A man was walking along a beach and found a bottle washed ashore. He picked it up, brushed the sand off and a genie popped out.

"Ah, sir — thank you for freeing me," the genie said. "For that I will grant you three wishes. But be careful in your choices, because for everything I grant you, I will have to give every lawyer in the world a double portion of it."

The man thought for a moment and "I'd like to have a billion dollars."

"Done," said the genie. "But I must also give every lawyer two billion dollars."

"That's OK," said the man. "For my second with, I'd like to have a mansion overlooking the ocean."

"Done," said the genie. "And now every lawyer has two mansions overlooking the sea. And what would you like for your third wish?"

Again the man thought for a minute, then said quietly: "See that stick over there? I want you to pick it up and beat me half to death."

Cheers,

david