Fun With an Arbitrary Measurement of Time

[tealin]

Significant dates have an uncanny appeal, whether they portend the apocalypse or just a big party. When it came to 1 January, 2000, it inspired hopes and fears of both.

Something similar happened on New Year's Eve 999, when a huge crowd gathered in Rome to await the end of the world, until at midnight the Pope blessed them and sent them home. Whether a smaller group of pedants turned up twelve months later is not recorded.

6/6/06 AROUND THE WORLD

Oh BBC, you never cease to amuse. I particularly like the section regarding the breakaway Churches of Satan and, specifically, the Rev. Allee's evening plans. If it wasn't the BBC I'd suspect it was fabricated by Mr Pratchett, right down to the spelling of his wife's name. Ye gods, it's an interesting world, all right.

Comments

[shirasakura.livejournal.com]

This line "He even retired to 666 St Cloud Road, Bel Air - although he took the precaution of changing the number to 668 first" really got me as according to Lspace.org the (unfortunately dead) sequel to Good Omens was supposed to be called 668 -- The Neighbour of the Beast.