even more Millennium Madness... Susanne found some quite extraordinary underwear. "My vote: The Victoria's Secret $10 Million Millennium Bra encrusted with over 2,000 diamonds and diamond-cut sapphires in platinum settings. Oh, and let me stress, the thong panty is free... If the one they made for the catalog photo is the ONLY one they made, that would be one too many!" Mike in Canada has his excuses for nominating a Millennium Yo-Yo as his choice of Millennial trivia. "I saw (in fact I actually purchased) a Millennium Yo-Yo. It was actually quite nice: silver plated with a 1999/2000 stamp on it. My son collectsYoYos (my justification for being sucked into the consumer hype)." Rosemary Szczygiel in Arizona confirms that the 'wild west' is still alive and well. "Here in the States there are little stuffed dolls shaped like round blobs with eyes. They are "Y2K" dolls with built-in sound. You find them on the counters near the cash registers in drugstores and supermarkets. The idea is to smash them on the ground and listen to them scream. I am concerned for children who grab them and smash them on the ground and giggle." Mary in Atlanta writes: "I did see an ad that made me chuckle. It was for a Y2K compliant calendar." Mark in Texas was not amused by this commercial: "I don't know if this qualifies, but I just yesterday saw a car company commercial for their 2000 model cars, being advertised as Y2K compliant! Arrghh!! What a crock!" Brooke might be on to a real winner here: "The Krups Millennium Midnight Cocktail Maker - To welcome in the new Millennium, mix your friends a midnight cocktail with this Limited Edition Cocktail Maker from Krups. The drink maker comes with a pulse button that swirls your drink around in a tornado-like fashion with a stirrer that depicts a barman juggling '2000'. Our Low Price: $14.95" http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/1210 Catherine in Arizona came across a Millennium pastry and reckons it might just be a way of saying: �Let the good times roll...� "Just a thought," she writes. For those with a sweet tooth, Kate says you can now try a 'choccie' Bug. "Not sure if the new Cadbury Y2K Bug (a choccie) has millennium on it or not....but the radio assures me you can pop down to your local store and try the new treat!" It�s that 'down under' underwear again, and Christopher says that in Canberra they will personalise it for you! "Yesterday in one of our large retail stores I came across Millennium underwear for men - with �your name� stitched into the elastic waistband (I guess you become your own advertising logo.). How this relates to either a new century or the next Millennium escapes me for the moment but no doubt I will catch on." Josephine has come to her own conclusions about Millennial confections. "I have come to the conclusion that that all the hype about the year 2000 editions is a simple ploy put on by collectors... anything marked 1999 will be of value, everything marked 2000 will be kitsch." And one in the eye from W. Rosnita. "An ad in a newspaper was selling discounted contact lens and one of the lens had the word 2000 on the surface of it." And Gigi @aol reports the possibility of a cardboard celebration. "How about a cardboard cut-out of two champagne glasses with 2000 on them, so you could put them on your front lawn and/or porch?" Simon has just the site for all your happy millennial shoppers. "Thought I'd drop you a quick line, to tell you about this site. http://st6.yahoo.com/millenniumgifts/milbatbout.html On this particular page you can order Millennium Bath Salts. The description of the gift says - 'Recharge and Renew for The New Millennium'. Hmmmm, not sure about that. The same site also offers Millennium Picture Frames and countless other "Millennium" items with the logo 01-01-00 stamped all over them, including a wonderful Millennium Stainless Steel Car Cup!" Capricorn Elizabeth in the UK thinks that 'intelligent' fridges are just the thing for the new Millennium. "On a light note, as my Capricorn sense of humour is currently being whizzed by the arrival of Mars, watching last night's Tomorrow's World, it seems that in the future we will not have to bother shopping any more because the fridge/freezer is going to do it for us automatically. It will 'know' when it is empty. I immediately had this picture in my mind of Safeway's being filled with fridge/freezers covered in 'new for the Millennium symbols', rolling around the isles and filling themselves up with all new millennium goodies. Lookout for the big American one - filling up with ice-cream!" Sue from 'down under' has found some Millennium products quite thought-provoking. "Your latest search for Millennium is great. I live in Australia and not only do we have a flourish of Millennium