# Please add your own slice of Heaven to Heaven **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013 "2007-06-06T17:11:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/21 "2007-06-07T12:33:09Z")
[QUOTE=oft wears hats] 1. At least one Trappist monastery, preferably populated by the Trappist monks of long past, having had centuries to refine their beer crafting skills. [/QUOTE] [Not just beer](http://www.trapa.com/) Unlimited possibilities for creativity. You can build houses, design landscapes, cook, paint… Won’t necessarily come out right the first time (I happen to enjoy improvement), but if you made for example a house and want to change something on the ground floor, you can fix just that part without having to take apart the whole building. We’d have all the languages there have ever been and understand them all. Sometimes the same story in different languages has different connotations, different jokes… some of the Marx Brothers’ most famous lines in Spanish - don’t exist in the original! ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/22 "2007-06-07T12:58:19Z")
Ability to travel at will through time and space. Ability to review/relive moments from your life on Earth - like every hug and kiss. Ability to communicate with animals. ---
**Author:** ![GuyNblueJeans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GuyNblueJeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyNblueJeans)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/23 "2007-06-07T15:01:44Z")
This is great fun to see how many desires that are layed out are actually the very same things that I’ve wished for, too. I think it proves that in many important ways people are a lot alike – we love beauty, peace, knowledge and – hold on! – se…x. I’m glad that you folks didn’t think it was corny for me to start such a thread. My idea for the clouds turning into people and such actually came from a dream I had a long time ago, though my dream might have been the result of having seen at least one time in my life some beautiful paintings that someone did showing hot-air ballons in a surreal landscape and sky. And, too, I liked it that one of you stated that we’d be able to just do anything in the way of artistic abilities without having to struggle for years, as that’s something that I’ve often wished was the case as I seem to struggle too much just to even write my name, let alone to do something that causes one to stand back and say, Wow. Glad someone got the animals on board, as they’re too delightful to be left out of this.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/24 "2007-06-07T15:26:46Z")
I would wish for a section that always has wonderful rainstorm, with spectacular thunder and lighting. There would be a covered area with a comfy bench, a non-stop supply of wine, good books, and yarn for knitting. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/25 "2007-06-07T19:14:11Z")
1. Free fried chicken skin/Dungeness Crab buffets. 2. Cheap Trick and Rockpile alternate on the weekends. 3. Fishing is great, with no limits. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/26 "2007-06-07T19:23:56Z")
The band, man…think of the band! What would Mozart compose with Ray Charles or Billie Holliday to inspire him? Heaven has to have the infinitely best Chinese buffett. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/27 "2007-06-07T19:27:51Z")
Hmmmmm… You know, there are parts of this heaven that I’m not fond of. For instance, the ability to just play musical instruments. I like _learning_ things. That’s half the fun. That’s just an example, and it’s just me so . . . So I’m going to propose my own wish. A Reset Button. In a cave under a huge mountain guarded by a many and varried creatures, traps, illusions and other things. It would be very very very _very_ difficult to get to the button and press it. If you fail in some way, you are sent to a random point in Heaven and get to try again. Or not. The button gets pressed only once every million years or so and when that happens, the committee meets again and re-makes heaven with different parameters. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/28 "2007-06-07T19:30:59Z")
Can all the pets be not stinky, be not allergy-inducing, and come over to play only when I feel like it? That would be cool. Also, one of those contraptions like on Star Trek where it makes you whatever food or drink you want on demand. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/29 "2007-06-07T20:49:59Z")
You can be any age you want to be in order to revisit the times and places of your childhood. If I wanted to be 10 and go back to the lake at the farm in Lumberport, I could do that, and Mom and Dad and my sisters would be there. (And, since it was mentioned upthread that the fishing in Doper Heaven would be great…what a day we’d have!) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/30 "2007-06-07T21:08:40Z")
