A rich Saudi Prince became enamored with Land Speed Racing. He decided that he wanted a faaaaast two-wheeler and a faaaaaaster four-wheeler.
Being a patriot, though, he wanted his LSR shop to be in Saudi Arabia and his vehicles to be built in his shop, so he hired one of the best bike builders and one of the best car builders to help him set up his shop and get started on the vehicles. As an afterthought, he hired a well-known LSR website guy to set up a website to document his builds.
When the bike and car guys had all of the necessary tools and parts collected, the Prince sent his private 747 to carry the cargo and the two car builders and the website guy to Saudi Arabia.
The plane was opulent and our three heroes were the only passengers, so the flight was VERY pleasant.
After many hours of flight, the 747 began its descent for landing. Suddenly the jet lost all power and began spinning out of control. At the last second, the pilot was able to get enough control to make a crash landing. Unfortunately, the only survivors were the three Americans.
Now the bike builder got his start riding bikes in the desert, so he took charge of the group. After collecting enough food and water to survive the trek to civilization, our heroes set out across the desert.
On the third day of their trek, the car builder tripped on something and fell on his face in the sand. A quick examination showed that he had tripped on a brass lantern. Now he was a pretty smart guy and recognized the lantern for what it was, so he began polishing it with his shirt tail.
POOF! Out popped a genie!!!
“Well, now,” said the genie. “Normally I grant three wishes to the person who frees me from the lantern, but, since there are three of you, I’ll grant each of you one wish.” Turning to the car builder, he asked, “What is your wish?”
“I wish I was in my red roadster cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway as the sun is setting.” And, POOF! he was gone.
The genie turned to the bike builder. “I wish I was riding one of my motorcycles across a Southern California desert.” And POOF! he was gone.
The genie then turned to the website guy and asked the usual question. “Gee,” said the website guy, “I’m lonely. I wish they were back.”
Mike