A man
has spent many days crossing the desert without water. His camel dies of thirst. He's
crawling through the sands, certain that he has breathed his last, when all of a sudden he
sees an object sticking out of the sand several yards ahead of him. He crawls to the object, pulls it out of the sand, and discovers what looks
to be an old brief case. He opens it and out pops a genie. But this is no ordinary genie.
He is wearing an IRS ID badge and Dull gray suit. There's a calculator in his pocket. He
has a pencil tucked behind one ear.
Genie: "Well kid, you know how it works. You have three
wishes."
Man: "I'm not falling for this. I'm not going to trust
an IRS auditor."
Genie: "What do you have to lose? You've got no
transportation, and it looks like you're a goner anyway!"
The man thinks about this for a minute and decides that the genie
is right. "OK, I wish I were in a lush oasis with plentiful food and drink."
***POOF***
The man finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he has ever
seen. And he is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of delicacies.
Genie: "OK kid, what's your second wish."
Man: "My second wish is that I were rich beyond my
wildest dreams."
***POOF***
The man finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with
rare gold coins and precious gems.
Genie: "OK kid, you have just one more wish. Better
make it a good one!"
After thinking for a few minutes, the man says "I wish that
no matter where I go beautiful women will want and need me."
***POOF***
He is turned into a tampon.
The moral of the story? If the government offers you anything,
there's going to be a string attached. |