“Three wishes each?” one of them asked.
“No,” the Genie replied. “Three wishes in total. You can decide how to split them, but it’s only three wishes. And you can’t wish for someone else, the wish has to be applied to yourself only.”
After some discussion, they all agreed that the fairest way to proceed was for each of them to make one wish.
The first one wished to be immortal. The Genie nodded, but before granting the wish, the second friend interrupted, saying, “WAIT! I know how this works. He’ll make you immortal, but you’ll keep ageing. After 100 years, you’ll be a vegetable, unable to move, fully aware that you’ll be stuck like that for all eternity.”
The first guy raised his hand. “Excuse me, can I change my wish?”
“OK,” said the Genie. “You can swap. What do you want?”
“I don’t want to get old. I want to be young and healthy forever.”
The Genie replied, “Are you sure? You could still die if you have an accident.”
“Yes, I understand, but at least I won’t get sick or old.”
“OK.”
The second guy said, “I want that too, young and healthy forever.”
The Genie nodded. “Alright.”
Then he turned to the third guy. “And what about you? Do you want the same?”
The third guy shook his head. “No. You know when you take a crap, and it comes out quick, clean, and easy? And then when you go to wipe, you realize it’s already clean? I want every single one of my shits to be like that for the rest of my life.”
The other two friends looked at each other and raised their hands.