Poof.

[Jay Martin]

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