# YKK

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ykk/445>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 29, 1999, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ykk/445 "1999-12-29T08:53:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ykk/445/1 "1999-12-29T08:53:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_209.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_209.html)

Or perhaps it’s a veiled allusion to Y2K…

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ykk/445/2 "2000-01-19T01:21:00Z")

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If so, if they were trying to predict disaster, they got it wrong, right?

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\>\< DARWIN \>  
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**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ykk/445/3 "2000-01-19T02:10:00Z")

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No, I think they nailed it. My pants fell down at midnight.

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