# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/41 "2009-06-13T09:41:09Z")
> [@Bacon\_Salt](#): > > I wish I was famous for doing something awesome. Granted, but the following day Mark Chapman is released. I wish I had a wish that nothing could possibly go wrong with. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/42 "2009-06-13T11:01:25Z")
Granted. You now have a wish nothing can go wrong with. I’m out, get someone else to grant it. I wish I could travel through time ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/43 "2009-06-13T12:27:15Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Granted. You now have a wish nothing can go wrong with. I’m out, get someone else to grant it. > > I wish I could travel through time Off you go… one second… two seconds… three seconds… There you are, it’s the future already! And, what’s more, you can do it over and over again! I wish I hadn’t made the wish I am now making. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/44 "2009-06-13T12:47:55Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Wish granted… it’s new to him, because he got yours. > > I wish I could live my life over knowing everything I know now (including winning > lottery numbers), starting at age 20. I finally won this ####ing game! * * * Umm…what kind of car is it, Mr. **Dewoh**? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/45 "2009-06-13T13:42:52Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Off you go… > one second… > two seconds… > three seconds… > > There you are, it’s the future already! And, what’s more, you can do it over and over again! > > I wish I hadn’t made the wish I am now making. **Kobal2** now has past time travel and murdered you, rather gruesomely and painfully, before you made that wish. I wish I had a bit torrent client for my phone. ---
**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, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/46 "2009-06-13T14:30:52Z")
I don’t know what that even means; I’m just a humble genie from the distant past. So instead, I’ll give you a Bit o’ Honey candy, a torrent of hydrochloric acid, a client who’s suing you for malpractice, and a phone. It is a nice phone, at least. I wish I understood all these whippersnappers’ high-tech talk better. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/47 "2009-06-13T14:41:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t know what that even means; I’m just a humble genie from the distant past. So instead, I’ll give you a Bit o’ Honey candy, a torrent of hydrochloric acid, a client who’s suing you for malpractice, and a phone. It is a nice phone, at least. > > I wish I understood all these whippersnappers’ high-tech talk better. Granted, but in order to do so your brain was transplanted with that of Wesley Crusher, the despised Mary Sue. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/48 "2009-06-13T14:42:26Z")
(Two corrupted wishes for the price of one!) Wish granted. You will now communicate only in tweets and leetspeak. I wish I could be happier at my job. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/49 "2009-06-13T14:55:04Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I wish I could be happier at my job. Wish granted. You are very happy at work. Unfortunately, your dentist boss fires when she finds out that you used up all of the nitrous oxide. I wish I could play guitar like Jimi Hendrix… ---
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/50 "2009-06-13T15:20:52Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > I wish I could play guitar like Jimi Hendrix… You can ! Unfortunately, it’s because you’ve been possessed by the ghost of Jimi, who has become a bit unhinged by death. “The Guitar Ghoul” is what they’ll call you. I wish I could see in infrared. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/51 "2009-06-13T15:23:01Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Wish granted. You are very happy at work. Unfortunately, your dentist boss fires when she finds out that you used up all of the nitrous oxide. > > I wish I could play guitar like Jimi Hendrix… Granted. “Guitar like Jimi Hendrix”, the game, has now been released by Enix for the PSP. Pick up a copy and enjoy. I wish I was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/52 "2009-06-13T15:40:18Z")
Sorry Der Tris, I jumped the gun. Please ignore my post above. (Is that a wish?) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/53 "2009-06-13T16:02:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > You can ! Unfortunately, it’s because you’ve been possessed by the ghost of Jimi, who has become a bit unhinged by death. “The Guitar Ghoul” is what they’ll call you. > I wish I could see in infrared. Granted. You can now see the infrared spectrum. However, you lost the ability to see the normal spectrum. Everything now looks like vague, greyscale blobs to you. I wish Angelina Jolie was in love with me. ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/54 "2009-06-13T16:22:52Z")
OK, now she is. Too bad Brad Pitt is such a wealthy and vengeful man, and that Angelina’s dumping him has so utterly unhinged him. The rest of your (short) life is going to be… interesting. I wish I’d never seen _Liquid Sky_. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/55 "2009-06-13T16:30:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I wish I’d never seen _Liquid Sky_. Wish granted. You’ve never seen _Liquid Sky_. Unfortunately, this is because you were the director. Before its official release, unhappy fans kidnapped you and have been busy torturing you in an unnamed location. > [@Isamu](#): > > I wish I was perfect. Granted. You are perfect – perfectly delicious! The last few minutes of your life are an agony since it is well-known **Isamu** is a dish best eaten raw. I wish I had a solid gold rocket car… ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/56 "2009-06-13T16:43:11Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > I wish I had a solid gold rocket car… Wish granted, you had solid gold rocket car, it blew up on the launch pad. I wish I was young and handsome again! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/57 "2009-06-13T16:51:03Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Wish granted, you had solid gold rocket car, it blew up on the launch pad. > > I wish I was young and handsome again! Done. You are now young and handsome again. Very young, in fact, since you’re now a fetus, slowly dying of asphyxiation. But a decidedly handsome one. I wish everything I touch would turn into gold when I want it to. ---
**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, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/58 "2009-06-13T17:08:50Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Wish granted. You’ve never seen _Liquid Sky_. Unfortunately, this is because you were the director. Before its official release, unhappy fans kidnapped you and have been busy torturing you in an unnamed location… If I were the director of that awful, awful film, I would calmly accept any punishment meted out as fully deserved. **Kobal2** , everything turns to gold when you want it to. Word gets out, and you’re grabbed by gangsters who, through very direct and unpleasant means, make sure you want to pretty much 24/7. I wish I could fly. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/59 "2009-06-13T17:14:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I wish I could fly. You can fly, like a fly, that is, LOOK out for that fly-swather, hah, too late, so sad! I wish all the computer viruses did not exist! ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600/60 "2009-06-13T17:35:33Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > I wish all the computer viruses did not exist! Okay, we just got rid of all the computers in the world. We’ll all go back to writing paper letters, using ledger pads, writing checks, no more video games, etc. I wish I could become invisible so I could go anywhere I wanted to go, undetected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-corrupt-a-wish-game/499600.md?page=4)