Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted by Unknown On Thursday, November 25, 2010 8 comments
One day a civil servant in Whitehall, London, UK, was clearing out his office drawers when he found a magic lamp. Since he'd heard many jokes before to do with lamps, he knew that he had to rub it and make the genie appear. This he did and out popped a genie.



The genie asked, as genies do, 'What is your first wish, oh master?'

The civil servant thought about it for a second, then replied, 'I would like to be extremely rich.' So the genie granted him his wish, and poof the man was surrounded by piles of money rivalling the amounts of even Bill Gates and Roman Abramovich.

Since the government employee knew the whole wish process, the genie didn't even have to ask for number two before he said, 'My second wish is to be on an island with beautiful women surrounding me and obeying my every command.' And poof, he was there.

Then the executive decided on his third wish, 'I don't want to do any work ever again in my life.' And poof he was back in his office.
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8 comments to Be Careful What You Wish For

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    Grandpa The ending caught me by surprise, but very funny (and how true)! Thanks for sharing.
    I lasted one and a half years in govt service, and wonder now if this had anything to do with it! You are welcome to read my story here:

    http://fruitofmylabour.blogspot.com/2010/11/day-in-slow-life.html

    Btw I came across the 100 books thingy in a couple of other blogs before reading in yours, so didn't put in any comment...

    Stay well and have a nice day

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    Anonymous " Then the executive decided on his third wish, 'I don't want to do any work ever again in my life.' And poof he was back in his office."

    That's the dangerous one. I would have thought that the genie would simply granted that third wish by having him bedridden all his life and facing heaven daily, hahaha ! Have a nice day, ya.

    ~ahoo~

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 3:57 PM

    Anonymous This third wish is the wish made by most government servants and now spread to private sectors. Sitting around with not much done.Replying email is slower than snail pace.

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 6:25 PM

    Cat-from-Sydney Aunty Paula,
    I wish for world domination by cats. purrr.....meow!

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:40 PM

    Unknown Dear Grandpa

    Thanks so much for that link to your excellent post!! I always have such a serene feeling when I visit your site and then never fail to get inspired after reading your posts!

    With your relaxing environment, I am sure you read lots!!

    Take care and God bless you always. Do keep in touch.

    Cheers

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    Unknown Dear ahoo

    Many thanks for reading and responding so spontaneously! Sometimes, different people have different perspectives of what is 'work', some to their development and others to their detriment.

    Take care and have a blessed evening.

    Cheers

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:43 PM

    Unknown Dear Anon # 3

    Very true! Am so glad you caught my drift as to why I posted this story!

    Have a restful evening. Take care and please keep in touch!

    Cheers

  1. says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:46 PM

    Unknown Dear Angelina

    Ooohhhh so lovely to hear from you again!!! Domination by cats???

    Most definitely, there would be less problems!!!

    Meooowww!! Right?

    Take care and catch up soon!

    Salam

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