The Mermaid

There were three men fishing in a boat.

One felt a tug and reeled in his line. He had caught a beautiful mermaid.

She squirmed and struggled and tried to break free but he wouldn't let her go. Finally she said, "I'll give you anything you can wish for if you'll let me go.”

"Okay," said the man, "I want my IQ doubled." So she did and he goes off on Shakespeare and all kinds of complicated things.

The mermaid goes to leave and the second man grabbed her. "Hey, I'm not going to let you go until I get a wish too." "Fine," she said, "What do you want?" "I want my IQ tripled."

So she tripled his IQ and he goes off solving all these problems and mathematical equations.

"I suppose you want a wish too?" the mermaid said to the last man. "You bet I do, I want my IQ timed by 10!" "Ummm I don't think you do," said the mermaid. "It'll change your whole aspect on life." And although she tried to talk him out of it, that's what he wanted.

So she gave him his wish and *POOF* He turned into a woman.

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Selected and sent by Akram Monfared Arya, Sweden
Khorsheed.com – Nov, Dec 2003