In Detroit News business section thursday in article about U.S. cost of Y2K remediation, Commerce Department predicted the impact of Y2K computer failures on the economy would be merely "something like a tangled shoelace for a world class marathon runner."

-- JB (noway@jose.com), November 19, 1999

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I guess the magnitude of the runner's problem would depend on HOW FAST HE WAS RUNNING, hmmmm?

-- Dennis (djolson@cherco.net), November 19, 1999.

"Road rash", sprains, bruses and perhaps broken bones. No, thats no problem for a runner. NOT!!

-- Larry Dreadon (larrydd@worldnet.att.net), November 19, 1999.

The image painted is very colorful.

-- head traumn (flatonface@headtrauma.com), November 19, 1999.

**"Road rash", sprains, bruses and perhaps broken bones. No, thats no problem for a runner. NOT!!**

.....Not to mention getting run over by the herd.

-- Patrick (pmchenry@gradall.com), November 19, 1999.

Good analogy--a seemingly little thing that brings the whole act down.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), November 19, 1999.

Yeah, one shoelace got tangled with the other shoelace on the other shoe.

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), November 19, 1999.

GOOD ONE DENNIS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO LAUGH THAT HARD. i can just picture kosky running full speed, then splat--face down because of his tangled shoe laces.

-- tt (cuddluppy@yahoo.com), November 20, 1999.