tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post114957013440018437..comments2024-01-15T03:34:12.235-05:00Comments on Popped Culture: It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)poppedculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489589165185325301noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-1149615535759965902006-06-06T13:38:00.000-04:002006-06-06T13:38:00.000-04:00So it would have been this past May Two-Four? Cana...So it would have been this past May Two-Four? Canada's most beer-swillingist tribute to a long-dead queen was potentially the most evil day on the calendar? I was at the cottage (of course) and while there were no locusts, there was certainly a plauge of mosquitoes and blackflies. It all makes sense now.<BR/><BR/>And Marilyn, if you can't wear a Damien shirt to work, it's not a job worth having. Says the unemployed guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-1149604074166721992006-06-06T10:27:00.000-04:002006-06-06T10:27:00.000-04:00I have a shirt with that picture of Damien on it, ...I have a shirt with that picture of Damien on it, I should have worn it today, but it's not work appropriate. =/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-1149600265621413572006-06-06T09:24:00.000-04:002006-06-06T09:24:00.000-04:00THat's a pretty funny comment on the Julen Calende...THat's a pretty funny comment on the Julen Calender vs. the Gregorian Calender...i love it.<BR/><BR/>--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-1149597465483373872006-06-06T08:37:00.001-04:002006-06-06T08:37:00.001-04:00By the way, love the REM reference. Wish I'd thoug...By the way, love the REM reference. Wish I'd thought of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-1149597423730134252006-06-06T08:37:00.000-04:002006-06-06T08:37:00.000-04:00As I wrote in my blog, if we were still using the ...As I wrote in my blog, if we were still using the Julian calendar, today would be May 24th. Of course, the whole 666 thing is a mistranslation anyway. The original was three Greek numerals, which, coincidentally were also letters (because the silly Greeks did things that way). Most scholars agree that those "numerals" were intended to represent a person; possibly the Roman emperor Nero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com