Boo-Yah! "Cuz, Dude, it IS 1999.
Meskerem 1st 1999 to be exact. That's right, it's the Ethiopian New Year, or "Enkutatash" as us celebrateurs say. That means that in just one more year, exactly, it'll be the Ethiopian Millennium, so, like, time to start practicing for the big party. Look we got our effigy of Osama Bin Laden and the War Elephant, joined at the hip just like the legend says.
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Yeah, you know, the legend: In the beginning was the war elephant and Osama was nothing and could not stand without the war elephant, and the war elephant was nothing and could not stand without Osama and so they stand together forever, each one looking like he's the one pushing the other one away.
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What! How would I know what it means? It's THE LEGEND, man! An this is the day we bring the effigy out. Dude! It means it's time to party like it's 1999!

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Ooops Ethiopia rings in new Millennium!
Damn! That year went fast.