this joke clearly mock a US government agency-- but any one, any where who has ever had to deal with a bureaurcatic government agency will see the fun of it.. certain the people in the agency named thought it was funny, since i got it from one of the legal staff.
God created heaven and the earth. Quickly, he was faced with a class action
suit for failure to file an environmental impact statement. He was granted a
temporary permit for the project, but was stymied with the cease and desist
order for the earthly part.
Appearing at the hearing with the Environmental Protection Agency, God was
asked why he began his earthly project in the first place. He replied that
he just liked to be creative.
Then God said, "Let there be light", and immediately the officials demanded
to know how the light would be made. "Would there be strip mining? What
about thermal pollution?" God explained that the light would come from a
huge ball of fire. God was granted provisional permission to make light,
assuming that no smoke or pollution would result from the ball of fire. He
would also obtain a building permit and to conserve energy, would turn the
light off half the time. God agreed and said he would call the light "Day"
and the darkness "Night". Officials replied that they were not interested
in semantics.
God said, "Let the earth bring forth green herb and bare much seed". The EPA
agreed so long as native seed was used. Then God said, "Let waters bring
forth creeping creatures begetting life; and the fowl that may fly over the
earth." Officials pointed out this would require approval from The
Department of Game coordinated with the Heavenly Wildlife Federation and the
Audubon Society.
Everything was OK until God said he wanted to complete the project in six
days. Officials said it would take at least 200 days to review the
application and impact statement. After that there would be a public
hearing. Then there would be a 10-12 month approval period before...
At this point God created Hell.
