A modern day cowboy has spent many days crossing the Texas plains without
water. His horse has already died of thirst. He's crawling through the sand,
certain that he has breathed his last breath-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. She is wearing an IRS ID badge and a dull
gray dress. There's a calculator in her pocketbook. She has a pencil tucked
behind her ear. "Well, cowboy," says the genie. "You know how I work. You
have three wishes."
"I'm not falling for this", says the cowboy. "I'm not
going to trust an IRS genie." She smiles and says, "What do you have to
lose? You've got no transportation, and it looks like you're a goner
anyway!"
The cowboy thinks about this for a minute, and decides that the genie is
right.
He says, "Ok, I wish I were in a lush oasis with plenty of food and
drink."
***POOF***
The cowboy finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he
has ever seen. He is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of
delicacies.
The genie says, "Ok, cowpoke, what's your second wish?"
"My second wish is that I was rich beyond my wildest dreams."
***POOF***
The cowboy finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare gold
coins and precious gems.
The genie says, "Ok, cowpuncher, you have just one
more wish. Better make it a good one!" After thinking for a few minutes, the
cowboy says...
"I wish that no matter where I go, beautiful women will want and need me."
***POOF***
He turns into a tampon.
The moral of the story: If the government offers you anything, there's going
to be a string attached
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Topic: 3 wishes - a new slant (Read 474 times)