Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day

[Jonathan Lighter]

"You're elected."

Embarrassing.

JL

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> According to Time Zone technology, the Rapture - which was to begin at the
> International Date Line - is several hours overdue.
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> But don't give up hope!  When it's least expected, your elected!
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> And there's still the Zombie Apocalypse - the only kind officially
> recognized by the  Federal Government of the United States of America:
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> http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp
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> JL
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> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> An NPR commentator on May 12, about 4:20 PM EDT:  "So far, prophets
>> of the End Times have batted zero."
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>> Someone (not a CNN announcer) shown on CNN Headline News May 21 about
>> 11:40 AM EDT:  "When somebody tries to predict an exact date, they're
>> usually wrong" [because the Bible doesn't make an exact prediction].
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>> I'm still waiting for CNN-HN to tell me the names of those rare and
>> excellent predictors who've been right.
>>
>> Joel, cowering in his nuclear bunker, but hoping it's impenetrable to
>> lowering.
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