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MM>Ah, Peter is it !? Not Peter the IRA suicide-bomber who carried
MM>out tirty-tree missions ?

MM> VH> An' then Judas, that dirty, lyin' Judas says, 'Gorblimey Gov'nor!  Yer
MM> VH> don't fink I'd turn ya in for thirty bloody quid?!?!'"

MM>Y'can tell that the good Father has a real soft spot for the
MM>English - probably that bottomless bog in the back of County
MM>Galway....

So Adam asks the Lord, "Why'd yez put the serpent in the garden, yer
honor?"

An' th' Lord says, "It's for balance, Adam.  There has to be a balance
between good and evil."

An' Adam looks perplexed.  So th' Lord takes him up an' shows him th'
North Pole.

"It's gorgeous!" says Adam.

An' th' Lord takes him down to the ice.  "I'm fffffreeezin'!" says Adam.

"Now," says th' Lord, "D'yez understand?"  Adam shakes his head.

So th' Lord shows him a lovely tropical island, then takes him down, an'
th' bugs like to eat him alive."

"Now," says th' Lord, "D'yez understand?"  Adam nods his head.

On th' way home, Adam looks down an' says, "Fr what's that?"

An' th' Lord says, "It's Ireland.  D'yez want to go down?"

An' after a while Adam says, "I'm really confused now, Lord.  I thought
I understood about th' balance between good and evil, but this lovely
island, wid all th' beautiful people, an' th' singin' an' all -- where's
the evil to balance it?"

An' th' Lord says, "Did yez notice who I give 'em for neighbors?" :-)