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Three women were out in a boat fishing when one of them hooked
a merman.
"Please let me go, and I'll grant each of you a wish," he said.
The first woman didn't believe it was a real merman at all, and
figured it was just some guy playing a joke. So she asked to
have her I.Q. doubled.
"Done." said the merman.
The woman then began quoting Shakespere and other great literary
figures from memory and commenting upon them. This so impressed
the second woman that she asked to have her I.Q. tripled.
"Done." said the merman.
The second woman suddenly had insight into the unsolved problems
of mathematics and physics, and began writing equations furiously
on a notepad she had in her purse. The third woman was so very
impressed that she asked the merman to quintuple her I.Q.
"Normally I don't try to talk people out of their wishes, but
what you ask for is extremely dangerous. Do you realize just how
much that could alter your life and your very perception of the
world?" asked the merman. The woman was insistent. "I really
urge you to reconsider," said the merman "I don't think you've
really though about what could happen to you if I grant this
wish."
No matter how hard the merman tried to reason with her, the
third woman kept on insisting on five times her current I.Q.
if the merman was to be released. Finally, the merman gave
in.
"Done." said the merman "You are now a man."
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