# Corrupted Wish **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 4, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724 "2012-02-04T03:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/41 "2012-02-05T20:01:53Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I wish I could figure out what’s going wrong with the jailbreaking of my Apple TV. A hundred Apple lawyers will descend on your house to explain it to you at length. I wish I could sing better. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/42 "2012-02-05T20:34:28Z")
You’re now a lovely soprano. I wish I could read minds. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/43 "2012-02-05T20:36:13Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > You’re now a lovely soprano. > > I wish I could read minds. You’re reading all 7 billion at once. I wish I had perfect eyesight. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/44 "2012-02-05T20:39:32Z")
Done! You can see everything within five miles of you, in every direction, even when you close your eyes or try to sleep. Your mind soon shuts down from overstimulation. I wish I had a hot and delicious bacon cheeseburger sitting right here in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/45 "2012-02-05T20:41:08Z")
I’m _already_ a lovely soprano! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/46 "2012-02-05T20:45:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Done! You can see everything within five miles of you, in every direction, even when you close your eyes or try to sleep. Your mind soon shuts down from overstimulation. > > I wish I had a hot and delicious bacon cheeseburger sitting right here in front of me. Granted! It’s being eaten by your jailer, who is on the other side of the bars. I wish I was 25 and thin again. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/47 "2012-02-05T20:58:34Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > I wish I was 25 and thin again. Nice to meet you, Leslie Carter. I wish I had a copy of _Action Comics_ #1. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/48 "2012-02-05T21:07:44Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Nice to meet you, Leslie Carter. > > I wish I had a copy of _Action Comics_ #1. No problem. It’s June 1938 and you’re 5 years old. I want one each of every issue of Mad Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/49 "2012-02-05T21:39:01Z")
Done - they’re spread out around you in an impressively colorful array. Too bad you’re in the middle of a prairie during a driving rainstorm with no umbrella. I wish everyone recognized my genius and sex appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/50 "2012-02-05T21:54:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I wish everyone recognized my genius and sex appeal. We already do, such as they are. I wish Montreal winters were milder. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/51 "2012-02-05T22:00:25Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > We already do, such as they are. > > I wish Montreal winters were milder. I and global warming are in a position to grant this one! I wish that the perversion of this wish were funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/52 "2012-02-05T23:21:28Z")
The Joker promises you it’ll be the greatest laugh you ever have. And, of course, the last. I wish I didn’t have to go to work tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/53 "2012-02-06T00:36:22Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Joker promises you it’ll be the greatest laugh you ever have. And, of course, the last. > > I wish I didn’t have to go to work tomorrow. Granted! You now miss out on paying $2 for your share of the office lottery syndicate, which goes on to win the multi-million dollar Jackpot. I wish I was good enough at poker that I could play it professionally. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/54 "2012-02-06T00:39:51Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > Granted! You now miss out on paying $2 for your share of the office lottery syndicate, which goes on to win the multi-million dollar Jackpot. > > I wish I was good enough at poker that I could play it professionally. You have lost all facial mobility. How you’re going to eat and drink, I don’t know. I wish I had a elm tree in the backyard. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/55 "2012-02-06T02:56:42Z")
You now have an elm tree in your backyard. It’s beautiful, and it’s _enormous_. Too bad about that big windstorm that’s gonna knock it down on your house next week. I wish I hadn’t seen the worst movie I’ve ever seen, _Liquid Sky_, in college. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/56 "2012-02-06T03:10:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You now have an elm tree in your backyard. It’s beautiful, and it’s _enormous_. Too bad about that big windstorm that’s gonna knock it down on your house next week. > > I wish I hadn’t seen the worst movie I’ve ever seen, _Liquid Sky_, in college. You never graduated high school and with your dead-end minimum wage job, you have no money for movies. I wish I had a treeproof roof. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/57 "2012-02-06T03:18:46Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You never graduated high school and with your dead-end minimum wage job, you have no money for movies. > > I wish I had a treeproof roof. 😉 Your new home in Antarctica comes with a lifetime guarantee that no trees will ever destroy the roof! I wish my house would clean itself. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/58 "2012-02-06T03:53:17Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Your new home in Antarctica comes with a lifetime guarantee that no trees will ever destroy the roof! > > I wish my house would clean itself. It throws out every single thing you own in its zealous cleaning effort, then strips the paint off the walls and the finish from the floor and keeps going until it disappears entirely. I wish that everyone in the world had all the money they needed to live a decent middle-class life. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/59 "2012-02-06T04:11:49Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > It throws out every single thing you own in its zealous cleaning effort, then strips the paint off the walls and the finish from the floor and keeps going until it disappears entirely. > > I wish that everyone in the world had all the money they needed to live a decent middle-class life. Middle class Masai, I’m on it. I wish I lived in the most miserable place on earth. (Remember, you have to corrupt it.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724/60 "2012-02-06T04:35:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I wish I lived in the most miserable place on earth. (Remember, you have to corrupt it.) Every place you stop and settle down in is struck by blight and disaster. And everyone knows about your wish and is aware of the consequences if you stop in their town. I wish the Patriots had won the Superbowl today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrupted-wish/611724.md?page=4)