"Blue lamps, red lamps, pink lamps ... why do you have so many lamps, Perry?"
"This is nothing. You should see what I've got in the attic, basement, and storage shed in the back!"
"But why? You could light up half of Las Vegas with that many lamps!"
"Actually I've figured it to be about three-quarters."
"What's the point?"
"Ever since I was a child, I've loved the Arabian Nights. I've always dreamt I would one day find the magical Genie of the Lamp and get my three wishes!"
"But that's a different kind of lamp!"
"Really? No wonder all the genies I've found only gave me two."
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Yes, if you've rubbed as many lamps as I have over the years, you've either gotten a genie or a number of severe electrical shocks, one or the other.
Either way, this week you've also gotten a very respectable and mere 105 words --- close to the magical mark of 100 words --- in my Friday Fictioneers offering in response to the picture prompt above.
If you rub your mouse right here, the other Friday Fictioneers will appear and grant all your fondest wishes. Well, some of them anyways.
Yeah, the clean ones.
52 comments:
I enjoyed this, it so made me giggle! Thanks for the laugh!
Loved the twist. Only two wishes. Better than none. :-)
Thank you. Everyone who comments gets a wish. And yours is ...?
Yes, Kimberly, but I did hope I could use the third wish to send you $10,000,000, but no such luck.
That's truly a shocking story, Perry!
janet
A good one there!
- Anjana.
I thought it was illuminating!
Where? Where? Oh, here?
Thanks!
Nice one Perry! :)
Thanks, Sandra. Got a couple of leftover wishes here for you!
I suppose he should be grateful he got any wishes at all. Nice story
Very cute, I especially loved the Vegas reference since I'm from there. :-)
Ohm my goodness, Perry. Watt a fun story. Why would he only get two wishes from an electric lamp genie? I'd think he'd have more power and give 4 or 5. Just sayin'.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Hi Perry,
Rubbing your lamp again are you? Is that code? Or did you used to stick your finger in the socket when you were a boy and still get a charge out of doing that? Don't go into the light! Ron
I never read other people's comments, but just caught Rochelle's out of the corner of my eye. Oh dear Lord! I think you and Russell are ruining her. Cute story.
or maybe you just rubbed them the wrong way :-) hilarious story. and be careful in dealing with genies, they have a way of twisting your words and wishes :-)
He's grateful he got any lamps.
I knew that. Hey, can you get us any free passes to the Bellagio?
Electric Lamp genies are mostly unionied. Try getting two wishes out of them without paying overtime, let alone three or more ...
It's code in that my first wish for any genie I ever found was that I wouldn't have to rub any lamps any more. I'm still rubbing them. You do the math.
It's Russell. Thank you!
Coming from a true twisted one, I'll take that advice to heart!
Very funny story. You have to be careful. Those genies have had a lot of time to think and can be tricky. Also, they build up anger sitting in there and I wouldn't want to be the one to release one of them.
Very humorous story. You have to be careful of genies. They're clever and build up anger sitting in those lamps. I wouldn't want to release one.
I call bullshit. My wish was not granted.
I always loved lamps too. I know a few people who say if they ever won the lotto they would build a room in their home full of just lamps. That might be going too far, but I think it shows how people just like pretty light.
And if every Genie gave you 2 new lamps... that's a lot of lamps.... great one.
I think there was an Arabian Nights story like that where the genie said the wish he would grant the person who found the lamp was the way he wanted to die. I think the guy wished for "by old age." Then again, I may be mixing that up with any one of the dozens of genies I've found.
Haha...you're a funny guy...cute story!
You and Anonymous were either separated at birth or are the same person. Or is one of my genies playing tricks on me?
Thanks, Libby! Frankly you're about the only one who looks to my blog altogether.
I can grant your wish, Jean Marie.
All right, it's more of my wish, but it's a wish nonetheless.
Wait a minute... I've just gotten the lamp with Barbara Eden! Barbara Eden at the age she is now, that is ...
Thank you, but I would prefer to be a cute guy with a funny story.
This is certainly a magical tale, Perry. I've never any wishes. Where do you get these lamps, hmm?
If I actually knew, think I'd be sitting here on the internet begging for comments from the Friday Fictioneers or off on the Via Veneto sipping champagne with Scarlett Johansson and counting my polo ponies? Sorry to burst any illusions ...
Hey Perry - good story and funny - Wouldn't that be great? Funny.
Wouldn't it be great? Who says it isn't real? I just now wished that you'd comment!
I always love your punchlines, Perry! Very nice.
Dawn/Tales From the Motherland
An eternal optimist! Nice story. I like a hero who doesn't give up until he gets his 3 wishes.
Another great story. I always love reading yours. So cute.
Thank you. If it isn't three, throw 'em back!
Well, you can only get warmed up with the first two. Thanks!
Thanks, and welcome back!
Haha! Well at least you found a number of Genies! One of those wishes must have been for more genies!
Thanks, Linda! Believe it or not, Pattisj (No. 69) had a very ingenious solution to the running out of wishes problem along the same lines as your comment. Check it out..
Hey I would gladly take two wishes!
OMG, of course I would as well. No 1: I'm rich. No 2: I'm in the record books. That's all you need!
Hey, I resemble that remark!
You know what they say, Perry, wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one makes the best candidate for a Charmin commercial.
That remark is just a little bit cuter than you. Not by much.
I wonder who remembers those old Charmin commercials. Also, how did you know I crap in one hand?
Loved the twist at the end!
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