In the year 2011, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in Oregon and said: “Once again, the earth has become evil and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans.” He gave Noah the blueprints, saying: “You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.”
Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard – but no Ark. “Noah!,” He roared, “I’m about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?” “Forgive me, Lord,” begged Noah, “but things have changed.”
“I needed a Building Permit.”
“I’ve been arguing with the Boat Inspector about the need for a sprinkler system.”
“My neighbors claim that I’ve violated the Neighborhood By-Laws by building the Ark in my back garden and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the Local Planning Committee for a decision.”
“Then the Local Council and the Electric Company demanded a boat load of money for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark’s move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.”
“Getting the wood was another problem. There’s a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the Greater Spotted Barn Owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls – but no go!”
“When I started gathering the animals the ASPCA took me to court. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the accommodations were too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space.”
“Then the Environmental Protection Agency ruled that I couldn’t build the Ark until they’d conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.”
“I’m still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I’m supposed to hire for my building crew.”
“Immigration are checking the Visa status of most of the people who want to work.”
“The trades unions say I can’t use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with ark-building experience.”
“To make matters worse, the Internal Revenue Service seized all my assets, claiming I’m trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.”
“So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark.”
“Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky.”
Noah looked up in wonder and asked,
“You mean you’re not going to destroy the world?”
“No,” said the Lord. ” The Government beat me to it.”
Ha! good stuff.
That funny, kind sorta.
Oi! No wonder people feel like they don’t accomplish anything.
Love,
Lola
Funny, but too true. It hurts to laugh.
Could God start a deluge now without an environmental impact statement? (Sorry, sacrilegious).
At least he didn’t give up 🙂
Man, it’s taken over a year just to get an extra battery backup installed in our network room at work. I can’t imagine the amount of red tape involved in building a boat meant to carry other living beings.
In other words: HAH!
Oh man, does this mean the Rapture won’t happen either????
I was looking so forward to it!
Very good stuff!
Remember, this takes place in Oregon, Noah says, ” Damn another drought”
Andy/Suz- I thought so 🙂
Lola/Rev- Yep
WSF- Probably not!
SS- True!
Laura- It’d NEVER happen today…
Chris- Nope, just will happen with NO warning now…
ADM- Thx
Zdog- Point! 🙂
Sad but Oh So true
Great Stuff.
Question. Is it okay if i repost this? Obviously with credit given, and a link back. I have a few people in mind that would get a chuckle out of this, but aren’t yet into the whole blog reading thing yet.
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