Bill Gates honoured with eight-foot condom

'Why... thank you... you shouldn't have...'

By Will Sturgeon, 14 November 2002 12:35

NEWS Microsoft boss Bill Gates has been honoured in India with an eight-foot tall condom in recognition for his sterling work in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Gates, currently on a four day trip to India, arrived in Hyderabad to mark the opening of Microsoft's first software development centre outside the US, and was faced with the eight-foot tall condom, which had been inflated in honour of a $100m contribution from Gates' charitable foundation to help spread AIDS awareness. According to a report on Reuters, the novel tribute even raised a smile from the world's richest man.

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