GreenPat said...BulldogPup said...yet according to the mayans - it's 27 May 2012.

I thought it was the Mayans who came up with December 21? The Winter (Summer) solstice...
Yes. The pup has forgotten to allow for nutation of the earth, the effects of continental drift and the inherent inaccuracy in Mayan timekeeping due to the fact they didn't have atomic clocks. Or even wristwatches. When you correct for all those then you get December 21st.
Of course, it's also commonly forgotten that the Mayans loved to party hard for 10 days at the end of each years. Since they were blind drunk for that time, they usually couldn't remember what happened next day so they'd usually just leave it off their calendar. Once that's corrected for then 2012
will end on December 31st - probably with fireworks. DOOM!
Hey! Hang on....