Chac, the Mayan rain god, says "You're welcome."

No, I don't remember.

Yeah, because it will never rain again unless you pray. And of course, it only took more than a month to finally rain. God must have been on vacation and forgot to check his voicemail until just now.

Would it surprise anyone if this "mayor" started predicting eclipses? And if his constituents were equally amazed?

Why isnt there a Texas tag?

Yeah...we got drenched.
There aren't any gutters here, so the ditches start overflowing after about an hour of rain.
My roomate was comming back from the grocery story, ran through a 'puddle', and flooded his engine. Almost totaled it...

13 wrecks?

Why don't Texans just learn how to drive?

Why isnt there a Texas tag?

because then you would have to give everyone tags, and you have to draw a line somewhere.

fark prayers

There aren't any gutters here


Where do you all sleep when you get drunk.

Wow! This is very interesting.

wow this guy is nuts

Yeah we all know that people aren't complete idiots when it comes to driving in the rain.

Of course praying for rain works; you just pray until it rains.

/Duh.
//The power of selective memory at work.

I was praying for car wrecks, and look what happened.

I was praying for drought and stupidity.

I'm surprise these kinds of people can drink a glass of water without drowning.

Lubbockites said, "Sometimes he's going to say yes. Sometimes he's going to say no."


HAHA! Sounds like a very unreliable god to me.

They prayed, it rained, therefore the rain is a result of their prayers because it never rains in September in Lubbock, Texas. As the following clearly shows:



Taken from Here.

/anyone need an opportunity to calibrate their sarcasm meter?

That trunk's full of Pearl and Lone Star.

What would happen if all of the rest of us prayed for fire to pour down in Lubbock? Sometimes he says yes, right? Right?!

It's a stupid place. We'd be better off.

And thus god did smite Texas, yet their brains lacking in rationality they praised his name and beggared for more.

/Agnostic

They should pray for the city to allow liquor and beer to be sold within city limits...

Lubbockites said, "Sometimes he's going to say yes. Sometimes he's going to say no. This time he said yes for Lubbock and all the South Plains not just for Lubbock."

That pretty much sizes up the laws of nature. What is scary, though, is that some seriously farking ignorant idiots will vote for him because it rained.

/"seriously farking ignorant idiots" is a very generous characterization.

I have a rock that repells dragons. Haven't seen a single one since I got it...Didn't see any before that but that has everything to do with chance and nothing to do with the magic of the Anti-Dragon Rock.

homosaur: 13 wrecks?
Why don't Texans just learn how to drive?

No kidding. I grew up in Montana where you learn to drive in snow and ice as soon as you get a learner's permit. It's a valuable experience to know how to handle a vehicle in that weather.

Now I live in Vegas and there are wrecks left and right after the slightest little sprinkle of rain. People just have no idea how to drive on anything but a dry road here.

This is how people mistake natural phenomenon for magic. You don't PRAY for rain... you do the rain dance. I thought everyone knew that!!

/sarcasm meter calibrated

Scaylos, I'd like to buy your rock

Indian rain dance done indoors, sans indians.

So God made the Earth in 7 Days, but took 2 1/2 months to make it rain over Southern Boot Lick, Texas? Little bugger's slowing down in His old age.

well, I'm sorry, I only just heard of these people's plight recently and I sent the rain as quick as I could.

thank you for all the prayers.

Bon_Scott
Indian rain dance done indoors, sans indians.

Yupp, I can see two things that might cause wet carpets right there in your picture.

God sure does take his time.

What a glorious thing such ignorance must be.

Pray for rain. If it rains within the next couple of months, God answered your prayers!

If it doesn't rain, well, then God works in mysterious ways/you didn't deserve the rain because you are sinners/the gays are getting married and this is the punishment.

Glory, glory Hallelujah.

Aeonic_Blue:
What a glorious thing such ignorance must be.

Pray for rain. If it rains within the next couple of months, God answered your prayers!

If it doesn't rain, well, then God works in mysterious ways/you didn't deserve the rain because you are sinners/the gays are getting married and this is the punishment.

Glory, glory Hallelujah.

Boy, you were you way off. If it didn't rain earlier it's because they didn't tithe enough at churh or to the TV tither guy. You know, the guy with the perfectly done hair who's squinting all the time.

churh = church

/I blame all the red wine.

Mayor: Coincidence? I think not.


Nothing is ever a coincidence. I attribute all events to divine providence. God works in mysterious ways. All things happen through him. We are borg. Wait, scratch that last part...

danarjordan
God sure does take his time.

Well, what's time to god anyway? I imagine a day for him might equal 10k years for us. They're lucky he got to them that fast. I hear his appointment calendar was pretty darn full.

/sarcasm meter goes to 11

Those in the wrecks were obviously heathens

Next time you pray for rain, be sure to specify how much. And when.

Wait! Wait! wouldn't this have actually been a good time to use the Ironic tag?

ONLY 13 wrecks? That's got to be a lie.

It rained nicely for four days. It wasn't a heavy rain. It was just a nice rain. They got about 4 inches. They're still behind in the yearly quota.

The reason there was flooding is because their are NO street drains in Lubbock. Therefore, when in rains, no matter what amount, it floods. Flooding in Lubbock is no big deal.

And 13 wrecks must be a minimum record. Hell, there are probably that many per day....

Cameron_Talley

From the Farking Article:

The Lubbock Police Department responded to 13 wrecks just before noon.

Remember when Lubbock, TX prayed for rain back in July?

I don't remember. I don't recall. I've got no memory of anything at all.

Texas Tech! Go red Raiders! Great School...crappy town!

Graduated from there 10 years ago, went back for the first time two weeks ago to See the Red Radiers home opener against SMU. Lubbock still sucks! But the game was great!

/It rained the whole time I was there

anondescriptname

Thanks, that makes much more sense.

/Didn't RTFA, since my parents live there and I already knew all about it.

Just FYI, I live in Lubbock and the vast majority of people here don't think God had anything to do with the rain... and we're vastly amused by the few who do.

Where's the payoff for Chaac?

Chaac gets to live.

culturemock
Chaac gets to live.

nice.