Time and the end of the world

Everyone's talking about Doomsday and the end of the world.
News channels especially sell a lot of TRP by airing prime time "debates" on how it is gonna happen and when. I don't remember which channel it was that zeroed in on 21-12-2012. Hmm...now thats a rare combination of numbers that you will get to see probably only once in your lifetime...Or will you get to see it at all? Or will you be too busy running your routines, ignorant of the fact that the world might just burst into flames any minute, thanks to an asteroid targetted towards the White House by the "ever-war-hungry-we-shall-take-over-the-Earth-freaks"?

I wonder whats wrong with 21-12-2012? And if the world IS gonna end that day...then so it may...
I'm sure people would love the fact that they already know the exact date the Devil from hell (for all of us will go to hell at some point in life) is gonna pay them a visit.
I hope that all the wonderfully "equipped and highly accurate" astrologers who have a tie-up with the news channels, also know the exact time of occurance of mass wipe out of Earthly beings on that date...so that they make things real easy for the Devil up there...Easy for him to book his tickets to Earth...maybe he can manage an apex economy fare given the high price of wings (thanks to Mallya and Co) now a days...


Until then, here a more creative way of putting things when talking about the end of the world....This is my personal favorite by Frost.

Fire and Ice- Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great
And would suffice.

Now given this scenario, and given 2 wishes (Yes for a change there are only 2 and not 3) by the Devil:
My first wish would be that i get infinite number of wishes
Second, i would wish for the world to end when my last wish gets fulfilled.

And here's a great way of asking the Devil to give you time...

Greed and Mankind

Will you give me a millisecond
To dance to your heartbeat?

Will you give me a second
To fill me with the wind of survival?

Will you give me a minute
To cherish your innocent smile?

Will you give me an hour
To stare the world down through your eyes?

Will you give me a day
To lay around idly by myself?

Will you give me a week
To refresh what's left behind?

Will you give me a month
To save a thousand sunrises in my heart?

Will you give me a year
To understand the meaning of you?

Will you give me a decade
To understand what i've understood?

But if you give me a lifetime
I would not ask you for anything more.