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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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