From: Kid-A (dave_is_brewing@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2003 - 13:53:22 MDT
27
And while we are on the subject of 27 years, here are some facts.
1. By the year 2030, the world will have to feed three billion additional people, and require a 75 percent increase in food supplies while maintaining the current level of food availability.
Ok I admit that's the only fact I found, It was one of those things that sounded like a good thing to do at the time...if you know what I mean. But I did find this in some archive somewhere:
News flashes, year 2030
Tuesday, July 9, 2002
Some of these are really funny. Some are not all that funny. You choose which ones to laugh at. They may not be the same ones I choose to laugh at... I guess that's how humor works.
1. Fidel Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
2. Spotted Owl plague threatens Western North America crops & livestock.
3. Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon).
4. Afghanistan still closed off--physicists estimate it will take at least ten more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
5. Hunt continues for Osama bin Laden; believed sighted at Yasser Arafat's tomb in Detroit.
6. Thirty-five year study proclaims diet and exercise is the key to weight loss.
7. Texas executes last remaining citizen.
8. Upcoming NFL draft likely to focus on use of mutants.
9. Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped.
10. Authentic year 2000 Florida "chad" sells at Sotheby's for $4.6 million.
11. Ozone created by electric cars killing thousands in Los Angeles.
12. Average height of NBA players now nine foot seven inches.
13. Microsoft announces it has perfected its newest version of Windows so it crashes BEFORE installation is completed.
14. New California law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers and baseball bats be registered by January 2036.
15. Colorado motorist arrested for not driving SUV.
16. Average worker's Social Security (FICA) contribution hits $12,000 per week. Protests planned.
17. Congressman Gary Condit still missing.
18. Senator Strom Thurmond remains dead; continues to cast votes.
19. White House demands Saddam Hussein's resignation for 748th time. No response.
20. Seats for Mel Brooks' "The Producers" on Broadway, decline to $12,000 per.
21. Oprah Winfrey, nearing retirement, buys Illinois.
22. E-mail messages, like this one, now charged at $5 per word. Please remit.
Well I'm not so sure about the Saddam Hussein one, but hey, ya never know.
I'm done
Kid
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