Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day

[Jonathan Lighter]

So Judgment Day has happened and this is ....?

Nooooooooooooooo!

JL

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There is a view that many of the events of Revelation already occurred in
> the first century. I don't think you can prove them wrong.
>
> DanG
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
>  > ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> > -----------------------
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> > Subject:      Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > An NPR commentator on May 12, about 4:20 PM EDT:  "So far, prophets
> > of the End Times have batted zero."
> >
> > 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].
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org