I love it when I find things I have in common with celebrities or super-ooooper-duper rich people… mostly because I am NOT one of those people, but also because it’s cool, it’s a conversation starter, and it’s something to brag about to my dad.
Anyhow, I was browsing the web yesterday when I came across this amazing article on Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft. It seems that Gates felt compelled to quit Facebook because “It was just way too much trouble so [he] gave it up.” The problem?
The man had “10,000 people wanting to be [his] friends.”
Well, slap some lipstick on my lips and call me Jolene! I have the exact same problem!!!!!
Yes, I have over 10,000 people wanting to be MY friends, too. I got through the exact same thing he went through… according to the article, “he had trouble figuring out whether he ‘knew this person, did not know this person’.
“It was just way too much trouble so I gave it up,” Gates said.
Well, it’s not too much trouble for THIS keyboard ninja. No, I’m going to take my time and check out ALL 10,000 friends requests, even if it takes me ’til the cows come home. And that could be as soon as Wednesday.
Thing is… I know YOU… so why haven’t YOU checked out TheFrontloader.com on Facebook yet? Click on the clicky thing below and prepare to be… Facebooked!
Beat THAT, Mr. Gates!
Actually, he can. He’s probably got a bunch of uber-buff guys, sitting around in a sterile room, being spoon-fed by blind Siberian monkeys, just waiting to “beat” that.
Rats.
And now, for your enjoyment, here’s some music about friendship… because we’re all friends here.
Well, except for you, Teydemeubuve (YES, that’s a real name).
Your Dig-It Downloads:
Download: We’re Going to be Friends – Bree Sharp
Download: I Need All the Friends I Can Get – Camera Obscura
Download: Just Friends – Amy Winehouse
Download: Friends in California – Johnny Cash
You know, f**k it… make sure you follow us on ALL these social-networking sites!
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I know something else you have in common with Bill Gates…
You’re both dorks.
Is that a BAD thing, dork?
A few more:
- You both have been known to “borrow” free computer time :) As a kid, Bill used to exploit bugs in a program to get extra time on a DEC PDP minicomputer, til they found out and banned him. Then they hired him. Then they went out of business – probably the first known case of Bill reaching into the future in a pre-emptive strike and squashing the competition. He just told them he was going to dominate the world in 15 years and they folded on the spot.
- Neither of you finished Harvard.
- Both of you wear cool glasses and plaid.
I’m sure there are more.
Hmmmm… all good points, all good points. What about the fact that we have never been in Cliff’s living room?
Name that reference and I’ll give you a dollar.
Cliff Claven? Cheers?
Bingo Bango you’re right! Yay! I’m not the only one with useless TV trivia in my head!
Bingo! Nice job!