THE WORLD IS ENDING ON SATURDAY!

THE WORLD IS ENDING ON SATURDAY!

By Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 3:49am |

I guess there is no reason to buttress your life insurance values because everybody will be dead anyway.

And I see no reason to water your plants or reup on your cable.

Of course the guy predicting all this is an octogenarian anyway so he has nothing to lose!

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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/05/10/rapture_may_21

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Oh yeah? In Rome they thought thought the end was coming Wednesday and it didn't happen. All goes to show ya, don't count your Chicken-Little Sky-is-Falling's before they hatch, you and everyone else may be stuck here.

(Edited to correct link.)

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 4:05am

I have blogged before about my experience in some Mpls first grade room....the lady would come in and tell us that the world would end over the week end.

So after 56 years of hearing the latest theories of Armageddon...

I say bring it on!

by Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 4:53am

56 years, Did you build an ark? I hope you used good materials able to withstand..

I remember my school days too and am reminded of two books on the matter "THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF" and "THE THREE LITTLE PIGS"

by Resistance on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 7:33am

Well I was going to build an ark actually; but the city would not grant me a permit.

by Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 2:57pm

Cause you have to have an arkitect first.

by Rootman on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 3:01pm

Oh I cannot let this one go!

I hereby render unto Rootman the Dayly pun of the Day Award for this here Dagblog site, given to all of him from all of me. hahahaha

by Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 3:11pm

A Naval Arkitect, or at least a navel-gazing arkitect.

by Donal on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 3:37pm

Shit. I HATE it when this happens. And just when I'd built up some equity here.

by quinn esq on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:49am

Canadians! They merged Prosperity Doctrine with Rapture Doctrine, so that now you can take it with you. Where ya been, Quinn?

Except for cars; my bumper sticker says I claim them all, bein's I ain't bein' Raptured no way, no how...kinda bothers a few o' my in-laws; I tell em not to sweat it.

by we are stardust on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 1:14pm

My grandfather remarried in his 80's.

by Desider on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 1:41pm

We don't need to know about your family tree. Or rather, "family thicket."

You DO not the lines aren't supposed to cross back and forth like that, right?

by quinn esq on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 2:52pm

Hey, at least his family tree isn't one long "trunk":

     …
GGGF-GGGM
   /\
GGF-GGM
     /\
GF-GM
   /\
F-M
   |
quinn

by Verified Atheist on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 3:03pm

I thought it had already ended in 1914. Then it was supposed to end in 1975. Then it was supposed to end in 2000.

Promises, promises.

by cmaukonen on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 2:25pm

See! Now that's what I'm talkin bout!

by Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 2:52pm

Maybe were all missing the point.

It is now 5/13/2011 3:13 AM

Within the next few minutes, somewhere, someone is about to die,

The world as they knew it came to an end.

All you scoundrels and crooks will have your day too, you were warned that day would come.

Maybe we could warn Beck and Cheney to repent, before that day arrives .

by Resistance on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 6:14am

The world will never end while I still owe money ...

by Donal on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 2:29pm

Eggsactly my sentiments!

by Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 2:51pm

Will my credit card balance still be accruing interest after Saturday?

by NCD on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 9:46pm

well the bad news NCD is that the corporations will survive.

It is only people who will be gone!

by Richard Day on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:39pm

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