From the Mailbag — Jersey Humor.
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 but cold and harsh while southern Europe is going to be poor but sunny and
pleasant. “I have made some lands abundant in water and other landsparched deserts. This one will be extremely hot and while this one will be very cold and covered in ice.”
The Archangel, impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a land mass and said “What’s that one?”
“Ah,” said God. “That’s New Jersey — the most glorious place on
earth. There are beautiful beaches, streams, hills, and forests. The
people from New Jersey are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent and humorous and they are going to be found traveling the world.
They will be extremely sociable, hardworking 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 put in Trenton.”
Thanks to Rita and John L.
I heard that one before, but the punchline was “Wait till you see PENNSYLVANIA . . . ” I like the Trenton ending much better!
Comment by Shamrock — July 27, 2005 @ 11:24 pm
Substitute Little Rock for Trenton, and it would work here as well.
Isn’t that the sign of a perfect joke?
Comment by rita — July 28, 2005 @ 4:35 am
An oldie but goodie for sure. And, yes, the fact that you could replace “New Jersey” and “Trenton” with other names and it would still be funny says a great deal about the quality of the joke (and the state of governments around the world).
Comment by joated — July 28, 2005 @ 4:30 pm
Very funny.
Comment by David L — July 31, 2005 @ 5:25 pm
I miss New Jersey. 🙁 I need to move back. Anyone know of any graphic design openings in the state?
In the meantime, I’m going to continue to spread the word about how awesome it is to other parts of the world… 🙂
Comment by Andy — July 31, 2005 @ 8:13 pm