After his day off, day 7, god decided to get off his lazy ass to check on the planet he had created. He decided things were going a little too good down there.
So, on day 8, god created the Problem.
God had intended to reverse his creation after a while, but had forgotten all about the creation of the Problem.
So, on day 16, god had forgotten the Problem.
And on day 17, god had still not created the Solution.
And here we...