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M$1 June 24, 2009 07:01 PM

If you met the Genie from Disney's Aladdin what would your three wishes be?

Come on, I really want to know!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(Aladdin)
If you get a chance watch the video clip!

Lyrics:
Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves
Scheherezad-ie had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves
You got a brand of magic never fails
You got some power in your corner now
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
See all you gotta do is rub that lamp
And I'll say

Mister Aladdin, sir
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order
Jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me
No no no

Life is your restaurant
And I'm your maitre d'
C'mon whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me

Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service
You're the boss
The king, the shah
Say what you wish
It's yours! True dish
How about a little more Baklava?

Have some of column "A"
Try all of column "B"
I'm in the mood to help you dude
You ain't never had a friend like me

Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
Do your friends pull this out their little hat?
Can your friends go, poof?
Well, looky here
Can your friends go, Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make the sucker disappear?

So doncha sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a genie for your chare d'affaires
I got a powerful urge to help you out
So what-cha wish? I really wanna know
You got a list that's three miles long, no doubt
Well, all you gotta do is rub like so - and oh

Mister Aladdin, sir, have a wish or two or three
I'm on the job, you big nabob
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never had a friend like me
You ain't never had a friend like me, hah!
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June 24, 2009 07:19 PM
If I was twenty again, I would ask for a world of pieces.
If was thirty again, I would ask for a piece of the world.
If I was fifty again I would ask for a whorled piece of cheesecake.


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June 25, 2009 01:47 AM
I'm not sure what a world of pieces is.

But I would think a (small) piece of the world and some cheesecake can surely be yours! :)

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June 24, 2009 07:07 PM
I'd wish him free as my first wish. I have everything I desire, including one thing he can't manage, my loving wife. So no wishes here, apart from wishing him a very pleasant life as a free Genie.

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June 24, 2009 08:47 PM
Come on, that leaves an extra 2 wishes, what about world peace and an end to piracy?

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June 24, 2009 07:12 PM
wish #1: i would wish for a magic bag that when i said an amount of money out loud i would be able to pull that much out of the bag

wish #2: to be able to control my aging....if i wanted to get old i can...if i wanted to become young again i can do that as well.

wish#3: my final wish would be to have family and friends live as long as they want....so i wouldn't be alone and i wouldn't morn anyone's death

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June 24, 2009 08:47 PM
Good wishes, only problem is the genie would remain locked up.

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June 24, 2009 08:06 PM
wish #1 - I wish that anytime I handed someone a piece of paper it would look like either a hundred dollar bill or a snake depending on whether or not I liked the person.

wish #2 - I wish for the ability to stop time and reverse time.

wish #3 - I wish for three more wishes.

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June 24, 2009 08:19 PM
Ok Beth, have you even seen Aladdin??!? YOU CANT WISH FOR MORE WISHES.

I want to change my third wish to: I wish Beth would have seen Aladdin before posting her reply.

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June 24, 2009 08:45 PM
Beth it is true the Genie wouldn't allow this wish, can I recommend you treat yourself to a copy of Aladdin? A must in anybody's video collection young or old!

Also the Genie doesn't allow wishes that make a person fall in love with another, spoilsport.

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June 24, 2009 11:35 PM
@beth2384, your 1st wish is intriguing...until you want to sign a mortgage document, loan papers, write a love note, or sign a school permission slip. ;)

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June 24, 2009 08:17 PM
1. I wish my iPhone would constantly morph into latest generation without having to extend my 2 year sentence with AT&T

2. A bag of money is so 1950's - I want a no limit credit card gets magically paid off

3. To fly.

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June 24, 2009 08:20 PM
haha....true a bag of money is old school, and an unlimited credit card does sound sweet.....i just want to be able to hold a thousand or a million dollars

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June 24, 2009 11:31 PM
Just a thought, if you're going to wish to fly or perform any other superhuman feat, you should use another wish to keep your self safe from governmental probes, studying, and dissection. Ewwwww...

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June 25, 2009 12:11 PM
lol @ number 1

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June 24, 2009 09:05 PM
3 wishes you say?

