# Whatcha Doin' Next Week When the Rapture Comes? (May 21, 2011) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806 "2011-05-13T17:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/1 "2011-05-13T17:56:59Z")
On May 21, I’ll be on a plane coming back from St. Louis. It’d kind of suck if my pilot was suddenly raptured. 🙂 I wasn’t going to post in any of the End of the World/May 21/Rapture threads, but I admit I’ve been caught up in the hilarity of it all. The biblical foretelling of the end of the world is ridiculous in and of itself, but that supposedly functional people who have jobs and can feed and clothe themselves believe it will happen makes me wonder if there’s something in the water supply. I would love to be at a gathering of some of these kooks when May 22 comes and they’re all still here. Please, please, please let someone record the reactions of some of these people and post them on YouTube. Better yet, Pay Per View. Yes, I would absolutely pay to see blank stares of confusion and disillusionment. 😛 I can’t wait to see where Harold Camping moves the goal posts to next. I didn’t hear about his 1994 prediction at the time, but I’m here now, so pass the popcorn. I want a front-row seat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/2 "2011-05-13T18:03:20Z")
What time is it supposed to happen (CDST)? I don’t want to have to stay up late. What makes people think that it hasn’t already happened – hundreds of years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/3 "2011-05-13T18:17:45Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > What time is it supposed to happen (CDST)? I don’t want to have to stay up late. 6 PM Pacific. Peanuts! Getcher peanuts! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/4 "2011-05-13T19:23:28Z")
What I’d like to do is spread vague internet rumors about various people mysteriously disappearing that day. People who the doomsday believers would never expect to be raptured. “Huh, I read on TMZ that Lady Gaga boarded a plane to NYC, but when it got there, nobody could find her.” "Chris Matthews had a guest host tonight, funny, he didn’t mention taking a vacation. “Joe Lieberman didn’t vote on that bill for aid to Israel this morning, that’s REALLY surprising, he’d been advocating it for months.” Etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/5 "2011-05-13T19:23:40Z")
Dammit! We’ve got a couple days in the mountains planned for the 23rd and on. If I don’t get to soak in the hot pools because of the Rapture, I swear… ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/6 "2011-05-13T20:29:42Z")
Sorry, the 21st’s no good for me – can we reschedule for some time in June? I can do Monday the 6th, or anytime after the 18th. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/7 "2011-05-13T20:48:26Z")
I’m kind of hoping that the Rapture happens, otherwise I’ll have to do laundry that day. ---
**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 13, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/8 "2011-05-13T21:18:35Z")
Well I suppose I can go to a mall or something at like 3 am with my spare keyfobs and see if I can pick up an abandoned car … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Rosetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Green\_Rosetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Rosetta)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/9 "2011-05-13T22:10:07Z")
I’m in a show that night- if someone misses their entrance, I’m going to assume they’ve been raptured. They better hope they are, otherwise the stage manager will rapture their ass for them. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/10 "2011-05-14T09:46:17Z")
I don’t know, but if it does, I’m not doing last year’s taxes! (Got my appointment on the 24th…) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/11 "2011-05-14T13:35:52Z")
I’ll be sitting around with a gin and tonic thinking that I’d rather it didn’t happen, but if it does, at least I’ll get out of that client safety/quality audit planned for the end of the month. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/12 "2011-05-14T17:14:11Z")
I gotta work, but luckily I’ve got the early shift, so I’ll be off about 2 PM Eastern. That’ll give me a few hours to whoop it up before the end. Except if this guy is wrong, I’ll be in no shape to go to work at 6 on Sunday. What to do, what to do?? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/13 "2011-05-14T18:12:30Z")
Okay, a silly question, but does anyone here think this guy Camping actually, really, truly BELIEVES his story? He says on 5/21 there will be the biggest earthquake ever, and then sometime in October the Earth will be completely obliterated, as if it had never been. Given that he’s been wrong once already, how can he claim he’s right with a straight face? What’s his angle? Is he milking any followers for money, or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/14 "2011-05-15T00:31:06Z")
I’ll be gaming all day. If I gotta go, that’s one of the best ways I can think of to do it. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/15 "2011-05-15T00:32:44Z")
I’ll be on a bird watching tour which is perfect because I’ll float up and join the birdies! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/16 "2011-05-15T01:44:31Z")
I’ll be at [Mekaro](http://www.mekaro.ca/Mekaro_2011/Bonvenon.html). Is the rapture only in English? 'Cause if it is, I’m in trouble. ---
**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 15, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/17 "2011-05-15T02:08:39Z")
I’ll be happy when they’re gone, leaving the world to the atheists at last. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/18 "2011-05-15T05:48:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’ll be happy when they’re gone, leaving the world to the atheists at last. With all the evidence they’ve been asking for the whole time! It’s like a tragic episode of the Twilight Zone. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/19 "2011-05-15T05:51:05Z")
I’ll be judging a rat show. Like my husband says, judgement day is a good day to be a judge! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-doin-next-week-when-the-rapture-comes-may-21-2011/581806/20 "2011-05-15T05:59:37Z")
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