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This is an email that has been being passed around & I couldn't resist putting it
here, no bad feelings...I hope.
The Creation of Michigan
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 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 and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by
God's work, then pointed to a large land mass and said, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God. "That's Michigan, the most
glorious place on earth. There are beautiful lakes, rivers, sunsets and rolling hills.
The people from Michigan
are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous
and they are
going to be found traveling the world.
They will be extremely sociable, hard
working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but
then proclaimed, "What about
balance, God?" "You said there would be balance!"
God replied wisely, "Wait until you
see the idiots I'm putting around them
in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Canada.
I don't want Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin
& Canada to feel singled out, so I'm going to include this little verse I saved from a paper clipping years ago.
Da Yooper Creation Story
(with apologies)
In da beginning der was knotting. Den on da
firss day, God created da U.P.
On the second day, He created da partridge,
da bear, da fish, an da ducks.
On the tird day He said, "Let there be YOOPERS
to roam da U.P."
On da fort day, He created da udder world
down below and on da fiff day He said, "Let dare be TROLLS to live in da world down below."
On da six day, He made da BIG MAC so
da Trolls would have a way to get to heaven.
God
saw dat it was good, and on da seventt day He went huntin'.
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I don't want to start a war between
the states...
but;someone just sent this to me
& I had to include it.
A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write
a book about
churches around the country. He started by flying to
San Francisco, and started working east from there.
Going to a very large church, he began taking
photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden
telephone on the
vestibule wall and was intrigued with
a sign which read "$10,000 a minute."
Seeking out the pastor he asked about
the phone and
the sign. The Pastor answered that this golden phone
is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he pays
the
price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked
the pastor and continued on his way.
As he continued to visit
churches in Seattle, Austin,
Greensboro, Chicago, and all around the United States,
he found more phones with the same
sign, and the same
answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Michigan. Upon entering a
church in St. Ignace,
behold, he saw the usual golden
telephone. But THIS time, the sign read: "Calls: 35
cents." Fascinated, he asked
to talk to the pastor.
"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the
country and in each church I have found this
golden
telephone and have been told it is a direct line to
Heaven and that I could talk to God, but, in the other
churches
the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign
reads 35 cents a call. Why?"
(I just love this part)
The pastor,
smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in
the Upper Peninsula now.....it's a local call."
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