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  • #1

    I have filled my "Freak Bingo" card

    Just had a lady call me to ask why we didn't run a story about the UFO sighted at the west end of town Saturday night.

    So, let me put those next to the other ones for the day...

    The one who keeps calling to insist the world is going to end Saturday (07-07-07, I think you're a year, a month, and a day off, buddy).

    The one who is insistant that the local floodgates being opened to let some of the water out of the lakes before they overrun is a government conspiracy to drown the local poor community "just like New Orleans".

    The one cheerful soul who threatened to come by and "empty your tires" because his subscription got cancelled for nonpayment...double points because not only did he actually say those words, he threatened the obituary chick and not anyone in circulation...

    And oh yeah, the 800 pound man who came in to insist we do a story about his doctor being a quack for refusing to give him stomach stapling.

    Yeah, that's five in a row, Bingo. I win. Give me my wax fruit now.
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    Damn it! I was just one away.
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    • #3
      Quoth MystyGlyttyr View Post
      The one who keeps calling to insist the world is going to end Saturday (07-07-07
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      • #4
        Quoth MystyGlyttyr View Post
        The one who keeps calling to insist the world is going to end Saturday (07-07-07, I think you're a year, a month, and a day off, buddy).
        Can't resist the FFVII reference.

        And at 7 o'clock, it will trigger Lucky 7's (since it will be 7 on 7/7/7 = 7777). So you will go into a rage and be able to hit your enemies multiple times for 7777 damage for the rest of the battle.

        *hide*
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        • #5
          Quoth Kara_CS View Post
          Can't resist the FFVII reference.
          While it's not important to the thread topic, I hated that game, but got the reference nonetheless.
          "I call murder on that!"

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          • #6
            Quoth MystyGlyttyr View Post
            The one who keeps calling to insist the world is going to end Saturday (07-07-07, I think you're a year, a month, and a day off, buddy).
            And here I thought it was just a good day for a wedding...or, well, half the couples getting married this year do, anyway

            The one who is insistant that the local floodgates being opened to let some of the water out of the lakes before they overrun is a government conspiracy to drown the local poor community "just like New Orleans".
            And if they don't and the lakes overflow and wash everyone away he'll say "They should have opened the floodgates, it was a conspiracy that they didn't...!"

            The one cheerful soul who threatened to come by and "empty your tires" because his subscription got cancelled for nonpayment...double points because not only did he actually say those words, he threatened the obituary chick and not anyone in circulation...
            On the upside, he'll need an obituary if he shows up and lets the air out of Mysty's tires...so really, he might be talking to the right person after all...
            I don't go in for ancient wisdom
            I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
            It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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            • #7
              Quoth BookstoreEscapee View Post
              And here I thought it was just a good day for a wedding...or, well, half the couples getting married this year do, anyway
              My brother's getting married very shortly here. He and his fiancee started making plans for the wedding about two years ago, hoping to get married on 7-7-07, as it would be an easy date to remember, per my brother. When they met with a minister, they found out 7-7-07 was entirely booked for weddings. So, EVERYONE had that idea.
              "I call murder on that!"

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              • #8
                Quoth BookstoreEscapee View Post
                On the upside, he'll need an obituary if he shows up and lets the air out of Mysty's tires...so really, he might be talking to the right person after all...
                Good one!!!!!!
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                • #9
                  7-7-7 huh? Yeah, I'm sure back in 1907, 1807, 1707...etc...they had the same kind of nuts preaching world destruction. We're still here, I think we'll be okay.

                  Not only that, but when our calendar was being re-done to start at Christ's birth, there was a descrepancy about when a certain ceasar was born. Some records said he was born one year, others said he was born 5 years after that. So, we may really be in year 2012 instead of 2007. But, what does it matter? The fact that there might be an error in dates proves that dates are a man-made way of keeping time. It has nothing to do with the divine(if you believe in the divine).

                  I don't know where to find a reference to give a link to this info, I was watching a documentary on the history channel at my grandmother's house, but I'm sure you can google it.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth Gabrielle Proctor View Post
                    So, we may really be in year 2012 instead of 2007
                    Yeah, I remember reading about that back when everyone thought the world was going to explode in 2000. The monks who made the calendar were off by like 13 years, so it's really 2020 now.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Gabrielle Proctor View Post

                      I don't know where to find a reference to give a link to this info, I was watching a documentary on the history channel at my grandmother's house, but I'm sure you can google it.
                      I remember that show. Something about the Aztecs or the Mayans or the indigineous people of........where ever. December 23, 2012. That is when the world will end. Duh.
                      I know nothing and I can prove it!

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                      • #12
                        [Nitpick]
                        The Mayan calender does NOT predict the end of the world in 2012. It predicts a major shift in the major world order and such, the end of an age, but not the end of the world. It's a common misconception.
                        [/Nitpick]
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                        • #13
                          Quoth Acolyte View Post
                          [Nitpick]
                          The Mayan calender does NOT predict the end of the world in 2012. It predicts a major shift in the major world order and such, the end of an age, but not the end of the world. It's a common misconception.
                          [/Nitpick]
                          Guess I forgot these. [sarcasm] [/sarcasm]
                          I know nothing and I can prove it!

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Juwl View Post
                            My brother's getting married very shortly here. He and his fiancee started making plans for the wedding about two years ago, hoping to get married on 7-7-07, as it would be an easy date to remember, per my brother. When they met with a minister, they found out 7-7-07 was entirely booked for weddings. So, EVERYONE had that idea.
                            Well, they could always wait a couple years...maybe they can still get a jump on 9-9-09, or 10-10-10...(I'm sure 8-8-08 is all booked up by now too)
                            I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                            I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                            It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Jadedcarguy View Post
                              I remember that show. Something about the Aztecs or the Mayans or the indigineous people of........where ever. December 23, 2012. That is when the world will end. Duh.
                              *nod*

                              Quoth Acolyte View Post
                              [Nitpick]
                              The Mayan calender does NOT predict the end of the world in 2012. It predicts a major shift in the major world order and such, the end of an age, but not the end of the world. It's a common misconception.
                              [/Nitpick]
                              Ok... so it's the end of the world... as we know it.

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