Time to short MsDonald's soon? LOL!
To: hjsimpson (23178 )
From: Hutch
Thursday, Nov 19 1998 6:56PM
ET
Reply # of 23247
EXPERTS WARN OF THREAT FROM 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."
There's one for the GOLDEN Arches, and Y2k. |
