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jaylake (who got it from Making Light) a nifty piece from The Smithsonian on Apocalypses that failed. The first is my favorite:
"Every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching." Damned writers spoiling everything for the rest of the Earth.
jaylake (who got it from Making Light) a nifty piece from The Smithsonian on Apocalypses that failed. The first is my favorite:An Assyrian clay tablet dating to around 2800 B.C. bears the inscription: “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”
"Every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching." Damned writers spoiling everything for the rest of the Earth.