On Sunday 25 March 2001 05:00, Fred A. Miller wrote:
After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, "Why, of course! I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"
Moral of this story:
1. The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life.
2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a millionaire.
3. Since you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer to becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire.
4. If you do have a computer and e-mail, you have already been taken to the cleaners by Microsoft.
Fred, This is blatant plagiarism! The original short story called, IIRC, "The Churchwarden" (by an author I shall remember as soon as I've sent this), was about a man who, when sacked by a new vicar for being illiterate, sets up as a tobaccanist. He ends up with a chain of shops, and is eventually asked the question about where he would have been had he been literate. The answer was, of course, "the churchwarden at at St Mary's" Still, I suppose it applies to a successor technology just as well. Thanks for reminding me of a most enjoyable short story. Now, if you could only remind me of the author........ Regards, Terence