Guest guest Posted November 12, 1998 Report Share Posted November 12, 1998 Camp: ISKCON Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai & Jaganath Mandir, St. Petersburg, Russia. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The 100GigaBurg BUG > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - Experts warned today of a new and deadly threat to our beleaguered > civilization: the 100GB Bug. > > As most people know, McDonald's restaurant signs show the number of > hamburgers the giant chain has sold. That number now stands at 99 > billion > burgers, or 99 Gigaburgers (GB). Within months or even weeks, that > number > will roll over to > 100GB. McDonald's signs, however, were designed years ago, when the > prospect > of selling one hundred billion hamburgers seemed unthinkably remote. So > the > signs have only two decimal places. > > This means that, after the sale of the 100 billionth burger, McDonald's > signs > will read "00 Billion Burgers Sold." This, experts predict, will > convince the > public that, in over > thirty years, no McDonald's hamburgers have ever in fact been sold, > causing a > complete collapse of consumer confidence in McDonald's products. > > The ensuing catastrophic drop in sales is seen as almost certain to > force the > already-troubled company into bankruptcy. This, in turn, will push the > teetering American economy over the brink, which, finally, will complete > the > total devastation of the global economy, ending civilization as we know > it, > and forcing us all to live on beetles. > > "The people who know -- the sign-makers -- are really scared of 100GB," > one > expert said. "I don't know about you, but I'm digging up a copy of THE > FIELD > GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS and heading for the hills." God save the cows!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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