Rrhain gets his Douglas Adams channel going with
If only I had been born just a couple years later. Then I'd be able to turn 42 on 12/22/12. Alas, the birthday where I learn the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything will come early.
This discussion reminds me of an old beatnik poem we knew in high school:
The Fable Of The Final Hour, by Dan Propper in 1958
You can read it all at
The Fable of the Final Hour - Dan Propper - The 3rd Page
...but here is an excerpt I recall:
In the 24th minute of the final hour a flock of diarrhetic
pigeons strafed Miami Beach;
- xongsmith