After several weeks at sea, a Naval vessel finally moors for some long overdue liberty and as is customary, every sailor aboard hit shore like starving lions with a pocket full of pay. After a week of liberty, a Third Class Petty Officer (PO3-E4) returns to base with his last few dollars and decides to stop at the enlisted mans club for one last beer before returning to the ship broke.
As he approaches the bartender, the PO3 notices a one-foot tall man on the bar playing brilliantly on a comparable sized piano. The young sailor asks the bartender, "Where the hell did you find this little ivory pounder anyway?"
The barkeep replies "Oh, a Marine Corporal stopped in on his way back to the States from Iraq and talked me into buying a magic lamp he found. The only problem is the Genie inside is hard of hearing and will only grant one wish so I made my wish and tossed the lamp out back in the dumpster."
The Petty Officer asks, "Do you mind if I get the lamp and give it a try?"
The bartender replies, "I don't recommend it, but you do what you want." The PO3 goes back to the dumpster, finds the lamp, rubs it, and out pops a Genie.
The Genie says "For freeing me from the lamp I will grant you one wish." The
PO3 says, "I wish for a million bucks!" Suddenly overhead the sky darkens and the air is filled with deafening flapping and quacking sounds as a million ducks circle looking for a place to land.
The PO3 goes back into the bar disappointed and says to the bartender, "you weren't kidding about that Genie. I wished for a million bucks and instead got a million ducks!"
The bartender replied, "Well, you don't really think I wished for a 12 inch Pianist, do you?"
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