# If you had three wishes... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274 "2005-10-08T02:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/21 "2005-10-10T05:38:11Z")
Three wishes, that’s hard. I wish I had more time to think about my choices… Damn! I wish I hadn’t wasted that wish like that. Damn! Ok, ok. I wish to start over… ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/22 "2005-10-10T08:17:36Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > and World Peace had been acheived, Hunger Abolished, and Equal Pay for Equal Work a fact of life, > what would you wish for? > and NO you may NOT wish for additional or unlimited wishes. Oh, I **love** these kinds of threads! 1. no human being may ever lie again (think **Liar, Liar** with Jim Carrey) for any reason (not even little white lies) 2. money is abolished and everyone has everything the need and want without worry 3. we all live for exactly 100 years in absolutely perfect health with not a single ache or pain, but then WE MUST GO. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/23 "2005-10-10T08:20:48Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > I figure you always get hit with the unintended consequences if you go for the big wishes, so I’m going (relatively) small: > > For my sister to be able to carry her husband’s healthy baby to term. > > For my mom to know that she’ll never get cancer again. > > For a boat and a pony, and we could all together go out on the ocean, me upon my pony on my boat. Yours is my favorite one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/24 "2005-10-10T12:31:55Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > Oh, I **love** these kinds of threads! > > 1. no human being may ever lie again (think **Liar, Liar** with Jim Carrey) for any reason (not even little white lies) > 2. money is abolished and everyone has everything the need and want without worry > 3. we all live for exactly 100 years in absolutely perfect health with not a single ache or pain, but then WE MUST GO. interesting and a bit bizarre what if there is someone who is unhappy, and a long life only makes them feel worse ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/25 "2005-10-10T12:49:27Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > I figure you always get hit with the unintended consequences if you go for the big wishes, so I’m going (relatively) small: > > For my sister to be able to carry her husband’s healthy baby to term. > > For my mom to know that she’ll never get cancer again. > > For a boat and a pony, and we could all together go out on the ocean, me upon my pony on my boat. That’s what they call horsemanship. (Think about it…) I’ll take flight, the ability to survive unharmed in lethal environments, and that time-stop shtick. If I can’t parley those into a comfortable living with enough wealth to buy all the health care I need, I don’t deserve to live, and I could see some mighty cool stuff, from the edge of space to the bottom of the Marianas trench. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/26 "2005-10-10T14:34:14Z")
Ooh–this is a tough one! So many choices, so little time. I wish to be healthy and to look the way I did when I was 25 until I am 50, then look the way I will at 50 until I die. I wish to have enough financial security so that I may travel overseas every year. I wish to be succesful in my pursuits–personal, familial and professional. (hope that last one isn’t too general) ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/27 "2005-10-10T19:35:18Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > interesting and a bit bizarre > > what if there is someone who is unhappy, and a long life only makes them feel worse Good point. I’ll amend it to include an option for early departure, at their own hands. With no penalties, either. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/28 "2005-10-10T19:53:50Z")
1- Health 2- Enough money to do whatever I wish, whenever I wish, for long as I wish. 3- The mental and physical ability to live a life without any restrictions set by myself or anyone else. and, to quote Sam Vines, a hard-boiled egg. This way I know that at least 1 thing I wish for is possible. ---
**Author:** ![dfqforever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dfqforever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dfqforever)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/29 "2005-10-10T20:42:19Z")
1. …that my husband never had a stroke. 2. …that our daughter never had to go through the heartache of being married to a man who lied constantly and cheated on her. 3. …that I had an annual income of 1 million dollars a year until I die. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274/30 "2005-10-10T22:03:58Z")
1. 50 billion dollars 2. The ability to eat anything I want and never weigh over 120lbs 3. Talent equal to that of Sheryl Crow on the guitar and vocals [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-three-wishes/325274.md?page=1)