Been granted 3 wishes by Genie. Slightly anxious.
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Been granted 3 wishes by Genie. Slightly anxious.Today I was sitting on my sofa, stroking my cat, when out of the unexpected a genie shot out from his backside. After seeing a look of satisfaction on my cat's face as if he had just taken a behemothic dump, I asked the Genie why he had taken my cat's belly as his dwelling. Apparently he couldn't pay the rent for his old lamp so was forced to move out.
Anyway, the Genie granted me 3 wishes, so here I am carefully planning each one.
After thinking for a while, I decided for my first wish I'd quite like a well aged stilton - possibly a nice roquefort if I'm feeling adventurous.
Then for my second wish I thought it'd be pretty funny if Justin Bieber had taste buds in his anus.
For my last one I fancied the idea of being able to shoot good quality whiskey from every orifice of my body, the possibilities are endless - I can bottle it and sell it, drink it whenever and wherever I want etc. But I didn't want to be selfish, so I decided I'd wish this for everyone after realising how it could solve most worldwide problems: thirst, war, you name it.
So thinking about how they ask it in the movies and on tv I was about to say
"I wish everybody in the world was able to produce an everlasting supply of whiskey from every crack and crater in their body".
But then I thought is this wording correct?
Surely if say "I wish I was able to do X" then the word "was" means in the past tense. So if I say I wish I was able to fly, does that not mean the Genie would give myself in the past the ability to fly (of course my past self would not know my future self had been granted this wish and would not realise I had this power) and thus rendering my wish useless.
I know that Genie's are known for being sneaky and I'm sorry for being pedantic but I want to make sure this all goes to plan and would appreciate if someone could help me word this correctly, especially if they have had any past experiences with a Genie. -
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Re: Been granted 3 wishes by Genie. Slightly anxious.Yes it must be a crime to be as unfunny as the OP(Original post by SnoochToTheBooch)
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Re: Been granted 3 wishes by Genie. Slightly anxious.I believe the phrase you would be best to use is "I wish that everyone else in the world CAN BE able to blah blah blah at this very moment and for all eternity". there, that covers your ass.
Now, go back to smoking whatever it is you were smoking and maybe mr genie will come back and give you another chance to get it right huh?
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Re: Been granted 3 wishes by Genie. Slightly anxious.You should go back to your teachers and complain that you were short-changed when they didn't teach you about the subjunctive mood in English. Then you should google "English subjunctive mood" to remedy the problem.(Original post by Ulgoo)
Today I was sitting on my sofa, stroking my cat, when out of the unexpected a genie shot out from his backside. After seeing a look of satisfaction on my cat's face as if he had just taken a behemothic dump, I asked the Genie why he had taken my cat's belly as his dwelling. Apparently he couldn't pay the rent for his old lamp so was forced to move out.
Anyway, the Genie granted me 3 wishes, so here I am carefully planning each one.
After thinking for a while, I decided for my first wish I'd quite like a well aged stilton - possibly a nice roquefort if I'm feeling adventurous.
Then for my second wish I thought it'd be pretty funny if Justin Bieber had taste buds in his anus.
For my last one I fancied the idea of being able to shoot good quality whiskey from every orifice of my body, the possibilities are endless - I can bottle it and sell it, drink it whenever and wherever I want etc. But I didn't want to be selfish, so I decided I'd wish this for everyone after realising how it could solve most worldwide problems: thirst, war, you name it.
So thinking about how they ask it in the movies and on tv I was about to say
"I wish everybody in the world was able to produce an everlasting supply of whiskey from every crack and crater in their body".
But then I thought is this wording correct?
Surely if say "I wish I was able to do X" then the word "was" means in the past tense. So if I say I wish I was able to fly, does that not mean the Genie would give myself in the past the ability to fly (of course my past self would not know my future self had been granted this wish and would not realise I had this power) and thus rendering my wish useless.
I know that Genie's are known for being sneaky and I'm sorry for being pedantic but I want to make sure this all goes to plan and would appreciate if someone could help me word this correctly, especially if they have had any past experiences with a Genie.
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Re: Been granted 3 wishes by Genie. Slightly anxious.Something has always confused me about genies. Why do they all speak English? You'd have thought, seeing as nobody in England has discovered how to grant wishes yet, they would come from other parts of the world where magic was more widespread and common/not abhorred. Or maybe that's why they're all hiding in lamps/animal stomaches. Or maybe they all wished to be able to speak every language there ever was and ever will be? Who knows.
Either way, this thread has answered a question I've been pondering over for ages. Thank you, denizens of TSR!
