A scapegoat for astrologists to use when shit happens.

A three week period in which the planet Mercury to appears to be in backwards motion.

during this time human beings experience many adverse effects, such as memory loss, loss of time, loss of items, loss of virginity, loss of common sense. As for technology many unexpected glitches occur during this time, such as software crashes and emails getting lost

2000 November - Bush-Gore election
2006 July - Zidane head butts Materatzi in World Cup final
2006 July - Israel / Hezbollah brew ha ha
2006 July - Software companies experiences unforseen glitches