Maximus Jokes

If you think you have problems, consider the problems of Plutonius Maximus

Translation from Latin 21 Scroll

Dear Cassias

Are you working on the Y zero K problem? This change from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven't much time left. I don't know how people will cope with working the wrong way round. Having been working happily downwards for ever, now we have to start thinking upwards.. You would think that someone would have thought of it earlier and not left us to sort it out at the last minute.

I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Julius hadn't done something about it when he was sorting out the calendar. He could see why Brutus turned nasty. He called in Consultus, but he simply said that continuing downward using minus BC won't work, and as usual charged a fortune for doing nothing useful.

Surely we won't have to throw out all our hardware and start again? Machard will make yet another more...

If you think you have problems, consider the problems of Plutonius Maximus
Translation from Latin 21 Scroll
Dear Cassias
Are you working on the Y zero K problem? This change from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven't much time left. I don't know how people will cope with working the wrong way round. Having been working happily downwards for ever, now we have to start thinking upwards.. You would think that someone would have thought of it earlier and not left us to sort it out at the last minute.
I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Julius hadn't done something about it when he was sorting out the calendar. He could see why Brutus turned nasty. He called in Consultus, but he simply said that continuing downward using minus BC won't work, and as usual charged a fortune for doing nothing useful.
Surely we won't have to throw out all our hardware and start again? Machard will make yet another fortune out of this I suppose. The money more...