I call it a typo. We don't need to skip another ten days

Ron Parker wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:40:22 -0700, Josh English wrote:
> >I personally think that y2k is a joke, but the 20th century ends on 12/21/1999
> >and the 21st begins on 1/1/00
>
> What do you call the ten days in between? :)
>
> >The only advantage to thinking that the century starts on 1/1/01 is that the
> >rest of us can have a second big party.
>
> I was shopping recently and saw all kinds of otherwise-cheap merchandise
> emblazoned with the (trademarked) "Mark of the Millennium : 01/01/00"
> seal and marked up by astronomical amounts.  I would have thought it would
> be much cooler to say the mark of the millennium is 01/01/01, but I guess
> they didn't think that was quite as marketable.  Maybe I can trademark the
> "Mark of the Real Millennium" seal and make a fortune off of geeks.
>
> Okay, I'm sorry I started this again.  I submit myself for whatever
> punishment seems suitable, except being forced to watch Dick Clark announce
> the beginning of the new Millennium.

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Joshua English
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