SHARED AT LESLEY'S SIGNS SIGNS, a meme where I'm having way too much fun. Go look -- or add your own post.
So, according to some people who got an awful lot of publicity, last Saturday was supposed to be the day that all true believers would be lifted up while the rest of us remained on Earth for a while.
When I went outside the next morning, I noticed that enough staff members had been left at the newspaper to put out a Sunday edition (YES!). But I also noticed right away that most of the other park models on our street were empty and all shuttered up.
Which means either that our neighbors had been lifted up OR that they've gone back to their summer homes "up" North.
I guess we'll find out when the next Winter Season starts here at Upriver RV Resort!
Notes:
Sign photo from the Register-Guard, the excellent newspaper we read when we visit Oregon. Our daughter called our attention to the picture -- -- the billboard was on a street that we used to travel frequently when we lived there.
Very cool post, really funny! We're all a bit crazy but some are (much) more than others! LOL!
Posted by: JM | May 30, 2011 at 05:59 AM
LOL.....
Posted by: Kym Wolfe | May 29, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Love your comment about the sighs and all of the publicity. It is really clever. I did not see any signs like this around where we live in VA. Great post.
Posted by: Genie Robinson | May 28, 2011 at 08:04 PM
I didn't know there were billboards of this event. I did get a laugh with the interviews of the 'chosen' on why it hadn't happened. I had to check the calendar to see I was still living in the 21st century, LOL.
Posted by: Joy | May 27, 2011 at 11:54 AM
I saw a picture of another billboard that said, "That was awkward." Then had a quote from Matthew about no one knows when the end will come.
Hopefully there won't be a lot of places for sale by you next fall!
Posted by: Pat | May 27, 2011 at 07:37 AM
I didn't see any of these billboards but I heard about them. The guy who did the predicting lives in Oakland so we saw a lot of interviews with him and other interesting reactions by some of the crazy folk here. It was all over the news out of San Francisco for weeks. Now he is saying that he had the May date wrong - mathematical mistake. The new date is sometime in October.
Posted by: Margot | May 26, 2011 at 10:00 PM
LOL..so you got the place all to yourself...I looked at my Mom that night and said "You still Here?" she had a good LOL over it--
Posted by: Sondra | May 26, 2011 at 02:02 PM
It was all over the news here...if only they read their Bible.
Posted by: Ebie | May 26, 2011 at 01:20 PM
i'm grinning while at this sign.:p
this was all over the news here. my friend even called to say he was "raptured" but was kicked out--and he has a hangover! LOL
Posted by: luna miranda | May 26, 2011 at 12:05 AM
This made me smile! Will you be off on your travels soon?
Posted by: Hazel | May 26, 2011 at 12:02 AM
wow, talk about empty!
I hope they just went 'up' home :)
Posted by: Nicole | May 25, 2011 at 11:03 PM
I must be living in a vacuum. I had not heard about this event. Far as I can tell no one has disappeared from our neighborhood. I spent last saturday catching up on work needed to keep commitments made before out trip.
Posted by: Rita aka Cashjocky | May 25, 2011 at 09:23 PM
I heard there were a few of these billboards around Portland, but I rarely visit there even though I live so close.
I also heard that due to a mathematical miscalculation the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it (AKA rapture, judgment day, etc) has been postponed until October 21st. Only 5 more months to go!!! Again.
Posted by: Clytie | May 25, 2011 at 08:18 PM
I'm quite happy to be left behind :-)
Posted by: Wayne | May 25, 2011 at 06:21 PM
Looks like we're all stuck here together, then, doesn't it? Might as well blog.
Posted by: Wren | May 25, 2011 at 05:41 PM
I didn't see any of those signs (except on the TV news).
Posted by: postcardy | May 25, 2011 at 05:34 PM
If they read their Bible, they'd know that no one will be guessing correctly!
Posted by: bettyl | May 25, 2011 at 04:35 PM
It has been postpone until October 21.
Posted by: Andy | May 25, 2011 at 04:31 PM
I didn't see any of these signs, though I heard there were a few around here. Glad we all survived. Roll on Dec12, 2012.
Posted by: Lesley | May 25, 2011 at 04:19 PM
That seems to be announced by some group or another, every few years.
Posted by: J Bar | May 25, 2011 at 03:38 PM
A very interesting sign! Strange that we have little publicity on this in Australia! Are we already out in the cold?
Posted by: Gemma @ Greyscale | May 25, 2011 at 03:23 PM
I wonder what they are saying now?
Posted by: Yogi | May 25, 2011 at 03:12 PM
hopefully your trip will be traffic free, then!
Posted by: VioletSky | May 25, 2011 at 02:51 PM
Where could they all be? Nice chuckles from your post.
Posted by: RedPat | May 25, 2011 at 02:47 PM