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What's in and What's Out
for the New Millennium
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January 1, 2000

by the Phantom

The View from the Rose Garden: It's that time of year to begin thinking about trends. Gazing out my window looking over my neighbor's dead rose garden is not exactly like looking into a crystal ball but let me give it a show anyhow. The Clever Staff has been hard at work wracking our brains, going all out, leaving no stone unturned, to bring you the latest cultural insight.

 

What's Out

1999
Y2K

Red meat
Rice
Thai
Calories
Chocolate mud pies
Coffee plantations

Repairing parts

Action Movies
NYD Blue

Beanie Babies
Taco Bell Dog

56K modems
Work Stations
Office cubes
Relaxed-fit Dockers
Real phones
Pink Message Slips
Day Runners

Cassette recorders
Cassettes and CDs
VCRs

The Dow

Duffle bags
Gasoline engines
Hiking
Sailing
Inline skates

Mall shopping
Family Photo albums
Nurture
Cold War

What's In

2000
MTBE contamination

Faux meat
Mashed potatoes
Italian
Fat Grams
Crème Brule
Shade-grown coffee

Replacing parts

Quirky movies
The West Wing

Pokeman
the pets.com dog puppet

DSL
Laptops
Home Office
Robe and slippers
Cell phones
Pagers
Palm Pilots

CD rom burners
Vinyl LP albums
DVDs

The Nasdaq

Roller bags
Hybred cars
Kayaking
Cruising
Motorized fold-up scooters

Online shopping
Personal web pages
Nature
Peace, prosperity & a rose future

                                                                           

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