That was in Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves by Alan Dean Foster. I wanted to post it but it would be a copyright violation.
> I heard a version where he wished for all the sex a man could possibly handle > without dying... > > ;-) > > > A djinn once appeared to a man and offered him 3 wishes. He also said for each > > wish he made, his worst enemy would get the same but doubled. > > The man quickly wished for a million dollars, a harem of loving wenches and to > > lose one of his balls. > > > > > BTW Murphy's Law has been mis-quoted all these years. > > > > > > It isn't "anything that can go wrong will go wrong". > > > > > > It was something like "if two outcomes can obtain in a particular situation, > > > the one which will obtain is the less desirable of the two". > > > > > > So, it might be that out of two GOOD results, the one you get is the less > > good. > > > (Which isn't necessarily bad <g>.) > > > > > > But, yes, both ways of expressing it are pessimistic... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
