A recently divorced woman is walking along the beach
contemplating how badly treated she got in her divorce
settlement, when she spies a magic lamp washing up onshore.
She rubs the lamp, and out pops a magical genie! The genie
notices her anger and lets her vent her troubles to him. As a
consolation, the genie informs her 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 first wish was for a billion
dollars. The genie grants her wish and she finds herself sitting
in pile of one billion one-dollar bills.
The genie then reminds her that her husband is now the recipient
of 10 billion dollars. The woman can barely contain her anger
when she makes her second wish. The second wish was for a
beautiful mansion on the shore of her own private beach. In an
instant it was granted, but the genie then reminds again that her
ex-husband now owns ten of what she wished for, and points out at
the beach to a small development of ten such mansions.
Upon hearing this, the woman takes her time to contemplate her
last wish. Just as the genie was about to give up on her, the
woman informs the genie that she wants to make the 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 twins."
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