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The Prime Minister of India was stunned as he looked at the hundred million dollar cheque that Bill Gates had sent him for AIDS prevention. "I will personally go and thank him," said the Prime minister as he immediately took a plane to America and drove to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The chauffeur, dressed in a Microsoft uniform, looked back at the prime minister, as he took the car to a side. " That's Billy over there sir!"

"Bill," said the prime minister as he walked to a man in overhauls, "Came to personally thank you."

"You could have sent an e-mail," said the bespectacled man as he took a shovel and pushed some sacks lying nearby.

"Wanted to thank you in person," said the prime minister amicably.

"Chatting's okay with me," said Bill. "Come give me a hand will you and pick up a shovel.

"Whatever for?" asked the Indian prime minister.

"We got to shovel those sacks back into the barn."

"What's in the sacks?"

"Bloody dollars," said Bill Gates. "They don't stop coming in. All my barns and vaults are full. They just go on popping out."

"Put it in a bank," said the prime minister.

"No space left in all the banks," said Bill Gates. "Rockefeller just phoned me and said that if he saw another Microsoft fella coming into his premises with cash he would tell security to throw him out."

The Prime minister and Bill Gates pushed the sacks into the barn and finally leaned on the sides to keep the walls from falling apart.

"The damn money goes on increasing inside." said Gates angrily.

"How does that happen?" asked the Indian prime minister.

"Interest," said the Microsoft founder. "I tried bringing down the rates but it didn't work. By the way what are you here for?"

"Wanted to thank you for this," said the Indian prime minister as he held out the one hundred million dollar cheque.

"Who gave you that?" asked Gates, making a grab at the cheque.

"You."

"The stupid rascals," said Gates as he made a second attempt at the cheque.

"You mean this is not your signature?" asked the prime minister.

"I don't look at what I sign. Company rule. I look only if its over a billion. Give me that cheque..."

"I'm going," said the Indian prime minister.

"Give me that cheque," said Bill nastily.

"You can't stop me,," said the prime minister as he tried to get to the car.

"Okay listen, we'll make a deal," said Bill Gates.

" What's the deal," said the prime minister.

"Give me back the cheque and I'll give you back double in cash, that way I don't have to waste money building another barn.. Please Mr Prime minister please help me, help get rid of these bloody dollars...!

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