# You only get three wishes, and you cant wish for more...Did I find a loop hole? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092 "2003-10-07T16:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/41 "2003-10-09T03:11:26Z")
How about wishing for Numbers in reference to wishes to have no value? Therefore, you could wish what is currently perceived as an infinite amount, but never get counted off. Dare I say we take this further, “Wish for numbers to have no value” You could simply wish “I wish for money” or what ever as often as you needed it. Oh, and the first person to mention “God, to you a thousand years is a second, and a million dollars is like a dollar, Can I have a Dollar?” “Wait a second” Will get it from me. 😉 Meeko ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/42 "2003-10-09T05:16:32Z")
Isaac Asimov may have solved the problem, in a short story whose name I forget… (spoiler box, if I remember the correct code) Woman gets three wishes, flubs the first two in the standard manner, then fixes everything with wish number 3: she wishes for the genie to fall totally, irreversibly, unselfishly in love with her. Genie then, of his own free will, gives her everything she could possibly want, forever. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/43 "2003-10-09T05:23:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vlad Dracul \* > \*\*Isaac Asimov may have solved the problem, in a short story whose name I forget… Ha! That’s a good one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/44 "2003-10-09T05:31:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Janx_ > This really rubs my nose in it. I thought I was clever, I thought I was smart, I thought I was really on my way to wish loop hole stardom, then comes along someone like ResIpsaLoquitor with such a amazingly simple plan, it just makes me want to go back to bed! I’m a lawyer. We get PAID to think of stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/45 "2003-10-09T06:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > **Gnat Says** If I ever did find a genie, all of my wishes would be contracts, effective upon signing, that had been vetted by several lawyers and DMs for loopholes. I’ve always thought this might be a good idea if I’m ever in a roleplaying game where I get a wish. Though the DM might not be exactly happy with the opportunity to read a multi-page contract in legalese, I need to make sure that all avenues are protected! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/46 "2003-10-09T13:12:18Z")
I’d wish that I knew how **Janx** did that cool rainbow-colored font thing. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/47 "2003-10-09T13:30:56Z")
Vlad: unfortunately, Aladdin rules forbid wishing for someone to fall in love with you. ---
**Author:** ![Jamlad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@Jamlad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamlad)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/48 "2003-10-09T15:07:18Z")
1.) Increase the size of my TV from 27" to 32". 2.) Keyless entry for my car. 3.) A 12" pianist. My needs are modest ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/49 "2003-10-09T15:43:11Z")
Or you could say: For the first wish:" I wish that I could correct, or ‘upgrade’, the other two wishes, if I find something is wrong." ## Next: “I wish to have the exact power magnitude as you, my dear Genie, but without your kind of imprisonment: Confined to a space, compelled to grant wishes.” Or: 1 I wish to know if I have a soul that has an after life. 2) If yes: I wish there was no after life. 3) Lemme die a painless, un-suffering very short death, at whatever time I am supposed to go. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/50 "2003-10-10T03:52:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*I’d wish that I knew how **Janx** did that cool rainbow-colored font thing. \*\* Your wish is my … well perhaps not, but here’s a bit of it. [size=5][i][b] [color=#FF0000]A[/color]L[/color][color=#F5000A]L[/color][color=#F1000E] [/color][color=#EC0013]E[/color][color=#E70018]N[color=#E2001D]C[/color][color=#DD0022]O[/color][color=#D90026]M[/color][color=#D4002B]P[/color][color=#CF0030]A[/color][color=#CA0035]S[/color][color=#C5003A]S[/color][color=#C0003F]I[ /color ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/51 "2003-10-10T06:30:45Z")
How about if I wish for the genie to become totally and permanently TERRIFIED of me, to the extent that he doesn’t even dare to defend himself against me, for fear of my awful (but ill-defined) retribution? Theoretically, he’d grant my wishes with an obsessive attention to pleasing me, because, of course, the thought of incurring my wrath induces indescribable terror. In fact, I could use my last wish to free him from his captivity, and then simply order him to follow me around as my wish-granting manservant. He’d do it, because, again, he’s convinced that defying my will in any way may set me off, resulting in unspeakable suffering for him. Creative, AND needlessly cruel! Living up to my name, here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/52 "2003-10-10T06:58:14Z")
**j\_sum1** , I knew about that one, but I was guessing that **Janx** didn’t take the time to do all that long hand. Was wondering if he had some shortcut or something. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092/53 "2003-10-10T13:04:08Z")
\*\* \*\* wrote… > [@](#): > > I’d wish that I knew how **Janx** did that cool rainbow-colored font thing. _ **Your wish is my command!** _ I wish… I could tell you that I’m responsible, and give you the impression that I am some god like VB code monkey that has nothing better to do then sit around for hours and work out gradient rainbow effects for my posts. But I can not. I use an application that \*\* Mangetout \*\* made for our abuse, It may still be available [here…](http://mysite.freeserve.com/Mangetout/bbBuddy/bbBuddy.htm) [I think you should read the thread which caused it to come about](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=156572&highlight=bbbuddy) as well because its free ware, I don’t think \*\* Mangetout \*\* really supports it. Must be nice, you got your wish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-three-wishes-and-you-cant-wish-for-more-did-i-find-a-loop-hole/206092.md?page=2)