I'll try you on this one... Stick with it.

Two Prawns lived in the Pacific. They spent all their life growing up together, avoiding the usual dangers of living beneath the sea. The two Prawns were called Christian and Mark, they done everything together. I don’t know if you know much about Prawns but they lead a very boring life. Christian and Mark had other ideas. There life was full of excitement. They gate-crashed parties, took drugs and drank like sailors.

The only problems the two would have was from the Tuna fish. For some reason the Tuna who lived near to Christian and Mark loved to eat prawns. Every night, whether they were going home from the pub or home from a party, they would have to defend themselves from the bully Tuna fish.

One night on their way home from an 'all-nighter', a very ferocious Tuna came very close to catching and eating the two friends. After recovering from the shock the prawns found a bottle. Mark managed to open the bottle and free a Genie who was so pleased to be free from his prison of 2000 years he granted him 2 wishes.

Without a thought he said “I would like to be a Shark, so I can eat all the tuna fish that had been terrorising all the local prawns".

As soon as he said it he was turned in to a Great White. Christian was terrified. He dug himself under a large coral. Mark was gone in a flash, hunting for anything, tuna, prawns, anything.

Weeks passed Christian was all alone, surviving only by chance. He wouldn’t go home fearing that Mark knew where he lived and would come and eat him. He wouldn’t answer his mobile phone thinking Christian would try and lure him away from his safe hideaway.

After two months Christian finally plucked up the courage to answer his phone, sure enough it was Mark. He told Christian how much fun he was having chasing and eating all the other prawns and tuna. But how he missed his best friend. Christian refused to meet him, and did so for the next few months until one day Mark rang again sounding very pleased with himself. “ You’ll have to come and meet me now,” he said. “You’ll never guess what,” he continued, “I’ve used up my second wish and I’m now a Prawn again Christian”.

-- Anonymous, June 07, 2001

Answers

Oh God!

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Arrrrggghhhhh!!! Pttewweeeee!!!

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

GaRCie, you'd better be in a part of the world where it's 2 minutes to closing time, cos to come out with one of that calibre first thing in the morning smacks of complete disregard for the mental well being of the whole human race. Keep taking the tablets. :-))

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Pur-!lease

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

After that one, I'd put GaRCie in the category of those people who cough in their trousers and then walk away. :-))

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Have I missed something? Or more to the point have Garcie forgot the punch line?

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

You'll never live this down Rik, you heathen. :-))

Sounds like 'bawn'.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Aye well, just reminding everyone how thick I am.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Thanks Rik. Brought a bigger smile than the first one.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001