Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six
days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him. He inquired of God,
"Where were you?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards
through the clouds; "Look son, look what I've made".
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"
God replied, "It's a planet and I've put LIFE on it. I've named it Earth
and there is a balance between everything on it. For example, there's
North America and South America. North America is going to be rich and
South America is going to be poor, and the narrow bit joining them,
that's going to be a hot spot. Now look over here. I've put a continent
of white people in the north and another one of black people in the
south."
The archangel then said, "And what's that lump in the middle of
nowhere?"
And God said "Ah - that is Australia - the Great Southern Land and
that's a very special place. That's going to be the most glorious spot
on earth; beautiful Mountains, beaches, gorges, streams, and an
exquisite coast-line. These people here are going to be modest,
intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found travelling the
world.
They'll be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving.
And I'm going to give them this superhuman, undefeatable cricket team
which will be blessed with the most talented, and charismatic specimens
on the planet, and will be admired and feared by all who come across
them."
Michael the Archangel gasped in wonder and admiration but then seeming
startled proclaimed: "Hold on a second, what about the BALANCE, you said
they're was going to be a balance."
God replied wisely. "Wait until you see the irritating loud-mouthed
wankers I'm putting in the island next to them." |
