| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1999 : 10 October 1999 |
As we approach the millennium, we've seen earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan and nuclear accidents in Japan and South Korea. So far it's a tie. When the millennial flag comes down on the race, which doom-bringer will be ahead?
A. Doh! No contest! Earthquakes are way badder.
B. I believe that the artificial disaster will in the end
rise level to every need, will in the end triumph over every
merely natural disaster.
C. I'm betting on the hurricanes to show in the final race,
at 3:1 odds.
D. Nobody wins. We all lose. Farewell, cruel world! It is a far,
far better rest I go to.... Oh, Scarlett!
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