A man buys an old looking brass lamp he finds whilst rummaging through a secondhand shop.
When he gets home he starts cleaning the lamp and genie pops out of the lamp. The genie exclaims that the man can have one wish in return for freeing the genie from the lamp.
The man thinks for a long time and eventually says that he has decided on the wish “I wish there was a bridge from the UK to USA, so I can drive to America”.
The genie pauses and then asks the man are you sure that’s what you want, you wouldn’t rather be rich or famous? It’s only that building a bridge from the UK to the USA is a big ask, think of all the concrete, steel, tarmac etc. not to mention that everyone will notice a bridge magically appearing, is there really nothing else you would rather have?
The man thinks for an even longer time and eventually states, okay if the bridge from the UK to the USA is going to be that much of a problem, I do have one other wish “I wish I understood how women think”.
With no hesitation the genie says “How many lanes do you want on your bridge” ???