有个人在加里福尼亚的海滩散步,被一只旧马灯绊了一下,于是他把灯捡起来,擦亮,然后就有一个精灵跳了出来.精灵对他说,"好吧,你把我从灯里救出来, 也别说废话了,这已是这个月里的第四次了,我对那些愿望已经有些厌烦了,你就别想什么三个愿望了.你只有一个愿望!" 那人坐在那里想了好一会儿,然后说,"我一直想去夏威夷,但我害怕坐飞机,而且我又晕船,你能建一座通往夏威夷的桥吗? 我可以开车过去."精灵大笑着说,"这不可能.想想这需要多少工作! 到太平洋底部的支撑怎么做?你想想要多少混泥土,多少的钢筋!!! 不行,另外再想一个愿望吧." 那人说好,试着能想出一个好的愿望来. 最后,他说,"我已经结了四次婚,离了四次.我的妻子们总说我不关心她们,说我感觉迟钝,不懂情趣.所以,我想我能知道女人就好了...能知道她们内心的想法,他们不理我的时候究竟在想什么...能知道她们为什么哭泣,知道她们在说`没事'的时候到底想要什么...能知道怎样让她们真正地快乐..."

精灵问道,"你想要的那座桥是二车道还是四车道?"

Thanks to: Walter Smith

A man was walking along a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie. The genie said, "OK. You released me from the lamp, blah blah blah. This is the fourth time this month and I'm getting a little sick of these wishes so you can forget about three. You only get one wish!" The man sat and thought about it for a while and said, "I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over there to visit?" The genie laughed and said, "That's impossible. Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete...how much steel!! No, think of another wish." The man said OK and tried to think of a really good wish. Finally, he said, "I've been married and divorced four times. My wives always said that I don't care and that I'm insensitive. So, I wish that I could understand women....know how they feel inside and what they're thinking when they give me the silent treatment....know why they're crying, know what they really want when they say 'nothing'....know how to make them truly happy...."
The genie asked, "Do you want that bridge two lanes or four?"