1. A magic pair of jeans that would always have five $100 dollar bills in the front left pocket.

2. The ability to 100% of the time produce something useful to say.

3. An immunity to all harmful diseases.

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June 24, 2009 09:34 PM - New Source
Also
1) Jeans where ones backside never looks big
2) Your 99% success rate isn't bad!
3) Totally agree, especially avoidable ones like leprosy, measles, etc
But the Genie is still locked up.
http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/images/2007/05/31/genie.jpg

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June 24, 2009 11:54 PM
I like your answers @buddawiggi, but...what if you lose those jeans someday? Or what if they get destroyed in the wash? Or what if you wanted to go to a business lunch, wore a suit, but had to pull out this dirty pair of jeans to pay the bill? :D

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June 25, 2009 01:17 AM
I had not thought that far ahead @gno . Hopefully I would have had the foresight enough to grab some cash from the jeans before I went to the lunch.

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June 25, 2009 12:10 PM
@gno : Rich people can wear jeans all of the time if they want :)

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June 25, 2009 02:08 PM
@robbrown - Of course! What was I thinking?! A business meeting? Ha! You're right, if I had a magical pair of money-sprouting jeans, I guess I wouldn't be at any business meetings. ;)

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June 24, 2009 09:17 PM
#1 Happy, loving, healthy and successful lives for my two sons.
#2 A loving relationship for the rest of my life
#3 Enough funds so that I could live a worry free life and to be able to take care of my medical needs as I age.

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June 24, 2009 09:35 PM
Some great answers, I wish you all the best with those wishes.

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June 24, 2009 09:41 PM
1. perfect health.
2. to be the richest person in the world.
3. to have 3 more wishes.

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June 24, 2009 09:54 PM - New Source
You can have wishes 1 and 2 but the Genie doesn't let you have more wishes!
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_83/11577636636600Yt.jpg

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June 24, 2009 09:57 PM
I'd wish that I could A) become immortal, and b) have a wish granted every day of my life. That way I could just wish something like "I wish I had a loaf of bread because I can't be bothered to go to the store"...and voila!

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June 25, 2009 09:45 AM - New Source
You'd better read this beginners guide to immortality then, just in case!

No sorry, the Genie will only give just three wishes out.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/immortal-cover.jpg

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June 24, 2009 10:49 PM
1) I would wish the Genie happiness and fullillment in life.
2) 10% of Microsoft shares dated back to the company's IPO.
3) A Bugatti Veyron, so that I dont have to ait until I cash in my stocks to get it.

...Its a material world.

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June 25, 2009 09:47 AM
So I guess if you wish the Genie happiness, you'd want him freed?

Indeed, 10% of Microsoft shares backdated would be a tidy sum.

Bugatti Veyron, very nice too
http://www.sharebook.co.kr/disney/a/%EC%95%8C%EB%9D%BC%EB%94%98.files/image007.jpg
http://imadivaprincess.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/bugatti_veyron_hires.jpg

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June 24, 2009 10:56 PM
Okay. My one and only wish would be to set the Genie free.
I would ask the Genie to stay a while and maybe we could sing a few songs or dance a bit. (I would be happy to hang out with Robin Williams too)

My goal here would be to ask the genie to teach me how to be a Genie.
That way I would not only have wishes for myself, but also know how it feels to grant wishes to others. That must feel great!

(I already have the name, it's just spelled differently)


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June 24, 2009 11:47 PM
WISH #1 - I would wish for the immortality of myself and my family, at our own pleasures so that we may become mortal again at our own choosing.

WISH #2 - I would wish for replenishing wealth
(replenishing in case I run into any governmental issues during the millennia of my lifetime - don't want my cash confiscated!)

WISH #3 - I would wish for the Genie's freedom

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Why didn't I wish for world peace, or an end to suffering or hunger? Because if you knock down one enemy of mankind, another will take its place. Humans are beasts of suffering. Instead, I could use my wealth from WISH #2 to help implement changes around the globe - funding cancer research, funding vaccines for third-world countries, sheltering suffering animals, sending food to starving people, and manipulating world political issues for the most peaceful outcome (hey, money is powerful and can grease a lot of wheels!).

