The way it will really happen is that a(several) greedy lawyer(s) will
file a class action suit(s) on behalf of everyone. (Thus getting a
bigger slice of the settlement for himself.)

This will Require special hearings to determine who/where trials should
be held etc. By the time this is completed, we should be ready for the
following projects to begin: year 3000, SSN change to n digits, and
increase phone # length.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Duncombe [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 1997 2:33 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: You knew it was bound to happen
>
> At 10:19 AM 8/7/97 -0700, Gavin wrote:
> >Pat writes:
> >> Well, the first lawsuit over a year-2000 issue has been filed:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >> I wonder how many more of these we're going to see in the coming
> >> months?
> >
> >How many lawyers are there in the world? :-)
> >
> >G.
> >
>
> No Gavin, it is not just how many lawyers there are!
> A small percentage of the lawyers that I have met think that they are
> capable of multi-tasking.
> Also, once they learn how to do something like this, they
> cookie-cutter it
> and are most likely to paper the countryside (in this case the courts)
> with
> this stuff.
> Those that are not capable of original thought are still likely to
> infringe
> on the ideas of those few of their colleagues who are capable of
> originality.
>
> Q:  What do you call a lawyer with an original idea?
> A:  An oxymoron.
>
> PS..  don't you just love this lawyer admiration society?
>
>
>
>
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