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Topic: The monkey's paw -- a game
skillery
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posted September 29, 2004 05:15 PM
quote: I wish that I had a photographic memory. Having downed so many cans of Guarana on your mission, the ingredients list is permanently etched on your retina. quote: I wish I could always see next week's stock prices. Everyone wonders why you jumped out of your office window. I wish that they made tricycles for adults.
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Teshi
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posted September 29, 2004 05:21 PM
They do. In the place of cars and other powerd vehicles. I wish I could write in shorthand.
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Fyfe
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posted September 29, 2004 05:55 PM
You can. Unfortunately you are completely incapable of deciphering what you write. I wish for some delicious freshly baked bread to eat. Jen
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Turgan
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posted September 29, 2004 06:40 PM
Granted. Unfortunately, this human intestine wished to live INSIDE a piece of freshly baked bread. And this piece was the only one left on the planet.. so... enjoy. I wish the girl across from me would talk to me. She's really pretty.
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Vadon
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posted September 29, 2004 06:46 PM
Wish granted, she says she needs a pencil, only to never speak to you again. I wish I had... Some New Duct Tape
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Annie
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posted September 29, 2004 06:54 PM
Granted. You have a brand new roll of duct tape.... wrapped around every inch of your body. You have to pull it off starting with the hairiest part of your leg. I wish I had more trendy clothes.
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Annie
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posted September 29, 2004 06:55 PM
Nobody granted Celia's fat cat wish - so here you go. Your fat cat, after bankrupting you with 3 bags of Iams a day, eats you while you sleep.
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Turgan
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posted September 29, 2004 07:50 PM
Granted. Here you are, the latest in ethiopian footwear! I wish my cell phones screen hadn't broke. (I know that's not entirely grammatically correct.. but hey... who cares?)
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Vadon
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posted September 29, 2004 08:17 PM
Granted, to insure that it was not your Cellphone that broke, someone else owns it, even though you pay for it. I wish that out tenents would move out.
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Bob_Scopatz
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posted September 29, 2004 08:19 PM
Tenants have moved, to a tent city on your front lawn. I wish I had a phone headset that worked well.
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Annie
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posted September 29, 2004 08:21 PM
Granted. Your tenents move out, and you're left with no principles and no purpose to life. I wish I wasn't such a grammar nazi.
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Turgan
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posted September 29, 2004 08:22 PM
granted. Unfortunately, your phone line jumped to 3000 dollars a month. I wish i was good at comedy
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Vadon
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posted September 29, 2004 08:29 PM
Granted, however no one will ever take you seriously again. I wish I could have proper grammar at all times.
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Turgan
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posted September 29, 2004 08:42 PM
Granted. Now you just need to learn how to speak again. I wish I had a Fender Strat.
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Polio
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posted September 29, 2004 08:55 PM
You get it at an auction for charity. It has been signed by Paris Hilton. I wish I had smaller hands.
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sarcasticmuppet
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posted September 29, 2004 08:58 PM
smaller hands in porportion to your 6-inch tall self. I wish I had a puppy.
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pooka
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posted September 29, 2004 09:02 PM
ASPCA Alert: The tender hearted should skip this post:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Granted, with a side of fries and a coke. I wish I had 1,000,000 euros.
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Anthro
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posted September 29, 2004 09:10 PM
You are very accomplished. Mostly because your manager whips you after concerts when you hit a wrong note. EDIT: Gah! Post deleted! This was in response to a wish to be an accomplished cellist. For pooka: you have 1,000,000 euros. Of course, they really belong to the head of the French mafia. I wish to have a copy of Ender's Game .. [ September 29, 2004, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: Anthro ]
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Bob_Scopatz
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posted September 29, 2004 09:45 PM
Wish granted, but it's a copy with the cover removed and you go to ask OSC to sign it and he beats the living cr@p out of you. I wish I had perfect teeth.
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pooka
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posted September 29, 2004 11:12 PM
Granted, you have perfect teeth from a lifetime of eating only macrobiotic sprouts. Wait- you're vegan aren't you? I wish it weren't so seemingly tricky to eat macrobiotic.
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skillery
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posted September 29, 2004 11:36 PM
quote: I wish it weren't so seemingly tricky to eat macrobiotic You are admitted to a Buddhist monastery, where a skillful chef helps you to balance your yin and yang. I wish Pooka hadn't forced me to Google on macrobiotic on that last wish. [ September 29, 2004, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: skillery ]
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Book
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posted September 29, 2004 11:45 PM
Okay. Your significant other catches you looking up illegal internet porn instead. I wish my eyes would stop hurting when I put my contacts in.
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Mr.Funny
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posted September 30, 2004 12:33 AM
Granted. Your eyeballs fall out, thus saving you the trouble of them burning from contacts. I wish for no homework.
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T_Smith
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posted September 30, 2004 01:20 AM
Congratulations, you just got kicked out of highschool. I wish for a non lethal, totally legal donut.
