SC - OOP Something funny...Please don't blast me!

[The Cheshire Cat]

Hi all!

A friend forwarded this one to me and I thought it was amusing and seems to
be almost period.  Anyway I hope you enjoy it.
- -Sianan


>Dear Cassius:
>
>Are you still working on the Y zero K problem? This
>change from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches
>and we haven't much time left.
>
>I don't know how people will cope with working the
>wrong way 'round. Having been working happily
>downwards forever, now we have to start thinking
>upwards.
>
>You would think that someone would have thought of it
>earlier and not left it to us to figure it all out at this
>last minute. I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was
>livid that Julius hadn't done something about it when he
>was revamping the calendar. He said he could see why
>Brutus turned nasty.
>
>We called in Consultus, but he simply said that
>continuing downwards using minus BC won't work -
>and as usual charged a fortune for doing nothing useful.
>
>Surely we will not have to throw out all our hardware
>and start again? Macrohard will make yet another
>fortune out of this, I suppose.
>
>The money lenders are paranoid, of course! They have
>been told that all usury rates will invert and they will
>have to pay their clients to take out loans. Hm, it's an
>ill wind. . .
>
>As for myself, I just can't see the sand in an hourglass
>flowing upwards. We have heard that there are three
>wise men in the East who have been working on the
>problem, but unfortunately they won't arrive until it's
>all over.
>
>Have you heard? There are plans to stable all horses at
>midnight at the turn of the year as there are fears that
>they will stop and try to run backwards, causing
>immense damage to chariots and possible loss of life.
>
>Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment of
>transition. Anyway, we are still continuing to work on
>this blasted Y zero K problem.
>
>I will send a parchment to you if anything further
>develops. If you have any ideas please let me know
>ASAP, okay?
>
>Plutonius


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