A man was walking along a
California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed
it and out popped a genie.
The genie said, 'OK. You released me
from the lamp, blah, blah, blah. This is the fourth time this month and I'm
getting a little sick of these wishes, so you can forget about three. You
only get one wish.'
The man sat and thought about it for a while and
said, 'I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm scared to fly and I get
very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over
there to visit?'
The genie laughed and said, 'That's impossible.
Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom
of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete... how much steel! No, think of
another wish.'
The man said OK and tried to think of a really good
wish. Finally, he said,
'I've been married and divorced four times. My
wives always said that I don't care and that I'm insensitive. So, I wish
that I could understand women... know how they feel inside and what they're
thinking when they give me the silent treatment... know why they're crying,
know what they really want when they say "nothing"... know how to
make them truly happy. .'
The genie said, 'You want that bridge two
lanes or four?'
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