Bill Gates arrives at the pearly gates...
"Well, Bill," said God, "I'm really confused on this
one. 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 the
world, and yet you created that ghastly, awful
Windows.
"I'm going to do something I've never done before.
I'm going to let you decide where you want to go."
Mr. Gates replied, "Well, thanks, God. What's the
difference between the two?"
God said, "You can take a peek at both places
briefly if it will help you decide. Shall we look at
Hell first?" "Sure!" said Bill, "Let's go!"
Bill was amazed! He saw a clean, white sandy beach
with clear waters.
There were thousands of beautiful men and women
running around, playing in the water, laughing and
frolicking about. The sun was shining and the
temperature was perfect.
"This is great!" said Bill. "If this is Hell, I
can't wait to see heaven."
God replied, "Let's go!" and so off they went to
Heaven. Bill saw puffy white clouds in a beautiful
blue sky with angels drifting about playing harps
and singing.
It was nice, but surely not as enticing as Hell. Mr.
Gates thought for only a brief moment and
rendered his decision.
"God, I do believe I would like to go to Hell."
"As you desire," said God.
Two weeks later, God decided to check up on the late
billionaire to see how things were going. He found
Bill shackled to a wall, screaming amongst the hot
flames in a dark cave. He was being burned and
tortured by demons.
"How ya doin', Bill?" asked God.
Bill responded with anguish and despair, "This is
awful! This is not what I expected at all! What
happened to the beach and the beautiful women
playing in the water?"
"Oh THAT!" said God. "That was the Screensaver."