A modern day cowboy has spent many days crossing the Texas
>plains without water.
>
>His horse has already died of thirst.
>
>He’s crawling through the sand, certain that he has breathed his last
>breath -
>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.
>
>She is wearing an IRS ID badge and a dull gray dress.
>
>There’s a calculator in her pocketbook. She has a pencil tucked behind one
>ear.
>
>”Well, cowboy,” says the genie… “You know how I work. You have three
>wishes.”
>
>”I’m not falling for this,” said the cowboy. “I’m not going to trust an IRS
>genie.”
>
>She smiled and said, “What do you have to lose? You’ve got no
>transportation, and it looks like you’re a goner anyway!”
>
>The cowboy thinks about this for a minute, and decides that the genie is
>right.
>
>He said, “OK, I wish I were in a lush oasis with plenty of food and drink.”
>
>***POOF***
>
>The cowboy finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he has ever seen. And
>he is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of delicacies.
>
>The genie said, “OK, cowpoke, what’s your second wish.”
>
>”My second wish is that I was rich beyond my wildest dreams.”
>
>***POOF***
>
>The cowboy finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare
>gold coins and precious gems.
>
>The genie said, “OK, cowpuncher, you have just one more wish. Better make
>it a good one!”
>
>After thinking for a few minutes, the cowboy says… “I wish that no matter
>where I go, beautiful women will want and need me.”
>
>***POOF***
>
>He turned into a tampon.
>
>The moral of the story: If the government offers you anything,
>
> there’s going to be a string attached.
