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 My Favorite Y2K Rumor

As the world approached Y2K,

My favorite rumor that spread,

Computerized aircraft fall prey

To computer systems, instead

Of working, would shut down, confused

About 1900 new year,

Time when computers were not used,

So computers need disappear.

Many air travelers stayed home,

Spooked by this rumor they had heard,

Better safe than sorry to roam

Skies if this prediction occurred.

So to bring in Y2K, I,

In flight, 40,000 feet high.