DeWese--Lessons for the Second Millennium

The three conspired to sell the scary story to the people in their respective domains. Abu could sell more weed to his frightened masses. Vladimir could extract more money from his scared-as-hell parishioners. And, Eric could sell half-acre lots in North America, since all of Scandinavia was "going to sink into the North Sea at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 999."