Humorous
way of saying, "My request is totally
non-urgent; I'm
just asking if you could please perform this action when it's convenient for you."
Just like the independent/cautious-minded
Angus MacGyver (in one of his
TV episodes, he grimly remarked, "When someone assuredly tells me not to worry, THAT'
S when I START WORRYING!"), anytime someone begins an assistance-request with, "Sometime in the next millennium...", I get nervous, since in all probability it's gonna be an exceptionally difficult/arduous/boring task that they'
re asking me about, and/or the undertaking
may actually be a lot more urgent than even the requester realizes.