# What would you wish for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409 "2003-02-11T19:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/21 "2003-02-12T00:23:14Z")
Wow…imagine the fun the Monkey’s Paw would have with some of these wishes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/22 "2003-02-12T00:25:36Z")
1. Health and happiness for my loved ones 2. To be a better person 3. Reconciliation with / forgiveness from someone very dear to me ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/23 "2003-02-12T07:35:50Z")
1.) Absurd Wealth 2.) Ability to play piano. 3.) A Chick. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/24 "2003-02-12T14:08:23Z")
1. Telepathy/mind control 2. Imortality 3. Eternal youth and perfect health ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/25 "2003-02-12T14:21:57Z")
[ul] [li]Humans suddenly gaing the evolutionary adaptations necessary to become both survivalable as a species & yet truly civilized.[/li][li]Mankind suddenly & forever shedding it’s superstitions[/li][li]A Golden Age of Civilization dawning throughout the world, to last 1000 years or more.[/li][/ul] Hey, why wish for the small stuff? ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/26 "2003-02-12T15:02:17Z")
1. That the next two wishes would for be exactly what the world and I need for maximum benefit. 2. & 3. Having wished No. 1, No’s 2 & 3 will take care of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/27 "2003-02-12T15:27:57Z")
1 - Lifelong Good Health 2 - Financial Security 3 - A loving wife Failing that, 1 - Verbal and literary fluency in every language in the world 2 - An infinite supply of money 3 - An irresistible sexual attractiveness to the opposite sex which I can turn on and off at will and target towards specific babes That should do it. Bib ---
**Author:** ![Eli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Eli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eli)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409/28 "2003-02-12T15:31:43Z")
1. Clinical immortality. 2. Lots and lots of money. 3. I’ll reserve it for later. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-wish-for/154409.md?page=1)