[alberg30] Balance
sunstone
sunstone at idirect.com
Wed Aug 25 09:21:46 PDT 1999
From: sunstone <sunstone at idirect.com>
Oh George;
Oops is right, but boy did I get a laugh, at any rate I'll speak to the
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration on your behalf to smooth your
entry into your new life here as the most recent United Empire Loyalist
to seek the Crown's protection.
See ya next month at any rate, just keep clear of the tar pot and the
feathers till then.
John
George Dinwiddie wrote:
>
> From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>
>
> John,
>
> I thought you'd appreciate this joke:
>
> 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 great place of 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 andcovered in ice."
>
> The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large land
> mass in the top corner and asked, "What's that one?"
>
> "Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth.
> There's beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite
> coast-line. 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 bastards I'm
> putting next to them."
>
>
>
>
> --
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> George Dinwiddie gdinwiddie at min.net
> The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in
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