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DOOM YEAR CHANGED, AGAIN

A couple more things for the list:

Global warming is bringing more warmer-climate creatures to Finland, including moths that feast on human blood.

And:

Droves of cats and kittens are swarming into animal shelters nationwide, and global warming is to blame, according to one pet adoption group.

Global warming will soon be blamed for Flat Eric and the

Hypnotoad. Meanwhile, it’s time to yet again reset the Globey Doomsday Clock, which previously has predicted the end of days to arrive in 2042,  2012, and 2016:

Close on the heels of the UN warning that the world has just eight years left to save itself - we focus on global warming.

Our new Doom Year is 2015. Make a note of it.

Posted by Tim B. on 06/14/2007 at 12:04 PM

  1. The Hypnotoad is Al Gore’s alter ego.  Flannery is the Brain slug.

    Posted by Pogria on 2007 06 14 at 12:17 PM • permalink

  2. Where’s the concensus?!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 12:18 PM • permalink

  3. “Droves of cats and kittens are swarming into animal shelters nationwide….” They must be pretty smart, to know how to find their way into animal shelters. My cat can’t even recognize his own house.

    Posted by ak on 2007 06 14 at 12:24 PM • permalink

  4. How many end of time years does this make now??

    Ash_ I hope all is well with you…

    Posted by Old Tanker on 2007 06 14 at 12:41 PM • permalink

  5. moths that feast on human blood.

    Oh, fine. What next, brain-sucking butterflies? Liver-boring ladybugs? When people start trying to frighten you with “the bogeyman”, the jig is up as far as rational argument is concerned.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 12:44 PM • permalink

  6. And if the world is going to end in eight years, so what? Who wants to live in a world filled with vampire moths?

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 12:47 PM • permalink

  7. It’s all well at the moment Old Tanker.

    I’m just expected to do lots of lazing about in bed and on the couch.

    I’m just glad I won the argument of whether having the laptop constitutes “resting”.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 12:48 PM • permalink

  8. 2012, 2015, 2016. All these dates coincide with the retirement dates of a lot of those baby boomers, specifically those old hippies from the 60’s. Maybe it will be the end of their world, when they’ll just be a bunch of old farts that no one listens to anymore.

    Posted by Merlin on 2007 06 14 at 12:49 PM • permalink

  9. Typically, when I read quotes by someone who uses the word “typically,” I discount anything the person is saying. If they use the word “typically” twice in the same paragraph, I assume the truth is the exact opposite of what they’re saying.

    Posted by CraigC on 2007 06 14 at 12:54 PM • permalink

  10. Our new Doom Year is 2015. Make a note of it.

    Recalculated the Mayan Calendar, have they? Something about a bit they hadn’t noticed before, I’ll wager.

    ;^)

    Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 06 14 at 01:00 PM • permalink

  11. #7: (Momentarily off topic)

    Ash: Mr. Ash says he has no objections to a betting pool, so I thought that maybe we’d get one going, if it’s ok with you. I figure we’d try to guess the baby’s weight at delivery, and the person who wins, by coming closest to the actual weight, would be able to choose any commenter in the pool, and then that person would have to submit his or her own baby picture to Tim (with Tim’s permission, of course) so that it could be displayed here and subjected to the shameless mockery unanimous adulation of everyone else. If this is ok, let me know and I’ll keep book. And I’m down for 7 pounds, 1 ounce.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 01:10 PM • permalink

  12. I have no objections either Paco. Mr. Ash sucks at betting though, so please don’t let him wager our house!

    I like the idea myself. There would be endless adulation of the baby photo, I’m sure.

    I hope the winner doesn’t pick me!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 01:18 PM • permalink

  13. You forgot the “weird weather” in Canberra (or near Canberra) today.

    They had snow.

    I know, it’s just unbelievable that it would snow within a half hour drive of the Australian snowfields and resorts of New South Wales, in winter, but there you have it.

    Weird weather.

