Unforeseen Consequences of the “Millennium Bug”

  • IRS demands a hundred years of interest from stunned taxpayers.
  • “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” song gets stuck in infinite loop.
  • 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.
  • Internet Movie Database now lists “1901: A Space Odyssey”
  • 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.
  • Bob Dole’s age erroneously listed with only 2 digits.
  • Mel Brooks’s “2000 year old man” skit stops being funny… Oops, too late.
  • Sales of Coca Cola jumps drastically after original cocaine-laden formula becomes legal again.
  • 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.
  • Microsoft declares the year 1900 to be the new standard of the “Gatesian” calendar.
  • Jesus shows up late for His second coming, blames it on COBOL programmers.
  • Computers temporarily fooled into thinking Strom Thurmond is only 103.
  • Using a computerized adoption service, Michael Jackson mistakenly takes home some octogenarians.
  • Unexpected demand for COBOL programmers results in severe understaffing of fast-food restaurants.