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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:38 PM
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Pet Insurance for Rapture believers.
Bart Centre, an atheist from New Hampshire, started Eternal Earth-bound Pets in 2009. He offers Rapture believers an insurance plan for those furry family members that won't join them in heaven: 10-year pet care contracts, with Centre and his network of fellow non-believers taking responsibility for the animals after the Rapture. The fee — payable in advance, of course — was originally $110, but has gone to $135 since Camping's prediction.

Centre says he has 258 clients under contract, and that business has picked up considerably this year. But he's not worried about a sales slump if May 21 happens to disappoint believers.

"They never lose their faith. They're never disappointed," he said. "It reinforces their faith, strangely enough."


the whole story here : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110518/ap_on_re_us/us_apocalypse_saturday

:rofl: :rofl:

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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:56 PM
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1. LOL, I love this. n/t
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 07:58 PM
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2. And even if they DO lose their faith...
...there's one born every minute.

Let us never forget that among our Founding Fathers was P.T. Barnum.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:06 PM
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3. PT Barnum is correct again!! Bet he would love what Mr. Centre is doing!!
:rofl:

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Jefferson23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 08:11 PM
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4. Hilarious. There are so many services opening up, have you seen this one?
Entrepreneurs Offer Post-Rapture Services


You've Been Left Behind is one of several enterprises advertising post-Rapture services.

The company lost its incorporation status with the state of Massachusetts last month for failing to file its required annual report, although it continues to advertise on the Web.


LOS ANGELES — Natalie Jones said the idea of paying someone to send emails to her loved ones after the Rapture would have seemed preposterous a few years ago.


That was before the occupational health therapist and mother of two in Surrey, Britain, became a born-again Christian. She now believes the faithful will be swept up into the skies to unite with Jesus Christ in the Rapture, while nonbelievers will be left behind to wait for Armageddon and the second coming of Christ.


Eight months ago, Jones paid $14.95 to a website called You've Been Left Behind to send letters to nonbelieving loved ones in the event she is taken away in the Rapture.


"I'm the only Christian in my family, so what I really have to achieve is to warn them about everything, but they just think I'm crazy," said Jones, 43.

http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/8654/
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 12:16 AM
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5. ROFL !
these folks really keep my laugh meter up.
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Jefferson23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:16 AM
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7. I know, lol. Hard to believe but as they say, fact is stranger and often funnier than fiction. n/t
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ChoppinBroccoli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 01:04 AM
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6. This Was Another One Of Those, "Damn, I Wish I'D Thought Of That" Moments For Me
It's literally brilliant. It's like getting free money, and he'll never have to do anything in return. I wish I could figure out a way to collect "Moron Tax" too.
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