LOVE the conversation with Dude - you two are priceless together!!
As for the rapture, we have crazy fanatics who actually tried to put a bunch of stuff outside for people to take - clothes, pots and pans, even a note to knock on the door and come in and take what you want on the day after. Our neighbors are so awesome - no one touched ANYTHING and one guy ran off a couple of kids who tried. Said they were outside being aired out because they were sick and that the stuff was NOT being given away. Then the next day all the stuff was back inside by the time the sun came up. They will not even LOOK at anyone now because they are embarrassed. Of course, I doubt wife and child beating drunks will be taken if the rapture ever actually happens, no matter what excuse they use to do those things.