These are some great ideas and all of mine except one has been taken. So here it is. There is a place where everyone gets to make their own universe and be the god of the universe. The only rule is the people have to have free will. You can influence all you want but they still get to decide if they want to follow your influence. I would make a universe where half the populace are pirates and the other half are ninja’s. Then that ancient mystery of who would win in a fight can finally be solved. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/31 "2007-06-07T21:36:53Z")
1. At least one example of every make/model of automobile built on Earth would exist, and none would ever rust out totally or otherwise be destroyed (though some minor repairs would occasionally be required, as there are people whose idea of paradise would be to tinker with Bugattis or Duesenbergs all day long!) 2. Similarly, all the great roller coasters, Dodgem rides, and other amusement attractions of the past and present would be available, as would Ferris wheels and carousels much grander than mortals have ever devised. 3. Sports buffs could finally settle their arguments – the 1950 Cleveland Browns would take on the Pittsburgh “Steel Curtain” of the 1970’s, Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics would square off against Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/32 "2007-06-07T21:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=Tahssa] I would make a universe where half the populace are pirates and the other half are ninja’s. Then that ancient mystery of who would win in a fight can finally be solved. [/QUOTE] /kneejerk-reaction It’s totally pirates dude. /kneejerk ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/33 "2007-06-07T22:39:08Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 72 virgins? No thanks! Give me 72 porn stars! [/QUOTE] \ No problem! _poof!_ Here you are… **BrainGlutton** , I’d like you meat…err, meet John Holmes…Long Dong Silver…Ron Jeremy… ---
**Author:** ![Public\_Animal\_No.9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Public\_Animal\_No.9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Public_Animal_No.9)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/34 "2007-06-07T23:55:08Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] 1. At least one example of every make/model of automobile built on Earth would exist, and none would ever rust out totally or otherwise be destroyed (though some minor repairs would occasionally be required, as there are people whose idea of paradise would be to tinker with Bugattis or Duesenbergs all day long!) [/QUOTE] I’d need something to work on - I think I’d get bored without something to tinker with or work on for eternity. Of course, all the tools you would ever want would be right there, and you’d never misplace 'em. I’d want to see some sort of chronoscope that would let me watch things that took place way back when. And of course the beer would be readily available, and at just the right temperature. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/35 "2007-06-08T00:28:56Z")
Perfect health for everyone. My dog would be constantly by my side - and we would finally be able to really chat with each other. Also, I’d like the whims of my imagination to come true if I so desire. If I decide to turn the car I’m driving into a magical pirate ship that sails through the air, or if I decide I want to visit Muad’Dib’s palace, or be a fly on the wall in George Clooney’s bedroom, I want it to happen. Not at anybody else’s inconvenience, though. Basically I want heaven to be my infinite holodeck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/36 "2007-06-08T01:02:34Z")
Every garden plant would grow to be big and healthy and vigorous… every sweater would knit up to fit perfectly… and there would be picnics every day. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/37 "2007-06-08T01:13:11Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] 72 virgins? No thanks! Give me 72 porn stars! [/QUOTE] 36 of each? (of the female sex for me Hal!) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/38 "2007-06-08T06:21:32Z")
You know how happy little kids are when they’re really really happy? I’m not sure what it would contain, but heaven would make me that happy reasonably often. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/39 "2007-06-08T06:41:59Z")
Everyone would have a sense of _belonging._ ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013/40 "2007-06-08T07:39:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] 2. Similarly, all the great roller coasters, Dodgem rides, and other amusement attractions of the past and present would be available, as would Ferris wheels and carousels much grander than mortals have ever devised. [/QUOTE] Dang, you stole my thunder. I was going to propose a panchronotopic Disneyland; it would feature every ride/show/attraction that ever existed in the park. Wanna see the stock, off-the-shelf '55 model? No problem! Rides from different eras coexisting? Can do! Partly I’d want another chance to visit the long-lost attractions of my youth, partly I’d want the opportunity to see those things that were torn our before I was even born. ETA: you could have Walt as your tour guide, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-your-own-slice-of-heaven-to-heaven/407013.md?page=3)