Careful What You Wish For
A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich trailing behind him.
He sits down, and the waitress comes over.
“I’ll have a hamburger, fries, and a coke,” the man says.
The ostrich chimes in, “I’ll have the same.”
The waitress returns with the food and says, “That’ll be $6.40.”
The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change—no counting, no fuss.
The next day, the pair return. Same order, same exact change. This routine goes on for days.
Then one Friday night, the man changes it up. “I’ll have a steak, baked potato, and a salad.”
The ostrich nods. “Same for me.”
The waitress brings the meals. “$12.62,” she says.
Once again, the man pulls the exact amount from his pocket.
Unable to contain her curiosity, the waitress asks, “How do you always have the exact change?”
“Well,” the man says, “a few years ago, I found a dusty old lamp in my attic. I gave it a rub, and out popped a genie who granted me two wishes.”
“For my first wish, I asked that whenever I needed to pay for something, I’d just reach into my pocket and find the exact amount.”
“Wow!” the waitress says. “That’s genius!”
“It’s been amazing,” the man replies. “No matter what I need—gas, groceries, even a new car—boom, exact change.”
The waitress nods, impressed. “And the ostrich?”
The man sighs. “Yeah... for my second wish, I asked for a tall chick with long legs who’d always agree with me.”
