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In reply to the discussion: Things in GD getting heavy, somebody please tell me a joke, post something funny... Please. [View all]Dash87
(3,220 posts)One of them rubs the lamp, and a purple genie pops out in a plume of thick dust.
"HELLO!" Boomed the genie's voice to the three gentlemen, "I am master Ali, and I have been imprisoned in that lamp you are holding for over 500 years! Now, it is my imperative to grant my liberator 3 wishes, but seeing as all of you took part in my liberation, I shall grant each of you one, and only one wish! First, you sir!"
The German gentleman was ecstatic but sure of what he wanted. "Mister Ali," he said, "I want to have so much money that I will never have to work again!" So it was done, and gold rained down upon the German in droves.
"Next, you sir," said the genie, pointing at the Frenchman. "Monsieur genie," said the Frenchman, "we are under constant attack, and without a wall to defend our nation, we're defenseless and meek!" And so it was done - the genie waved his hands, and a gigantic, impenetrable wall rose around the borders of France that surely no army could defeat.
"And finally you sir," said the genie to the Englishman, "What do you want more than anything else in the world?"
"That wall-" the Englishman started. "Ah yes!" exclaimed the genie, "I presume you would like one around your country as well?"
"No, the wall around France is just fine," said the Englishman, "now fill it with water."