Backchat was amused by this little piece in Riskbitz, the scurrilous insurance newsletter, Christmas special.

This was the prediction of one leading Lloyd's light for the coming year:

Ian Luddite, chief executive of Lloyd's Luddite Agency says: "I predict that the millennium bug will cause chaos with new technology.

"As we approach the

21st century, it is no time to be bringing in new-fangled ideas and technology, such as transistor radios, calculators and fax machines."

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