The creation of Wisconsin ....
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."
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 Wisconsin , the most
glorious place on earth. You'll notice that it is made in the fashion of my
hand, the Hand of God. There are beautiful lakes, rivers, sunsets and
rolling hills. The people from Wisconsin 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 Minnesota , Michigan , Illinois and Iowa ."
