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    A guy was in a cave, looking for treasure.  He found an old lamp, rubbed it, and a genie came out.  The genie said: "I will grant you three wishes, but your ex-wife will get double."  The man agreed, and said "I wish I had a mansion."  The genie granted it, and his ex-wife got two mansions.  The man said "I would like a million dollars."  The genie again granted his wish and his ex-wife got two million dollars.  Then the man said, "Scare me half to death." /ravi

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      A guy was in a cave, looking for treasure.  He found an old lamp, rubbed it, and a genie came out.  The genie said: "I will grant you three wishes, but your ex-wife will get double."  The man agreed, and said "I wish I had a mansion."  The genie granted it, and his ex-wife got two mansions.  The man said "I would like a million dollars."  The genie again granted his wish and his ex-wife got two million dollars.  Then the man said, "Scare me half to death." /ravi

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      Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

      Then the man said,

      [edit]I want a divorce where I have to give all my money and housing to my spouse.[/edit] Note the precise wording of "spouse". :) Marc

      Unit Testing Succinctly

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        A guy was in a cave, looking for treasure.  He found an old lamp, rubbed it, and a genie came out.  The genie said: "I will grant you three wishes, but your ex-wife will get double."  The man agreed, and said "I wish I had a mansion."  The genie granted it, and his ex-wife got two mansions.  The man said "I would like a million dollars."  The genie again granted his wish and his ex-wife got two million dollars.  Then the man said, "Scare me half to death." /ravi

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        Not terrible, but I think I would have opted for a more pleasant way to be pushed half way to being dead. Something not KSS. :-\ Soren Madsen

        "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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          Not terrible, but I think I would have opted for a more pleasant way to be pushed half way to being dead. Something not KSS. :-\ Soren Madsen

          "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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          Well, my alteration to the punchline at least leaves the wife alive. But what I can't figure out is, does the man end up with the 2 mansions and the $2 mil, or does the wife have to give him double of what she has, therefore $4M and 4 mansions. Still, seems like she ends up alive with 1 mansion and $1m. And I need to go to bed, this is absurd. Marc

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            Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

            Then the man said,

            [edit]I want a divorce where I have to give all my money and housing to my spouse.[/edit] Note the precise wording of "spouse". :) Marc

            Unit Testing Succinctly

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            SoMad
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            Hmmm, I am not sure you should leave too much up to interpretation. Those genies can be pretty unreliable... :-O Soren Madsen

            "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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              A guy was in a cave, looking for treasure.  He found an old lamp, rubbed it, and a genie came out.  The genie said: "I will grant you three wishes, but your ex-wife will get double."  The man agreed, and said "I wish I had a mansion."  The genie granted it, and his ex-wife got two mansions.  The man said "I would like a million dollars."  The genie again granted his wish and his ex-wife got two million dollars.  Then the man said, "Scare me half to death." /ravi

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              Nice one! Where did you say this cave was? :)

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                A guy was in a cave, looking for treasure.  He found an old lamp, rubbed it, and a genie came out.  The genie said: "I will grant you three wishes, but your ex-wife will get double."  The man agreed, and said "I wish I had a mansion."  The genie granted it, and his ex-wife got two mansions.  The man said "I would like a million dollars."  The genie again granted his wish and his ex-wife got two million dollars.  Then the man said, "Scare me half to death." /ravi

                My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                Rajesh R Subramanian
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                He should have asked for a 14 inch chocolate as the 3rd wish. :laugh: :laugh: [modified for KSS friendliness]

                "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                  Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                  Then the man said,

                  [edit]I want a divorce where I have to give all my money and housing to my spouse.[/edit] Note the precise wording of "spouse". :) Marc

                  Unit Testing Succinctly

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                  Rage
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                  [let's-ruin-the-joke-completely-by-commenting-it-as-if-it-mattered] Does not "ex-wife" imply he is already divorced ? [/let's-ruin-the-joke-completely-by-commenting-it-as-if-it-mattered]

                  ~RaGE();

                  I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                    [let's-ruin-the-joke-completely-by-commenting-it-as-if-it-mattered] Does not "ex-wife" imply he is already divorced ? [/let's-ruin-the-joke-completely-by-commenting-it-as-if-it-mattered]

                    ~RaGE();

                    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                    Ah, that explains "ex-lax".

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                    • M Marc Clifton

                      Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                      Then the man said,

                      [edit]I want a divorce where I have to give all my money and housing to my spouse.[/edit] Note the precise wording of "spouse". :) Marc

                      Unit Testing Succinctly

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                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                      Note the precise wording of "spouse". :)

                      Along those lines, I had been thinking -- "I'd like my ex-spouse to get a million dollars" etc.

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