Husband and wife playing golf,wife slices ball badly and it crashes through a large window of a house near the fairway.Husband "I think you should go and apologise,and ask for your ball back"
Wife " Ok,but will you come with me","sure" replies the Husband.
They ring the bell and wait for quite a while before the door is answered by a scruffy looking man in his 70's.
"Excuse me,but my wife just broke your window with a bad shot from the golfcourse,were really sorry" says the Husband.
"Sorry?" says the older man slowly. "you dont need to be sorry,I should thank you in fact."
"thank us?" queries the husband,perplexed.
"Why yes,you see,Im a genie and I have been locked in a bottle in the lounge for over 200 years,and your ball broke the bottle,so now Im free at last!" explains the older man.
"Wow,so,does this mean we get three wishes" asks the husband excitedly
"Well no,not quite,you see,Im a european Jenie,and we can grant up to three wishes,but only to one person at a time,or they do not work"
At this,the wife pipes in with "Great!So if I wished for £10,000,I could pay for your window,and have enough left to buy better clubs then?" [Editors note-not from WGT you couldnt love]
"Yes" says the Genie"That would work just fine.That leaves two wishes.
"Ok" says the husband " Could I wish for a fast red sports car,I have these self esteem issues.."
The old man chuckles knowingly,and says "Of course,I understand,its a man thing..So thats it then,your wife has her £10,000 and you have your red sports car,that leaves one wish for me."
By now the husband and wife are grinning with their good luck.The old man shuffles his feet and looks a little sheepish.
"Erm,so for my wish,and please dont be offended,but its been a long time,200 years or more,err,I would like just 30 minutes upstairs with your wife if I may?"
The pair look at each other in silence for a moment,until the wife says "Well,I suppose we have what we asked for,sounds sort of reasonable?"
Her husband,after a moments indecision,and still thinking of his own good fortune,relents and says that he thinks it would be fine if she did.
The 30 minutes pass,and the older man comes down the stairs looking pleased and rejuvinated,followed by the wife looking dishevelled and a little red in the cheeks.The pair turn to leave in silence but just as they are about to leave,the husband turns and asks
"Pardon me saying,but you being a Genie and all,why did you wish for my wife when you could have had any woman in the world?"
The Genie ponders this a moment and says "How old are you sir?"
"I'm 52" replies the husband.
"I see,so your'e 52.And you still believe in Genies..."