Armenians Vs Georgians

There's a friendly rivalry between Armenians and Georgians, a little like that which exists between Brits and Scots or Brits and The Welsh or Brits and The Irish.  The following joke was told to us by the Armenian who took us on our walking tour of Yerevan last night:

Because Armenians, who like to party all night and stay up late, had been out the night before the day God divided up the earth between it's peoples, the Armenians came to get their piece of land well after almost everyone else had got theirs. When they asked God where their country was, God answered: "Well, you're too late; it's all gone." Now Armenians are a persistant people and kept on at God, saying: "But we must have some land; where are we to live," and pestered and perstered until, finally, God gave in and said: "Okay. There is this small patch of land left over that no one else wanted. It has no coast, its very stoney and not very green, I can't imagine you'll get anything to grow there, but that's all I've got left." "Okay," said the Armenians. "We'll take it," and left to make the best of it.

A little later that same day, The Georgians, who also like to party and stay up, if anything, even later came to God and asked:" Where's our land?". God answered: "You're too late: I just gave the last bit to the Armenians." So the Georgians, who are also a persistant people, said: "But if the Armenians have some land, we have to have some land too," and they kept on and on at God until finally God held up his hands and said: "Alright. Enough already." Then he sighed and said: "There's this one really nice piece of land left. It's green and fertile with  beautiful muontains and a lovely bit of coast, but I was kind of keeping it for myself." "Give it to us," insisted the Georgians, and God, being good, gave in.