products but they all are connected with the 2000 Olympics. It has me thinking that in this New Time we will be overwhelmed by our senses of taste(cake), touch, sight and smell, but I guess that most importantly this FEELING will bring us back to our true senses, our INTUITION, our true feelings. Maybe this overwhelm will cause our brains, our minds, to take a back seat to the REAL ACTION about to come." And back to breakfast again with Gwynne from Maine and those Millennios. "In the USofA we have a popular breakfast cereal called "Cheerios", they're o-shaped. now they have "Millennios", they mixed in some 2-shaped crunchies with the o's... I thought that was the best ever, hope you enjoy the ridiculousness as much as I did...Cheerio!" Matt from Brisbane came across some Millennial underpants. "In request to your call for unusual Millennium products, I came across 'Millennium' brand men's underpants in a Brisbane clothing store. I dread to think what condition they'd be in after 1000 years!" Judy in Massachusetts, USA, saw some Y2K cereal. "Well, I just had to write because I got a great chuckle at the grocery the other day--and there was no one there to share it with me! Upon entering the store I saw a large display of Cheerios cereal called Millennios 2000, or something equally nutty. It seems that even the most trivial consumer goods are now cashing in on the Millennium bandwagon! I wonder if any of your other readers have spotted this one?" Yes, Liza from Tennessee, USA, spotted this breakfast for a new age. And in the spirit of the Millennium got thinking about counting her breakfast cereal - NOT... "Your lead-in message for today made me remember the box of 'Millennios' I saw at the grocery store, made by the maker of another famous "O" cereal. My friend and I wondered today if the manufacturer had put the proportionately correct number of zeros to twos in the box, but finding out would be just as insane as creating it in the first place! There are some amazing products popping up out there all of a sudden." Barbi @aol will not be strutting her stuff in a pair of these. "I saw a pair of shoes that were hideous. High heel pumps with the year 2000 across them. I thought they were ridiculous. I would not wear them, not sure who would." Fran found the "official candy" of the Millennium. The company's claim rests on the old Roman calendar, still in use today, where MM - without the & - actually means the year 2000. Fran writes: "I have the label from a candy bag that claims that M&M Candies (with almonds?) are the OFFICIAL MILLENNIUM CANDY...then they go on to clarify that M&M MEANS 2000...guess that PROVES IT? Where are the Official Millennium police when we need them? Who is in charge of certifying anything as the OFFICIAL MILLENNIUM ANYTHING?" All these questions and so little brain." In Harriet from California�s line of business they have come up with a, yes really, Millennium Candle Snuffer. "I recently started selling candles and one of the products offered is a Candle Snuffer with the handle bent to read 2000. I couldn't believe it! It's the Millennium Candle Snuffer!" Trish in the US has been prompted to launch a unique quest... "This doesn't concern the word "Millennium," but it includes the number 2000. There is a product in America called 2000 FLUSHES, which is a toilet bowl deodorizer/germ killer. The 2000 refers to the number of times this product is alleged to work. It's not a year. It has been in existence for a number of years. I'll check to see if the package has changed in honor of the Millennium. I'll laugh if it did. :)" W. Kazan remembers Bi-centennial silliness... "Your search/request reminds me of our own excessiveness when the United States of America turned 200 years old in 1976. EVERYTHING was sold as a Bi-centennial product. I remember orange juice being sold as Bi-centennial orange juice. So I expect you to uncover the same sort of silliness now for the Millennium on a world wide basis." Sandra from Canada reports that they too are confronted with that difficult breakfast choice that is causing so much anxiety south of their border. "Here in Canada we now have a breakfast choice between regular Cheerios and Millennium Cheerios called --- you guessed it ---'Millennios'. I believe the essential difference between the two cereals is that Millennios has some 2's floating around in addition to all the usual 0's. Is this silly enough for you? I think some poor marketing-type person must have stayed up all night to produce that one!" Craig in the States has found a Y2K compliant toaster, but does it imprint the bread with 'Y2K' as well? "I was searching the web the other day and I found a toaster that was certified Y2K and also had it printed right on the side." Click here to go back.