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At least SOME people believe you exist!
People just rub me the wrong way.
“It’s always the same thing: ‘can I wish for more wishes?’ Greedy bastards.”
Too many places have “no smoking” rules.
Sometimes I, I just feel trapped…
“I feel alienat…um, nevermind”
It’s the Economy, not you.
Listen, you think you have problems. I have problems. Everyone thinks I came out of a Cracker Jack box!
Mom was a nymph and dad drank.
Hmmmmm. The Friday New York Times is always the toughest. Lets see….one down, a five letter word for a supernatural creature that does one’s bidding when summoned.
You have no idea, what it’s like when nobody thinks you’re for real!
Oh come on doc, what do you know about time travel?
would you grant me another hour in exchange for a wish?
Hmmmmmmm, I see, and why is a little claustrophobia such serious problem for you?
Rubbing without feeling the love is getting to me.
THE ALIEN RUBBED THE GENIE THE WRONG WAY.
Is that degree even real? It looks like crayon!
Doc, those drugs you gave me have me feeling a little hazy.
I get out of my bottle and I just FREAK OUT! What is the opposite of claustrophobia? That’s me.
how am I supposed to keep a girlfriend when all I have is a cloud penis.
” and she said, lets go back to your place…Well what the hell do I do with that?”
You’re supposed to be helping me. Can you put down the takeout menu?
I couldn’t find a parking spot. Your ship takes up the whole North end of the parking lot. So my carpet is in the handicapped spot.
why are you dressed like an alien Dr. Smith?
Addicted to what? I don’t have problem! I only smoke at parties.
YOU try picking up girls without a lower body.
I just can’t seem to run away from my problems.
So, Dr. Cletus, why have I never heard of Orion State school?
Why is that paper from my file titled “Dr’s wish list?”
Look pal you get three wishes:
new shoes, new suit, doctorate in psychiatry. Three is what you asked for and three is what you got. If you wanted a human head you shouldn’t have wished for the shoes.
I don’t know, Doc, some people just rub me the wrong way.
O.K., my flying carpet versus your alien space craft in the quarter mile. We’re racing for pink slips.
Listen Doc, I would suggest this for your three wishes, do something about your head, get a new suit and wish for a legitimate diploma.
“…and how often would you say he touched you inappropriately?”
“I don’t think you should be probing anything other than my mind, DOC!!!
“Please help me Doc,I think i`m a Puff.”
Horrible memories resurfaced as soon as the doctor scooted his chair closer.
No one on earth could cure the Genie’s fear of vacuums.
I know I agreed to go to the reunion but I’m having second thoughts. I don’t think you understand how embarrassing it is to be the only one in your family with an aversion to having your lamp touched!
I dream of? Oh hell no! It’s more like I have nightmares of! They promised the part to me and then they went and gave it to some actress! A HUMAN! She’s not bad looking but come on! She’s NOT a real genie!
IT SUCKS BEING TRAPED HERE IN OBAMAS IMAGINATION WITH GLOBEL WARMING AND A STRONG ECONOMY
No, I DON’T feel bad about what happened! Just like gremlins, it’s not MY fault I have a bad reaction to getting wet! Stupid people don’t even know the difference between smoke and mist!
I like to be rubbed…
“So, Doc, how do YOU deal with the fact that no one believes you really exist?”
Begining to doubt his own existence, Genie decided to seek Zorthons personal insight and counsel.
So when did you first question your own existence?
This three wishes thing is starting to get to me. I mean I can do “a pony” with no problem but how do they expect me to “fix the economy”?
“Nobody ever asks what I wish for!”
“No my case notes aren`t written in Latin-you`ve got them upside down.”
You have some very kinky wishes…
AND Hell no to the Patient Doctor fantasy…..
I mean seriously, what can you plug in those outlets?
What about my wishes?
“So you’re upset Aladdin made you a typecast actor… Big deal, look what Signs has done to me.”
“Don’t be frightened, I really am an alien.”
Doc, You just don’t understand, people think I look funny, I dress funny and my friends just use me because I can get them stuff.
“Anymore I am feeling very alienated, if you know what I mean.”
“I wish for a turkey club on rye hold the mayonnaise”
“I`m tired and stressed out,my new owner has Obsessive Polishing Disorder.”
“Any thought on why every wish I grant goes alien?”
“I really don’t think 3 wishes are going to help you.”
“Here’s a thought. Wish for hair.”
This was my mother and father’s wish; I wanted to sell antiques.
So, you say the number three keeps turning up?
You think you are a genie and that I am an alien psychologist with a fake diploma…I believe you will need many years of therapy.
“Hmm… If I get a side of fries with my sandwich, does that count as one wish or two?”
I just always feel like I am trapped in space.
So. . I’ll show you my lamp if you’ll show me yours.
1.) “Someone rubs the lamp…I appear…then they just look at me, like I’m from OUTER SPACE or something”
2.) ” It’s hard being attached to home all the time…at least all YOU have to do is ‘PHONE HOME’ every now and then.”
3.) ” You don’t know what it’s like to not be popular…when’s the last time you’ve heard of somebody reporting a GENIE SIGHTING?”
I want a piece of the bailout too…
They rub your what???
So let me get this straight, there are creatures on a planet called Earth…they steal your home…rub it…and you do what ever they wish…three times. I think we need to set up more sessions.
No, I’m not going to make my lower half solid. I know what you guys do with those probes.
People just don’t seem to understand what it’s like to live in a lamp for years and years… I mean, it’s not like living in a saucer, flying around all day.
… And that’s when I decided I’d go see a specialist that can relate to being compared to a role played by Robin Williams. Thank you, doctor Mork.
Loneliness, irregular hours, unreasonable demands. I see that you’re suffering from some job dissatisfaction.
So you’re only here because someone wished you here? How does that make you feel?
.. and then this mysterious glowing creature came out of a ship with probe in hand. That’s all I remember.