# Stuff you wish you could do... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 1999, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544 "1999-11-27T00:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/41 "2001-02-12T13:11:12Z")
Things I wish I could do…well, let’s see… I’d love to be able to become any animal I chose. I think it would be incredibly cool to spend a day as a dragonfly, soaring over ponds. Or as a bee, being able to see flower patterns in UV light and being comforted by the warmth and acceptance of my sisters. Or as a manta ray, swooping across the ocean floor. Or as any of the other myriad bizzarre, beautiful, and amazing creatures in the world. Being able to shape-shift would be pretty neat, too. I’d also love to have the gift of tongues–to be able to speak and understand every language in the world with perfect fluency. This ability would also include being literate in all written languages. But, hey–at this point, I’d settle for having the following: 1. Enough money to feel secure, get (and keep) my own apartment, and travel. 2. Funding for my research. (This one’s proving to be a challenge.), and 3. An SO. (This one’s proving an even bigger challenge.) –Scribble. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/42 "2001-02-12T16:35:04Z")
Oh, yeah… I also want to hangglide. And travel around the world. And become a better dancer. And take really wonderful photos. And get a better car. I _hated_ high school, but it would be good if I could go back to being 14. Maybe if I had a second chance, I could do my high school and early college years right, rather than muffing them completely the way I did. I’d also love the opportunity to go back and make some other choices–choices I didn’t realize would be pivotal in my life–over again, choosing the better course of action the second time around. But I’m sure that’s a common enough desire. And, of course, somehow magically getting my mitts on tons and tons of money wouldn’t be too horrible, either. –Scribble ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/43 "2001-02-12T16:44:35Z")
Sing. I love to sing and ::ahem:: don’t exactly mimic the birds, if ya know what I’m sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/44 "2001-02-12T16:50:14Z")
Whistle. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/45 "2001-02-12T16:52:24Z")
Tell whether or not someone is flirting. I am beyond clueless. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/46 "2001-02-12T17:04:07Z")
wake up and have it be better. go back. want to. know. smile at a stranger on a spring morning and have it change your life. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/47 "2001-02-12T17:31:51Z")
**Things I wish I could do but cant…** Be nice to assholes **Things I am doing but failing at…** Moving abroad Writing a novel As long as I try it s okay 😃 It s all about dreams, right? dodgy ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/48 "2001-02-12T17:49:24Z")
Know what is right. For those of you familiar with **Chasing Amy** I too was born without a map and its wearing at times. I wish I could draw. While I should wish I could spell, I honestly don’t care. Which is probably why I can’t spell. I wish I was more crafty. Better at sewing, etc. I do all this stuff I’m just not good at any of it. I wish I could change humanity. Make/let people see how truly lovely the world is, all the time, and know that its will get better. ---
**Author:** ![Caesar0211](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caesar0211](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar0211)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/49 "2001-02-12T23:28:11Z")
Two words. Drink Milk. Yup. The mighty Caesar cant handle Dairy although I love it so very very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/50 "2001-02-12T23:52:23Z")
I’d like to have a lot more time to work on my latest play. An easier time losing weight would be nice. And I wouldn’t mind ending homophobia. That would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/51 "2001-02-13T00:05:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*And I wouldn’t mind ending homophobia. That would be cool. \*\* Hey! No fair being selfless there, Andy! You’re making the rest of us look bad! 🙂 As for myself, I wish I could sing. I played guitar for many years (haven’t picked one up in quite some time, dunno why), and I can read music. If someone hands me a piece of sheet music, even if it’s a song I’ve never heard, I can hear it in my head. Not that this is especially incredible; anyone who can read music can certainly do the same. The problem is, I can’t for the life of me express the music with my voice. Not by singing, not by whistling, not by humming. Somewhere between my brain and my vocal chords, everything gets all screwed up. Some sort of block somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Intriguing\_Question\_Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Intriguing\_Question\_Mark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intriguing_Question_Mark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544/52 "2001-02-13T19:26:24Z")
I wish I could be more outgoing, I’m too shy. I also wish I could do calculus. It’s killing me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-wish-you-could-do/11544.md?page=2)