# Countdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 1999, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414 "1999-12-22T05:39:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/61 "1999-12-31T15:30:00Z")
**Happy New Year from Australia!!** It’s 2:27am, and the Millennium Bug has already struck! A whole ton of alarms went off at banks in the city as soon as midnight struck. It was chaos in town - horrible. I’m glad I’m back home. I think I’ll stay up all night. 🙂 Hear from you soon!! * * * **-PIGEONMAN-** Hero For A New Millennium! [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Back in the new year!** Honest. I promise. No, really. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/62 "1999-12-31T15:47:00Z")
14 hours and about 20 minutes until either: 1. Armageddon hits 2. Y2K hits 3. A whole bunch of people raise hell over “believin’ 'da hype”. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/63 "2000-01-01T06:43:00Z")
Quick question: After the breakdown of civilization as we know it does NOT occur, would it be wise to actually say “neener neener neener” to the Armageddonists? Or should I just point and laugh, from a safe distance? ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/64 "1999-12-31T19:02:00Z")
10 hours and 9 minutes! * * * I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/65 "1999-12-31T19:07:00Z")
I vote for the neener neener neener myself!! 12 hours and 55 mins to go for me. I am jealous that most of you get there before I do. I hate this time zone thing! * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/66 "1999-12-31T19:31:00Z")
But I _don’ t want_ to leave the 1900s–it’s all that I know, and I’m a little resentful at being flung into the future like this. And I, too, want to know what happened to the flying cars… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/67 "2000-01-01T04:37:00Z")
Half an hour to go here in New York. Tomorrow I plan to squeeze into my silver jumpsuit, fly by jetpack to the space shuttle and take a well deserved vacation on the moon. Farewell, earth dwellers, hope my computer does not crap out and cease communication upon my return… ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/68 "2000-01-01T04:52:00Z")
17 minutes to go, by my computer clock. Of course, my phone display sez 19, and my watch says 16. No wonder no one can get this millenium end thing straight. Hey, if anybody’s on AOL IM right now, send a note to MikeKonczew. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/69 "2000-01-01T07:37:00Z")
My first post of the New Year. Of course, I shall say… Neener neener neener!!! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/70 "2000-01-01T21:25:00Z")
Anyone need a case of menudo ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/71 "2000-01-02T02:05:00Z")
Boy, that was fun! Just think-- only one year till the _next_ millenium. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/72 "2000-01-02T03:06:00Z")
[QUOTE] Anyone need a case of menudo? [QUOTE] Naw. I never did like those boys. Saw my dad today. He’s a retired computer technician. Been in electronics since before there were computers. The company he retired from has been Y2K prepared for quite some time now, thanks in large part to him. Anyway, he says “neener neener neener” too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414/73 "2000-01-03T06:27:00Z")
\ What? Who? Ha? Millenium? What’s going on? I’ve bben asleep. Did something happen? Fritos? Ha?\ 😉 * * * “Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.”----Jung [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown/12414.md?page=3)