When God made the South

 

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was 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 goingto 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 and the Antarctica in the south will be very cold.

 

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 area and asked,

"What's that one?"

 

"Ah," said God.

 

"That's the South."

 

"The most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes,
rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline. The people from there are
going to be modest, intelligent and humorous. They'll be extremely
sociable & hardworking. A truly great people."

 

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 loudmouth idiots I'm putting
north of them."

 

(A note of apology to all our wonderful Northern friends. We couldn't resist.)