Genie-in-the-lamp cartoon - 18922

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I'm willing to bet that the the guy who created this genie-in-the-lamp fable never thought that the recipient of the lamp would ask for three more lamps as his first wish !

Then, figure that he WAS granted the three more lamps on his first wish . . . THEN, on his SECOND wish he does the same, then the third wish, same thing . . . then he starts the same procedure with the new set of lamps . . . . pretty soon he would have as much money as the Publishers Clearing House jackpot, right? . . . . Do the math, and dream on, baby . . . No, YOU shut up! . . . I love that guy on the Brothers TV commrercial . . . the guy that says, " No, YOU shut up ! "

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" Speech is civilization itself.  The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact - - -

it is silence that isolates. "

- Thomas Mann

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" No one is as poor as he who is ignorant. "

- Nedarim

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" Some pursue happiness - - - others

create it. "

- Peter Plum

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