may21 | The Clever Shark https://clevershark.com Bits and rants from Tony Emond Sun, 22 May 2011 21:34:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 127613282 May 22nd 2011 https://clevershark.com/2011/05/may-22nd-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-22nd-2011 https://clevershark.com/2011/05/may-22nd-2011/#respond Sun, 22 May 2011 21:34:15 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=2186 So, how’s that rapture thing working out for everybody? I wish people didn’t have this impression that you need silly beliefs to live. You don’t.

]]> https://clevershark.com/2011/05/may-22nd-2011/feed/ 0 2186 Sweetening the pot https://clevershark.com/2011/05/sweetening-the-pot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sweetening-the-pot https://clevershark.com/2011/05/sweetening-the-pot/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 22:06:59 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=2174 Continue reading Sweetening the pot]]> Disappointingly I still have no takers for my offer to take over property owned by people who genuinely think that the world will end on Saturday, so let me sweeten the pot a little bit on this — I will give you $20 right now if you will turn your property over to me Saturday at 11:59 pm (EDT). This is a very good deal, because if you truly think that, according to the Bible, the world will end Saturday you will still get the $20 and I will get nothing. So you should all think about it, doomsday people! if, of course, your faith is strong and unwavering. On the other hand, you want to “play it safe” and hold on to your stuff “just in case”, then you really have no faith, have you?

]]> https://clevershark.com/2011/05/sweetening-the-pot/feed/ 1 2174 Strange beliefs in the 21st century https://clevershark.com/2011/05/strange-beliefs-in-the-21st-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=strange-beliefs-in-the-21st-century https://clevershark.com/2011/05/strange-beliefs-in-the-21st-century/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 03:42:00 +0000 http://clevershark.com/?p=2168 Continue reading Strange beliefs in the 21st century]]> According to people with overactive imagination and boundless gullibility the world is about to end next weekend. End-of-the-worlders never do learn, do they. Billboards, both static and rolling, have been unleashed to warn us about this armageddon supposedly “guaranteed” by the bible. I’ve even seen one of those around Montreal (in French) and must confess I was quite amused by it.

Well, if nothing else this cult group, Family Radio, has managed to pump some money into local economies. Still, if this movement’s adherents are true believers then they really have no use for money or properties after May 21st; to think otherwise would be to commit intellectual fraud. So I would like to have it known that I am available to take care of these doomsday cultists’ money and properties from May 22nd forward as long as they transfer said possessions to be on May 21st.

So if you honestly think that the world is going to end next Saturday, get in touch with me using the link on the “About me” page. That’s a sure-fire way to really stand up for your beliefs and clearly show that there is no doubt whatsoever in your mind.

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