[Ravensfort] Happy End of the World...

[James Northfolke]

It is currently 3:20 am September 10 in the Middle East.  Are they and
everyone east of them already vaporized?  Or is the End of the World CDT?
 ;)
James

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Hoffpauir, David <ENV_DRH at shsu.edu> wrote:

> The Lord of the Manor would have me announce:
>
>
> At approximately 3:00 am September 10, in the Year of our Lord, 2008, being
> Anno Societatus XLIII the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) goes online.  If all
> goes well, we shall all be instantly vaporized in an ever expanding cloud of
> matter, light, and energy, just as the creator's of "our" Universe were
> vaporized 13.73 billion years ago, when "their" LHC went online, thus
> proving the existence of the Higgs-Bison, humpty-backed camels, the God
> Particle, and the Hogfather, and ending the current controversy over the
> North Carolina Bigfoot, all in one swoop.
>
> As modern medievalist, we have often feasted and drank our lauds to the End
> of the World. In fact, one particular End of World Party and an electric
> fence is etched in the Pain Assisted Learning (PAL) part of my mind, but
> we'll save that story for bards and campfires...  Yes, we've all partied
> like it's 1499 only to awake to a pounding of brain flesh and another
> ratenous day upon this wretched earth, as mere semi-nobles who must (all too
> soon) saunter home to a dreary week of laundry, skeleton-hoards, and Sonic
> burgers.  But, take heart, for we've never had science on our side, so maybe
> this time we'll get it right.
>
> Maybe there is a God Particle.  Maybe we'll find it.  And, maybe, this
> time, it won't bring on the Spanish Inquisition...
>
> Of, course, if all predictions are wrong and we instead create a black
> hole, then, I reckon, we all get a group hug soon...
>
> Happy End of the World Day.
>
>
> Humble scribe to the L of the M,
> DSD
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