THE US evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping, 89, predicted that Jesus would return to earth on Saturday and true believers would be swept up, or “raptured”, to heaven.

This being the case, I decided against cleaning my bathroom on Friday as there didn’t seem to be much point.

Having got it wrong about Saturday, Mr Camping has now predicted that Sunday, October 21 will be the day all nonbelievers are set to die.

I will still need to use the bathroom at some point between now and then, so I may relent and clean it anyway.

Of course, if the prediction is correct then I will be one of many left stranded on the doomed Earth, wishing we had a true faith.

My only consolation will be a small saving made on cleaning products.

Gavin Hay, Darlington.