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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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- THE BEGINNINGS
-
- CHAPTER ONE:
-
- In the beginning, God created heaven and earth, except maybe for certain parts
- of New Jersey and some parts of Texas yet unspecified. Ronald Reagan created
- hell or earth, or at least is given credit for having made the effort.
-
- And darkness was on the face of the deep and there was a giant malfunction at
- the Three Mile Island Power Station and it was a mighty blight.
-
- And God said, "Let there be light," and lo, there was light, thanks to the
- power grid that allows transfer between companies.
-
- And God saw the light and saw that it was good, and then He saw the quarterly
- bill and saw that indeed, that was not so good.
-
- And God called the light day and the darkness He called night, and that awful
- bill, damnable.
-
- And God said let there be firmament, and there was firmament, and it could be
- reached, in emergencies, by dialing 911.
-
- And God said "let the firmament be gathered in one place and the water be
- gathered in another place, so that dry land may appear, and lo, the first
- Florida condo salespersons were afoot on the land.
-
- And God said "let there be grass upon the land," and there was grass upon the
- land, and the Narcotics Division had the very first reason for being.
-
- And God said "let there be lights in the heavens that will give light to the
- earth," and so it was that parts of used Satellites started falling freely all
- over the place.
-
- And God said "let the seas bring forth that which has life," and it was so, and
- McDonalds introduced the fish sandwich.
-
- And God said "be fruitful and multiply and subdue the earth, and let the fowl
- come forth in great number," and it was so, and all the various chapters of
- Ducks Unlimited held yet another fund raising dinner.
-
- And God said "let the earth bring forth cattle and creeping things," and thus
- it was that Rosanne Barr and Jimmy Swaggart came to be.
-
- And God said "let us make man in our own image," and thus, after Oliver North,
- it became possible for the Marines to look for " a few good men."
-
- And God said "let man have dominion over all of the fish, the fowl and the
- creeping things and the land and the sea and the sky over it all," and thus the
- legislature respondedon had the very first reason for being.
-
- And God said "let there be lights in the heavens that will give light to the
- earth," and so it was that parts of used Satellites started falling freely all
- over the place.
-
- And God said "let the seas bring forth that which has life," and it was so, and
- McDonalds introduced the fish sandwich.
-
- And God said "be fruitful and multiply and subdue the earth, and let the fowl
- come forth in great number," and it was so, and all the various chapters of
- Ducks Unlimthe Iranians who manage them.
-
-
- CHAPTER TWO:
-
- And the Lord did form man by gathering the dust and breathing into his nostril
- the breath of life, thus violating one of the principles outlined clearly in
- the most recent book by the Surgeon General with regard to precautions against
- AIDS.
-
- And the Lord planted this man He had made in the Garden of Eden and called upon
- some ad agency somewhere to promote the idea of living in some sort of real
- estate called a Garden, but not in Florida!
-
- And out of the ground, the Lord grew every tree that was pleasing to the sight,
- but He failed to reckon with the morning weather report, which allowed that all
- were blown away in the first hurricane.
-
- And the Lord placed this man in the Garden and told him "Thou mayest eat
- freely, but at the checkout, thou must pay the price."
-
- And, "of the tree of knowledge, thou shalt not eat," since it has been but
- recently sprayed with DDT and other less delightful flavors.
-
- And the Lord said "tis not good that man should be alone," and so he threw the
- man into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, the Lord took from him his rib,
- allowing that this would be the first of many unemployment claims to be filed.
-
- And from this rib the Lord fashioned a women and brought her unto the man. And
- the state, seeing here a wonderful opportunity for yet another fee, fashioned a
- marriage license which was costly.
-
- And they were both naked, the man and the woman, and the Cotton Council made a
- low bid to weave and cover with the fruit of the plant what was heretofore
- naked and free of charge for same, according to the number of threads per
- square inch.
-
-
- CHAPTER THREE:
-
- Now the serpent, being a far more cunning creature than the mere beasts of the
- field, bid the woman "come eat of the fruit of this tree," and the women
- declined, saying surely as she would eat of the fruit of this tree, she would
- be overcharged at the cash register line and would surely die.
-
- But the serpent, being wise and persistent, advised the women that the fruit
- was not from Chile or South Africa, and this not forbidden, and so the women
- ate and took some home to her husband. And he, raiding the fridge, also
- partook.
-
- Now the man and the women both knew that they were naked and did not know what
- to do, since it was after hours at the shopping mall, so they wove themselves a
- covering garment, one fig leaf for her and no less than seventy-nine for him
- and, pronto, the problem was solved.
