Thursday, June 05, 2003
This was posted on a games forum I lurk on:
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six
days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the
seventh day. He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards
through the clouds, "Look Michael, look what I've made."
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?" "It's a
planet," replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to call
it Earth and it's going to be a place of great balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing
to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be
a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is
going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over
there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a
continent of black people," God continued, pointing to different
countries.
"This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very
cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large
landmass in the top corner and asked, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth.
There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an
exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest,
intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found
traveling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard working and
high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as
diplomats and carriers of peace. I'm also going to give
them super-human, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired
and feared by all who come across them."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed; "What
about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE!" God replied wisely.
"Wait until you see the loud-mouth b@stards I'm putting next to
them...."
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six
days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the
seventh day. He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards
through the clouds, "Look Michael, look what I've made."
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?" "It's a
planet," replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to call
it Earth and it's going to be a place of great balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing
to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be
a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is
going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over
there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a
continent of black people," God continued, pointing to different
countries.
"This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very
cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large
landmass in the top corner and asked, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth.
There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an
exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest,
intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found
traveling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard working and
high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as
diplomats and carriers of peace. I'm also going to give
them super-human, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired
and feared by all who come across them."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed; "What
about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE!" God replied wisely.
"Wait until you see the loud-mouth b@stards I'm putting next to
them...."
