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We've already seen how quick on his feet Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can be, and it looks like the big man finally had to put those fleet-footed skills to good use, as he was recently forced to duck for cover under a barrage of (three) eggs during a speech he was giving at a Hungarian University. Apparently, the disgruntled egg-tosser was angry with Ballmer for "stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money," which he demanded that Ballmer give back "right now."
Click on the video above for a record of the thoroughly awkward encounter. And click on the gallery below for some unforgettable pictures of other famous instances of pie-, eggs-, or water-in-the-face, because Ballmer now joins the very exclusive club of fellow flying food/liquid victims that also includes fellow Microsofter Bill Gates, superstar Tom Cruise, '70s-era anti-gay-rights activist (and orange-juice-spokesperson) Anita Bryant, and 'Vogue' editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. [Source: CNET]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsSweatshirtMay 19th 2008 7:03PM
There is nothing entertaining about being egged or pied or soaked. The poll attached to this item should include the choice "No one" should be hit with an egg.
EDMay 19th 2008 7:34PM
I know I don't have much of a sense of humor, however I consider an egg or a pie a physical assault. Would you lauugh if someone threw a punch at a speaker? Most of us would be outraged why can we throw a pie and invoke humor?
wakoMay 19th 2008 8:04PM
Yeah, im failing to see the point of him that guy egging him. He sure didnt change anything, the Microsoft corporate machine will continue to chug on, and he will just be a pissed off kid in his basement. Congrats to him for achieving... nothing...
For the poll though I definitely rather see Tom Cruise get egged. I love watching him snap :)
j wagnerMay 19th 2008 8:49PM
its not about getting egged and how meen it was of some one to do that. it was about standing out and being heard, about what is right and wrong.
the egg got your attention right. now listen to reason .
steveMay 19th 2008 9:02PM
well J, 10 year olds throw food in schools everyday. It doesn't exactly scream maturity, so why would I want to listen to an older kid do it? He could have brought a gun, would that have gotten more attention?
White working blue collar manMay 19th 2008 9:04PM
What a question!!!!! How about we egg every reporter and news- person. That probably would stop[ the dumb poll questions that are loaded to pick a person the reporter wants us to select. This sounds as if someone from MSNBC thought up this question, maybe the Edward R. Murrow wanna-be
saltzman21May 20th 2008 4:57PM
He satold billons of dollars of their money. Yhey should have held him for ransom, and returned him dead after they payoff.
At the very least they should have killed him with claw hammers, stripped him naked, and hung him up in the town square.
He stold a billion dollars yet you politically correct fools think geting hit with some eggs was to extream a punishment. Where is your rational thinking. Mabey you forgot to read the artical and just looked at the pictures.
saltzman21May 19th 2008 9:13PM
He satold billons of dollars of their money. Yhey should have held him for ransom, and returned him dead after they payoff.
At the very least they should have killed him with claw hammers, stripped him naked, and hung him up in the town square.
He stold a billion dollars yet you politically correct fools think geting hit with some eggs was to extream a punishment. Where is your rational thinking. Mabey you forgot to read the artical and just looked at the pictures.
sdragonMay 20th 2008 6:04AM
the guy was just mad cause his university had to pay license fees for Microsoft producs
tydei8May 20th 2008 2:40PM
Well, on a more positive note, Microsoft Word could significantly help you. A little red line appears at the bottom of a misspelled word, it even offers to correct it for you. At the same time, you could learn how to spell.
MarianneMay 20th 2008 6:32PM
Reading through some of the comments, it just seems that the illiteracy of this group is surely prevalent or else foreigners who don't know how to spell. Is it just jealousy, or is it because you don't have his money. I'm quite sure he worked hard for it. I just think in order to get rid of the idiots, radicals and terrorist is to deny them the use of the internet to communicate with each other and the denial of flight to commit their crimes. Don' llike his ideas, don't buy his products. No one shoved in it your face or twisted your arm to buy his products. Seems that you have way too much time on your hands. Get an education!!!
OrinMay 21st 2008 10:15AM
So he shouldn't be compensated for helping build and maintain a company thats changed the way you live your life? as big and bad as you say microsoft is, check your harddrive for how many programs of thiers you have, running windows? hmm, got a mac? does it have active sync for your blackberry? thats microsoft. like to get your email in your hand? exchange made that possible. talk about killing someone violently AFTER you've had a part in either CERN some form of great art or modern technology, otherwise, you're just a terrorist in american clothing.
MikeMay 19th 2008 9:56PM
Those Microsoft fatcats are all working to build a police state. They deserve whatever they get. Beware of geeks bearing gifts.
wild billMay 20th 2008 2:21PM
ya i remember the billionaire boys club scandal,some old woman through flower on him...big deal..no-wonder theses thieves keep doing it...!
where are the assins when you need them?
it would be nice and tragic to see 1 of these people get shot and killed..then they get a message about stealing..!
CarolMay 20th 2008 2:41PM
Just came back from Eastern Europe and of all the 4 countries we visited,,the people of Budapest Hungary were the most miserable, arrogant, resentful lot. I guess they're just tired of being the whipping boys and losers all the time. Were they ever on the winning side of a conflict or war? Our group was hussled, 2 were pick pocketed. They are not happy people!
RAY ZMay 20th 2008 2:53PM
Just Euro trash jealous of a great American company. These are the idiots that some US politicians care we lost the respect of?? Screw them. Gates made the world a better place with his operating systems.
daleMay 20th 2008 3:17PM
brings a whole new meaning to "food for thought"
BoggieMay 20th 2008 3:16PM
Probably will see a lot more of this!
LifestyleAug 8th 2008 10:30AM
In the most idiotic posting on AOL today, It appears that saltzman21 is by far the most ignorant person that has posted as of yet.
Disconnected ideas, half baked thoughts coupled with incredible misspellings complete the picture of a frustrated simpleton struggling to get any of his thoughts out the same way they sound to him in his head.
So sad.
wolf-1May 20th 2008 3:48PM
if it were not for Microsoft, these Hungariens would still be plowing the Patatoe fields, jealouse creep. but it does show the ever growing dislike for America and that worrys me , I recently returned from a trip from Austria,Germany and swisserland, and in all three of those countries I could hear in their voices the almost anti american attitude, it shocked me a little, especcialy when you try to talk abaut president Bush, they out right hate him. what I also nnoticed was an alarming large number of turks and arabs walking around everywere, they even have their own temples with Tower for their prayer service out in the open, it is time for America to wake up and prepare with the ever growing presence of Islam. Watch - the radical Islam- by John More -Law Center , it will be an eye opener for many sleeping Americans, the Enemy is already at our door step.