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Genie
in a Bottle
A
gentleman is sitting on a deserted beach watching the sunset when
he notices something half buried in the sand. He pulls it out and
sees that it is a heavy, jewel encrusted bottle. As he brushes off
the sand, the bottle begins to shake and emit various colored clouds
of smoke, then...POOF! A Genie appears from out of the bottle (how
did we know?).
The
Genie lavishes praise on the man, regales him with his story, and
finally gets around to the 'you have three wishes' part of the tale.
So
the guy thinks about it for awhile and says "I have always
wanted to go to Hawaii, but I am afraid to fly and afraid to go
on a boat, so for my first wish I want a highway from here to Hawaii".
The
Genie at first is amazed at the character of the man and ask instead
if he would not want "all the money...fame...glory...vast amounts
of property...yadda yadda. Nope, wish one is for the highway. The
Genie tells him that doing something like that borders almost on
the impossible. The time, resources, and energy required to fulfill
such a wish would most likely leave the Genie drained for thousands
of years...is there something else, anything - even wishing for
more wishes - that he might want?
The
man again pauses and thinks for awhile then says "Well, I have
always wanted to understand women" The Genie replies, "So
this highway, did you want two lanes or four"?
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