Comment bill's buddies sound a lot like himself (Score 1) 575
I turned on the radio and tuned into the middle of an NPR story. Somebody was speaking for Microsoft, whining how they [DOJ] were trying to break the c'mp'ny, how inn'va[y]tion was being hampered, how consumer would suffer, on and on like a broken LP spinning at 45, and I thought I was listening to Bill Gates being interviewed. It wasn't so much the message that made me think it was Bill, it was the characteristic whining, but fast tempo, of his speech.
But NO! It wasn't Bill, it was Steve Ballmer! Is it just my imagination, or does Bill prefer to promote whining replicas of himself? (In the past, I have confused other Microsoft officials' voices for Bills as well.)
Some body help! Am I going mad? Or is this just another sign of things to come? Baby Bills? Billy Borgs? What should we call this new trend in pitched whining?
