# WHY JILL GATES IS A BIG FAT JERK. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 7, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802 "2000-04-07T13:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_Dark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tom\_Dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Dark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/1 "2000-04-07T13:19:00Z")
There. That’s for closing yet another perfectly good thread. Let this be the last of it. (Interested or outraged readers may refer to “Before taking Cecil’s survey READ THIS” – or however it was put…) ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/2 "2000-04-07T13:37:00Z")
That thread was moved to the Pit, as this one will be, too. And I am _not_ fat. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/3 "2000-04-07T13:45:00Z")
Aaahh… Moderator Bashing. The Quickest Road to SDMB Popularity. Way to go, Tommy boy. We all love you. Really. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/4 "2000-04-07T14:26:00Z")
ps - My husband Bill is not going to like this treatment of me on an internet message board. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/5 "2000-04-07T14:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Tom Dark: > **Let this be the last of it.** Is that a promise? * * * “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/6 "2000-04-07T16:37:00Z")
Just to bump this up again. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/7 "2000-04-07T16:40:00Z")
Just kidding. > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Tom Dark: > **There. That’s for closing yet another perfectly good thread. Let this be the last of it.** I don’t think moving a thread to a different forum is the same as closing a thread. Didn’t this one come from Comments on Cecil’s Columns? * * * rocks ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/8 "2000-04-08T05:03:00Z")
Jill, please tell your hubby that I only use Microsquish products, and have never ever used Netscape, Red Hat, or PerfectOffice. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/9 "2000-04-08T05:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by JillGat: > \*\*That thread was moved to the Pit, as this one will be, too. And I am _not_ fat. > > - Jill\*\* ## There there then give us a picture old girl!! 🙂 Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/10 "2000-04-08T05:45:00Z")
I thought the title was a typo for Bill Gates. hehe \< no flame to post, just a passing thought \> ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/11 "2000-04-07T18:18:00Z")
Jill and TomDark Sitting in a tree… {g,d&r} Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/12 "2000-04-07T18:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > ps - My husband Bill is not going to like this treatment of me on an internet message board. Took me about five seconds to get this (I had to look at the topic line again), but when I did, it was worth it. _still giggling_ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/13 "2000-04-07T19:49:00Z")
[Cartman voice] Weeeeellll Jill Gates is a big fat jerk She’s the biggest jerk in the whole wide world She’s a big fat jerk and she has stupid hair She’s a jerk to all the boys and girls [/Cartman voice] And yes, I know, the lyrics are scrambled. Shut up. ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/14 "2000-04-07T22:19:00Z")
Hasn’t Tom Dark qualified for Jerkdom yet? * * * You’ve got a point there, brother - and one of these days I’m going to figure out what it is. - Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/15 "2000-04-08T14:17:00Z")
Be careful Tom, or one day you’ll look out your window and the last thing you’ll see is: [http://www.angelfire.com/md2/george21/images/1.jpg](http://www.angelfire.com/md2/george21/images/1.jpg) * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/16 "2000-04-08T14:45:00Z")
…and the judges’ decision is… **It’s _WeirdDave,_ for Best Use of A Huge Graphic Ever!** ::: thunderous applause ::: ::: Blushing modestly, WeirdDave goes up to podium, accepts huge solid gold statue, suitcase full of thousand-dollar bills, rights to all Lennon-McCartney songs, and then leaves in a stretch limo for a weekend with Jennifer Lopez (who is wearing her Grammy dress) ::: * * * “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jill-gates-is-a-big-fat-jerk/5802/17 "2000-04-08T15:43:00Z")
She’s not wearing it anymore. 😃 * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it.