The list for June 13, 1997
The Top 15 Surprises in
Bill Gates’s New Mansion
Bill Gates’s New Mansion
- Sign over king-sized bed declares, “Use of the Words ‘micro’ and ‘soft’ strictly prohibited while in bedroom.”
- No paintings, but live artists actually hanging on the wall.
- Drawbridge is raised and lowered by hand.
- Entire state of Rhode Island relocated to east wing.
- Raises guinea pigs in his bedroom for extra cash.
- No toilet paper, but handy stack of $100 bills.
- Secret passage in library leads to Nerdcave where Bill keeps the Nerdmobile.
- Zima on tap.
- Kato Kaelin sleeping in a corner of the trampoline room.
- Tasteful and elegant 30,000 sq.ft. Hall of People Whose Businesses I Have Personally and Single-Handedly Crushed.
- Basement shrine to Kelly Bundy.
- Hidden away in the attic: his beloved childhood calculator, Rosebud.
- Everywhere you look — Women!
- With 27 bathrooms, there’s never a need to ask, “Where do you want to go today?”
And the Number 1 Surprise in Bill Gates’s New Mansion…
- Replica of the Eiffel Tower in the garden — wait a minute… that’s no replica!!
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CREDITS
Selected from 126 submissions from 45 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 1, 8 (7th #1)
- Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 2, 14
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 3
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 3
- Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 3
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 4, 5
- Bo Williams, Huntsville, AL — 6, 11
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 7
- Randy Wohl, Ma’ale Adumim, Israel — 7
- Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 9
- Gene/Cynthia Markins-Dieden, New Haven, CT — 10
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 10
- Bill Gray, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — 12
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 12
- Don Horton, Sacramento, CA — 13
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 15
- Duncan Carling, San Francisco, CA — Topic
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