# Three Wishes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 1999, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382 "1999-11-01T19:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/21 "1999-11-02T15:40:00Z")
Only three wishes? Goodness, there are so many things I want… 1. I would love to be rich, rich, rich! I would share my money with my friends and relatives. I would also love to be able to buy all the sick and injured animals from their stupid owners, pay for proper medical care, and then find them good, loving homes. 2. I wish I could shape-shift! 3. I wish my soulmate and I would meet each other already. * * * “Love given when it is inconvenient is the greatest love of all. Kindnesses that are shared at a high cost to oneself are the most dear.” Don’t know who said it, but I like it. ---
**Author:** ![gypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@gypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/22 "1999-11-02T16:08:00Z")
## SqrlCub… You take November 11:th off? So do I, and think everyone should! Unforgiven ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/23 "1999-11-02T16:18:00Z")
WOOHOO! Gypsy. I actually don’t think I need to take it off this year because it falls on Veteran’s Day. 🙂 That even makes me happier. HUGS! Sqrl * * * Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter ---
**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:** [November 2, 1999, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/24 "1999-11-02T16:40:00Z")
1. That the man I love would be instantaneously and completely free of his addiction and interest in computer gaming, and the accompanying sloth that goes with it. 2. That I and everyone I care about would live long, fit, and healthy lives, dying quickly and painlessly at the end. 3. That I and everyone I care about would have all the money we would ever need or want. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/25 "1999-11-03T06:42:00Z")
The hell with altruism. I would wish for: 1.) Cindy Crawford as my mistress. 2.) A bong with a bowl that never empties. 3.) Musical talent. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/26 "1999-11-03T06:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. That the man I love would be instantaneously and completely free of his addiction and interest in computer gaming, and the accompanying sloth that goes with it. Hey! You stole my wish! * * * Shadowfox “Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382/27 "1999-11-03T01:43:00Z")
What if someone else makes a wish that contradicts yours? F’rinstance, what if I was really mean and wished for your man to _stay_ addicted to computer games forever? Would both wishes come true? Neither? The first only? The second only? Damn, better get my Djinni reference manual… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wishes/10382.md?page=1)