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Having Fun with Y2K
CDS writes "Fade to Black comedy magazine has a hilarious story on the Y2K problem. Michael Page, the main man @ F2B, e-mails several companies asking if their products (such as Haagen-Dazs, Oil of Olay, and Elmer's Glue) are Y2K compliant. Funny Stuff. " I laughed. I cried. It was better then "Cats". Warning: Some of the material is offensive. To someone. I think.
www.fadetoblack.com/y2k/
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I remember reading the Lazlo Letters by Don Novello (aka Father Guido Sarducci) in the late 1970's, and later during when _Spy_ magazine was still in print.
It's a funny idea, writing mock letters of gratitude or complaint to various companies ("I got a crushed M&M") and political figures ("I'm pulling for ya!") and seeing who get's it or who falls for his line.
This is much the same thing...
That said, I enjoyed reading these letters as well.
And yes, some of these will be offensive to some people.
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"May I have ten thousand marbles, please?"
Dear Nike,
I'm growing more worried by the day about the catastrophy looming in our immediate future. I'm referring, of course, to Y2K.
I'm a functionally illiterate jock, as witnessed by my dictation (huh-huh, I said dictation), of this letter to my coach. So I'm quite concerned about whether or not I will still be able to play football in a few weeks.
You see, if I were not able to hang out with other naked guys and flex for the girls that I was planning to slip a mickey to I don't know what I would do all weekend.
Please make this problem go away.
Please.
This Y2K hysteria is such a perfect example of the blind leading the blind! I've seen that the people who are most frightend by this hype are the one's who know the least about it... I, personally , sleep easy at night, being well aware of the copious hours of work being put in by software engineers to ensure a smooth transition. But you ask joe shmo on the street, and he'll tell you how he's hording supplies and turning his assets into gold bullion! I've had people ask me If I thought their cars were Y2K complient! Now come on! Since when does an automobile even CARE what day it is?! My own mother has even asked me if the Microwave oven was ready fo the new millenium.
;-)
This madness has got to stop! I blame the media for making foolish, un-informed speculations to a largely uneducated (as far as technology goes) crowd.
The only real thing we have to fear for Y2K are those spooky predictions by that Nostradamous character, now that's something to prepare for
--Alop
--alop
...are Y2K compliant. They even say YKK on them. I think they even said that 10 years ago. Finally, an industry with foresight!
Tcl my Pico! There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
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My dad once wrote a letter to General Mills about cheerios. He was reading the box, and he got to the part that said "if you are not satisfied with the performance of this general mills product, or if you have any comments or suggenstions, feel free to write us a letter ...bla bla bla"
So he wrote them a letter citing the text on the box, and stating that he bought a box of cheerios, but he wasn't satisfied by their performance. Infact he poured them out on the table, and they didn't do a damn thing.
The company wrote back saying that it brightened their day to get that letter, and they send him a coupon for a dicount on cheerios =:-)
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Bic Shavers
Crest Toothpaste
Elmers Glue
Haagen Dazs Ice Cream
Ivory soap
Kiwi Shoe Polish
Mr. Clean
Oil of Olay
Quaket State Motor Oil
Skippy peanut butter
Tropican OJ
Click away, they're humerous to say the least.
Dan. -- So what if it's spelt wrong, nobody's perfect
KY Jelly is not Y2K compliant. A new product will be launched for the millennium - Y2KY Jelly - which allows you four digits in your date instead of two.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.