What Would Be Your Ultimate Wish?

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The thread explores various whimsical and imaginative wishes that participants would make if granted a single wish. The discussion includes a range of topics from humorous and fantastical wishes to more serious desires for happiness and peace of mind.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest humorous wishes, such as free cheese for everyone, while others raise concerns about lactose intolerance.
  • A participant proposes wisdom as a wish, contingent on another's behavior regarding temperature control.
  • Several participants express desires for happiness, with one noting that health is a key factor in achieving happiness.
  • One participant wishes to know what the universe looks like, while another expresses fear of making a wish due to potential unintended consequences.
  • There are references to pop culture, including the X-Files and The Simpsons, to illustrate the complexities of wishing.
  • Some participants discuss the idea of omnipotence or the ability to do anything, acknowledging potential paradoxes involved.
  • A wish for everyone to have a personal servant is proposed, leading to humorous exchanges about the implications of such a wish.
  • Another participant wishes for a new country where fictional characters and settings from beloved books and films exist, highlighting a desire for adventure and escapism.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a variety of wishes, with no consensus on what the "best" wish would be. The discussion remains playful and speculative, with multiple competing views on the nature and implications of wishes.

Contextual Notes

Some wishes raise questions about practicality and potential paradoxes, such as the implications of having personal servants or the nature of wishes in general.

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What would that wish be.

You can't say, i'd wish for infinite wishes either
 
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Free cheese for everybody.
 
HOORAY THEN!

What about the lactose intolerants
 
We'll implant the nessesary bacteria into their rectum.
 
That bacteria would turn to yogurt.


like, duh
 
That's milk, not sh*t
 
Dude, No.

Just quit.

Make your wish, pinochio
 
Wisdom...unless Evo decides she can loosen her grip on the thermostat. :!) If all else fails, a lifetime supply of white chocolate Reeses peanut butter cups.
 
ooooh yummm, chocolate lover?
 
  • #10
Happiness to all people.
I don't know what can make others happy but I think if I was health,I would be happy coz I can plan for my future :cry: but I know it's possible to be happy even with sickness and other problems.and sometimes you have everything but you can't be happy.
 
  • #11
To be happy.
 
  • #12
A free life-time subscription to PF.

Is that enough brown-nosing for you, Evo?
 
  • #13
If I had one wish , I would like to know what universe looks like.

And If I was granted some more wishes,I would tell the bastard that infinite wishes not allowed..!
 
  • #14
I think I'd be too afraid to make a wish and I'd tell the genie to take a hike. :bugeye: One doesn't grow up playing a lot of D&D without realizing almost any wish, no matter how carefully worded, can be corrupted horribly. For example, if I asked for a lifetime supply of chocolate (*not* white chocolate), the genie would probably hand me a candy bar. When I protested, 'hey! I said a lifetime supply,' he would inevitably respond with 'yep, that's all you'll need.' :devil:

I did find that episode of the X-Files where Mulder got 3 wishes to be pretty funny. IIRC, he made a wish for world peace and everyone in the world disappeared. The (female) genie rattling on about 'you're not going to ask for a huge member are you? I get so tired of that one' was hilarious too.
 
  • #15
Zygotic Embryo said:
ooooh yummm, chocolate lover?
Not really, its just that particular combo that makes those little doo-dads taste so good!
 
  • #16
Grogs said:
I did find that episode of the X-Files where Mulder got 3 wishes to be pretty funny. IIRC, he made a wish for world peace and everyone in the world disappeared. The (female) genie rattling on about 'you're not going to ask for a huge member are you? I get so tired of that one' was hilarious too.
YEAH! and when the dude was thinking about a wish and the genie was nodding at his brother in the wheelchair like, HELLO!, and he said a gold wheelchair! DOH! Took invisibility instead and got whacked by a bus.
 
  • #17
Echo 6 Sierra said:
YEAH! and when the dude was thinking about a wish and the genie was nodding at his brother in the wheelchair like, HELLO!, and he said a gold wheelchair! DOH! Took invisibility instead and got whacked by a bus.

I forgot all about the 2 brothers! That part was hilarious. I need to find that episode and watch it again.
 
  • #18
Grogs said:
One doesn't grow up playing a lot of D&D without realizing almost any wish, no matter how carefully worded, can be corrupted horribly.
Can and will be.
 
  • #19
I'd wish for for the Ultimate Answer to "Life, the Universe, and Everything" really to be 42.
 
  • #20
Reminds me of the old joke where there's an Irishman sat at the bar in his local. A leprechaun appears in front of him, and after a brief introduction says that he can grant the old man one wish. Paddy is stumped, and peering into his drink, decides he likes nothing more than a few quiet pints in the pub, so says "well, oi'll 'ave a never ending point o' Guinness!" The leprechaun grants the old man's wish. Sure enough, the old man downed his drink, and as he put the glass back on the table it instantly filled itself up again! The leprechaun says "well Paddy, seeing as that was such an easy wish to grant, I'll let you have one more wish". The old man thinks about it for a moment, and then goes "Ooh, oi'll 'ave the same again thanks!"
 
  • #21
i'm reminded of the simpsons halloween episode with the monkey paw... Lisa asks for world peace, so everyone gets rid of their weapons, and then aliens attack. homer even asked for just a good turkey sandwhich... but the turkey was a little dry! i found that pretty hilarious...


Anyways, if i had one wish... hmm... i think i'd ask for time to just chill while i decided what the best wish would be... i guess when i finally realized the one thing i wished for, time'd go back to normal, and really nothing would've changed since i already used my wish... but it'd be cool to have a lot of time to just think about it...
 
  • #22
I'd wish to ba able to do anything. Then we could do all the crap you're all talking about plus anything else. but if you think about it, there are some paradoxes involved
 
  • #23
yomamma said:
if you think about it, there are some paradoxes involved
Even if you don't.


Sorry... you guys haven't been giving me much to work with here. :redface:
 
  • #24
Danger said:
Sorry... you guys haven't been giving me much to work with here. :redface:

Ok, here goes.. I think everyone in the world should have their own personal servant.
 
  • #25
Adrian Baker said:
Ok, here goes.. I think everyone in the world should have their own personal servant.

Hmm, can't see any problems with that one...

Bagsee Evo be my personal servant.
 
  • #26
Adrian Baker said:
Ok, here goes.. I think everyone in the world should have their own personal servant.
Well now... I would appear to have my choice of which one to pick on, with the exception of Evo who has already been claimed by the insidiously quick Brewnog. It's tough to choose, but I'll take Moonbear because she's so focused on catching Artman that she probably won't notice. :biggrin:

Thanks, Adrian.
 
  • #27
Danger, why do you want a slave (urrrm, servant) that's permanently occupied doing things which aren't bringing you grapes, beer, and giving you spongebaths?
 
  • #28
brewnog said:
Danger, why do you want a slave (urrrm, servant) that's permanently occupied doing things which aren't bringing you grapes, beer, and giving you spongebaths?
Check her post rate. She can't spend that much time working. Besides, she still owes me for the electric bra even if she has discarded it for the summer.
 
  • #29
I'd wish for peace of mind. Or maybe I would wish that nobody would get any wishes without having to earn them first. No sense in mucking up the world needlessly.
 
  • #30
omnipotence
 

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