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Mr.Funny
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posted September 30, 2004 01:24 AM
The donut doesn't kill you, but instead sends you into a year-long coma. I wish for world peace.
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peterh
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posted September 30, 2004 01:32 AM
Welcome to the world population explosion. I wish for a scratch and sniff internet.
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mr_porteiro_head
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posted September 30, 2004 01:39 AM
*granted* Now you can smell everybody on hatrack. I wish I were king for just one day, and I won't give it all away.
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 08:57 AM
Granted. Your mouth is sewn shut and hands glued behind your back for a full twenty four hours. I wish didn't have to hear people chew at breakfast.
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Hobbes
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posted September 30, 2004 09:22 AM
Granted, everyone who lives with you has been shot through the head and their bodies burned like so much kindling. I wish DVDs were cheaper. Hobbes
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 09:53 AM
GRANTED! Unfortunately, you didn't specify. Here you are. A million "Gigli" DVD's on sale for forty three cents. I wish Jay And Silent Bob were still making movies. [ September 30, 2004, 09:54 AM: Message edited by: Turgan ]
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MEC
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posted September 30, 2004 10:04 AM
Granted, but now they just make gay porno's starring themselves. I wish the universe got destroyed.
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 10:13 AM
Granted. Unfortunately, you didn't die... Neither did Carrot Top. I wish Naomi (my fiance) was here.
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Shan
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posted September 30, 2004 10:15 AM
Granted - however, due to time-space continuum oddities, every point of destruction leads you back to the exact same wish over and over again. I wish this day would hurry up and be over. Edited to add (while wailing): I give up!!!! I just don't type fast enough . . . [ September 30, 2004, 10:16 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 10:16 AM
ha ha ha.. i beat you. Just do my wish. [ September 30, 2004, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: Turgan ]
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Shan
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posted September 30, 2004 10:17 AM
Granted, Turgan . . . Naomi IS with you and her NEW fiance . . . (mwha-ha-ha) I wish Turgan typed slower . . . (Edited for sloppy fast typing mistakes) [ September 30, 2004, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 10:20 AM
granted. unfortunately, this also means you type slower... and still slower than me. i wish I had a huge bowl of tapioca pudding right now.
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Shan
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posted September 30, 2004 10:27 AM
GFranted: it looks very nice dripping down your face with the bowl upside down on your head. I wish that everyone practiced the Greatest Commandment all the time, perfectly.
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 11:35 AM
Granted. But, just yesterday, the greatest commandment was changed to "Thou shalt eat cheese sticks whenever possible" I hope (or wish.. whatever) that i passed my History 1301 test.
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Eruve Nandiriel
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posted September 30, 2004 11:42 AM
You pass your test...and didn't put your name on the paper, so you don't get the grade. I wish I could concentrate on school.
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Turgan
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posted September 30, 2004 11:45 AM
GRANTED! Unfortunately, you concentrate so hard your brain explodes. I wish I could get that chick right over there to smile. She seems so sad. I think i see a tear.
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Scott R
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posted September 30, 2004 11:46 AM
Granted. She smiles at you because she has found her next ritual sacrifice. I wish I had a copy of the Princess Bride dvd. [ September 30, 2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: Scott R ]
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Annie
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posted September 30, 2004 11:46 AM
nevermind... [ September 30, 2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: Annie ]
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Annie
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posted September 30, 2004 11:47 AM
Granted - you have a copy of the Princess Bride, but your dvd player now only plays zone 3. I wish I knew how to fish.
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Dan_raven
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posted September 30, 2004 11:48 AM
Granted, now you know how to fish, and 500 kindergarten kids come over and play "Go Fish" with you all day long, every day, for the rest of your mercifully short life. I wish I had one moment of perfect bliss.
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Goody Scrivener
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posted September 30, 2004 11:52 AM
quote: I wish I had one moment of perfect bliss. Granted, but you were so worried about finding that one moment that you missed it when it came. I wish for a new kate spade Rachel handbag <g>
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docmagik
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posted September 30, 2004 11:57 AM
Granted, but now Kate Spade Rachel's family is looking for her. I wish instead of going to work I could stay home and see what daytime Hatracking is like.
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Eruve Nandiriel
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posted September 30, 2004 12:00 PM
Granted. Unfortunately, hardly anyone is on during the day. I wish I could type faster.
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docmagik
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posted September 30, 2004 12:03 PM
Granted. Unfortunately, you miss all those other words you used to be able to type. I wish I was a NYT bestselling author.
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Scott R
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posted September 30, 2004 12:05 PM
Granted. You become a hack. I wish I could get over my addiction to Fable.
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pooka
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posted September 30, 2004 12:06 PM
edit: same diff. You addiction to Fable ends with you lying in a gutter in tattered clothes, holding the X box close to you and murmuring "For every choice a consequence" as you succumb to starvation. I wish the water main in my house weren't turned off. ( [ September 30, 2004, 12:10 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
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