Some Unforeseen Consequences of the "Millennium Bug"

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• Inland Revenue 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"
• 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.
• Unexpected demand for COBOL programmers results in severe understaffing of fast-food restaurants.