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Intelligent Design
Oct. 25th, 2005 12:14 amDay No. 4:
“One word,” said the Lord God. “Landscaping. But I want it to look natural, as if it all somehow just happened.”
“Do rain forests,” suggested a primitive tribal god, who was known only as a clicking noise.
“Rain forests here,” decreed the Lord God. “And deserts there. For a spa feeling.”
“Which is fresh, but let's give it glow,” said Buddha. “Polished stones and bamboo, with a soothing trickle of something.”
“I know where you're going,” said the Lord God. “But why am I seeing scented candles and a signature body wash?”
“Shut up,” said Buddha.
“You shut up,” said the Lord God.
“It's all about the mix,” Allah declared in a calming voice. “Now let's look at some swatches.”
Who else but The New Yorker?
Meanwhile, in the "even The Onion couldn't make that up" department: The White House Counsel's office sent a cease-and-desist letter to The Onion to stop them from using the Presidential seal. See the New York Times story.
