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May 21st is 'Apocalypse No,' a day of jokes not Judgment
No Judgment! But a whole lot of joking as Judgment Day, aka the Rapture, aka the Apocalypse, has gone off without a world-ending disaster (little quakes in Iceland don't seem to count).
The joke appears to be on Harold Camping and his earnest followers. After all, if you're reading this, you're still standing squarely on earth, not off with the angels where the true believers were supposed to be flown in a flash at 6 p.m.
Still, we should enjoy the last hurrah of the prophet's fizzled forecast. So here's some of the Saturday night, post "Apocalypse No" hilarity:
On Twitter, Star Trekker George Takei posts:
Today's Rapture postponed as Jesus awaits announcement of surprise guest on final Oprah. Savior "hopeful" but "okay with it" if not.
The Borowitz Report attends a press confab with God...
Dressed in His trademark flowing white robe and carrying a thunderbolt, God seemed visibly irked by the predictions calling for the world to end this Saturday.
"I'll end the world when I'm good and ready, Me damn it," He snapped in response to a question from a USA Today reporter. (Alas, not me. I was resupplying at Costco, supermarket to survivalists, knowing I would be going nowhere today.)
...Elsewhere, Harold Camping, the preacher who predicted that the world would end on May 21, issued the following brief statement: ""The world doesn't end this week. Oprah does. My bad, sry."
Huffington Post spent Judgment Day posting comedy videos such as this one from the Japanese mash-up animators NMI:
[to view video: Apocalypse NO]
Less funny: The International Business Times speculates that Harold Camping may be in hiding. The self-proclaimed prophet...
... is now maintaining a stoic silence. Meanwhile, the Family Radio headquarter in Oakland, CA display a cryptic message in large letters: "This Office is Closed. Sorry we missed you!" pasted on its front door.
According to a Reuters report, Camping's house in Alameda, CA is covered with shades and no one was available. Camping has previously said that he would be watching TV and listening to the radio in his home at the appointed time.
Is this silly? Or really, for folks who changed their lives meet their judgment, kind of sad?
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11 comments:
So, does this mean that those annoying 'believers' are still among us? Bummer. I was looking forward to a month of peace and quiet.
Unfortunately, yes, they're still here, flapping their lips at us....
Never underestimate the stupidity of certain human beings...
OK, so common sense tells me,if the world is going to end, It's not worth bothering wracking up a $100M empire...
These people need a "Gibbs" smack up the backside of their heads..
Damn! For the past week, I've put everything on credit cards expecting I wouldn't have to pay them back. Now, I've got to start writing checks.
Ah, but you know that "common sense" is not involved here, sidrat... at least not on the part of the gullible followers. But the "leader" knows how to fleece the flock!
indeed , Anon..
As I posted on another thread, I'm just pissed I didn't think of it first
'Cause we ALL know the world is going to end on July 22nd...
(Please make checks payable to sidrat38...)
I guarantee I can save you!!..it's only going to take about $100M
Of course you'll use part of that to create a gorgeous monument of a building we can use to get in out of the rain, won't you? :-)
Oops, sorry, Anon...
I'm going to take that $100M and build a house that I won't open the door to on July 23rd
I also love the story about how their radio station was stripped of air conditioners and copper wire..
"It must have been vandals.", a source said
Yeah...RRIIggghhtt
sidrat, did you note this?
... atheists blowing up balloons in human form, which were released into the sky just after 6 p.m. in a mockery of the rapture. Someone played a CD of "The End" by the Doors, amid much laughter.
Verrrrry clever!
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