Y2K Bug

 

 

 

 

The Top 15 Unforeseen Consequences of the "Millennium Bug"
15> IRS demands a hundred years of interest from stunned taxpayers.

14> "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" song gets stuck in infinite loop.

13> At the stroke of midnight, Windows 99 turns back into DOS 1.0, the Pentium V turns back into an 8088, and the Handsome User is left holding a beautiful glass mouse.

12> Internet Movie Database now lists "1901: A Space Odyssey"

11> Residents of Indiana have to figure out if they're off by 999 years, 364 days and 23 hours, or 1000 years and one hour.

10> Bob Dole's age erroneously listed with only 2 digits.

9> Mel Brooks's "2000 year old man" skit stops being funny.... Oops, too late.

8> Sales of Coca Cola jumps drastically after original cocaine-laden formula becomes legal again.

7> Software engineers point out that since computers think it's almost 1900, we technically have to "party like it's 1899," which, frankly, doesn't seem like much fun.

6> Microsoft declares the year 1900 to be the new standard of the "Gatesian" calendar.

5> Jesus shows up late for His second coming, blames it on COBOL programmers.

4> Computers temporarily fooled into thinking Strom Thurmond is only 103.

3> First Top 5 List of the year? "Reasons No One Would Ever Assassinate President McKinley"

2> Using a computerized adoption service, Michael Jackson mistakenly takes home some octogenarians.

1> Unexpected demand for COBOL programmers results in severe understaffing of fast-food restaurants.

 

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