Turning of the Decade Lacks Drama

By Jack November 30, 1999 1:55 AM

You are the most annoying person in the world.?You're the one who reminded your teacher to assign homework at the end of class.?You insist forte is pronounced fort, not for-tay.?You forward every virus alert that pops in your email, you brush your teeth three times a day in the company washroom, you drink non-alcoholic beer, and you stop as soon as the light changes to yellow.?You comment on every single post in your newsgroups, even your own.?And somehow, you think you're the only one outside your own immediate (and rapidly dwindling) circle who knows this.?You're annoying, because you're right.?You absolutely love to point out that because the first year anno domini is called 1, the first century ended in the year 100.?Therefore, the second century started in 101, and on and on, leading up to the indisputable fact that the 21st Century and the Third Millennium will begin on 1 January 2001.?What this is, of course, is the end of the 1900s, and the end of the 1990s, and the start of the 2000s, which is pretty cool in and of itself.?You are right! I know! But I say "turning of the decade" lacks drama.?So I will still call it "The Millennium".

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Posted by Sasquatch (sasquatch@aodmetal.com) on December 1, 1999 10:11 AM

Hehe...what, exactly, inspired this rant? Sounds like someone you know. :)

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on December 1, 1999 4:28 PM

Actualy it would have to be my brother "loath" who has been emailing me everytime there is a spelling error on Dtheatre.com.. he triggered it. but is not the "You". and there are a few other people who have brought on the issue that it's not the millennium.

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Posted by Loath (loath@dtheatre.com) on December 1, 1999 5:11 PM

"the millennium" should be "The Millennium"! Capitalize a proper noun. ;P

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on December 1, 1999 5:12 PM

SEE..

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 1, 1999 5:18 PM

Also, "Actually" has 2 "l"s, "loath" should have a capital "L", "everytime" should "every time".

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Posted by Loath (loath@dtheatre.com) on December 1, 1999 5:22 PM

Ack! Login didn't work, and my "should" should have been "should be" (How's that for a tongue twister?). *sigh* Bet I sound annoying now...