    Posted by kae on 2007 06 14 at 01:37 PM • permalink

  14. brain-sucking butterflies

    Posted by kae on 2007 06 14 at 01:40 PM • permalink

  15. #14: Do you know, that’s about the most “human” picture I’ve ever seen of her. Excellent analogy, by the way.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 01:47 PM • permalink

  16. #15 Dammit Paco! You stole my line again!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 01:58 PM • permalink

  17. Moths that feast on human blood?

    Wronwright!!!

    Posted by Achillea on 2007 06 14 at 01:59 PM • permalink

  18. moths that feast on human blood.

    This could be a big win for Finland. They so desperately need something to add to their export inventory.

    This is custom made for “B” horror movies and could be just the ticket to get Finland on the cultural map.

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 06 14 at 02:02 PM • permalink

  19. Ash_

    Good to hear, and put me down for 6 pounds 9 ozs. even though you are bringing a child into a world to be doomed in 7 years….....

    Posted by Old Tanker on 2007 06 14 at 02:04 PM • permalink

  20. I’ll make sure Paco puts it in his Pooling And Collection Organisation’s files Old Tanker.

    I’m more worried about my cat turning purple than the world ending in 7 years though.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 02:07 PM • permalink

  21. #20, Ash_:

    Purple pussy problems?

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 06 14 at 02:10 PM • permalink

  22. #21 Nah Grimmy, that one is furless.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 02:13 PM • permalink

  23. Furless ?

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 06 14 at 02:19 PM • permalink

  24. Dude, I am SO working up a treatment for a Sci-Fi/Horror flick:

    Attack of the Finnish Vampire Moths

    Posted by mojo on 2007 06 14 at 02:19 PM • permalink

  25. Argh! Grimmy, what the hell was that?!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 14 at 02:20 PM • permalink

  26. 21 & 22

    This one is going south in a hurry…........

    (sticking fingers in ears) lalalalalalalala

    Posted by Old Tanker on 2007 06 14 at 02:20 PM • permalink

  27. I’ll take my own premie birth weight of 5 lb. 11oz. Which, in metric, (carry the one…take off shoes) is approximately 5.7 lbs.

    Posted by brett_l on 2007 06 14 at 02:24 PM • permalink

  28. Geez, the blood sucking moths weren’t supposed to get out so soon.  There goes part 3 of Plan J.
    Only 8 years left, eh?  Time enough for a beer or two.

    And put me down for 6 lbs, 8 oz. for the little bundle of joy.

    Posted by rbj1 on 2007 06 14 at 02:25 PM • permalink

  29. rbj1, I usually use Lovely Daughter’s birthweight of 6lb, 8.5oz…but since you’re so close to that, I’ll use my own. And my brother’s and my sister’s. We all weighed in at 6lb, 4oz. So go with that, eh, Paco?

    Vampire moths & naked kitties…what IS this world coming to…  8-)

    Posted by KC on 2007 06 14 at 03:03 PM • permalink

  30. Did someone mention brain sucking bugs?

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 06 14 at 03:04 PM • permalink

  31. Blood-sucking moths, huh?  If I were the Finnish government, I’d be talking to Russia about some compensation for that Chernobyl thingy a few years ago.  Sooner rather than later, too, since the world is going to end in 2012, or 2013, or 2014, or…

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 06 14 at 03:19 PM • permalink

  32. (wronwright reads reports, wrings hands)

    First it was the angry Arab terriers.  Al Jack Russell category.  Then the Russian squirrels.  And then the German sumo bunnies.  Now the moths have gotten out. 

    MarkL, are you watching the lab or aren’t you? !!

    Damn, I need plausible denialibility.

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 06 14 at 03:22 PM • permalink

  33. I understand that Tim Flannery’s brain slug died of malnutrition.

    Posted by andycanuck on 2007 06 14 at 03:33 PM • permalink

  34. O/T: For fans of the Hypnotoad (who isn’t?), there are 13+ new episodes of Futurama in production at the moment. Woo hoo! Details are here.

    Interesting quote from the attached article:

    In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Al Gore confirmed that he would appear in the movie, playing his disembodied head.

