Saturday, 16 March 2013

Lord Noel - Be Careful What You Wish For

What ho! Pepys...

I was walking along our beach when I met a recently divorced woman. We got talking and she began telling me how badly screwed she got over her divorce settlement. I consoled her as best I could when she spotted an old lamp that had washed onshore.
"Wouldn't it be fun if that was a magic lamp?" she laughed. I smiled. She bent down and picked up the lamp and gave it a few rubs and to both our amazement - out pops a magical genie!
The genie immediately notices her anger and lets her vent her troubles to him. As a consolation, the genie informs that he will give her three wishes. But, he cautions her that because he does not believe in divorce, he will give her ex-husband ten times the amount of whatever she wishes.
The woman is steaming mad, thinking that this is hardly fair, but she makes her first wish. The genie grants her wish and she finds herself sitting in pile of one billion one pounds. The genie then reminds her that her husband is now the recipient of 10 billion pounds.
The woman can barely contain her anger when she makes her second wish.
In an instant it was granted and the woman finds herself in front of a beautiful mansion on the shore of her own private beach. But the genie then reminds her again that her ex-husband now owns ten of what she wished for.
Upon hearing this, the woman takes her time slowly contemplating her last wish. Just as the genie and I are about to give up on her, the woman informs the genie that she wants to make her last wish. But, before she can do this, the genie again warns her that her ex-husband will get ten times what she wishes for.
"No problem.", said the woman as she grinned in ecstasy. "For my last wish I'd like to give birth to triplets."

Tally ho!
Best Wishes - Lord Noel :)
xxx

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