Bill Gates and the hereafter
Bill Gates dans l'autre monde
Bill Gates dies
in
a car accident.
He finds himself
being sized up by God....
"Well, Bill, I'm
really confused on this call. I'm not sure whether to send
you to Heaven or
Hell. After all, you helped society enormously
by putting a
computer
in almost every home in America,
yet you also created
Windows '98.
I'm going to do
something I've never done before.
In your case, I'm
going to let you decide where you want to go."
"Well, what's the difference between the two?" Bill asks.
God says, "I'm
willing
to let you visit both places briefly,
if it will help
your decision."
"Fine, but where should I go first?"
"I'll leave that up to you."
"Okay, then," says Bill. "Let me try Hell first."
So Bill goes to
Hell.
It's a beautiful,
clean, sandy beach with clear waters
and lots of
beautiful
women running around, playing in the water,
laughing and
frolicking
about. The sun is shining, the temperature is perfect.
He is very
pleased.
"This is great!" he tells God.
"If this is Hell,
I REALLY want to see Heaven!"
"Fine," says God, and off they go.
Heaven is a place
high in the clouds, with angels drifting about,
playing harps and
singing. It's nice, but not as enticing as Hell.
Bill thinks for
a quick minute and decides.
"Hmm. I think I'd
prefer Hell," he tells God.
"Fine," replies God. "As you desire."
So Bill Gates
goes
to Hell.
Two weeks later,
God decides to check on the
late billionaire
to see how he is doing in Hell.
When he gets there,
he finds Bill shackled to a wall,
screaming amidst
hot flames in a dark cave,
being burned and
tortured by demons.
"How's everything going?" he asks Bill.
Bill responds,
his
voice filled with anguish and disappointment,
"This is awful!
This is nothing like the Hell I visited two weeks ago!
I can't believe
this is happening!
What happened to
that other place, with the
beaches and the
beautiful women playing in the water?"
"Oh ... that
was
the SCREENSAVER."