So the first signs of the end of the world

[Deleted User] · 02/01/12 - 13:56

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2080859/Blackbird-deaths-Sign-apocalypse-thousands-die-2nd-New-Years-Eve-row.html#ixzz1iJDsLbFC

Pretty weird that it's happened 2 years in a row :eek:

blacksuit42 · 02/01/12 - 13:58

Theres something distinctly weird about it. It's probably someones idea of a sick joke

Empirical · 02/01/12 - 13:59

Mass animal deaths has happened regularly for far longer than that.

The press only started making a fuss last year.

phylo_roadking · 02/01/12 - 14:07

First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row

Hardly proof that THIS year is the end of the word - it could have been LAST year and we didn't notice!

ubanjod · 02/01/12 - 14:10

Load of rubbish. these things happen all the time but are never reported. Now idiots are linking the two for no reason. I could link random events and then claim to be the ICE Lord who has come to rule the Universe.

blacksuit42 · 02/01/12 - 14:15

ubanjod wrote: »

Load of rubbish. these things happen all the time but are never reported. Now idiots are linking the two for no reason. I could link random events and then claim to be the ICE Lord who has come to rule the Universe.

Wait... it was you who froze the north and south poles? :eek:

Sigurd · 02/01/12 - 14:16

According to CNN:

Someone went into a large roost of blackbirds in Beebe, Arkansas, as the clock struck midnight Saturday and set off fireworks, contributing to the deaths of scores of blackbirds, a state wildlife spokeswoman said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/01/us/arkansas-bird-deaths/?hpt=hp_c3

Not exactly a precursor of the apocalypse, then?

[Deleted User] · 02/01/12 - 14:18

Sigurd wrote: »

According to CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/01/us/arkansas-bird-deaths/?hpt=hp_c3

Not exactly a precursor of the apocalypse, then?

It was if you were a blackbird!

[Deleted User] · 02/01/12 - 14:18

i wonder if you get huge gigantic hail stones and frogs coming from the sky

Justmadeit · 02/01/12 - 14:26

What are all the signs anyway?

When good is made to appear bad and bad is made to appear good,some of that applies but it's probably always applied

Sigurd · 02/01/12 - 14:30

whydoiwatch wrote: »

It was if you were a blackbird!

True. Anyway, the birds in my garden seem quite happy at the moment and are enjoying my nuts. I shall be careful not to set off any fireworks near them.

ETA: Particularly this one...

monkeydave68 · 02/01/12 - 14:38

its all ok tony and gordon have finally ****ed off, but they had a real good go at finishing the world off

Justmadeit · 02/01/12 - 14:39

monkeydave68 wrote: »

its all ok tony and gordon have finally ****ed off, but they had a real good go at finishing the world off

Lucky we got Obama and Cameron to sort things out eh, ha

[Deleted User] · 02/01/12 - 15:35

the daily mail never fails to disapoint with its stupid storys:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Bartack · 02/01/12 - 15:38

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

danleto · 02/01/12 - 15:38

It's only the 2nd January and I want to slam my head into a brick wall.

*weeschmoo* · 02/01/12 - 15:40

My friend says he's gonna stop drinking - that's a serious sign.

TxBelle · 02/01/12 - 15:41

Sigurd wrote: »

According to CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/01/us/arkansas-bird-deaths/?hpt=hp_c3

Not exactly a precursor of the apocalypse, then?

nope, that's just Arkansas for you! the hillbillies are out just making trouble.;)

GetMeOuttaHere · 02/01/12 - 15:45

matthewhotdude wrote: »

Pretty weird that it's happened 2 years in a row :eek:

Chemtrails :eek:

You_mo · 02/01/12 - 15:51

I'm pretty sure the end of the world didn't happen last year after this happened. Did it? Maybe it did and I didn't notice.

Andrue · 02/01/12 - 15:51

monkeydave68 wrote: »

its all ok tony and gordon have finally ****ed off, but they had a real good go at finishing the world off

Justmadeit wrote: »

Lucky we got Obama and Cameron to sort things out eh, ha

Bloody hell. It's only the 2nd of January and you're already trying to depress people :mad:

[Deleted User] · 02/01/12 - 15:52

Do we have a few ATSers on here?

dorydaryl · 02/01/12 - 15:55

My next door neighbour's dog killed one of his budgies this morning. Does that count?

How did I predict that a thread like this would pop up at the beginning of 2012?....the first of many to come.

Why don't people keep their fears and anxieties to themselves- or amongst the like-minded- rather than trying to project them onto others?

I think a fairly plausible explanation has been given for the blackbirds' deaths that has nowt to do with an impending apocalypse.

Sigurd · 02/01/12 - 16:20

I expect that DS will combust into panic in the last few months of this year. I haven't yet decided if that'll be amusing or just very, very tedious, but I'm tending towards the latter.

[Deleted User] · 02/01/12 - 16:22

... Twice on new years eve.

Maybe they flew near where fireworks were exploding...

lemoncurd · 02/01/12 - 16:29

Sigurd wrote: »

.... are enjoying my nuts. I shall be careful not to set off any fireworks near them.

That would be very ill-advised.

Hey there!

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