And WISH #3 is because it would be the right thing to do. Karma has a price, baby. And this price is one wish. Plus maybe he knows some other genies in need of freeing...I'm just sayin'...

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June 24, 2009 11:50 PM
I do want to comment that my "runner-up" wish was to have any question I ever wanted an answer to answered by the powers of the universe (things like finding out what happens after death, is there significant life beyond our planet?, etc.). I decided against it though realizing that sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

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June 25, 2009 09:50 AM - New Source
Top drawer answer, which may be similar to how mine ends up when I post it.

A definite tick in the box from me.

Wealth, immortality and the genie being freed are a good combination!

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June 25, 2009 12:15 AM
hmmmm interesting thought provoking question.......

1. World Domination
2. Immortality
3. Eternal Youth (no immortality is not the same)

muhahahahahahahahhahahah ok j/k

truthfully
1. Enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life and put my kids through college with no worries.
2. Good health and happiness for me and all my family.
3. The genie's freedom because it is not fair for any being to be imprisoned like that.

cheesey huh? :p

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June 25, 2009 09:56 AM - New Source
Great answers, good that you did 2 sets!

Not too cheesy, but the image below is:
http://www.scottpetersonproductions.com/Artists/10800/Mediums/Medium_328200741059PM_cheesey_sandwich.jpg

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June 25, 2009 01:38 AM
1) x-ray vision glasses

2) become a rock star

3) the ability to eat whatever I want without getting fat

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June 25, 2009 02:40 AM
Ooooh, I LIKE number three! Why didn't I think of that?

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June 25, 2009 09:56 AM - New Source
Good answers, but the Genie would still be locked up.

I thought you might like this advert for X ray glasses!
http://infinitejestchallenge.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/xray-glasses.jpg

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June 25, 2009 12:18 PM
I guess I failed out of my own selfishness. If I had a 4th wish I would free the Genie. Do you allow do overs?

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June 25, 2009 02:01 AM
1. To be financially stable until I die of old age
2. 5 homes in a few different places (not sure where)
3. AND A CAR THAT NEVER RUNS OUT OF GAS AND IS ALWAYS FULL, MEANING THAT THE MPG IS INFINITE!!!!!!!! (A nice looking car maybe able to make it change whenever I want it to change into a different type of car.)

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June 25, 2009 09:59 AM - New Source
Some nice answers, interestingly you want to die, but of old age. Many people on this post want immortality.

Maybe you'd like the attached house in Grand Rapids?

Yes, it can be a real pain filling the car up and also quite expensive.
http://grandrapidsrealestatetrends.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/luxury-home.jpg

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June 25, 2009 02:59 AM
Well... in the unlikely event that I had to do this for real... I'd probably take a deep breath, grit my teeth, and make wishes for the world, and not just for me.

I would also need a whiteboard to think them through first, and some people to bounce ideas off. A Mahalo Think Tank full of people maybe?

I mean I could wish for all of the CO2 that's been released into the atmosphere in the last 100 years to be returned into the ground whence it came as oil, gas and coal. Would that be a good idea? I don't know. Needs some thought. A lot of thought probably. :)

But you don't want to know about things like that do you?

I mean a genie question should be fun, fun. fun!

So here are my fun three wishes....

1) A TARDIS please.

A *what* you ask? It's a handy little space-and-time ship. Also enormously bigger on the inside than the outside. Make sure it's a fully functioning one, and that I can pilot it please Genie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/TARDIS1.jpg/180px-TARDIS1.jpg

It was a close run between a TARIDIS and a Starship of my own, but what the heck.

2) Give me Roger Federer's physique and tennis skills please. But keep me looking like me ok?

