Yes, everybody's talking about the end of the world, as apparently predicted by the Mayans. So far, all it's caused me is to get that stupid REM song stuck in my head. So I went and looked up the lyrics. And truth is, they're probably pretty spot on. It did get me thinking (again)....what WOULD happen if there were an apocalypse of some kind?
Look at all the nutbags who spend their life savings, wait on rooftops with placards, or slightly more amusing, drink themselves into oblivion and offer themselves to the afterlife. Those people need this card:
But for those of us who take life a little more seriously, how do you think humanity would fare? Do you think anarchy would shortly follow? Sadly, there probably would be a lot of it - society is so used to convenience, in foods, housework, travel, etc, i'm not sure people would cope if it all suddenly stopped.
For this family, i'd like to think we'd fare pretty well - we're realistic types of people, we know a little about bush living and camping with nothing. In reality though, we'd probably be pretty miserable. Miss 13 would be shattered that she no longer had a mobile phone or internet - Mr 10 would lament his inactive Xbox - Miss 10 would probably survive but may drive us bonkers with her millions of questions, and Miss almost 4 would probably be happy she had lots of opportunity to play in the dirt. Myself, i'd miss Brie cheese and wine. I think i'd need to figure out how to make those things for myself. The other half would miss his internet badly - and his ebooks. I'm sure we could eke out some kind of existence, but it would certainly take a lot of getting used to!
So as for today's prediction of the end of the world, i'm going to sit her with my wine and cheese, plant my tinfoil hat firmly on my head, and try my darndest to get that damn song out of my head!
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