For some parts of the world spring means a lot of rain so for this installment of Gems from the Inbox I decided to go with a funny story that deals with rain.

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Noah in Modern Times

Author Unknown

And the Lord spoke to Noah & said: “In six months I’m going to make it rain until the whole earth is covered with water & all the evil people are destroyed. But I want to save a few good people, and two of every kind of living thing on the planet. I am ordering you to build Me an Ark.”

And in a flash of lightning he delivered the specifications for the Ark.

“OK,” said Noah, trembling in fear and fumbling with the blueprints.

“Six months, and it starts to rain, “thundered the Lord. “You’d better have my Ark completed, or learn how to swim for a very long time.”

And six months passed. The skies began to cloud up and rain began to fall. The Lord saw that Noah was sitting in his front yard, weeping. And there was no Ark.

“Noah,” shouted the Lord, “where is my Ark?” A lighting bolt crashed to the ground next to Noah.

“Lord, please forgive me!” begged Noah. “I did my best. But there were big problems.

First I had to get a building permit for the Ark construction project, and your plans didn’t meet code. So I had to hire an engineer to redraw the plans.

Then I got into a big fight over whether or not the Ark needed a fire sprinkler system.

My neighbors objected, claiming I was violating zoning by building the Ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance from the city planning commission.