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”
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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… I think you should read the thread which caused it to come about as well because its free ware, I don’t think ** Mangetout ** really supports it.
