> > This is a near-totally pointless rant about how sick I am about hearing of the Impending Global Meltdown that is Y2K.
> >
> > The media has hyped the possible disasters so much that I think they've created self-fulfilling prophecies.
> >
> > The other day a friend of mine even went so far as to say to me, "I wonder if my car will start?".
> >
> > Thankfully, I managed to maintain enough self-control to sit on my hands before I could punch him in the face.
> >
> > GRRRRRRRRR!
>
> My mother asked me the other day, in all seriousness, if I thought the lights would work. You know all that date-sensitive computer work involved in a lightbulb, after all...

That's a good one. :-)

Running a close second, I think, are those people who are wondering if their microwaves will continue to work.

Personally, I'm wondering if I should start a betting pool as to whether or not these devices will simply disappear (no microwaves in 1900), or will melt down into a smelly pile of manufactured materials.

Mage"Maybe Y2K will weed out some of these people"Lord