Despite lucrative rewards, a COBOL programmer became weary of the constant demands and tribulations of millenium projects and looked for an escape. After careful consideration he decided to have himself frozen in a cryogenic chamber, to be revived in January 2001 when the whole mess would be over. He awoke from the deep freeze to find himself surrounded by an excited group, in a hospital, surrounded by strange looking equipment.

"Is it over?" he asked the group.
'Certainly is.' Replied the leader of the group 'But we have some good news and some bad news.'
'What's the bad news first?' he asked
'Unfortunately the cryogenic chamber was not year 2000 compliant, and you have been asleep for almost eight thousand years.'

The leader replied somberly.
'Wow, so what's the good news?'
'The good news is that we have a highly paying job ready for you. You see, it is now the year 9999,
and your resume says that in 1999 you were a COBOL programmer....