# The Corrupt A Wish Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 12, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600 "2009-06-12T21:13:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/1 "2009-06-12T21:13:42Z")
Here’s how it’s played… You grant the wish of the person above you, but you somehow ruin it, and then you make your own wish. Example: > [@](#): > > Person #1: I wish that I could fly > > Person #2: Granted, but you crash. I wish I could go to Alaska > > Person #3: Granted, but you freeze to death. I wish that I could swim in a hot spring > > Person #4: Granted, but you burn up and die. I wish that I could ride a submarine > > Person #5: Granted, but it’s all cramped up and very hard to breathe the whole ride. > > I wish I could eat all of the junk food I could without getting sick… and so on and so fourth. One hopes we will come up with interesting wishes and interesting ways to corrupt them. I wish I had tight, flawless skin all over my body. ---
**Author:** ![Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/2 "2009-06-12T21:21:12Z")
You do have, taut, flawless skin. Unfortunately it’s not yours, Buffalo Bill. I wish I could teleport anywhere I want to. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/3 "2009-06-12T21:26:43Z")
Granted. But your clothes don’t get teleported with you and everywhere you go you arrive stark naked. I wish I had an all-expense paid trip to Paris waiting for me whenever I want to take it. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/4 "2009-06-12T21:34:05Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Granted. But your clothes don’t get teleported with you and everywhere you go you arrive stark naked. > > I wish I had an all-expense paid trip to Paris waiting for me whenever I want to take it. Unfortunately, there’s a million dollar bounty on your head in Paris. I wish I could finish all my homework! ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/5 "2009-06-12T21:48:18Z")
Unfortunately, it’s all wrong, and you fail. I wish I could live in the Colorado Mountains. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/6 "2009-06-12T21:50:06Z")
> [@](#): > > I wish I could live in the Colorado Mountains. The Colorado mountains turn into the Colorado volcanoes. You get swallowed by lava. I wish I had a turkey sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/7 "2009-06-12T22:01:26Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > The Colorado mountains turn into the Colorado volcanoes. You get swallowed by lava. > > I wish I had a turkey sandwich. You can have one but the turkey is dry!!! I wish I could influence people’s thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/8 "2009-06-12T22:11:18Z")
You can influence their thoughts, but their actions will turn against you. I wish I could stop and start time. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/9 "2009-06-12T22:15:08Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I wish I could stop and start time. Poof! You own a brand new stopwatch! I wish I had a pony. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/10 "2009-06-12T22:37:52Z")
Granted - but at the same time you get piles that make you wish for a quick and painless death. Enjoy feeding your pony - you’ll never be able to ride it. I wish I had more beer. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/11 "2009-06-12T22:40:15Z")
You have more beer. You have a lifetime’s supply of beer delivered all at once. For everybody in the world. And a bill for the beer, delivery, storage… I wish someone would link to the last few times we played this game. ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/12 "2009-06-12T23:37:32Z")
Granted, but while reading those you missed some great oppotunities to use some really good one liners on this one. I wish I had a bigger penis ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/13 "2009-06-12T23:55:05Z")
There you are! Right in the middle of your forehead for everyone to admire. I wish I had a clean back yard. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/14 "2009-06-12T23:55:12Z")
> [@JFLuvly](#): > > I wish I had a bigger penis Here, have a bigger penis ! - ten foot penis ( and the whale it’s a part of ) falls on **JFLuvly** \* I wish I had superhuman intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/15 "2009-06-12T23:58:49Z")
Scooped ( barely ) ! > [@Yllaria](#): > > I wish I had a clean back yard. - Sends Langoliers to devour everything in **Yllaria** ’s back yard \* I wish I had superhuman intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/16 "2009-06-12T23:58:57Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > There you are! Right in the middle of your forehead for everyone to admire. > > I wish I had a clean back yard. Granted: it’s clean alright, completely devoid of matter in fact. As you can guess, going in there will have… less than fortunate consequences. > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Here, have a bigger penis ! > > - ten foot penis ( and the whale it’s a part of ) falls on **JFLuvly** \* > I wish I had superhuman intelligence. Granted, your superhuman intelligence, however, allows you to divine the dark secrets behind the universe driving you mad in ways Lovecraft would shudder at. I wish I had a pony! ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/17 "2009-06-13T00:00:07Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > There you are! Right in the middle of your forehead for everyone to admire. > > I wish I had a clean back yard. Good news! You have a clean back yard thanks to a passing tornado. No grass, no soil just a huge gaping chasm and oh yeah no house. I wish I had the one and only winning lottery ticket for the next Mega Millions and nothing bad happens to me or anyone I know for the next 100 years. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/18 "2009-06-13T00:01:29Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Granted: it’s clean alright, completely devoid of matter in fact. As you can guess, going in there will have… less than fortunate consequences. > > Granted, your superhuman intelligence, however, allows you to divine the dark secrets behind the universe driving you mad in ways Lovecraft would shudder at. > > I wish I had a pony! I just wished for this. But, what the hell… [Have fun!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Pony) * * * These are always better if you use people’s words in ironic, unexpected ways. Oh, and I wish to be a big star! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/19 "2009-06-13T00:05:02Z")
> [@MannyL](#): > > I wish I had the one and only winning lottery ticket for the next Mega Millions and nothing bad happens to me or anyone I know for the next 100 years. Here it is ! And nothing bad will happen - in fact, nothing at ALL will happen - for the next hundred years as you and everyone you know is frozen in time ! I wish I was taller. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/20 "2009-06-13T00:49:57Z")
Poof! You’re now 18 feet tall and your arches are killing you. I wish to be the All Being, master of time, space and dimension. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600.md?page=2)