My Mom shouldn't tell jokes...
Mood:  happy
Topic: Family
I was talking to my mother last night trying to plan things to do when she visits this weekend. Towards the end of the conversation she tells me that she has a joke to tell me and it went something like this...

This man encounters a Genie. The Genie says to the man, "I will grant you three wishes" The man says, "yeah right" The genie say, "Well ask for something and see that I am telling the truth." So the man wishes for a beautiful oasis. POOF the Genie creates an oasis.

The Genie says, "See I didn't lie to you. Now make your next wish." The man then asks to be be incredibly handsome. POOF the Genie makes the guy a hottie.

The Genie then says to him, "What is your 3rd wish?" The guy thinks about it and says, "I want to be what every woman needs." POOF the Genie turns him into a Tampon.

My mother then says, "Do you know what the moral of the story is?"

My response: "No?"

MOM: The IRS never does anything without a string attached.

There was silence as I tried to figure out what the IRS had to do with a Genie granting wishes. She then laughs and says...no wait it wasn't a Genie...it was an IRS agent that granted the wishes.

LIL Even with the correction to her joke I didn't find it all that funny. I am sure there was probably more to the joke that she had forgotten. Oh well...bless her heart she tries.

I am excited about her visit. Now that I live in NC I don't get to see my family very often. I have tons of stuff planned so I hope she will have a good time.