Author Topic: The end is near!!!! (Read 565 times)

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **on:** January 13, 2003, 12:12:37 PM »

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5829948%255E401,00.html

Repent sinners!
-SW

Thrawn · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:16:34 PM »

shreckin' great. We are all so fricken dead.

narsus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:26:25 PM »

should be interesting to see what happens

Sikboy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:28:17 PM »

Does this mean I shouldn't get DirecTV until after the flip?

-Sik

Ripsnort · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:28:56 PM »

Does this mean my toilet will flush circulating the opposite direction?

LePaul · « **Reply #5 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:34:23 PM »

Wow. So Maine will be "Down Under" versus "Down East"

Boy, the Department of Tourism is gonna be peeved, hope they haven't sent those brochures to the printer yet!

Wonder how many G's the flip will be....

gofaster · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:36:35 PM »

Oh great. Another reason for a NASCAR rule change....and the season hasn't even started yet!

AKIron · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:37:33 PM »

Does this mean we'll have to read our maps upside down?

Eagler · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:05:58 PM »

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Originally posted by AKIron
Does this mean we'll have to read our maps upside down?

no but the lag zips will be left to right instead of right to left

AKIron · « **Reply #9 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:17:03 PM »

Well what about video screens then, will they have to scan right to left, bottom to top?

AKIron · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:21:10 PM »

Just did a bit of research on this phenomenon. Best I can tell is that the "flip" occurs over a period of about a thousand years. Not likely to significantly affect those living today but could be a real pain for generations to come.

Airhead · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:23:42 PM »

This is serious. If the poles flip over we'll all fall off.

AKIron · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:33:43 PM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
This is serious. If the poles flip over we'll all fall off.

Nah, we'll just have to move all the Northern hemisphereans to the South hemisphere and the South to the north. Hope the planes and ships moving them don't get lost in the Bermuda triangle that will increase in size a thousand fold due to this phenomenon.

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:37:55 PM »

I'd say about 90% of what this flip will cause is unknown... only guesstimations...

When it happens (and apparently we're coming up on it), large amounts of radiation may cause us to go the way of the dinosaurs...

We're either screwed, or won't be much affected by this.
-SW

Mathman · « **Reply #14 on:** January 13, 2003, 01:43:27 PM »

Good thing I just bought a 30 pack of beer. You know that will disappear from the stores as soon as the mass panic starts. Now, off I go to get some Pringles, crackers, cheese in a can, and some frozen pizzas.