JMD
09-13-2002, 07:19 PM
When Bill Gates died, he went up to Heaven where Saint Peter showed him to his house: a modest suburban home, with a two-car garage and a flower garden. Gates was pleased, and spent many months enjoying the amenities of Heaven. One day, he was enjoying one of Heaven's many fine parks, when he ran into a man dressed in a fine tailored suit. “That is a nice suit, my friend,” said Gates.
“Where did you get it?” “Actually,” the man replied, “I was given a hundred of these when I got here. I've been treated really well. I got a mansion on a hill overlooking a beautiful lake, with a huge five-hundred acre estate, a golf course, and three Rolls Royces.”
“Were you a Pope, or a doctor healing the sick?” asked Gates. “No,” said his new friend, “Actually, I was the captain of the Titanic."
Hearing this made Gates so angry that he immediately stalked off to find St. Peter. Cornering Peter, he told him about the man he had just met, saying, “How could you give me a paltry new house, while you're showering new cars, a mansion, and fine suits on the Captain of the Titanic? I invented the Windows operating system! Why does he deserve better?!”
“I understand what you’re saying,” said St. Peter, “ but we use Windows, and the Titanic only crashed once.”
“Where did you get it?” “Actually,” the man replied, “I was given a hundred of these when I got here. I've been treated really well. I got a mansion on a hill overlooking a beautiful lake, with a huge five-hundred acre estate, a golf course, and three Rolls Royces.”
“Were you a Pope, or a doctor healing the sick?” asked Gates. “No,” said his new friend, “Actually, I was the captain of the Titanic."
Hearing this made Gates so angry that he immediately stalked off to find St. Peter. Cornering Peter, he told him about the man he had just met, saying, “How could you give me a paltry new house, while you're showering new cars, a mansion, and fine suits on the Captain of the Titanic? I invented the Windows operating system! Why does he deserve better?!”
“I understand what you’re saying,” said St. Peter, “ but we use Windows, and the Titanic only crashed once.”