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

[beyond-pale.livejournal.com]

cambridge, ma will have a zombie march tonight. I will be zombie ann coulter. there will be photos.

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

HOMG! I wish I were there!!! I'm celebrating #24 tonight in a Coconut Grove liquor-dispensing establishment wearing little sticky horns, but your event sounds cooler. :P

I have never recieved so many birthday cards today with my friends and family Calling me "Demonspawn".

[octaveleap.livejournal.com]

I was particularly embarassed to read about that one guy who thinks Putin is the devil...

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

If he is the Antichrist, he's certainly been squandering his time on Earth ... geez, get your act together, Putin.

Personally, I'm surprised a fundamentalist Christian would assume someone so disapproving of homosexuals to be the devil. If he's right, then gosh, they've got no one on their side.

[tannhaeuser.livejournal.com]

I’m just surprised he didn’t say it was the Pope.

[tony-cliff.livejournal.com]

Man, has anyone else seen a bunch of these kids running around? Scary business.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

(grins)

[okiwan.livejournal.com]

Well, at least there are some reasonable satanists around. Man, try talking to those conservative satanists and all you get is "have you accepted Lucifer into your heart yet?" blah, blah, blah.

[thearchduchess.livejournal.com]

My favourite part was definitely where the "the self-styled Dark Pope" referred to his missus as "my High Priestess.

[thearchduchess.livejournal.com]

Damn you, missing second quotation marks!

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

And I was looking forward to a day of Satanic-themed fun at school, but nothing happened.

[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.