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Subject:Re: OT humor - Y2K preparedness From:Billy King <bking -at- okvotech -dot- org> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:53:23 -0600
Haven't you learned anything from seeing the results of society's
excesses?!
Bleach, not WhiteOut or LiquidPaper, will be our salvation.
Or, for those who can afford the extra cost, natural sun-bleached paper.
>
> You forgot about how White-Out and Liquid Paper will play a part in the new
> millennium...
>
> Since blank paper is going to be such a valuable commodity, people will
> attempt to create "recycled" paper by using White-Out and Liquid Paper on
> stacks and stacks of Y2K contingency plans and "We're Y2K Compliant Too!"
> press releases. This will result in a world-wide shortage of White-Out,
> Liquid Paper, and white paint in general. Inevitably, blank white paper will
> soon be used as a form of currency; the more white in it, the more valuable.
> "White Papers" will be taken seriously.
--
Billy King
Instructional Development Specialist
Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center [CIMC]
Oklahoma Department of Vocational-Technical Education [ODVTE] http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
bking -at- okvotech -dot- org
