Desi Engineer Throws Pentium Into Water
Once upon a time, there was a software engineer
who used to develop programs on his Pentium
machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a
river. He used to earn his bread by selling those
programs in the Sunday market.
One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled
off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by
the Panchatantra story of his Childhood (the
woodcutter and the axe), he started praying to the
River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test
him and so appeared only after one month of
rigorous prayers.
The engineer told her that he had lost his
computer in the river. As usual, the Goddess
wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match
box and asked, Is this your computer?
Disappointed by the Goddess lack of computer
awareness, the engineer replied, No.
She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and
asked if that was his. Annoyed, the engineer said
No, not at all!!
Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine
and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said
Yes.
The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She
was about to give him all three items, but before
she could make the offer, the engineer
asked her, Don't you know that you are supposed to
show me some better computers before bringing up
my own ?
The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, I
know that, you stupid idiot! The first two things
I showed you were the Trillennium and the
Billennium, the latest computers
So saying she disappears.