    Way to go, Al! :-)

    Posted by Mr Snuffalupagus on 2007 06 14 at 03:35 PM • permalink

  35. #32 Wronwright: I’m sure this is just a coincidence, but there’s a pet store in his vicinity called Mark’s Genetically Re-engineered Fauna (“Unique Pets for Special People!”). I’m just sayin’ . . .

    BTW, you need to get in on the Ash baby pool. What do you think the baby’s weight is going to be? And no fair using the Tardis.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 03:43 PM • permalink

  36. #34: Gore’s disembodied head?

    Snuffles, that’s almost too funny for words. I mean, that part alone must weigh fifty pounds, easy. He’s not going to look trimmer, just a whole lot shorter. And I’m not sure it will successfully distract us from the fact that he has a disembrained skull.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 03:53 PM • permalink

  37. I think the baby will be a beautiful lass like her mother and weigh 6 lbs., 3 oz.  And she will be spoiled by her father.  I think I should win some money if my second prediction comes true.

    And no, I don’t know what that comes to in metric.  This is AMERICA!  We use our own weighing system, based on, okay, the one that our English overlords made us use.  But still, it’s ours.

    (actually I don’t know what Australians use.  kilos?  koalas?)

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 06 14 at 04:15 PM • permalink

  38. In the Guess the Baby’s Weight sweepstakes, I say 9 pounds 3 ounces.  I arrived at that by averaging the weight of my own five kids, who ranged from 8 lb 12 oz to 10 lb 1 oz.

    As for the modern-day Get-Ready Men (``The woooorrrld is coming to an end! And this time I mean it!  Really!’‘) I can’t even gin up enough energy to pay attention to them anymore.

    Posted by Sonetka's Mom on 2007 06 14 at 04:43 PM • permalink

  39. #30,

    TRJ, those bugs are real twats!

    Posted by Pogria on 2007 06 14 at 05:11 PM • permalink

  40. Sorry to do this to you Ash_, but I’m going for 10 lb 10 oz, my weight when I arrived in 1934.
    No baby pics of me exist, you will be pleased to hear.

    Posted by Skeeter on 2007 06 14 at 05:23 PM • permalink

  41. #37 Wronwright, while we think in metric here generally, most of us still used pounds and ounces when it comes to babies. My girl weighed in at 4443g, which means nothing until you convert it to 9 pounds 12 and a half ounces.

    She was a big boofer.

    I"ve not decided on what my entry into the pool will be.

    Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 06 14 at 05:35 PM • permalink

  42. Semi O/t but is about gorebal worming
    of which I’ve heard a lot and just a request to send some down our way -it’s BLOODY FREEZING here!!!

    Cheers
    RodC

    Posted by Rod C on 2007 06 14 at 06:18 PM • permalink

  43. Unusually, I was quite cheered by the recent G8 summit. The “world leaders” decided that they really, really, will get something done ...  by 2050.

    This is far enough into the future to give everyone the time to realise, come 2050, that global warming was a mass hysteria. And they will be able to pat themselves on the back for not having done anything.

    I blame George Bush!

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 14 at 06:50 PM • permalink

  44. #14 brain-sucking butterflies c*ck-sucking bar flies

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 14 at 06:57 PM • permalink

  45. ... and that’s not a complaint

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 14 at 06:58 PM • permalink

  46. My baby stakes, sorry Ash, going low here as it is a premi: 4lbs 12 ounces. But it will be healthy and bouncy.

    Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 14 at 07:05 PM • permalink

  47. #15 Paco, re: #14

    Did you see the name of the link?

    Posted by kae on 2007 06 14 at 07:38 PM • permalink

  48. Our new Doom Year is 2015. Make a note of it.

    Will that be morning or afternoon?

    Posted by Dan Lewis on 2007 06 14 at 07:44 PM • permalink

  49. #47: Ah. Her celibate phase.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 09:24 PM • permalink

  50. I’d like to jump into the Baby Weight Pool with six pounds, 14 oz.

    *off to send the vampire moth link to a friend of mine who will love it*

    Posted by Blue State Sil on 2007 06 14 at 09:55 PM • permalink

  51. #42 Rod C -

    of which I’ve heard a lot and just a request to send some down our way -it’s BLOODY FREEZING here!!!

