Talking to God

[edX]

A highly recruited young programmer was visiting employers to try
and find the best job for him. His first stop was at Redmond.
When he got there, Bill Gates immediately picked up a golden telephone.
After talking several minutes, he said, "Thank you, God" and hung up. This shocked the young man. He asked Bill what was so special about the
golden phone. "Well, this phone is a direct line to God. And God tells me
whether or not new recruits would fit in here." The programmer asked if he could use the phone to ask God what job he should pick
"Sure, you can! But it's going to cost you $5,000. Calling Heaven is not
cheap." The fellow didn't have that kind of money, so he moved along. Who would want to live in Redmond anyway?
His next stop was IBM in New York. Upon entering Samuel Palmisano's office, the IBM C.E.O. immediately picked up a golden telephone. After talking several minutes, he said, "Thank you, God" and hung up. The young man said, "Hey, I've seen those phones before. Can I use yours to call God and ask what job I should pick?" Palmisano said, "Sure, but it's going to cost you $1, 000. Calling Heaven isn't cheap." Again, not having that kind of money, the lad left.
His last stop was in Cupertino, Calif.. Upon arrival at the office, Steve Jobs picked up a golden telephone, talked to God, and said, "Thanks," and hung up.
The programmer just had to use that phone, so he said, "Mr. Jobs, I really need to use that golden telephone so I can call God and ask him which job I should choose. From Microsoft it was going to cost me $5,000. IBM wanted $1,000. So how much will it cost me to call Heaven from here at Apple?"
Steve smiled and said, "Nothing, son. It's a local call."

[Giaguara]

[kendall]

sacreligious

[JetwingX]

I don't live tooooooo far from Cupertino! maybe i should get a phone to God

(nice on ed )

[OmegaMan]

Darn! I knew I should have picked up a God phone from The Company Store! Instead, I was looking at the 10gb iPod!

[wiz]

Originally posted by kendall
sacrilegious

I AGREEEEE (cannot laugh even if it was funny )

fortunately we usually are usually forgiving and tend to ignore such jokes.

[edX]

what are you "sacreligious" people talking about? i don't even beiieve in 'God' per se or heaven, but i think it's funny. it's a joke about computers, not religion.

[kendall]

God is the basis of most (all?) Christian religions so yes, phoning God would be considered a religious joke and religion is one of two things that should never be discussed in a public forum without expected backlash. The other is politics. Just because you don't believe in God doesn't mean others wouldn't be offended by your remarks.