Top 10 reasons why Americans are fat, dumb and happy regarding Y2K

10. They think "Herstadt Risk" has something to do with chocolate

9. They think "domino effect" is a new game by Hasbro

8. They think "Fractional Reserve" is a term they've seen on liquor bottles

7. They think "speculative bubble" is a new brand of chewing gum

6. They think "cracking process" refers to smoking cocaine

5. They think "carrying capacity" has something to do with pickup trucks

4. They think "division of labor" is a government agency

3. They think "windowing" is what you do with a mouse

2. They think "Executive Order" is the name of a new rock band

and the #1 reason:

1. They think "Y2K" is almost over

-- a (a@a.a), December 09, 1999

Answers

And they think bad things only happen to other people.

-- fatanddumb (fatdumb@nd.happy), December 09, 1999.

:-) a, thanks for the chuckle.

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), December 09, 1999.

All ten answers start with "They think". The problem is that they DON'T think.

Gerald

-- Gerald R. Cox (grcox@internetwork.net), December 09, 1999.

This is my last attempt at humor. I was expecting a damn standing ovation for this one...

-- a (a@a.a), December 10, 1999.

....sound of (at least) one person standing and clapping.....

Por Favor, continue onword and offword, ever upword.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 10, 1999.

Hey, a, you forgot "They think spin is a cycle on their washing machines".

R.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 10, 1999.

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-- consumer (shh@aol.com), December 10, 1999.

Applause, Applause, Applause.

The "domino effect" is acid indegestion for eating too much pizza.

-- gary (a@a.com), December 10, 1999.

They think cascading cross defaults is a problem with their diswasher detergent

-- Duke 1983 (Duke1983@AOL.com), December 10, 1999.

They thin "interdependence" is shacking up...

-- Patrick (pmchenry@gradall.com), December 10, 1999.

They think "interdependence" is shacking up...

-- Patrick (pmchenry@gradall.com), December 10, 1999.