Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Dragon's Den: Garden of Eden

"Welcome to Dragon's Den. I'm God. What's your name?"
"You ought to know. I'm Jesus. I'm your surrogate son."
"Could you at least try and play along, just for the cameras?"
"Right. Sorry. Umm. I'll crack on then. I have a couple of ideas. One is
for a sandal that allows you to walk on water. It's called 'Sea Legs' and
the other is for a fish and a loaf that feed thousands of people."
"What's that called?"
"I haven't thought of a name yet."
"Why should I invest?"
"The Sea Legs will be good for crossing seas, like, say Galilee. The other
one would basically solve starvation."
"Have you built any prototypes?"
"No. I thought you could sort that out."
"Fair point."
"So, what do you think then?"
"I like your ideas. But how about this: we don't put them into
mass-production."
"What? Why?"
"We build prototypes just for you. Then you go out and use them. People
hail you, my son, as a miracle worker. They follow you. We build a religion. Make money that way."
"Isn't that a bit cynical? Wouldn't it be better to sell products that
benefit everyone? Didn't you hear what I said about solving starvation?"
"No repeat business."
"Wow. You really aren't very nice."
"And for that reason, I'm out."

1 Comments:

Blogger Chris Benjamin said...

Brilliant! And settles that old debate about whether God is incompetent or evil.

7:01 PM  

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