# Signs of the Impending Apocalypse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636 "2001-01-25T00:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/1 "2001-01-25T00:08:54Z")
The cover person for this weeks _Christianity Today_ is Ned Flanders. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/2 "2001-01-25T00:15:46Z")
I suddenly have fashion sense Someone said I wasn’t annoying Someone said I wasn’t ugly \<–Sure sign ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/3 "2001-01-25T00:36:12Z")
I start caring about the Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/4 "2001-01-25T00:41:54Z")
_Survivor II_ immediately following the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/5 "2001-01-25T00:54:21Z")
[hijack] I love _Sports Illustrated_’s “Signs of the Apocalypse.” It’s one of the things I always look forward to each week.[/hijack] More people are interested about the Superbowl than the fact we swore in a new president. ---
**Author:** ![Clucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Clucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clucky)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/6 "2001-01-25T18:49:25Z")
The media goes cuckoo over the newest, greatest, most colossal intention ever … _a yet-to-be-manufactured motorized scooter?_ > **[The Net's Overnight Disappointment](https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/6797.html)** > > Does anyone really still believe that we are one revolutionary invention away from nirvana? You would think so, given the hype that briefly accompanied the mysterious product known as "Ginger." But it just doesn't work that way. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/7 "2001-01-25T23:12:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wolverine \* > > More people are interested about the Superbowl than the fact we swore in a new president. \*\* That’s because in the Super Bowl, the team that scored the most points will actually get the trophy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/8 "2001-01-25T23:25:30Z")
The Cubs win the world series. The Saints win the Super Bowl. I get a brand new, never been owned before vehicle and can afford to keep it. Oh, and everyone in DC decided to drop this partisan BS and work to improve the country for once. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/9 "2001-01-26T03:31:54Z")
The dumbest man on Earth (yes, folks, even dumber than that!) just got sworn in as president. Cops were brought in for his defense. (I thought it was target practice 😕 ) And the sure sign…cover of this week’s CityPaper: “We’re All Dead.” I mean, they print Cecil, so this has got to be true, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/10 "2001-01-26T03:34:10Z")
I laughed during Conan O’Brien’s monologue, and not at his hair. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/11 "2001-01-28T03:12:55Z")
Wendell Wagner both made some sense _and_ was not obnoxious in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57138) thread where someone was looking for advice! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/12 "2001-01-29T01:22:28Z")
Tonight’s Halftime show. After that, one could only _hope_ for the apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/13 "2001-01-29T04:47:18Z")
evilbeth writes: \> Wendell Wagner both made some sense and was not obnoxious \> in this thread where someone was looking for advice! Well, that explains it! I was wondering why just after I typed my first post in that thread, the skies opened up, there was a crash of thunder, a shaft of light came down from above, a flight of angels appeared, a beast with seven heads rose from the sea, and the voice of God said, “Open the seventh seal.” ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/14 "2001-01-29T06:03:36Z")
You know what, Wendell, the past few posts I have seen from you have been very pleasant and nice. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to you for saying some of the things I’ve said about your posts as a whole. I guess this goes to remind me that each post can be completely different and we shouldn’t judge a poster by a few of his posts! (And if this isn’t a sign of the impending apocalypse, I don’t know what is!) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/15 "2001-01-29T06:09:48Z")
A church uses Simpson’s clips to get people to come to church and pass on its message. (This is actually happening I saw it in the paper a day or two ago) ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/16 "2001-01-29T06:35:30Z")
_Trent Dilfer_ just won a Super Bowl(!!!), and the MVP, if he were you or I, would have been in prison watching the game. ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/17 "2001-01-30T19:09:38Z")
I can’t even [speak](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=57810) to this. :eek: Fortunately, **magdalene** is on the job and is sending out the rescue squad. When you add in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51286) thread, wherein **Milossarian** actually AGREES with **Stoid** , it makes a pretty good case for either Armageddon, or aliens have kidnapped him and transreversed his brain. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/18 "2001-02-01T05:48:23Z")
**Chief Scott** used [SMILIES](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1097710#post1097710)! Someone must have launched already, yeah, that’s it. We’re all doomed!!! ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/19 "2001-02-01T05:57:08Z")
I get married. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-the-impending-apocalypse/51636/20 "2001-02-01T05:58:12Z")
And I thought low-fat Twinkies were a sign of the impending Apocalypse 😃 They’ve got nothing on the above stuff! Robin