nothing, nothing, nothing...big bang?

[little_monkey]

Not quite right. There is something, and that something is everywhere. It's called quantum fluctuations.

To my knowledge you still need something for a quantum fluctuation to occur?
If you had absolutely nothing, you would still have absolutely nothing?

There is no such thing as absolutely nothing. There is no volume in this universe where there is absolutely nothing. So absolutely nothing only exists in your imagination.