And make sure I maintain them all the rest of my life with no effort on my part as well, thanks. :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Roger_Federer_-_US_Open_2006.jpg/150px-Roger_Federer_-_US_Open_2006.jpg

3) The ability to have any fictional character I choose come to life and be my companion on my TARDIS journeys. (Also the ability to return them to fiction-dom as needed.)

And which characters would I choose? The beauty of it is, I don't have to be selective. It could be Sherlock Holmes one day, and Buffy the next. Or both at the same time. Not a bad team to have perhaps.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/S514_Buffy.png/270px-S514_Buffy.png

Maybe not the best and wisest set of wishes ever, but sure would be fun.

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June 25, 2009 10:01 AM
Thanks for your answers, an unusual set for sure!

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June 25, 2009 04:21 PM
There's a little bit more to them than meets the eye. :)

All those people who wished for money... What do we want money for? A TARDIS gets you an amazing home, transportation beyond anyone's wildest dreams, and an array of technology that makes an iPhone look like an abacus at best etc. You probably would not need money ever again. In fact people who've made billions spend their money trying to buy a small fraction of the experiences a TARDIS could give you.

As for the fictional character... a great life is no fun without great people to share it with. And I would not want to impose on any real person by having the genie meddle with them. So it would be kind of neat to meet all your favorite fictional characters, and have them around to help you out in any scrapes you got yourself into. Of course my actual family and friends would be welcome on the TARDIS too if they wanted to come! But you know, they've got kids that need to go to school, people they need to look after, things they're up to etc.

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June 25, 2009 03:17 AM
Fortunately, the genie from Disney's Aladdin, while silly, doesn't purposefully screw up your wishes. So, I'd feel comfortable wishing from him.

If limited to wishes for me and my lived ones:

1. Long life and good health for all my loved ones.
2. To be rich enough that my family and I would never have to worry about money again, and so that I would have money to donate to important causes.

Damn, that's only two. The thing is, those would cover everything without infringing on anyone's free will.

If limited to wishes that would help humanity:

1. For the world to work together for zero population growth, as our booming population is having a negative effect on the world.
2. For a cure to be found that is the remedy to all diseases, both physical and mental.
3. For people all over the world to stop living in superstition.

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June 25, 2009 10:01 AM
Thanks some good suggestions here.

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June 26, 2009 12:30 AM
Wait... did you get three wishes? ;)

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June 25, 2009 08:29 AM
1 - Always find in my pocket or on my plastic the prcise amount of any bill I ger or payment I have to do.

2 - Make peace a permanent background of Mid-East so that THEY can find some long-forgotten and really deserved peace and ALL OTHERS cans deal with other matters.

3 - Make the Genie able to fulfill all my other future wishes, not just a stupid total of 3.
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1 - A novel I read some times ago (sorry, forgot the author)
2 - All papers, magazines, twitters dealing with Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Kuweit, Egypt...
3 - Some greed


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June 25, 2009 10:02 AM
Never ending cash, that would be useful.

Peace, would be good too.

Sorry, the Genie only gives 3 wishes.

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June 25, 2009 05:52 PM
1. World Peace - End of all violence, abuse, and suffering world wide
2. Undo all the damage to the earth that man has caused thus far and let us start fresh.
3. End famine and poverty for all

- I really couldn't ask for more in life than to help others out around me, luckily i have been blessed with things others have not but am constantly giving back and hope to spread that ideal around with others.

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June 26, 2009 06:50 PM
1. world peace
2. no more death
3. 3 more wishes
1. no more poverty worldwide
2. a safe world to live in
3. 3 more wishes
1. reverse time to bring back love ones
2. no more greed
3. 3 more wishes
1. ability to heal others
2. ability to fly
3. 3 more wishes
1. marry Prince William
2. marry Leonardo DiCaprio
3. 3 more wishes
1. find true love
2. have a loving family
3. 3 more wishes
1. always stay happy
2. be healthy
3. 3 more wishes
1. be a trillionaire
2. always be loved
3. 3 more wishes

What else can I wish for if I have all of the above.

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June 26, 2009 11:14 PM
1.to get a great job that gives me TONS of money

2.an AWESOME family

3.three more wishes

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