- Experts warned today of a new and deadly threat to our
  beleaguered civilization: the 100GB Bug.

  As most people know, McDonald's restaurant signs show the
  number of hamburgers the giant chain has sold. That number
  now stands at 99 billion burgers, or 99 Gigaburgers (GB).
  Within months or even weeks, that number will roll over to
  100GB. McDonald's signs, however, were designed years ago,
  when the prospect of selling one hundred billion hamburgers
  seemed unthinkably remote. So the signs have only two
  decimal places.

  This means that, after the sale of the 100 billionth burger,
  McDonald's signs will read "00 Billion Burgers Sold." This,
  experts predict, will convince the public that, in over
  thirty years, no McDonald's hamburgers have ever in fact
  been sold, causing a complete collapse of consumer
  confidence in McDonald's products.

  The ensuing catastrophic drop in sales is seen as almost
  certain to force the already-troubled company into
  bankruptcy. This, in turn, will push the teetering American
  economy over the brink, which, finally, will complete the
  total devastation of the global economy, ending civilization
  as we know it, and forcing us all to live on beetles.

  "The people who know -- the sign-makers -- are really scared
  of 100GB," one expert said. "I don't know about you, but I'm
  digging up a copy of THE FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN
  INSECTS and heading for the hills."