Bill Gates is one of the best people around today.

[nicholas]

Again you are giving him far more credit than he deserves, in 2009 in the US only a total of 13% of all money donated to charity came from ALL the US based "foundations" including his...

Worldwide the VAST majority of money donated to charities comes from the average person in the street. the figures are all there for you to google and see for yourself...

So I've no idea why folk here are trying to make this guy out to be something special when it's really Joe Public (including yourself if you donate) who should be getting the acknowledgments and credit and not all this arse licking and brown nosing of just one guy who donates a tiny drop in the ocean in the grand scheme of things... :rolleyes:

We Muslims are required to give a minimum of 2.5% of our total wealth to charity.  2.5% of 1.5 Billion people's dosh is a lot of money!

[nicholas]

I take that the lot of you (minus Franko obviously) have never heard of the philanthropist's shackle?

Is that a bit like a Prince Albert?

[nicholas]

And people thought Franko was bad.......