[CobraDan]

A man has spent many days crossing the desert without water. His camel dies
of thirst. He's crawling through the sands, certain that he has breathed his
last, when all of a sudden he sees an object sticking out of the sand
several yards ahead of him. He crawls to the object, pulls it out of the
sand, and discovers what looks to be an old brief case. He opens it and out
pops a genie. But this is no ordinary genie. He is wearing an IRS ID badge
and dull gray suit. There's a calculator in his pocket. He has a pencil
tucked behind one ear. "Well, kid," says the genie. "You know how it works.
You have three wishes." "I'm not falling for this," says 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 thinks
about this for a minute, and decides that the genie is right. "OK, I wish I
were in a lush oasis with plentiful food and drink."

***POOF***

The man finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he has ever seen. And he
is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of delicacies. "OK, kid, what's
your second wish." "My second wish is that were rich beyond my wildest
dreams."

***POOF***

The man finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare gold
coins and precious gems. "OK, kid, you have just one more wish. Better make
it a good one!" After thinking for a few minutes, the man says "I wish that
no matter where I go beautiful women will want and need me."

***POOF***

He is turned into a tampon!

What's the moral of the story? If the government offers you anything,
there's going to be a string attached!