# If you would have got your wish when you were FOUR, what would you be today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516 "2002-08-25T20:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/62 "2002-08-26T18:51:50Z")
I wanted to be Aquaman. I was terribly confused by both gender and why I couldn’t breathe underwater. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/63 "2002-08-26T19:23:12Z")
I would be a princess. I seriously thought I could go to a building somewhere, pull a “Princess Wanted” sign out of a window and begin my reign. Oh, for a tiara and some glass slippers… ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/64 "2002-08-26T19:29:14Z")
An astronaut, football player or a paleontologist (actually, in 4 year-old speak, that would be a “guy who finds dinosaur bones”). Or, preferably, an astronaut who finds dinosaur bones when not playing pro football. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@The\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/65 "2002-08-26T19:32:48Z")
A superhero. Probably Space Ghost!!! ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/66 "2002-08-26T19:39:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cessandra \* > \*\*PS > My husband would be a fire engine. Not a fireman, mind you. A big red truck with a siren. > Freak. \*\* Oooh! Mine too! Or maybe that was his brother & Mr. Pol wanted to be an Apostrophe S… (too much Sesame Street, I think…) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/67 "2002-08-26T19:54:40Z")
A playwright. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/68 "2002-08-26T21:09:17Z")
Astronaut, Fireman, or Monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/69 "2002-08-27T03:46:08Z")
I wanted to be a puppy, or a lion tamer, or a cartoon (didn’t matter which cartoon). ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/70 "2002-08-27T03:53:12Z")
I wanted to be a puppy, or a lion tamer, or a cartoon (didn’t matter which cartoon). ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/71 "2002-08-27T04:00:35Z")
I wanted to be a puppy, or a lion tamer, or a cartoon (didn’t matter which cartoon). ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/72 "2002-08-27T04:11:15Z")
IIRC, I wanted to be a teacher. I’m now a TA (well, that’s what my contract says; I’m actually working at a journal until next year). I’m actually not as driven as all that, though. When I was six I wanted to be a concert pianist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/73 "2002-08-27T10:16:57Z")
[sub]Singer Tom Jones[/sub] Heyyyyy! Stop laughing! - I was 4! ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/74 "2002-08-27T11:19:15Z")
I wanted to be Jimmy Greaves (Great footballer). I didn’t want to be a great footballer like Jimmy Greaves. I wanted to be him. As it turned out, I’m quite glad I didn’t get my wish as his life was pretty much downhill from when I was four. Failing that Roy of the Rovers would have been OK. ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/75 "2002-08-27T12:01:02Z")
I’d have all the toys and you lot wouldn’t have any. I was a mean kid. Either that, or an architect/urban planner. ---
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/76 "2002-08-27T16:24:35Z")
at the age of four it was dream to become the world’s first £1 billion soccer player! i would play for Luton Town and we would win the Premier League every year. Some years later me and my best friend would go down to the park and kick a ball around and pretend we were the greatest players the world had ever seen. We weren’t just global superstars, oh no. We were nice guys too. We never neglected our work for the local community. I just loved seeing the smiles light up on those little kid’s faces in the local hospital :D. It made all the hard work so worth while!!! Oh damn! It was all just a fantastical dream. Oh bugger, and school starts next week, oh please Luton sign me up PLEASE!!! ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/77 "2002-08-28T09:32:10Z")
A GHERKIN: If you’ve got two feet and a pulse there’s every prospect of Luton signing you up. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/78 "2002-08-28T15:56:59Z")
Godzilla Or the Fonz. Heyyyy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/79 "2002-08-28T20:10:11Z")
A space explorer or a famous scientist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/80 "2002-08-29T04:37:03Z")
Abraham Lincoln, but as a young man. Very weird. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516/81 "2002-08-29T05:10:19Z")
Olivia Newton-John and Agnetha Fältskog (of Abba). Oh the shame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-would-have-got-your-wish-when-you-were-four-what-would-you-be-today/125516.md?page=5)