I would probably start a business that would be something I would enjoy, could work reasonable hours at, and would make enough money to support my family at. (Although it's a hard choice between that and "conceive a boy...")
Would you go to school? Go on a reality tv show? Enter a contest? Something completely different?
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
quote: Although it's a hard choice between that and "conceive a boy...
Guess you'll just have to keep trying.
Mine would be similar to your actually - I would start my own business that would let me work from home, be something I love (probably food related) and would make enough money to (along with Tony's income) keep us and our (future) family comfortable.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Eliminate religion. Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
Be able to pursue a career as a concert musician (specifically in the pit of a great opera house).
There are more practical objectives I would love to succeed at, but I believe I can make them happen; essentially, it boils down to minimizing the intermediate steps which lead up to my future goals.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
Write a best-selling award-winning novel and live off its monetary success for the rest of my life.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
^ | |
Mine is the same as her's up there. Except I would want to write the novel and then have an award winning, record breaking, multi-billion dollar making movie be adapted from it. Just think of all the royalties.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Buy a grand-prize winning lottery ticket. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Go back in time and burn down the Parliament building. (I'm joking, just in case.)
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Find a cure for everything.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Marry the woman of my dreams and start a family.
Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
quote:Originally posted by King of Men: Eliminate religion.
*high fives King of Men*
I would do that too. But since it is already taken, I would conquer the globe, and impose a new world order to reflect my ideals and beliefs.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
I think I may be doing it...
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
The one thing I would do if I knew I wouldn't fail at is do what every Hatracker here says is the one thing they want to do .
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Run off with that person I want to run off with. It's hopeless. Why can't I give it up?
The novel I could just work on and struggle on my own with.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
Love. I would want to love and not fail at it.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
Har. This thread is poignantly ironic in light of my summer plans.
I would pull my life together and function normally.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Remarry.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
I'm doing it. I love what I'm doing and I've wanted to do it for a very long time.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I would love to quit my job, stay home, raise babies and write Newbery Award winning books.
I think it is awful that for some of you, your greatest aspiration would be to deny the rest of us something that brings us such joy. How sad your life must be!
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Posted by Ginol_Enam (Member # 7070) on :
Write an autobiography/biography mix that includes my thought on my life (and ALL of it; nothing left out) including the statements and opinions and thoughts of everybody who has ever interacted enough with me in my life to remember it.
Not necessarily because my life had been extraordinarly interesting (although I hope to make it somewhat interesting before I die), but because I think something that in depth in anybody's life would be very ineresting...
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
What happens if two people choose things that are the exact opposites of each other?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The universe implodes.
So be careful!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr Strangelove: Love. I would want to love and not fail at it.
I second that.
I'd also like to, you know, start a massive company and become an entertainment mogul.
But that would make not failing in love infinitely more difficult.
-pH
Posted by Althai (Member # 9275) on :
Solve the Riemann Hypothesis.
David
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
Buy a house in England and make enough money as a musician and artist to afford it.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Rid the world of bias and discrimination of every type possible.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Fly, without the use of machinery, and without being affected by low oxygen levels and cold temperatures in the upper atmosphere.
Everything else I want in my life's entirely acheivable, so I don't want to waste a wish.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
I would redirect the energies of people that spend thier time trying to change the way other people think to something potentially more productive like basket weaving or knitting.
But seriously I would rather take Subaru to another world championship followed by a successful LeMans career which would include driving the fist hybrid LMP to victory at Circuit De Sarthe.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Win her heart...
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I can't think of anything worth wishing for that I would be willing to wish for.
Yeah, I could choose riches, but that seems like a waste of a good wish.
I'd be afraid of causing more harm than good if I chose something that really mattered.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
When I first read the thread title, the first thing that popped into my head was to jump off a high building and take flight, Superman-style. I don't know why in the world I would want to do that, but, golly! it would be neat.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Broadway, baby!
But what I really want most is to have a close family, and raise happy kids safely to adulthood, and see them find their joy, and learn and grow a lot without having to go through drug abuse or unwed pregnancy to do it.
Of course those are the things I'm already trying to do, but it would be really nice to know I wouldn't fail at it.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Turn the moon into my own private intergalactic war machine.
I have such low ambitions. Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
Hmm... Any one thing, eh?
I'd have to go with creating a sustainable and easily controlled way to decrease the entropy of the universe as time goes on.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Somehow come up with enough money that none of my loved ones ever had to worry about finances again. That way everyone could stop working in jobs they hate and find something they enjoyed doing.
Sounds corny, I know, but for some reason this is always the extent of my winning the lottery fantasy.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Marry the woman of my dreams and start a family.
Ditto. Finding the love of my life and having a family with her is more important to me than monetary success or anything like that. Now if I already had those things, then I might start with the monetary success stuff. Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
hmm, do one thing and not fail? i would say.... counterfeit american (or is that united statesian?) currency. (i'm gonna assume that not failing here means not getting caught)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Now if I already had those things, then I might start with the monetary success stuff.
Which, I suppose, I should take as a compliment, since my husband went straight to the successful business stuff. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
No doubt in my mind: raise a child.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I would turn my comic into a wildly successful TV series that runs for 10 years and has millions of devoted followers...
Or, ditto what CT said.. Raise a child.
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
When I first read this I wanted to say something altruistic, like peace and stability in the Middle East, ending world poverty and other equally acceptable Miss USA answers...
But after I thought about for a second I would, in probably go with personal happiness and happiness for those I care about.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Tante, thinking back to the swimsuit thread from last week, it would sure take some serious weights in thehem of your skirt to hold it down if you did that! Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
quote:Tante, thinking back to the swimsuit thread from last week, it would sure take some serious weights in thehem of your skirt to hold it down if you did that!
Now theres a question! Could Superman be an observant Jew? Maybe we need to ask the Rebbetzin.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
quote:Originally posted by T_Smith: Turn the moon into my own private intergalactic war machine.
That's no space station... it's a moon!
As for me, I'd want love perfectly.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
I'd love to fly around a good portion of our galaxy and not miss time. Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
I know this sounds rather stupid, but to be truly happy for the rest of my life. Whether it means being married or being single, I don't care, just so long as I'm happy.
Right now that seems like a very lofty goal.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
CT, you would be truly exceptional at that.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Which, I suppose, I should take as a compliment, since my husband went straight to the successful business stuff.
Yeah, I put that in there for people like KPC who already had those things in their life. Posted by The Fae-Ray (Member # 9260) on :
Devote my life to finding the end of pi.
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
Ah, so an eternal, boring life?
Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :
Mmmm... eternal pie.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Create a successful multimedia publishing house.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
The problem with devoting your life to finding the end of pi is, you could get sick of it-- but be unable to stop.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
walk up to that man... Kiss him all slowly.... run off with him despite any obstacle... yeah ^^
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