"You may ask me one question," he said, in a voice that sounded like thunder, "any question at all, and I will answer."

I gulped and gathered my thoughts. "God," I began meekly, "I look around at my fellow human beings, and I see so many living directionless lives, lives without meaning or purpose."

Gazing at me, God nodded, and I continued, "So I have to wonder, why did you create the universe, what is it for, and what are we here for. So, God, please tell me, what's it all about?"

"Well," God replied, "it goes like this. You put your right foot in. You put your right foot out. ..."