Everything happens for a reason

ANGEL: God? Can I ask you a question?

GOD: Sure, I’m not busy.

ANGEL: Does everything really happen for a reason?

GOD: Of course.

ANGEL: Well, in that case, would it be okay if I asked you to explain … the logic … behind some of your decisions?

GOD: Fire away.

ANGEL: Okay. Why did Seth Brody of Hartford, Connecticut, have a seizure while ordering a hamburger at Denny’s?

GOD: I wanted to see the look on the waitress’s face.

ANGEL: That’s it? That’s the only reason?

GOD: That’s the only reason I do anything. To see the look on people’s faces.

ANGEL: Really? What about World War I?

GOD: I wanted to see the look on Woodrow Wilson’s face.

ANGEL: So you never take anything else into account?

GOD: Hey, look, there’s a guy riding through the desert. I’m going to strike his horse with lightning.

ANGEL: But he’s fifty miles away from the nearest house! If you kill his horse, he’ll be stranded!

GOD: (Strikes horse with lightning.) Oh, man, did you see the look on that guy’s face? He was all like, “Hey, what happened to my horse?”

(Laughs.) I’m sorry … what were we talking about?

ANGEL: (Sighs.) Nothing.