# You've got three wishes.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-three-wishes/210450>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 30, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-three-wishes/210450 "2003-10-30T15:06:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-three-wishes/210450/21 "2003-10-31T04:01:48Z")

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At this moment in time;

1\> I wish my (soon to be ex-) wife would be cured of her mental illness (she’s on SSDI for the same, so that’s not merely a cruel assumption.)

2\> I wish she (and everyone else) would recognize that **she** is lying to everyone about everything and that **she is extremely destructive.** To herself and everyone around her.

3\> I wish I’d win the lottery 2 days _after_ the divorce is final.

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-three-wishes/210450/22 "2003-10-31T04:22:25Z")

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1. I wish to have very good luck at the lottery- everytime I buy a ticket, it wins the jackpot. This allows me to have lots of money without having to worry about inflation or the IRS.
2. Super-powers - telekinese, telepathy, pyrokinese, cryokinise, teleporting, super strength, and speed healing - said healing also making effectively immortal.
3. I could find an intelligent, attrative women, with similar interest as mine, that is willing to hang out with me/have sex with me. Note, this does not require she fall in love with me.

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**Author:** ![FabioClone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-three-wishes/210450/23 "2003-10-31T06:46:52Z")

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Easy. Just wish for the powers of Superman. That way you get a pantload of abilities (flight, invulnerability, laser beam eyes, etc…) plus the power to spontaneously develop new abilities for specific situations (making multiple versions of yourself, super ventriloquism, etc…)

Then you can use the other two wishes to mess with people at your leisure.

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-three-wishes/210450/24 "2003-10-31T07:03:08Z")

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1. I wish I could meet my perfect match!
2. I wish I could meet my perfect match!
3. I wish I could meet my perfect match!

a pattern developes…

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