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who would serve the servants? (someone was saying something about a paradox?)Adrian Baker said:
What Would Be Your Ultimate Wish?
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Discussion Overview
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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Moonbear would!
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Hey, you! I've already claimed her!brewnog said:
Just daisy-chain the rest of them, so the last servant serves the first one.
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Danger said:
Nah, I think we should give Moonbear a Herculean number of tasks. She's busy enough just chasing Artman, it'll be funny to watch those veins start popping out of her head...
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I'd wish for a new country to be made just south-west of Britain where all my favourite books and films and stuff really existed. The town where the Goonies live would be there, and Shermer, Illinois, and Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect would live there and they'd take me on trips in the Heart of Gold and I could go on lots of adventures with Don Quixote, I'd be the best.
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icvotria said:
Yeahhh! Rivendell is there too, and you can play tennis against Fearne Cotton off CBBC.
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And Weezer sing you to sleep at night and every morning Jeeves wakes you with a pot of tea and a bacon sandwich with lots of ketchup.
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icvotria said:
Yeah!
And there's no traffic, except me tootling around in my TVR. And there's only 3 kinds of weather: Bright, warm & breezy, snowy, and thunderstorms! And twice a week, the female members of S-Club (minus Jo, she got the flo!) come to give me and Danger a back rub.
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money. lots and lots of money.
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Yay! And Stephen Fry would live next door and he'd read stories and be funny on request, and Cap'n Jack Sparrow would live across the street in a rum distillery, and there'd be towns where whenever you entered a room a 'live studio audience' would cheer and when you said something funny they'd laugh, and other towns where people would spontaneously start dancing and singing en masse every seven and a half minutes. This is fun, I hope I meet a genie.brewnog said:
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I would wish to know the last digit of pi; just to see if the universe ends. 
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I control the thermostat, but I will make you my "moon cookies"...two ritz crackers with peanut butter between them, dipped in white chocolate. If you like the white reeses, you'll love these. It's the Evo child's favorite treat.Echo 6 Sierra said:
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I'll have to make some sometime. They sound really good.
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