"Yeah, that's a problem," Tuck acknowledged once again. "I usually assume they mean the end of the day, even though I know that's wrong, because it seems to always be what they mean. Then you've got the whole 'next Saturday' thing. Do they mean this Saturday, which is the next Saturday from now, or do they mean a week from this Saturday, which is next next Saturday?"

"Don't get me started on that," I sighed.

"And to get back to the Mayan creation date," Tuck said, "some people think it was August 13th rather than August 11th, so even after we get the year right, there's still the matter of the exact day."

I had to admit I was still confused. "But I still don't get what this Mayan creation date even is. What happened in 3114 B.C. that was so important they decided to start their calendar from that moment?"

"Well, that's the thing," Tuck said while scratching his head. "Nothing happened to the Mayans in 3114 B.C. That year predates the Mayan civilization by well over a thousand years. We have no idea why they picked it."

"Jesus!" I shouted. "Why are we even talking about this then? They just start counting from some random point in time, and they somehow know that the world is going to end on a particular day thousands of years later? Why don't we walk 3,114 paces from our current arbitrary location and dig for gold?"

"Hold on there buddy," Tuck said while raising his hands to make a calming gesture. "You're jumping the gun. We still have a lot to talk about before you see what's special about today."

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