[H-GEN] Maybe youi didn't see this

[Frank Brand]

Bill Gates dies in a car accident. He finds himself in purgatory, being
sized up by St. Peter. "Well, Bill, I'm really confused on this call;
I'm
not sure whether to send you to Heaven or Hell. After all, you
enormously
helped society by putting a computer in almost every home in America,
yet
you also created that ghastly Windows '95. 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."

Bill replied, "well, what's the difference between the two?" St. Peter
said, "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,"said Bill, "Let's try Hell first."

So Bill went to Hell. It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear
waters and lots of bikini-clad women running around, playing in the
water,
laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining; the temperature
perfect.

He was very pleased. "This is great!" he told St. Peter. "If this is
hell,
I REALLY want to see heaven!" "Fine," said St. Peter, and off they went.

Heaven was a place high in the clouds, with angels drifting about,
playing
harps and singing. It was nice, but not as enticing as Hell.

Bill thought for a quick minute, and rendered his decision. "Hmmm. I
think
I'd prefer Hell," he told St. Peter. "Fine," retorted St. Peter, "as you
desire." So Bill Gates went to Hell.

Two weeks later, St. Peter decided to check on the late billionaire to
see
how he was doing in Hell. When he got there, he found Bill, shackled to
a
wall, screaming amongst hot flames in dark caves, being burned and
tortured
by demons. "How's everything going?" he asked Bill. Bill responded, with
his voice filled with anguish and disappointment, "This is awful! This
is
nothing
 like what I saw before! I can't believe this is happening! What
happened
to that other place, with the beautiful beaches, the scantily-clad women
playing in the water?!???

"That was a demo," replied St. Peter. "You know what a demo is, don't
you
Bill?"
-- 
Frank Brand
E-mail: fbrand at mailbox.uq.edu.au
Homepage: http://www.uq.edu.au/~zzfbrand
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