# When are you allowed to make a wish?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 23, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969 "2008-06-23T20:26:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969/41 "2008-06-24T18:55:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Soul]  
We had one outside of the bay windows by our dining room table, so I got to make one just about every day when I was a kid. I always wished for the same thing, though. Still hasn’t come true 😛  
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You’re an adult now. You can make your own chocolate pudding.

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**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969/42 "2008-06-24T19:21:49Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
You’re an adult now. You can make your own chocolate pudding.  
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Damn right, that’s why I had a candy bar and two bratwurst for breakfast!

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**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969/43 "2008-06-24T19:51:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Antigen]

We did the digital clock thing too, making a wish at 3:33, 4:44, etc., but we had to touch something blue and we had to be finished saying or thinking the wish before the clock changed. My brother, age 22, just did this today.  
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In our version, you touched something red, and you couldn’t look back at the clock until the numbers had changed.

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969/44 "2008-06-24T20:50:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]  
After the knock, but before answering the door after calling an escort service.  
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Isn’t that more like hoping?

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969/45 "2008-06-24T20:57:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]  
Isn’t that more like hoping?  
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I gave up on hope, I’m sticking to wishing.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-you-allowed-to-make-a-wish/453969/46 "2008-06-24T21:00:23Z")

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How come no one has pointed out the old standby of catching a magic talking fish?

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