-
- God, in his wrath swore "Surely as you live, you shall die, but before you do,
- you will be condemned to watch reruns of the Gong Show and sweat it out.
-
- And God turned to the serpent, the wily serpent, and said "Cursed shall you be,
- and may you wander through endless chapters of the Marlin Perkins Mutual of
- Omaha wildlife presentations on your belly." And so it was done, upsetting many
- of those who took guest shots on this series.
-
- And God turned to the women and said "Cursed shall you be and one day will you
- find equal employment opportunity with that clod that followed your example."
- And Phyllis Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum and frustrated God by denying
- women equal rights! "Women should stay home," she said overly as she flitted
- about from one village to another for months at a time, telling every women to
- stay home.
-
- And God sent Adam and Eve forth from the Garden of Eden to find their own plot
- of land and fend for themselves by the sweat of their brow. But where they
- went before them had come a person putting up signs which read "Another Trump
- Tower to Be Erected Here Soon!" And life was both difficult and expensive, for
- Trump is no easy landlord.
-
- CHAPTER FOUR
-
- And Adam knew Eve and a son was conceived and his name was given as Cain. And
- the National Enquirer bellowed in 20 point print that Adam and Eve were about
- to raise Cain. And thus was a mighty circulation slump avoided.
-
- And again, Eve bore Abel, the brother of Cain. Abel was a shop keeper who
- invented the blue light special, a bright lad. Cain was a tiller of the land.
- Becoming jealous of the blue light, Cain slew Abel, but not before putting his
- entire crop down on a policy with Prudential, so that he was sure to have a
- good chunk of that rock.
-
- And God was indeed mightily displeased with this act of Cain and cursed him and
- said that this land would not yield a crop and it came to pass that Cain was up
- to his armpits in fertilizer bills with no crop for which to show.
-
- And Cain moved on into the land of Nod, which recently moved his kingdom from
- Washington to Santa Barbara
-
-
- CHAPTER FIVE
-
- And it came to pass that men started to multiply on earth, there being no
- condoms, and increase without stoppage, and insurance sales rose.
-
- And God saw the increase, not only here, but in the circulation of the national
- tabloids, and message parlors and other forms of debauchery such as
- televangelism.
-
- And so God said "surely I will once more destroy all of humankind, save for my
- good friend Noah," for Noah had the right connections in the Lodge and was also
- a skilled carpenter.
-
- And the earth was even more filled with corruption and Rambo I, II, III, IV, V,
- and VI came forth, and even did also Police Academy. Sordidness was rampant
- upon the land and box office business was booming and rising.
-
- And so God told Noah to make an ark, and Noah, moved with insider knowledge,
- went forth to Century 21 and put his house on the market as a serious price,
- put his grain futures in the market up for sale at a sacrifice price and almost
- cornered the cork market, into which he bought ever so heavily.
-
- And then God told Noah to bring aboard the ark two of every living creature,
- and so he did, and the ark was still a whole lot cleaner than a lot of those
- luxury cruise liners you read about in the papers.
-
- And so, for forty days and forty nights exceedingly steady heavy rain was upon
- the land, a fact entirely missed by the National Weather Service which had
- predicted a prolonged drought and many tediously filled days of complete
- sunshine. Yet was it to be that not one person noticed particularly, since the
- Today show, previously taped, missed not one installment of the morning run.
- Yea, even Geraldo Rivera had a two hour national special on the opening of a
- trunk of sunshine which came to naught.
-
- CHAPTER SIX
-
- And after these many days aboard the ark, Noah sought fresh air, opening the
- windows of the ark. Immediately he was slapped with an injunction by the
- Environmental Protection Agency charging him with serious air pollution, a
- charge he knew would stick, like very near everything else on the ark.
-
- And Noah sent forth from the ark a dove carrying an olive branch, and the dove
- did not find a tree upon which to graft that branch. The dove returned with a
- film from the Florida Citrus Council touting the advantages of orange juice.
-
- Upon the return of the dove, Noah, feeling that the rain might well have ended,
- parked his ark on Mr. Arafat in a no parking zone. And the Lord said, "Noah,
- you had better split before the meter maid arrives and you get the big one."
- And Noah stepped off the ark to survey the situation and fell 3,000 feet, for
- Mt. Arafat is no small hill.
-
- And so these are the beginnings!
-
- <The Above Translation Taken From Cousin Jeb's New International Revised
- Standard Prayer Partner Simplified Large Print Practical Harmonizing Version of
- The Old and New Testaments and Some Other Things Cousin Jeb Liked.> Please be
- advised that this is currently out of print and probably will stay that way.
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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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