# It is 10 AM here in India, but no rapture. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654 "2011-05-21T04:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/21 "2011-05-21T09:34:41Z")
And another thing. Why does god care about time zones? If he’s going to take all the good little boys and girls to the land of milk and honey with him, why doesn’t he just do it all at once instead of taking them piecemeal according to where they live? Come on, God, get it together. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/22 "2011-05-21T09:37:51Z")
It’s 10.39 here. Nothing yet. Oh hang on a minute, what’s ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/23 "2011-05-21T10:05:42Z")
am I evil for wanting to print up a bunch of [these](http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy176/aruvqan/attachment.jpg) and sneaking them onto the neighbors doors? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/24 "2011-05-21T10:26:31Z")
Bear with us please guys, it’s just a small technical problem with the escalators. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/25 "2011-05-21T12:04:13Z")
Hey look at this, it’s 2133 and still no rapture. Baroo. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/26 "2011-05-21T12:11:09Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > Hey look at this, it’s 2133 and still no rapture. Baroo. But then, nothing ever happens in Adelaide. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/27 "2011-05-21T12:13:01Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Or do we have to wait till U.S wakes up? I think this will be an excuse for why it did not happen yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/28 "2011-05-21T12:39:43Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > But then, nothing ever happens in Adelaide. LIES, Lies and slander. Murder happens here all the time. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/29 "2011-05-21T13:06:01Z")
It’s past 6PM in India. Still there? ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/30 "2011-05-21T13:11:28Z")
Its the end of the world as we know it… And I feel fine… ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/31 "2011-05-21T13:18:28Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > It’s past 6PM in India. Still there? Yup. Alive and kicking. Watching the the world go by in BBC and CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/32 "2011-05-21T13:23:56Z")
[Doomsday sketch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJQ18S6aag) ‘Will this wind be so mighty…?’ ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/33 "2011-05-21T13:55:09Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > “Where’s the Kaboom? There was supposed to be a large Earth-shattering Kaboom!” > > Not a sausage … oh dear, how sad, never mind. > I guess they are going to get one right, eventually. > When’s the next apocryphal apocalypse due so I can set my watch? [This one](http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/endworld.html) is my personal favorite: > [@](#): > > Jon : When will it be, this end of which you have spoken? > Omnes : Aye, when will it be - when will it be? > Peter : In about thirty seconds time, according to the ancient pyramidic scrolls… and my Ingersoll watch. ETA: Curse you, **Johnny L.A.**! Although mine is the original . . . ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/34 "2011-05-21T13:57:59Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > [This one](http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/endworld.html) is my personal favorite: Or you could watch the video, above. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/35 "2011-05-21T14:06:52Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > The angels showed up to Rapture the Christians, but the Hindu gods told them they were in violation of the Neutral Zone and vaporized them. Meanwhile, Isis and Ba’al gonna have a DJ down at the club-temple and watch it on the jumbotron. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/36 "2011-05-21T14:07:29Z")
Darn, I’ll have to find the June rent ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654/37 "2011-05-21T14:37:39Z")
0007 Sunday, 22 May 2011. Precisely jack shit has happened. Even the nasty windy, rainy weather that could have been perceived as a harbinger of the apocalypse has died down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-10-am-here-in-india-but-no-rapture/582654.md?page=1)