You know, I must really be a sucker for pets, because even though I find the Rapture ridiculous, I sort of feel for the owners who think they will be leaving behind a pet. And I am sort of annoyed at the pet-watchers for bilking them, but on the other hand, they do have peace of mind.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 27, 2009 11:28:50 am PDT #5834 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jesse - Aug 27, 2009 11:29:26 am PDT #5835 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You may also enjoy this mostly-unrelated NSFW music video: [link]
brenda m - Aug 27, 2009 11:45:10 am PDT #5836 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
You know, I must really be a sucker for pets, because even though I find the Rapture ridiculous, I sort of feel for the owners who think they will be leaving behind a pet.
Then they shouldn't have pets.
I'm not being facetious. If you genuinely believe this is going to happen, you have no business taking on responsibility for the life of an animal.
If I am being facetious, then I'd say they also have no business driving cars or boiling things on the stove or doing any of a host of things that would be dangerous to others if suddenly interrupted.
StuntHusband - Aug 27, 2009 11:52:48 am PDT #5837 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I'd say they also have no business driving cars
Every time I see one of those bumper stickers that says "In case of Rapture, this car will be unmanned" all I can think is "but what about the Commandment 'thou shalt not kill'?"
Dorks.
Calli - Aug 27, 2009 11:53:42 am PDT #5838 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
And I am sort of annoyed at the pet-watchers for bilking them, but on the other hand, they do have peace of mind.
It's only bilking if they don't follow through after the Rapture.
§ ita § - Aug 27, 2009 12:02:30 pm PDT #5839 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's only bilking if they don't follow through after the Rapture.
Exactly.
Turns out my shredder wasn't broken last night. It just overloaded. Now? Now it's broken. Won't shred anything more than two sheets thick. Which means I had to open a lot of envelopes and refold pages before I could shred them. Still, my dining table is visible again. And the paper cuts will heal.
StuntHusband - Aug 27, 2009 12:02:44 pm PDT #5840 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Hah. I started the whole Rapture-pet-sitting-service convo here at work; it was suggested that the Rapture will be preceeded by a 5-minute "intercom" warning, allowing you to safely park your car (or land the plane you're piloting, or what have you) BEFORE being bodily whisked off this mortal sphere.
Thoughtful, eh?
Gudanov - Aug 27, 2009 12:05:56 pm PDT #5841 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
it was suggested that the Rapture will be preceeded by a 5-minute "intercom" warning,
Can you still repent during that 5-minute period? If you can, that's going to piss a lot of people off.
Vortex - Aug 27, 2009 12:06:11 pm PDT #5842 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Just like George Carlin: "What if, before you die, there was an audible warning -- Two minutes, get you shit together!"
tommyrot - Aug 27, 2009 12:07:47 pm PDT #5843 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Reminds me of the t-shirt:
Jesus is coming!
Quick - look busy!