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On 20 Mar 2018 16:00:51 GMT, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:25:24 -0500, JimP wrote:
>
>> On 19 Mar 2018 21:47:40 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Mon, 2018-03-19, JimP wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:40:53 +0000, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 14/03/2018 13:26, Peter Flass wrote:
>>>>>> Nothing at all for the last couple of days? Is this maybe an Eternal
>>>>>> September problem? I have visions of getting thousands of messages
>>>>>> all at once.
>>>>>
>>>>>I use a different usenet server and it is quite.
>>>>>Maybe it is like that point at a party where everyone just stops
>>>>>talking for a few seconds at the same time?
>>>>>
>>>>>Andy
>>>>
>>>> There was an interesting short story written about that some years
>>>> ago. A guy tried to investigate it, and shortly after he got started,
>>>> something arrived outside of a party he was attending and the world
>>>> came to an end. I didn't understand it, but apparently some being was
>>>> going to return, not necessarily God, at that time of an hour, and
>>>> thats why people all stop talking for a few seconds at the same time.
>>>
>>>Which story was that?  I've read it but cannot remember who wrote it.
>>>The only hint I can offer myself is that almost all short fiction I read
>>>is SF from the 1960s or earlier (aka "some years ago").
>>>
>>>/Jorgen
>> 
>> I'm at a loss as well as to author and story title. I seem to remember
>> it as a short short story, less than 1,000 words.
>
>It also sounds a lot like the scene in The Restaurant at the End of the 
>Universe, where the believers are waiting for the coming of the Great 
>Prophet Zarquon (who has only eight minutes left before the apocalypse, 
>and apologises for being late).

Well, the story I remember was they weren't waiting for anyone, but
the main character was trying to figure out why everyone stopped
talking at a particular time each hour. Even though rooms full of
people had been gabbing away loudly just seconds before.

--  
Jim