# If wishes were horses, beggers would ride. Whats your wish? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085 "2002-07-15T17:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/1 "2002-07-15T17:38:26Z")
I wish I would finally become a responsible adult financially. ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/2 "2002-07-15T17:44:07Z")
I wish Southampton Football Club would actually win something. ☹ egg ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/3 "2002-07-15T17:53:28Z")
I wish I had my own helicopter, so I wouldn’t have to rent and I could fly it any time I wanted without having to schedule. (And as long as I’m wishing, I may as well make it a Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk – although I’d settle for a AH-1, UH-1, LongRanger, JetRanger, Schweizer 300CB, TH-55, Robinson R-44 or Robinson R-22.) ---
**Author:** ![odd-socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/4 "2002-07-15T18:03:38Z")
… I knew how a friend was doing:last time we spoke was in January. ☹ …that my uncle will be ok. … that tomorrow goes well. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/5 "2002-07-15T18:24:52Z")
I wish that my family and I find a way out of this scary, troubling economic time in a way that keeps us focused on the right priorities (family first) and enables a greater sense of security. This isn’t time for cute wishes, for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/6 "2002-07-15T18:49:43Z")
I get a wish, huh? Okay…I’ll take **Omnipotence!** That will do just fine. When I get it, I’ll give you all your wishes, too. I’m a big guy that way, you know. * * * There is nothing “secret” or “special” about 1,000 Island dressing. ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/7 "2002-07-15T19:02:08Z")
No need to post mine. **gatopescado** will know once he receives his omnipotence. Okay, okay. I want laser eyes. There. Happy? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/8 "2002-07-15T19:41:19Z")
I wish for a cheese sandwich! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/9 "2002-07-15T19:54:16Z")
I wish for peace on earth and the brotherhood of man… _No, wait!_ A talking monkey! ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/10 "2002-07-15T20:09:20Z")
I want to be Independently Wealthly. To be able to spend my days as I wish, playing with my son, reading my books, learning new things, traveling the globe–and to never worry about who’s going to pay the electric bill. That’d be my wish. Not very original, I know–but I think it’d be worth being called unimaginative if it meant I’d never have to schlep my dead ass to work again. bella ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/11 "2002-07-15T20:36:58Z")
I wish that some of my relatives would come back from the dead, but not all of them necessarily, because I’m just not equipped for a party that big. But a few could be fun. And I’d probably make some cheese sandwiches, **Uke** , so you can come too if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/12 "2002-07-15T20:49:11Z")
I want a kitten. A cute, cuddly, lovable ball of joy that mewls so adorably and loves me and I’ll call her ‘Fuzzles’. Better yet, I’d like a bunch of pens. Dip pen, with a variety of nibs - they better be made of a precious metal, too, or I’m taking names and kicking butts. Lifetime supply of ink of various colors. A few brush pens, too, if you don’t mind. Maybe a quill or two, just for the nice retro look. ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/13 "2002-07-15T21:42:10Z")
I wish for unlimited wishes. Oh, not allowed? Well, rats. How about a million dollars? I’d buy a green dress–but not a real green dress 'cause that’s cruel. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/14 "2002-07-15T22:26:50Z")
If beggars were choosers, then horses would ride. Ride what? Harleys? If you get a chigger, apply a cotton swab soaked in whiskey. Chiggers can’t be boozers, so the critter will back out. –Nott ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/15 "2002-07-15T23:14:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Creaky \* > \*\*I’d probably make some cheese sandwiches, **Uke** , so you can come too if you want. \*\* Hot damn! My wish came true! Thanks for starting this thread, **Goph** , and sharing your magical powers! I’ll bet the talking monkey is jumpin’ up and down on \*\*DAVE’\*\*s head and reciting the Gettysburg Address by now! ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/16 "2002-07-15T23:29:55Z")
Yeah Yeah! I take mine back! I want a Talking Monkey Butler! But he _better_ be polite or I’ll kill him _GOOD_!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/17 "2002-07-16T01:32:00Z")
I want a million dollars and a elephant and a little monkey that sits on my desk and does all my writing for me. And a wetbar at work. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/18 "2002-07-16T03:41:29Z")
I wish my wife’s vision would revert to what it had been when we first met and that her arthritis and the diabetic neuropathy in her legs would go away. Not as altruistic a wish as it first appears - being legally blind & unable to walk more than fifty feet unaided has complicated **both** our lives. And if I can’t have that, I’d like to be independently wealthy. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/19 "2002-07-16T03:50:25Z")
That I had enough money to cover my bills every month, money beyond that to buy a few DVDs and books each month, and a man who won’t leave me in a shitty way over my MS. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-wishes-were-horses-beggers-would-ride-whats-your-wish/119085/20 "2002-07-16T04:13:19Z")
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