...and if you think about it, the bottle she lived in was much like a submarine; cramped, cosy, secure, safe, and far away from the rest of the world.
What we all really want is to be sequestered away with a beautiful woman, one who will grant any wish, with nothing more than a blink. And how many of us struggled with the barely suppressed amazement that Major Nelson was such an indifferent dope to her? I wanted to slap him around and say, "Wake up, knucklehead! This is
better than being an astronaut!"
You know, this could be a real significant psychological find--a generation of men who became interested in submarines from watching I Dream of Jeannie.
Jeannie Syndrome: Our interest in submarines stems from the subconscious desire to plunge into the depths of wish-fulfillment....