Millenium Bugs
This was originally written in 1999 when there was a lot of hype about the millenium bug (y2k). I re-wrote some of the conversation, as I converted the code for the updated website, just because I had the opportunity to do so and the thoughts popped into my head.
This is Aggie & Betties solution to the problem for Bettie’s nephew.
| Aggie | Why are you buying that insect spray? I like them around the house. |
| Bettie | It’s for my nephew, I think he may need it. |
| Aggie | Oooooo, has he got those nasty beetles back in his flat? |
| Bettie | Oh no. That mixture you gave him last week worked a treat. |
| Aggie | Mixture? What mixture? |
| Bettie | The brown one, in the big dish. |
| Aggie | That was a stew for his lunch. |
| Bettie | Really? Well he’s never liked your stews and it looks like the beetles didn’t either. |
| Aggie | So what’s the spray for? He can’t have more bugs in the flat? |
| Bettie | No, not in the house. They are in his computer, pesky little ones, going to stop it working. |
| Aggie | You sure it’s not those baby turtles? |
| Bettie | No, they only mess about with things and delete your work. These pesky bugs are going to stop all the computers working at the end of the year. |
| Aggie | All at the end of year. What in some end of year computer trashing party? |
| Bettie | Aparently so. And I don’t want them to get his computer. He’s doing important things on the interweb. |
| Aggie | I thought it was one big bug. I hear it is going to sit in the high street and stop the traffic lights working and hold up all the traffic on New Year’s Eve. |
| Bettie | Hmmm, we will need a lot of spray to kill that one. |
| Aggie | I’m sure I could make up a special mixture to kill it. |
| Bettie | Nothing special needed. I think another batch of your stew would do it. |
| Aggie | Could we put some in the computer? |
| Bettie | Not a good idea. I don’t think the turtles would like that. And you remember the agreement. |
| Aggie | Yes, don’t want to upset them. But what about his bug? |
| Bettie | He hasn’t got a bug. He’s as fit as fiddle, as strong as an ox. |
| Aggie | No, not a stomach bug, the computer bug. |
| Bettie | Oh, that bug. |
| Aggie | Yes that bug, any suggestions? |
| Bettie | Maybe we shouldn’t bother, after the party they will probably go away. |
| Aggie | So why the spray? |
| Bettie | Need to get to town on New Year’s Day. I don’t want to be stopped by a bug holding up the traffic. |
| Aggie | There’s always other ways to get there. |
| Bettie | Yes, but we don’t want to frighten anyone. |
| Aggie | Okay, you pick up a few cans and I’ll make up an extra batch of my stew just in case. |