    As a native of Ohio, I don’t want to hear it.  I bloody well froze off my arse last December and January and all I heard from you Aussies was talk of barbie the prawns and hitting the beaches.  Well I’m barbequing some baby back ribs.  And later I’ll take my daughter to The Beach.  Later on I’ll lay on the chaise lounge with a cold Budweiser in my hand.

    Posted by wronwright on 2007 06 14 at 09:59 PM • permalink

  52. I predict Ash’s baby will weigh 6 pounds even, assuming sea-level measurement.  (Metric system, that’s 1.53x10^36 electron-volts, far as I can tell.)

    Posted by reese on 2007 06 14 at 10:10 PM • permalink

  53. #52: Ok, no finessing please. I’ve got you down at 6 pounds, even.

    Posted by paco on 2007 06 14 at 10:42 PM • permalink

  54. I’m in for the Baby Sweepstake too. Predict that Ash will have a perfect, full-term baby who will weigh in at eight pounds and three ounces.
    Isn’t there another commenter having a baby too?
    No thoughts from the cheap seats on raising kids, Ash. But Don’t Take Her To Finland.

    Posted by calliope on 2007 06 14 at 10:53 PM • permalink

  55. #53, Paco,  thanks. 
    But “finessing”?  Look at #41, Nilknarf Arbed (if that’s her real name) said 4443g!  Yeah, she’s talking about a past event—mass of her own nipper, not a guess of the future.  There are four significant figures there (though “boofer” sounds like a general term).

    Posted by reese on 2007 06 14 at 11:51 PM • permalink

  56. Seven Pounds two ounces for me

    Posted by Pickles on 2007 06 15 at 12:48 AM • permalink

  57. I think the baby will be longish (22”) but skinny and a little premie, so 5 pounds, 14 ounces.  Still respectable.

    And whoever wins, please don’t ask for my baby picture.  My mother actually cried at my birth because I was so ugly.  I looked like a baby gorilla.  For the next 18 years (until I left for the service) our family doctor always asked, “How’s my ugly baby?” every time I went in to see him.  He claimed that out of over 2000 babies he delivered in a 40+ year career (big families back then) I was easily and by far the ugliest.

    This should have given me a complex.  OTOH, Doc Wilson always said I had “nowhere to go but up.”

    My baby sister was the most beautiful baby I’ve ever seen, including my own.  Guess it averages out.

    Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2007 06 15 at 01:00 AM • permalink

  58. 10 pounds 10 ozs? Skeeter, what are you trying to do to me?!

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 15 at 01:43 AM • permalink

  59. 8 lbs 2 ozs

    Based on the weight of my son, who was 4 weeks premature.

    Posted by Zoe Brain on 2007 06 15 at 02:29 AM • permalink

  60. Hey Paco, what happens if the weight is halfway between two guesses? Do the makers of the two guesses draw, and so we get to see two baby pictures then?

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 15 at 06:44 AM • permalink

  61. My guess for Ash’s baby is 5lb 12oz, the same as my first daughter who was three weeks early.  Ash, hope you go full term or close to full term.

    Posted by Crossie on 2007 06 15 at 07:49 AM • permalink

  62. Thanks Crossie. Ideally, I’d love to be full term or close to it, but I’ll settle for a healthy baby.

    Posted by Ash_ on 2007 06 15 at 08:29 AM • permalink

  63. I’m going for my eldest daughter’s weight (she was 16 days early), 5 pounds, 4.5 ounces.  She will be 33 in August, 5 feet tall, 110 pounds soaking wet, and a registered nurse in a PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit). 

    And her nickname is snow bunny, but when she’s in a mood, we call her “the rabid chihuahua.” 

    Elizabeth
    Imperial Keeper

    Posted by Elizabeth Imperial Keeper on 2007 06 15 at 11:00 AM • permalink

  64. Ooh, those PICU and NICU nurses can be ferocious in defense of their wards.  I’ve seen NICU nurses back uniformed cops right off the floor when they weren’t satisfied Officer Friendly had sufficient reason to be there.

    Posted by R C Dean on 2007 06 15 at 01:58 PM • permalink

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