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Ah, you can always rely on the BBC messageboards. Today the illiterate masses debate the news that multibillionaire Warren Buffett is to give away the GDP of several small countries to Bill Gates' foundation, the one that does all the good works with education and stuff like that. Which is all very laudable and fantastic and if I had $44 billion I'd do exactly the same as I could live like a king on a tenth of that.

Enter burly Drew, from Harrogate, who - admitting he has tears in his eyes as he types* - proclaims:

You know, it's amazing how people forget Bill Gates alone has provided an income to hundreds of thousands of people. I work in I.T. His products literally feed my family.

Do you suppose the shards of CD-ROM stick in his gums? Maybe he flosses...

*ZOMG the humanity of it all!

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Since both you and I work in IT, it means, then, that Bill Gates feeds us both out of the goodness of his heart! I feel so humble.

You know, it's coming up on lunchtime - Bill and Warren could buy me one helluva sandwich for 44 billion.

And they could get me some better coffee than this.

Mmmmmm windows so tasty. Word with a little solitaire sprinkled on top, perfect!

Did you ever get linked to that BBC skit where people were buying iPods by the slice in a delicatessen?

HAHA! NO! But that sounds very good. :)

Heee.

Smooch

Ah, the abuse of 'literally.' People think it's like, for emphasis, but really it's just wrong. Boo.

Hi! Not to be totally annoying, but do you still write? And are you really working for Microsoft? o_O

Sigh. I haven't written fic for 2 years, okay? And I'm not sure where you got the impression I ever said I work for Microsoft, I don't.

O, someone made a comment about you working in IT and Microsoft feeding you, so I thought you worked for MSFT.

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