Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six
> days. Eventually, Michael the Archangel found him on the seventh day,
> resting. 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." Said God. 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, North America will be a
> place of great opportunity and wealth while South America is going to
> be poor, The Middle East over there will be a hot spot while Russia,
> over there, will be freezing. Over there I placed a continent of white
> people and over there I have a continent of Black people" God
> continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be
> extremely arid and hot while this one will be cold and covered in
> ice."
>
> The Archangel, impressed by gods work, then pointed to a small land
> mass and said "What's this one then?".
>
> "Ah" said god, "That's Britain, the most glorious place on Earth.
> There are beautiful lakes, rivers, streams, mountains and hills. The
> people from Britain are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and
> they are going to be found travelling 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 and
> stability."
>
> 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 wa*kers I'm putting next to them in France!!"
>