The Cowboy

The Cowboy

A modern day cowboy spent many days crossing the desert without water. His horse already died of thirst. He crawled through the sands, certain that he has breathed his last. Suddenly, he saw an object sticking out of the sand several yards ahead of him.

He crawled to the object, pulled it out of the sand, and discovered what looked to be an old brief case. He opened it and out popped a genie. But this was no ordinary genie. She is wearing an Internal Revenue Service, ID badge and a dull gray dress with a calculator in it's pocketbook. A pencil is tucked behind one ear.

"Well, cowboy," said the genie, "You know how it works. You have three wishes."

"I'm not falling for this," said the man. "I'm not going to trust an IRS auditor."

"What do you have to lose? You've got no transportation, and it looks like you're a goner anyway!"

The man thought about this for a minute, decided that the genie was right.

"OK, I wish I were in a lush oasis with plenty of food and drink."

***POOF*** The cowboy found himself in the most beautiful oasis he had 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*** The cowboy ffound 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, the cowboy said.. "I wish that no matter where I go, beautiful women will want and need me."

***POOF***He is instantly turned into a tampon.

The moral of this story: If the government offers you anything, there's going to be a string attached to it.