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"George" > wrote in message
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> Two black guys were walking through the desert and came across a magic
> lamp. They rubbed it and a genie popped out.
>
> They were both excited and yelling really loud about getting 3 wishes,
> and the genie stops them and says, "Whoa, hold it right there. I've
> been granting free wishes to people for over 10,000 years now, and I'm
> sick of it. If each of you gives me one dollar, I'll grant each of you
> a wish."
>
> So the first black guy thinks really hard, then pulls out a dollar to
> give to the genie and wishes to be turned into a white man.
>
> *Poof* The genie turns him into a white man in an instant.

Sorry, who was the poof? The Genie, the new white man or the coloured guy?

Mike

On Feb 24, 3:08 pm, "'Mike'" > wrote:
> --
> .................................................. ............."George" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Two black guys were walking through the desert and came across a magic
> > lamp. They rubbed it and a genie popped out.
>
> > They were both excited and yelling really loud about getting 3 wishes,
> > and the genie stops them and says, "Whoa, hold it right there. I've
> > been granting free wishes to people for over 10,000 years now, and I'm
> > sick of it. If each of you gives me one dollar, I'll grant each of you
> > a wish."
>
> > So the first black guy thinks really hard, then pulls out a dollar to
> > give to the genie and wishes to be turned into a white man.
>
> > *Poof* The genie turns him into a white man in an instant.
>
> Sorry, who was the poof? The Genie, the new white man or the coloured guy?
>
> Mike

Sorry, man. Not at all funny.

B

bulka wrote:
> On Feb 24, 3:08 pm, "'Mike'" > wrote:
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>> .................................................. ............."George" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> Two black guys were walking through the desert and came across a magic
>>> lamp. They rubbed it and a genie popped out.
>>> They were both excited and yelling really loud about getting 3 wishes,
>>> and the genie stops them and says, "Whoa, hold it right there. I've
>>> been granting free wishes to people for over 10,000 years now, and I'm
>>> sick of it. If each of you gives me one dollar, I'll grant each of you
>>> a wish."
>>> So the first black guy thinks really hard, then pulls out a dollar to
>>> give to the genie and wishes to be turned into a white man.
>>> *Poof* The genie turns him into a white man in an instant.
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>> Sorry, who was the poof? The Genie, the new white man or the coloured guy?
>>
>> Mike
>
> Sorry, man. Not at all funny.
>
> B


Not particularly funny, but also not that bad as a commentary on race
relations. I'll give it a C- overall.

Bob