Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 18, 2011
Transcript:
Zonker: So Judgment Day is scheduled for this Saturday? Man: Right. And October 21 will be the end of time! Zonker: Wow. What happens between now and then? Man: Unimaginable horrors... earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, droughts, eruptions, mudslides, hurricanes, floods and fires! Zonker: So, like a normal summer. Man: Um... yeah, but on steroids!
Steve Bartholomew over 13 years ago
He left out nuclear meltdowns.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
Steroids?!? It must be baseball season.
rayannina over 13 years ago
I had one of these guys come up to me at the movie theater yesterday. As he approached, I turned to my wife and said, “you want to see someone who’s going to feel really stupid come Sunday?”The guy decided to walk on by us instead.
Plods with ...™ over 13 years ago
So how much is the donation to join this movement?
roctor over 13 years ago
The ever extending horizon. Where have we seen this before?
pksampso over 13 years ago
Gullibility knoweth no bounds
lewisbower over 13 years ago
I love hearing why the End of the World doesn’t happen. It’s always so logical. Bet it involves computers.
Dkram over 13 years ago
No one know the time of the end, so I am sure that it wont be saturday, or 12/21/12
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jim.bullard over 13 years ago
Don’t forget exploding watermelons.
Sandfan over 13 years ago
I wonder what the people who believe this are going to be doing on Friday night? Probably not going to be partying.I wish they would give us a specific time, so my heathen friends and I could sit on the porch with beer and snacks and watch the fireworks.
redeanm over 13 years ago
Dittos. (Oops – should be idiots.)
William Bednar Premium Member over 13 years ago
Predictions like this have been going on for more than just years. To get an idea of how long, have a look at Jonathan Kirsch’s book “A History of the End of the World”. Very eye opening!
Justice22 over 13 years ago
Be sure to thank him and get the heck out of there..
LingeeWhiz over 13 years ago
Have him hand over the title to the car as well, so he can’t say you stole it on Sunday morning.
CedarCircle over 13 years ago
As someone who has spent a career in empirical testing, I’m giggling with an open mind.
ANQuixote over 13 years ago
@barticle35: True, true.
JR6019 over 13 years ago
The world can’t end yet. The last book of Robert Jordan’s ‘The Wheel of Time’ won’t be released until some time in 2012. It’s book 14 and I’ve been reading them since 2000! The world can’t end just yet.
dvoyack over 13 years ago
Lessee, the “first” rapture was to come in 1854. Then another was to occur in 1856. Excuse me if I don’t hold my breath…
randgrithr over 13 years ago
And just in case we make it past the end of time, the GOP is eyeballing Peter King (NY3) for a Presidential run in November 2012, so we can enjoy $10 per gallon gas nationwide.
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
Every day is The End Of The World (As We Know It), because tomorrow will always bring something new and unknown. It’s the flip-side of “Today is the First Day of the Rest of your Life.”.Gotta run. Mimi Rogers is waiting for me in the desert (actually, she’s waiting for David Duchovny, but he ain’t going to show). Then we’re off to dinner at MILLIWAYS!
countoftowergrove over 13 years ago
I remember an episode of the Simpson when Homer calculated the Rapture. At the appointed hour, he kept saying “Wait a minute! Wait a minute!”
ChiehHsia over 13 years ago
“…Jesus… told the disciples it would happen in their lifetime.” Yeah, but he certainly did a fine CYA with that other spiel about eternal life.
junco49 over 13 years ago
From sources I cannot name at this time, I happen to know that the rapture will indeed occur on May 21st 2011. Naysayers, will regret their snide remarks. BELIEVE IT!On May 25th commemorative T-Shirts will be available for $30 each at www.endtimesarehere.scam. Color choices will be blood red and dead black. Text options are limited to “I survived The Rapture and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt” and “Who am I, Where am I, Who are You?”
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
My Granddaddy’s Granddaddy was in Zonker’s position.Family tradition says take the Mercedes.
luckylouie over 13 years ago
We were planning to go to a piano concert at my church on Sunday. Dang, I was really looking forward to it! Oh, well, at least my wife doesn’t have to bake cookies.
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
Don’t worry, when the world ends, Coyote will make it again.