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The Ballad of the Y2K
by Submitted by RJB www.Joke-Of-The-Day.com - May 20, 1999 at 13:13:22:
sing to the tune of “Gilligan’s Island”)Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale Of the doom that is our fate.
That started when programmers used Two digits for a date
Two digits for a date
RAM memory was smaller then; Hard drives were tiny, too.
“Four digits are extravagant, So let’s get by with two.
So let’s get by with two.”
“This works through 1999,” The programmers did say.
“Unless we write new code by then, The data goes away.
The data goes away.”
But management had not a clue; “It works fine now, you bet!
Rewriting code costs money, We won’t do it just yet.
We won’t do it just yet.”
Now when 2000 rolls around It all goes straight to hell,
For zero less then ninety-nine, As anyone can tell.
As anyone can tell.
The mail won’t bring your pension check; It won’t be sent to you
When you’re no longer sixty-eight But minus thirty-two.
But minus thirty-two.
The problems we’re about to face Are frightening, for sure.
And reading every line of code’s The only certain cure.
The only certain cure
There’s not much time, there’s too much code, And COBOL-coders, few.
When the century is finished, We may be finished, too.
We may be finished, too.
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