And you thought Y2K was bad...

I don't think this has made it to Elbows yet - apologies if it has and I
missed it...

>> 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."