The advent of interleague play this year coincides with that date selected by that crazy Family Radio sect for the world's end. Since the Dodgers having to play in Comiskey Park is indeed a weird--some might say, cataclysmic--event, I can see the point of some of the sect's prognostication. Heck, I'm not really looking forward to this series, either--and if the Dodgers end up losing the first two games, why bother to play the last game anyway, right?
But reading this NYT blogpost, "If World Ends, So Does Alternate-Side Parking", turned my frown upside down:
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday pledged relief from the often-criticized rules, saying it was “official policy” in a doomsday situation. “Alternate-side parking will take on a whole different meaning, actually,” he joked in an interview with John Gambling on WOR-AM (710).
Some Christians believe Saturday is Judgment Day, on which they will be transported to heaven in a process known as the rapture. Those who are not believers will stay behind and will be wiped out in the next five months.
If the end of the world comes to pass, Mr. Bloomberg said, city residents will also not have to worry about returning library books or paying parking tickets. He noted that it would help ease the city’s traffic problems.If the world begins to self-destruct on Saturday, as some religious figures have predicted, there may be a bit of consolation for New Yorkers left behind to perish: alternate-side-of-the-street parking rules would be suspended.
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The hilarious thing is that it coincides with my birthday. So if it is truly Judgment Day, my birthday wish is for me to be able to be the judge.
Am I the only one who sees a mass suicide of Family Radio listeners ahead?
DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID!!!
Oh, good point Q7. Can't believe I didn't see that coming.
I read about people who quit their jobs just so they could preach Camping's mathematically-challenged word.
Sad. So sad.
*flips off Family radio*
@Dusty so basically, you'd want to be God for your birthday if it is Judgement Day?, it's refreshing to realize you're not hard to please ;)
btw, Bison got a Twitter account: @TheRealMattKemp, he just announced he'll be the DH tonight, which it's not so good for defense, either...
*sighs*
So did Macho Man get taken up in a pre-sale rapture?
There's another guy who is spending his retirement money to put up billboards around NYC so that others can be warned.
@Karina
Yeah, it's not a lot to ask, is it?
@Dusty
I represented Jesus in a immigration case. I'll see if I can put in a phone call for you.
@Paul, you mean Ivan DeJesus?
So let me get this straight: The Mayans are doomed in February of 2012; some Christians are being beamed up to meet God tomorrow; Randy Savage was already judged and found to be awesome, and; DB is buying drinks for those of us left Saturday afternoon.
Check it.
Seriously, if the Rapture hits on Saturday, I'm getting a better deal on a flight to Hawaii fo sho!
And "Rapture" was the worst Blondie song ever.
Bring on the rapture! Judgment up in dis bish! I'm burrowed in already, drinking beer a d smoking a cigar after a fine lunch. Don't test me.
So long,bishes! It's been real.
Wait, so there will be earthquakes and fireballs and blood, but all the holier than thou assholes will be gone?
Seems like a wash.
Post-Rapture: Finally, no traffic on the way home from Vegas!
Oh wait, those people don't go to Vegas, do they?
No traffic on the way home from Branson, MO!!
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