Bill Gates dies in a car acident. 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
; 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 briefly, if it will
help you decide.
“Fine, but where should I go 1st?”
“I’ll leave it 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 & lots of happy
people running around, playing in the water, laughing & 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 & singing. It was nice, but not as enticing as hell. Bill thought for
a quick minute, and rendered his decision.
"Hmmm, I think I 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 amoungst 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 auguish and disappointment,
“This is awful! This is NOTHING like the Hell I visited 2 weeks ago!
I can’t believe this is happening! What happened to that other place, with
the beautiful beaches, the happy people playing in the water???”
“Oh that!” replied St. Peter , “It was a pre-release demo!”
…a gooood one