The Brass Bottle

King Solomon did not have 1000 wives as quoted by the genie.

According to the Bible, 300 of them were only concubines, making his wife total actually 700.

- PLOTIf the genie can place thoughts in peoples' minds, why could he not have placed the ideas in King Solomon's mind to allow him to marry the woman of his dreams and not to imprison him in the bottle in the first place? Since there is a clear gap between the elephant calf and the parked cars, why can the traffic cops simply drive their motorcycles around it and continue pursuing Harold and the genie? As the genie moves the fire hydrant, why is there a delay in the high pressure water spouting up? - PLOTIf the genie can see into the future to see stock prices, why can he not see the consequences of his own actions and the trouble he will and them both in with the Securities and Exchange Commission for his own dealings on the stock markets?.