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March 11, 2003 12:04 PM   Subscribe

Prepare for the Pole Shift! Forget March 8. These guys have a lot to say about the coming pole shift, triggered by the passing of Planet X through our solar system.
posted by MrMoonPie (26 comments total)
 
Forget March 8.

I'm way ahead of you dude.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 12:06 PM on March 11, 2003


Badastronomy.com has a short article on this.
posted by plep at 12:22 PM on March 11, 2003


On the plus side, the ensuing cataclysm should solve whether we go to war with Iraq or not.
posted by benjh at 12:26 PM on March 11, 2003


The pole shift will set off worldwide cataclysms - massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and hurricane force winds.

Also, it will ruin all the compasses and maps.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:31 PM on March 11, 2003


Badastronomy.com has a whole section about this, actually (Plep just got to it first). Well worth reading.
posted by wanderingmind at 12:34 PM on March 11, 2003


so it seems that the persons at the mountainsub.com site are going to release the news about their "ark" one month before the poles shift and we all die a horrible death, huh. those guys should get together and put together a new website.

fascinating.

so what's the deal with the 8march site now anyway. it's not seeming to be promoting anything fake, just the photos or whatever. what's their deal at this point?
posted by djspicerack at 12:40 PM on March 11, 2003


Also, it will ruin all the compasses and maps.

Not to mention homing pigeons.
posted by WolfDaddy at 12:41 PM on March 11, 2003


Not to mention homing pigeons.

And what about Santa? He'll have to move.

so what's the deal with the 8march site now anyway?

I'm too frickin' lazy to dig up the link, but the guy who put together 8March admitted awhile ago that it was just a piece of fiction he was working on and not affiliated with any product or crazy theory.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:51 PM on March 11, 2003


Actually here's the disclaimer, which I could swear used to be a lot longer.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:55 PM on March 11, 2003


Bummer! I'll have to repoint my satellite dishes... again. :-(

I like this nutjob story though... it looks like fun! Plus my toilets will start flushing the other way around!
posted by shepd at 12:59 PM on March 11, 2003


so technically your satellite dishes point the same way, it's just not called southwest anymore, if you're using DirecTV in the States. Fascinating.

To be honest, I had read the "longer" march8 disclaimer, and I totally got thrown off by that, which surprised me. It still seems like he was just saying that he was trying to lay some annoying tracks and that was what the "fiction" was... But who knows. I digress.
posted by djspicerack at 1:01 PM on March 11, 2003


I, for one, welcome our new pole-shifting overlords from Planet X.
posted by RKB at 1:02 PM on March 11, 2003


OT: Anybody ever read Sailor Song by Ken Kesey? Part of the plot revolves around the idea of a polar shift. Great book, really, worth a read. /OT
hey! I made a funny!
posted by elwoodwiles at 1:29 PM on March 11, 2003


Hey, this reminds me of that new Delroy Lindo movie coming out. What a coinkydink! /sarcasm
posted by Tacodog at 1:30 PM on March 11, 2003


I think NASA should rename 'Planet X' to 'Big Ass Pole Shifting Accession Planet' or 'BAPSAP'
posted by wizop at 1:35 PM on March 11, 2003


That's just friggin great........Pole Shift and no time to prepare. What next, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? The Tribulation? ..........The blind, mad God Azathoth coming down and squatting in Times Square and friggin' ululating or something?.........I've had JUST ABOUT ENOUGH of these %$#% augurs of DOOM.........

By the way, did anyone notice that little GIF down near the bottom of Jeremy's page, on the left, the one that depicts a GIANT RED CROSS floating in the sky?
posted by troutfishing at 1:48 PM on March 11, 2003


i've seen better photoshopping on fark. (re:
mountainsub.com)
posted by shadow45 at 1:51 PM on March 11, 2003


The "About the author" page in the first link starts with the sentence:

"Jeremy Rogers is a single 32 year old English computer consultant who lives in south east London. "

Now who, I say who, would have guessed ...
posted by MidasMulligan at 1:58 PM on March 11, 2003


Planet X? Someone better call Dr. Banzai!
posted by UncleFes at 2:03 PM on March 11, 2003


Well, I guess it's time to get more duct tape.
posted by Bag Man at 2:24 PM on March 11, 2003


From the site: "Signs of Approaching Planet X ... rotation stoppage [of the earth]" Ok, check, will do. I'll get right on this.
posted by zpousman at 2:40 PM on March 11, 2003


obligatory snopes link for the march 8 nonsense
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 2:40 PM on March 11, 2003


Is this related to Hercolubus, you know, the Red Planet that's gonna kill us all?
posted by signal at 2:44 PM on March 11, 2003


Not to mention homing pigeons.

Actually, as far as I know, the mechanism by which pigeons home is still unknown.
posted by goethean at 3:08 PM on March 11, 2003


But, but ... the Zetatalk website displays a .gif proclaiming that it is among the Top 5% of All Web Sites, an honor bestowed upon them by the legendary Point.com! Why, it must all be true, then!
posted by chuq at 3:22 PM on March 11, 2003


Now, we all know the Second Coming of Jesus (r)(tm)(c) occurs in 2443, afterwards destroying almost all video cassettes in existance.
posted by benjh at 5:14 PM on March 11, 2003


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