Granted, of course, you can't read this because your monitor is a puddle of goo. Nor can you respond because your fingers have pushed through the spongy mass that was your keyboard. Yuck!
I wish my posts would say what I meant, not what I wrote.
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Granted, unfortunately among the lessons you skipped were some vital safety instructions and you have somehow managed to incinerate your boss's classic automobile collection.
I wish I had a classic automobile collection.
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Granted! Unfortunately you've inadvertently stolen Sir Elton John and Rowen Atkinson's collections! Sir Elton beats you over the head with an umbrella, and Mr. Bean stands over you fretting but not really doing anything but being Mr. Bean.
I wish planes were banned and replaced by airships.
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quote:Originally posted by Raventhief: I wish I could make the audition for "Lion in Winter" in two weeks.
Granted. You still didn't get cast, however. And you overheard the director making some uncalled for and hurtful remarks about your audition performance, which led to you having a genuine crisis of confidence in yourself, which is making you so peevish and mopey that you got into a spat with your sweetheart, so instead of having a wonderfully romantic birthday celebration, you are home alone all evening moping.
I wish my favorite fattening foods were not so fattening.
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I wish my favorite fattening foods were not so fattening.
Scientist in Brazil have found a way to remove fat from most products and replace it with something not hear as unhealthy, but keeping the taste identical. Human flesh. Have fun eating grandma!
I wish I had a Kindle.
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You have a Kindle, with fancy engraving and a beautiful shiny case inlaid with precious minerals. All of which makes you accessory to a theft with a value that comes in just above the petty larceny mark, as your state-sponsored attorney informs you.
I wish the next summer blockbuster wouldn't be devoid of intelligence in its script.
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Yes. They're a ton of fun. And take place in an alternate universe where planes never really developed and travel is by airship. And gravity tunnels.
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The script for the next summer blockbuster will be so highly intelligent that you will not be able to understand it--in fact, no one will. But no one will want to admit that they are not bright enough to understand a summer blockbuster, thus ensuring its blockbuster status.
I wish the chiropractor could adjust my shoulder effectively without causing me any pain.
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Granted! Unfortunately this process involves deadening all the nerves on one side of your body. You are now paralyzed on the left side.
I wish I didn't throw up every time I exercise without carboloading first. (stupid blood sugar grumble grumble)
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Granted! You go to bed precisely on time, and quickly slip into a deep, restful slumber. Unfortunately, your sleep is so deep that you fail to wake up to the crackle of flames from the electrical fire that started about 15 minutes after you dozed off.
I wish I had the self-discipline to go to bed on time.
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You do, but you sleep so soundly that you sleep through the knocking on your door by 15 hot cheerleaders wanting to come inside and snuggle in the bed with you.
I wish I had a better instinct about who is lying.
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quote:Originally posted by Sterling: The new coughing which takes its place requires far harsher language to describe accurately.
I don't even need this thread for that.
quote:Originally posted by Sterling: I wish there was a good Chinese restaurant in town.
Granted! It is, in fact, SO good that you cannot stop eating there. Morning, noon, and night, you can be found pounding back orange chicken, egg rolls, and broccoli beef . . . . until you develop a severe soy allergy. The doctor says even one bite more of Chinese food will kill you. Not to mention Thai. And have you checked out the soy content in most pre-packaged foods?
I wish my respiratory allergies would go away, permanently.
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Granted. You are now superbly skilled at riding your unicycle. Unfortunately soon after trying out your new skills for the first time, a freak accident (a stray meteor, in fact) causes the crank to fuse to the fork, rendering it unridable. You sustain no injuries beyond a bruised knee, but you soon discover that your new skills do not transfer in the slightest to other unicycles.
I wish this cold would go away in time for me to get a good night's sleep.
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Granted. You are locked inside the Mysterious Box with no chance of getting out. On the plus side, you now have plenty of time to take an inventory of everything that is inside there with you.
I wish that there will be a small amount of mail tomorrow.
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Granted. You jump back in time to a few seconds before you grant that wish but find you are a) helpless to change anything and b) now unable to control your random travel through time.
I wish Glenn would delete all those fluff threads.
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Granted: I just talked him into it, during one of his random travels into the present. Unfortunately in doing so, he inadvertently triggered a bug in the forum software that caused every even-numbered member's account to be deleted. Oops!
(Hi suneun! )
I wish I were eating a strawberry shortcake with fresh organic strawberries.
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Granted, Except that since we haven't actually spoken yet, you discover that you are actually eating strawberry shortcake with fresh organic strawberries in an alternate future, in which you never talked me into anything.(Actually, Rabbit did, but it didn't take much talking)
I wish people could just take a joke.
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Granted. You can- but it requires a medication with numerous long lasting, unpleasant side effects that can't be taken within four hours of alcohol or chocolate and which the slightest overdose of can kill you.
I wish the prize I won would come in the mail already.
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Granted. After the thresher accident, you never had to worry about your feet getting cold in wintertime again! Never had to worry about your legs getting cold, either!
Now if only your house had wheelchair access. It's getting pretty cold out here...
I wish my girlfriend would be home from her trip already!
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One day the German Shepherd knocks the legs out from under you shortly before the Bengal tiger drives its fangs into the back of your neck, and it occurs to you that sometimes "getting on just fine" is another word for "conspiring".
I wish the jam in the fridge hadn't gone moldy.
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Granted - but you made a mistake entering the grades; every student received the wrong grade and the whole thing has escalated into an administative nightmare.
I sure wish I weren't allergic to apples.
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Your new job pays a Canadian half penny more per year than did your previous job. Unfortuantely, the hours are longer, the benefits worse, and the work worlds more stressful than your old job. In addition, that extra half penny per year kicks you into a higher tax bracket, with the result that your actual income is reduced by a few thousand dollars per year.
I wish that the hand lotion container I keep at my desk at work were full. Of hand lotion.
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Granted! In stead of a pill, she is now a cloud of smoke that curiously stays in one place, refusing to dissipate. The milieu of your office is now hazardous to your physical health, where before only your mental health was at risk.
I wish that my piles (of old newspapers*) were gone.
*I deliberately left that description out. I apologize for being gross.
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