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 downward through the clouds. "Look Michael, 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'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of BALANCE."

Still confused, Michael inquired, "BALANCE???"

God graciously explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great oppertunity and wealth, while Southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East will be a hot spot; over there I've placed a conitinent of white people and over there a continent of black people." God continued pointing to different countries. "This one will be extreemely hot and arid, while this one will be very cold and covered with ice."

The Archangel was impressed with God's work, and then pointed to a large mass and asked, "What's that one?"

"Ah," said God. "That's Wisconsin, the most glorious place on Earth. There's beautiful lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite shoreline along the Great Lakes. The people of Wisconsin are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found traveling the world. They'll be extreemely sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace. I also gave them a super-human, undefeatable football team who will be admired and feared by all who cross their paths."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE?"

Wisely, God replied, "Wait until you see the jerks I'm putting next to them in Minnesota."

Note: The word "Jerks" does not include friends and Packer fans who reside in Minnesota.

Found by the Tamster in the Marion Advertiser.