27th February 2008 :: Can only be the work of an engineer

God, like all great creators in this world, doesn't have the time to create all the things himself and he too needs some help and just like everybody, it is not always possible to maintain a standard while hiring help and things do slip from an otherwise tight net. One such slip up was assigned the job to make the leaves for this tree. He was busy working when another “helper” walked past.

“Hey! What are you making?”
“I am making leaves.”
“Cool! Need a hand.”
“Yeah sure! Just crab a crayon and start colouring.”
“But the only green crayon is with you.”
“Never mind, take some other colour that takes your fancy.”
“But won't they look odd?”
“Naaa. They will just blend in.”

A couple of hours later they looked at what they made

“Oh! No. This is not good, they clearly stand apart. We are going to get in trouble for this.”
“Cool down. Nothing is going to happen. I will do what I always used to do in my previous job.”
“And that is...”
“Sell our bugs as the new features”
“Where did you say you worked before?”
“Microsoft.”

For the record, I use and like Microsoft OS for ever since I started using computers but it is hard to resist the temptation of making fun of them when you have a chance.