An Arab has spent many days crossing the desert without finding a source of
water. It gets so bad that his camel dies of thirst. As he is crawling
through the sand,
certain that he has breathed his last breath, when all of
a sudden he sees a shiny object sticking out of the sand several yards ahead
of him.
He crawls to the object, pulls it out of the sand, and discovers it
to be an old wine bottle. It appears that there may be a drop or two left in
the bottle, so he unscrews the top and out pops a Genie. But this is no ordinary Genie. This Genie appears to be a Hassidic Rabbi, complete with black alpaca coat, black hat, side curls, etc.
"Well, kid," says the
Genie. "You know how it works. You have three wishes." "I’m not going to trust you," says the Arab. "I’m not going to trust a Jewish Genie!"
The Genie replied, "What do you have to lose? It looks like you’re a goner
anyway!" The Arab 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 Arab finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he has
ever seen. And he is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of
delicacies.
"Ok, kid, what’s your second wish?" asks the Genie. The Arab replies, "My
second wish is that I were rich beyond my wildest dreams." "[POOF] The Arab
finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare gold coins and
precious gems.
"Ok, kid, you have just one more wish. Better make it a good one!" says the
Genie. After some serious thoughts, the Arab says, "I wish I were white and
surrounded by beautiful women." [POOF] The Arab is turned into a Tampax...
The moral of the story is:
Be careful of what you wish for. There may be a string attached...
