Many Dutch prepare for 2012 apocalypse

Thousands of people in the Netherlands say they expect the world to end in 2012, and many say they are taking precautions to prepare for the apocalypse.

[The Unsinkable Immigrant]

I always heard that the Dutch had Wooden Shoes, Now I find out they also have Wooden Heads!

Immigrant Homes ae not making the Netherlands "heavier" and sinking it. Your BIG GIANT BIGOTTED HEAD is causing the sinking.

How many Dutch live abroad? Are they the cause of every ill there?

2012 is not the end, but just the beginning.
Really, the Myans' Calendar ended a long time ago. When they get back together and create a "Land of their own" again they will get to greate a brand new Calendar and the rubber raft makers will still get to sell rafts to the Idiotic Dutch who believe such things.

Hey, Dutch! I just read a Book and guess what? It Ended and we are still here!. Do you really want to rely on the Calendar of a People whose Civilization fell apart and failed over a Thousand years ago just because they have a cool looking rock carved Calendar? Wanna buy a life-raft? What's not to like?

[The Unsinkable Immigrant]

I mean no offence to the Dutch in general only to the coffee house patrons who believe such silly things.

When I was a young child there were cartoons depicting 'CRAZY' people on some Street corner or another and wearing a sandwich sign with "The End Is Near" painted on it. That was 45 years ago at least! I know it was old when I saw it.

Just how near is near?

[colleen findlay]

Iam a seventh day adventist and i do believe in prophecy the intelligent ones and in revelation wat will happen to our universe the heavens are preparing for christ return whether man kind is ready or not . Space is shifting for His angels which is millions of them to accompany Christ for His saints back the rason why orion is getting large it is because Christ is coming and the huge void scientist found the other day the glaxies and planet must shift to prepare the way plus the universe is expanding that is also a next reason are you save think about your souls.hell or heaven .

[Gary]

Yes well i felt something in the air long before all this new came to light. drop on to my web page and take a look . not just from a calendar . from noting what goes on in the world. From Religion to archeology . the poles changing. the movement of the Universe and now so evident the weather changes. It all ads up .

Funny thing was I sold my house in the UK knowing one day it would be flooded. For some reason I landed up in Borneo.
Why. Something drove me to do this Why? Now I see that everything I have been saying in the last 20 years is all falling into place. Can we afford to be skeptic now?

[June]

Hmmm the end of the world huh?
It is unbelievabl to me that
people could be ignorant enough
to believe they can escape the wrath of god.
Where exactly are you GOING in your rafts?
Where are you going to hide from god.
You might better prepare yourself for the end of the world by making things
right with god because when he comes..there is preparation for that..it's over.Frankly I axiously await that day.

[some1Holland]

never heard of it before,here in Holland.
A few thousands at almost 17million, don 't make a fool out of us :-))
Google learns the idea is from england, a guy called Geoff Stray...
think I just read that it is originally from the US....:-))

[Dyz]

The Unsinkable Immigrant wrote:

I mean no offence to the Dutch in general only to the coffee house patrons who believe such silly things.

Obviously you do not know any coffee house patrons. If you did, you would not want to offend them and you would know that they are very unlikely to believe this end of the world nonsense.

[Observer]

I wouldn't be surprised if this idea is more prevalent in the U.S.

Was the one person kidding about immigration causing the Netherlands to sink?

It's funny that some people are "taking precautions" for this sort of thing. How would you prepare for the end of the world? I think it would take more than stocking up on food.

[Chicken Little]

The sky is falling!!! The sky is falling!!!!

[istanbul]

hey people, what difference does it make?
if the world ends today tomorrow 2012 what the hell are you going to change about your life?

whats there to prepare for?

by the way VA - the dutch almost names NY a different name when they founded it. Good thing they didn't. You don't want to know what it was.

[Chris]

All righty then! I have the Brooklyn bridge to sell you. What a bunch of knuckleheads, get a life.

[roffadam]

yeah right

[eric]

youre f*cking stupid, man.

[Istanbul]

dibs on their house

[Mohamed Satan Boedha]

What a bullshit. This happens all over the world and the most in the USA with all there loony cults

[A_v_A]

The Unsinkable Immigrant wrote:

I always heard that the Dutch had Wooden Shoes, Now I find out they also have Wooden Heads!
Immigrant Homes ae not making the Netherlands "heavier" and sinking it. Your BIG GIANT BIGOTTED HEAD is causing the sinking.
How many Dutch live abroad? Are they the cause of every ill there?
2012 is not the end, but just the beginning.
Really, the Myans' Calendar ended a long time ago. When they get back together and create a "Land of their own" again they will get to greate a brand new Calendar and the rubber raft makers will still get to sell rafts to the Idiotic Dutch who believe such things.
Hey, Dutch! I just read a Book and guess what? It Ended and we are still here!. Do you really want to rely on the Calendar of a People whose Civilization fell apart and failed over a Thousand years ago just because they have a cool looking rock carved Calendar? Wanna buy a life-raft? What's not to like?

*That's the thing though. The end IS the beginning! The world will end, very few will survive (I mean only in the hundreds at the most probably), and then the world will have to be repopulated.
**It's not just a calendar saying this either (however, I don't believe the exact date, just the year). There's Nostradomous as well. Plus, the fact that Albert Einstein said that the minimizing of bees is the end of time, is true too. If you haven't noticed, Barack Obama has insured honey bees this year. Why? Not enough bees!
***Whether or not the Dutch prepare or not, nothing can prevent the end of times. Only those who survive are those mean to survive...
****And yes, I'm frightened... anyone scared besides me?

[Mohamed Satan Boedha]

A_v_A wrote:

<quoted text>
*That's the thing though. The end IS the beginning! The world will end, very few will survive (I mean only in the hundreds at the most probably), and then the world will have to be repopulated.
**It's not just a calendar saying this either (however, I don't believe the exact date, just the year). There's Nostradomous as well. Plus, the fact that Albert Einstein said that the minimizing of bees is the end of time, is true too. If you haven't noticed, Barack Obama has insured honey bees this year. Why? Not enough bees!
***Whether or not the Dutch prepare or not, nothing can prevent the end of times. Only those who survive are those mean to survive...
****And yes, I'm frightened... anyone scared besides me?

Haha :D Hey shall we begin a mega bees farm so we can extend the live time of earth!? ;P

[tregmedia]

Stop with the coffeshop patron bashing , people who go to bars are just as stupid in their mentality and thinking x