Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

theodp writes to mention a C|Net article about Chinese President Hu Jintao's historic first visit to the U.S.. The catch is that his first dinner won't be at the White House. It will be at Bill Gates' manse. From the article: "The approximately 100-person guest list is a who's who of the U.S. Pacific Northwest power elite, including Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz and Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire, said event organizers. The guests will undergo strict security checks before entering Gates' lodge-style, 66,000-square-foot home overlooking Lake Washington with a reported seven bedrooms, six kitchens, 24 bathrooms, a domed library, a reception hall and an artificial estuary stocked with salmon and trout. Gates and Gregoire are expected to introduce and welcome Hu, who will then offer a toast in front of the gathering."

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Oh boy, here we go....

[BWJones]

Rather than reference the classic movie starring Sydney Poitier, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, I imagine this would be a more appropriate dialogue.

Rove: "Sir, Hu is going to be attending a dinner at one of your biggest campaign contributors houses, Mr. Bill Gates."

Bush: "Who?"

Rove: "Yessir, Hu."

Bush: "No, I'm asking you..... Who's coming to the US to have dinner with Geeky Gates?"

Rove: "That's right sir, Hu."

Bush: "...............Daggummit Turd Blossom! I'm asking you who is coming to the US to have dinner with Geeky Gates?"

Ad nauseum

Re:Oh boy, here we go....

[sunwolf]

Uh...properly spaced, that would be:

Bush: What about when?
Rove: Wen?
Bush: Yes, when.
Rove: I don't know if the Premier is coming.
Bush: Who asked about the Premier, damnit!
Rove: Oh, did he? I assume he would know.
Bush: Who?
Rove: Yes, Hu would know Wen.
Bush: Rove...
Rove: Yes?
Bush: Don't make me feed you a pretzel.

Who does number 2 work for

[fxer]

with a reported seven bedrooms, six kitchens, 24 bathrooms, a domed library, a reception hall and an artificial estuary stocked with salmon and trout.

I bet the 1:3.4 ratio of sleeping to dumping at Gates' place has to be the highest in the nation.

Re:Who does number 2 work for

[sumdumass]

Maybe he just expects everyone to be full of shit when they come a'courtn him.

Pirated Windows easy to spot...

[Faust7]

The Chinese government issued a decree two weeks ago that all PCs will need to have a licensed operating system software installed before leaving the factory gates in an effort to crack down on piracy.

Spotting the pirated copies of Windows will be easy.

Instead of "Start," the button will say "Very Much Go."

Takes One to Know One

[Doc Ruby]

What happens when that security check reveals that one of the people walking through the door is a tyrant with billions subjects, harboring the biggest piracy, spammer and phishing rings it the world, with nuclear weapons?

And that another is the slightly less powerful guest of that tyrant, the president of China?

Now that your country has purchased XP

[tlynch001]

Gates: Now that you've purchased a zillion licenses for XP, I want to talk about Vista.

Hu: Yes, the view of Lake Washington is magnificent.

Gates: Hee hee, that's not what I'm talking about...

Re:Only 7 bedrooms?

[RoadWarriorX]

And 24 bathrooms? Why? Possibly it could be useful for situations such as this, but it seems a bit odd.

You obviously never lived with 5 sisters. They need all the bathrooms they can put there hands on.

Hu Cares?

[AnalystX]

Really.

Re:geek pres

[Kuukai]

Did you know Hu Jintao got his degree in hydraulic engineering? Why can't we have an engineer presient?

Because we elect ours. Sad but true.

Microsoft Security, Plays for Sure.

[twitter]

What happens when that security check [identifies Bill Gates]

If it works like most Windoze "security" a little report is generated, a few files are wiped out, stability suffers and they all contract bird flu anyway.

Re:More pressure to move to Red Flag Linux?

[fred911]

"The two companies also agreed to work together to promote the use of genuine versions of Windows"

All three copies!