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>EXPERTS WARN OF THREAT FROM 100GB BUG
>
>Firebringer News Service (FBNS) - 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."
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