nrclark

George and his dad were out fishing one day when George pulled out a cigar. Finding he had no matches he asked his dad for a light.

"Sure," said his dad. "I think I have a lighter." Then, reaching into his tackle box he pulled out a Bic lighter 10-inches long.

"Jimminy Cricket!" exclaimed George, taking the huge Big lighter in his hands. "Where did you get that monster?" he asked.

"Well," replied his dad, "I got it from my Genie."

"You have a Genie in your tackel box?" asked George.

"Yep, it's right here in my tackle box," said his dad.

"Could I see him?" asked George.

So his dad opened his tackle box and, sure enough, out pops the Genie.

Addressing the Genie, George says, "I'm the son of your master, will you grant me one wish?"

"Yes, I will," says the Genie.

So George asks for a million bucks.

The Genie disappears back into the tackle box leaving George sitting there, waiting for his million bucks.

Shortly, the sky darkens and is filled with the sound of a million ducks flying overhead.

Over the roar of the million ducks George yells to his dad, "Jumpin' Jimminy! I asked for a million bucks, not a million ducks!"

"I forgot to tell you that the Genie is hard of hearing," yells back George's dad. "You don't think I really asked for a 10-inch Bic, do you?" .....

Antikarma

ahahahaha, awesome. Instant classic, I hadn't heard that one before.

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MuadDib

That's one of my favorite old jokes but the version I heard of it went:

A man walks into a bar, sits down, and orders drink. While the bartender was mixing his drink he noticed a tiny little piano right next to his elbow at the end of the bar. When the bartender returned the patron asked the bartender what was in the sack. So the bartender lifted the end of the sack and finger-motioned to it's contents. Amazingly the tiniest man ever casually strolled out of the sack and begin playing a western-style bar can-can perfectly. Well, the patron was highly amused by the little man and his piano and asked the bartender where on Earth he found such a man. The bartender the pulled out a magical lamp from under the bar and said that the genie of the lamp had given him the man. After some intense bartering the bartender agrees to let his patron have one wish in exchange for a million dollars. Thinking he had gotten the better of the bartender the patron rubbed the lamp, out popped the genie, and he made his wish for ten million bucks. *POOF* The next thing he knew the entire bar was filled with ten million ducks quacking, flapping, and crapping everywhere. The patron then hurled the lamp back to bartender demanding he didn't have to pay him his money because the genie was obviously deaf as he had wished for ten million bucks not ten million ducks. To which the bartender replies; "What did you think? That I actually wished to a genie for a foot long pianist?"

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nrclark

LOL ! ... i have heard that one as well ... for some reason i didnt put the two of them together ... getting slow in my ... old ... umm ... do you like balloons ? ...

SirLance

I like both versions!

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