30 December 1999 - year 2000 toast

The great odometer is about to roll over. Listen to what the bosses are saying:

“Just to avoid anything that... maybe we didn’t catch, we have decided that we want to be on the ground.” — Wayne “Whew” Hale, NASA space shuttle flight director

“We did not want to take chances with public safety, no matter how remote the threat might seem.” — Seattle Mayor Paul “WTO Rocks!” Schell

“Nothing serious is going to happen.” — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya “Officially, It’ll Be Minor” Klebanov

My conclusion: We are toast. This is what they’d say about Armageddon.