On the day:
21/12/2012
On the way:
The buses are running, most of them, the trains are on track, even the aeroplanes are still taking off. Are travellers satisfied? No. Satisfied is what they are not.
Well, fair number of them may be, but not the would-be interstellar commuters who gathered in a French village counting on an appearance by aliens to airlift them away from the impending apocalypse.
And as for the picture of the grumpy-looking cat with the caption 'Still here, worst apocalyse ever'... typical. People always reckon the current apocalypse is the worst ever. 'Oh apocalypses aren't what they were in my day. They knew how to stage an apocalypse when I was a kid.'
Come on, people. Past apocalypses have been every bit as rubbish - the turn of the millennium was hardly the conflagration we had come to expect. If any one of the previous ones had done what they said on the tin (aisle 12 - they're on special, three for the price of two), people wouldn't be standing around whinging about it today.
Can't we just accept our lot and embrace today's apocalypse for it's own unique qualities? I think Sister Christina of Aguilera put it best: It is beautiful, no matter what they say, words can't bring it down.
On the pod:
Fairytale Of New York -The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
On the front page:
Mitchell blasts Met chief (The Times)
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