Over on the Cybermind, some friends of mine got into a string of humorous posts about the end of the world.

Maurizio Mariotti started with this:

I decided that when Armageddon comes, I will set up a stall selling pillows. You never know if someone in one of the opposing armies will start shouting, “Pillow fight!” Maybe I should also sell custard pies, just in case.

I replied with this:

That’s a great idea. I’m sure Loki will be delighted. You should totally sell water balloons too.

Finally, Skip Mendler finished with this:

“And lo, the next angel blew upon his trumpet, but the sound was not as the other trumpets, but more like unto a goat or a sheep bleating; then did I behold a great white horse, a stallion bedecked with ribbons, which pranced as it advanced; and upon it was a rider, a rider with a red nose, and a pointed hat of many colors; and likewise did his clothes have many colors; and his shoes were as large as the shoes of two men together. And he rode amongst the nations, sometimes standing upon the horse, sometimes riding
backwards, sometimes hanging off to one side; and one-third of the armies were felled because they slipped upon the peels of fruit, and one-third of the armies were felled because their pants were suddenly around their ankles, and one-third were felled by the cream pies which the red-nosed one flung into their midst. And great therefore was the confusion among the armies of men, and there was much wailing, and gnashing, and kvetching amongst them; and their kings and generals did tear at their hair in their rage, and kick their lieutenants in their keesters. And the Waters of Sel-tzer did spray all about, and great was the spluttering thereof. And the angels and the prophets and those around the Throne were seized with great laughter, and would have watered themselves indeed, had they had bladders with which to water themselves. And the Lamb declared, ‘Behold,
that was a good one!’; for truly had the power of men been shown to be vain and of no avail.”

from the Anticalypse of Sebastian of Appalachia

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