[davsand]

3. Well, in a manner of speaking, the calendar DID stop for Dick Clark.

Just sayin...






Laura

[Howler]

8. snort!

True That! no matter how you cut it! LOL!

[FirstLight]

4. I *was* trying to get a laught out of you guys

I thought it was a pretty good joke, actually...

[kentauros]

5. We don't know

really when the world will end, since they ran out of room on their stone calendar

[Sanity Claws]

7. Whew!

I'm glad to hear it was just a joke posting. It really is funny.

[kimmerspixelated]

6. My first thought,

is that it's a brilliant connection. I don't think it means anything, or should be taken seriously, but I applaud the dot connecting! Wow! I never woulda thought of it!