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Old 03-21-2006, 07:43 AM   #1
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Your wish is granted...
Okay, we get to play evil genies.
I'll make a wish.
The next person grants the wish but corrupts it somehow. Then he or she posts a new wish for the next person to corrupt. And so on.

Example-
ME: I wish I had Spiderman's powers.

NEXT PERSON: Granted, but you now have four extra arms and an appetite for flies. I wish I were immortal.

NEXT PERSON: Granted, you're stuck in suspended animation forever. I wish I were taller.
etc.

Alright, for real...
I wish I had a best-selling novel.
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Old 03-21-2006, 07:46 AM   #2
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Granted. Here's a copy of The DaVinci Code. All yours, free of charge.

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Old 03-21-2006, 07:51 AM   #3
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Granted, but it's all in pennies which are going to drop down on you from the sky right about....now.

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Old 03-21-2006, 07:53 AM   #4
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Granted -- meet Spuds Mackenzie.
Granted -- here's Fabio.

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Old 03-21-2006, 08:01 AM   #5
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Granted--your salary will be around fifty bucks a year. But you're STILL a pro.

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Old 03-21-2006, 10:00 AM   #6
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Granted! Unfortunately, it takes all the notes in an obscure Proto-Indoeuropean language that you don't speak.

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Old 03-21-2006, 10:37 AM   #7
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Granted. You will spend six days and seven nights in...Death Valley! Water, sunscreen, air conditioning, and car to leave in are not included.

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Old 03-21-2006, 12:22 PM   #8
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Granted. But they are all languages no one understands, even you.
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Old 03-21-2006, 12:46 PM   #9
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Granted, it has no ceiling, crumbling walls and has been built before there was anything remotely like a heating system, but it's a castle.

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Old 03-21-2006, 01:48 PM   #10
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Granted, but all you're able to knock out is cheesy dialogue for the lowest of low-budget porn flicks.

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Old 03-21-2006, 02:48 PM   #11
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Granted... but you still live with your parents.

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Old 03-21-2006, 05:30 PM   #12
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Granted, and Dahling, you look absolutely devastating in that skimpy Virgin Atlantic flight attendant's uniform.

I wish for a spot among the top 5 on the New York Times best seller list.
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Old 03-21-2006, 07:02 PM   #13
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You got it. Who would think a Pornographic picture book would be such a hot seller?



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Old 03-21-2006, 09:12 PM   #14
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No problem. Just remember your last name is Frey.



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Granted. You find it but no one will hire you because you're "overqualified."

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Old 03-21-2006, 09:28 PM   #16
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Old 03-21-2006, 09:39 PM   #17
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Granted. The only problem is they're are all posters in the Take It Outside thread. Good luck.

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Old 03-21-2006, 09:42 PM   #18
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Sure. Unfortunately, XP was just replaced with a new operating program.



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Granted, but now it's so antiseptic, it's actually toxic.

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Enjoy.


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You are. Oops. They messed up your classification. Sorry, they made you senior janitor. Close enough for government work.

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Best I could do is a zebra. Oh, and your other pets have become a pride of hungry lions.

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You can. Unfortunately, you'll still have to pay for the gas. ($12K per tank, is what I hear.)


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granted - but it has no landing mechanism.


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