Happy Birthday Earth!

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10159 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
Submitted by xConorx on 24 October, 2007 - 11:46.

Yesterday, at lunchtime, was the 6010th birthday of The Earth, and I totally forgot to get it something!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology
http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_house-ussher.html

Anyway, The Earth, Happy 6010th Birthday!

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
Posts: 9469 Joined: 09-02-06 Location: Self-flagellation: bad for the skin, good for the soul
24 October, 2007 - 13:50

If the earth wanted people to remember its birthday it should have put a reminder on its myspace/facebook etc

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10159 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
24 October, 2007 - 14:46

That's exactly what i thought!

Oh and my calculations aren't as exact as Archbishop Ussher's; it should obviously be 6011th Birthday.

ein auslander
Posts: 319 Joined: 25-12-06 Location: london
24 October, 2007 - 17:19

this same guy worked out jesus was born between 37 BC and 4 BC.

what does BC mean again?

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10159 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
24 October, 2007 - 18:08

BC means before christ

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
Posts: 9469 Joined: 09-02-06 Location: Self-flagellation: bad for the skin, good for the soul
24 October, 2007 - 19:28

BCE you fanatics.

ein auslander
Posts: 319 Joined: 25-12-06 Location: london
24 October, 2007 - 20:17

it does indeed mean before christ, i was just being silly billy.

Christ was born BEfore christ just amused me.

but apparently it's possible:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/index.html

Joseph K. "the thinking man's idiot"
Posts: 8013 Joined: 14-03-06 Location: Brighton
24 October, 2007 - 21:24

he was ahead of his time!

bozemananarchy
Posts: 282 Joined: 28-12-06 Location: Missoula Montana
25 October, 2007 - 06:12
xConnerx wrote:
Yesterday, at lunchtime, was the 6010th birthday of The Earth, and I totally forgot to get it something!

Fuck, so did I! But I would never be such an ass as to call her "The Earth". To me, it will always be "Our Hollow Earth".
http://www.ourhollowearth.com/
laugh out loud

yuda "Elitist Twat"
Posts: 282 Joined: 04-12-04 Location: Otautahi
25 October, 2007 - 06:29

What the fuck do you buy the earth for it birthday? What a quandry

bozemananarchy
Posts: 282 Joined: 28-12-06 Location: Missoula Montana
25 October, 2007 - 06:46

Well, at least a card, or even better a gift certificate to Target or something...
Who couldn't use new bath towels?

j.rogue "Not as good as cops."
Posts: 1446 Joined: 08-04-07 Location: Not Texas
25 October, 2007 - 22:05

I tried to send an e-card but I lost earth's email...