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Just when you thought it was safe...

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Subject: Just when you thought it was safe...
From: REwald9535@aol.com
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:07:23 EST
Hope everybody thinks this is as funny as I do....
Rick

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 numeric 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." 

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