The Top 15 Unforeseen Consequences of The "Millennium Bug"

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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.


 ...and the Number 1 Unforeseen Consequence of the "Millennium Bug"...


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


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