Cowboy Story
A modern day cowboy has spent many days crossing the
desert without water. His horse has already died
of thirst. He's crawling through the sands, certain
that he has breathed his last, 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
Internal Revenue Service ID badge and a dull grey
dress. There's a calculator in her pocketbook. She
has a pencil tucked behind one ear.
"Well, cowboy," says the genie... "You know how it
works. You have three wishes."
"I'm not falling for this." Says the cowboy. "I'm not
going to trust an IRS Agent
"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. "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. And he is
surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of
delicacies.
"OK, cowpoke, what's your second wish."
"My second wish is that I were rich beyond my wildest
dreams."
***POOF*** He finds himself surrounded by treasure
chests filled with rare gold coins and precious
gems.
"OK, cowpuncher, you have just one more wish. Better
make it a good one!"
After thinking for a few minutes, he says.... "I wish
that no matter where I go, beautiful women will want
and need me."
***POOF*** He is turned into a tampon.
The moral of the story: If the government offers
you anything, there's going to be a string attached.
Truth and humor
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