3 Guys & The Mermaid




Three guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue,
they catch a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting
each of them a wish.
  
Now one of the guys just doesn't believe it, and says, "Okay, if you
can really grant wishes, then double my IQ."
 
The mermaid says, "Done."
  
Suddenly the guy starts reciting Shakespeare flawlessly and analyzing
it with extreme insight.
 
The second guy is so amazed, he says to the mermaid, "Triple my IQ."
 
The mermaid says, "Done."
  
The guy starts to spout out all the mathematical solutions to
problems that have been stumping all the scientists in various
fields: physics, and chemistry.
 
The last guy is so enthralled with the changes that his friends have
experienced that he says to the mermaid, "Quintuplet my IQ."

The mermaid looks at him and says, "You know, I don't usually try to
change people's minds when they make a wish, but I really wish that
you would reconsider."
  
The guy says, "No, I want you to increase my IQ times five, and if
you don't do it, I won't set you free."
  
"Please," says the mermaid, "you don't understand what you're asking,
it will change your entire view on the universe.  Won't you ask for
something else....a million dollars, anything?"
  
But no matter what the mermaid said, the guy insisted on having his
IQ increased by five times its usual power.  So the mermaid sighed
and said, "Done."

And he became a woman