overheard on the bus: With 500 days remaining until the year 2000, many people are frantically worrying about the impact of the infamous Y2K problem. But, according to a recent report in USA Today, even if the world survives the Y2K problem intact, there is another problem looming in the future that few people even know about: the Y2K+4 problem. In the year 2004, many parts of the United States will be besieged by the 17-year return of the locust. While the damage to United States agriculture will be immense, even more frightening is the fact that squirrels LOVE to eat locusts. So, in 2004 there will be a whole mess of fat squirrels. Fat squirrels mean large litters. And large litters mean MORE SQUIRRELS! anonymouse