"Hello 'Mind Control Helpline'." Said the chirpy female voice on the end of the line.
"Umm, hi." Said Carl, "I think I need a bit of assistance."
"I See, and what seems to be the problem sir?"
"Well this morning I went to this old flea market and there was an oil lamp for sale. It didn't look anything special but for some reason I felt compelled to buy it and well..."
"Yes?"
"Well... I think I may have... well you see... umm the thing is... I was on the way home and stopped off at a bar to use the gents. Now normally I would use the urinal, but well, because I had a bag full of stuff from the flea market I had to use a cubicle you see and this meant that I had to hang the bag up on the little hook they have on the door ..."
"Is this going anywhere sir?"
"Oh yes, sorry I tend to waffle on when I am panicking. But anyway, the lamp fell out of the bag onto the floor so I picked it up and gave it a quick wipe with some toilet paper and then poof! A genie appeared out of nowhere."
"A genie sir?"
"Yes a genie. With blue skin, big moustache, turban and everything. He offered me three wishes, told me I could have anything I wanted for freeing him. Of course I didn't believe him, well you wouldn't would you? Not with a moustache like that, but just in case I decided to test him and so wished that I was a multi-billionaire and super powerful and famous.
"He clicked his fingers and suddenly my t-shirt and jeans had turned into an Armani suit and when I went outside my Volvo estate had become a Bugatti Veyron. It was amazing. I drove home according to my Sat-Nav and found my wife waiting for me in the most amazing mansion I have ever seen."
"Well that doesn't seem to be a problem, if you ask me sir. Congratulations."
"No no... that wasn't the problem. The problem was with my second wish."
"Which was..."
"I kind of wished that my wife could be a bit more like the women of my fantasies."