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Monday, October 03, 2005

Warren Buffett, Bill Gates talk bridge, business and family to students

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates hosted a forum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In their usual style (at least Buffett’s) advice was mixed with humor and a video depicting Buffett suing Gates on Judge Judy was shown at the event, here’s how the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article described it:

 

A video established the afternoon's lighthearted tone by depicting Buffett suing Gates in "Judge Judy's" small claims court over a $2 bet on an online bridge game.

In the video, Judge Judy tired of Gates' defense and told him, "Mr. Gates, you've got to visit shutup.com."

Buffett bragged that, "I was cleaning his clock as usual" when asked how the bridge game was going and accused Gates of unplugging his computer to avoid losing.

So Judy ruled for Buffett: "Mr. Gates, pay the man two bucks," she said. "Maybe he'll invest it and make something of himself."

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