At the Congress of Nations a dispute broke out about the nationality of Adam and Eve.

“They were English,” stated the British delegate, “because only an Englishman would have been such a gentleman as to give his own rib to make a woman.”

“Mais non!” pronounced the French delegate. “Look at Adam's elegance, even while nude. He was a Frenchman.”

The Israeli delegate demurred, pointing out that the Bible clearly stated that the Creation occurred in the Holy Land. “So Adam and Eve were of the Chosen People; they were Jews.”

The Rumanian shook his head. “Adam and Eve could only have been Russian,” he maintained, “because only a Russian could eat so poorly, dress so badly, and still call it Paradise.”