You find a brass lamp with a genie (jinn/djin) inside and set it free. It grants you three wishes, so what will you wish for?

Hmmm...
First, I'd wish for wisdom. Second, for a large sum of money, which I would distribute amongst SPUC, NZRSPCA, World Vision, Tear Fund, Guide Dog sponsorship, the international animal rescue organisation, my local church, people around me in need, my family and myself, and thirdly, that ... well actually, I'm not sharing the third wish

First I would wish for a lambourgini, second I would wish that Ontario Premier Mike Haris would come to his sences about giving Toronto the funding it deserves, and third I would wish for a monorial to be built between Toronto Union station & Toronto Lester B. Person International Airport.

I guess I'd start with "for all beings to live their lives free from suffering, and full of joy, love and peace." After that one was granted, I suppose I wouldn't have any more cravings, or, at least, that's how the theory goes.

I do have a similar lamp. But that's not how my wishes get answered.
1) Have everyone on a mutually satisfying path.
2) Restore the planets environment.

1. whirled peas
2. peas of mind
3. a 2000 election do over in the US

1. I wish that the rule about not being able to use a wish to get more wishes didn't apply...

1) several million dollars, 2) willpower, 3) different physical attributes

I can't think of anything I'd want, except assured good health for me, my family members, my friends, my future husband, and my future children.

1)College $$ for Mallory.
2)A home of our own.
3)Time and $$ to travel.

1) Good health for me and my girls.
2) A large sum of money so we could buy a house, do some traveling, and help out some other people.
3) Having perfectly nice weather on days when I want to do something outdoors, but still plenty of rain so it stays green and beautiful around here!

Peace of mind; long, happy, and healthy lives for myself and everyone I care about; for there to be no abuse or homelessness. Every person and every animal deserves a life free from that kind of suffering.

Health, love and money.

1. World Peace
2. Happiness for me and everyone else in the world
3. Money

I WOULD WISH FOR GOOD HEALTH FOR MYSELF AND ALL MY FAMILY , FOR HAPINESS ALWAYS , AND THAT WE ALL STAY FINACIALLY SECURE FOREVER.

1. 10 million dollars which I would distribute between my closest family members.
2. All polution to disapear from the earth.
3. To become pregnant and give birth to a healthy child.

a lifetime supply of marijuana
immortality
a time machine/flying saucer

1) Peace - For everyone
2) Long Healthy Life
3) A huge house, with 2 cars, and lots of acres

I don't think there's that much pot on the planet!

First, I get my macaw(Surprise!). Then, I get lots of land out in the boonies(away from the prairies!),And then I get enough money to sustain myself for the rest of my life.

1. A mint condition set of Prabhupada's books.

2. A supply of Hare Krishna food that never runs out.

3. An end to poverty in the world.

I would be much more careful with my working than this, but I would wish for:
1. That the Jubilee 2000 organisation would be successful in their goals to eliminate third world debt.
2. That transnational corporations would pay their workers and their contractors wages commensurate with their working hours and qualifications (hopefully the CEOs will get paid less and the factory workers will get paid more).
3. That in 3 years time I will be offered a tenured Associate Professorship in the field I am qualified at the University of my choice.

I wanted to ask for an end to poverty, but I got scared in case the genie decided that the easiest way to do that was to just kill everyone who was poor!

Is Govinda's still in Darlinghurst?

1) win a million pounds on the premium bonds (I don't want to say just become rich in case it does it in a nasty way, like let my family win it and then kill me off so I inherit)
2) health and fitness for myself and whichever of my friends want it too
3) sensible drugs laws (of course I want to be the one to define sensible here!)

Money, money, and a huge set of knockers.

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Because I don't think that genie would grant me a wish to become omnipotent, I would choose:

1st: Eternal life, but staying young forever, and being able to kill yourself if you want to
2nd: I can travel through the time.
3rd: I have great great great great great music talent (I have just great right now).

Good survey.

Yo, smart idea (the weed thing). I should've thought better.

Damn, my wishes are so selfish. All those stuff, just for me.

I'd wish for enlightenment. Then I'd know what to use the other two wishes for.

- a left boot
- a right boot
- the genie to have a nice day

I don't know.

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Hare Krishna!

Some evil genie interpretations:
eliminating suffering, people full of happiness, etc. - Everyone is permanently doped up
large sums of money - followed by arrest for possession of stolen bank money, or counterfeiting, or rigging a lottery, or...
peace on earth - war in space (that's from The Lathe of Heaven)
enlightenment - realize life is meaningless and become suicidal
peace of mind - no worrying about the oncoming traffic

The Genie could also choose to give peace on earth like the one on the X-Files episode. Mulder wished for peace on earth and she got rid of all the people except him.

Health for myself and family
My dream house on 100 hectares of productive land
A steady income of 5 times what I earn now from a huge share portfolio

Also
- restore the planets' environment....to that shortly after it formed (no O2 much CO2, volcanoes and asteroids)
- different physical attributes.....no eyes, a cats' arse for a mouth and hooves
-all beings free from suffering....all beings die when any pain is felt

"feeling pain" is not the same as "suffering," though...

1. I wish there was a cure for HIV/AIDS. I wish all my bills were paid. 3. I wish I could complete my dream of becoming a successful film director.

My number one choice would be to be a God/omnipotent Being, therefore
negating the need for the other two wishes.

If I can't choose that, then I would take:
The ability to travel to and explore other planets.
Eternal health and youth
Ability to see into the future at least 5 days in advance.

1. Good health
2. $5,000,000,000
3. Laetitia Casta

Surely 1 and 2 would give you 3?

That was a great X-Files episode!

One of my favorites. I wonder if the person who created the new survey on how the genie would grant the wishes had that episode in mind?

Probably!

#1 - true love
#2 - a house thats completely payed off
#3 - enough money to pay off my fathers debts

Pain can be physical and mental too. Ok, all beings die when any suffering is endured.

1. That i get so much money that i never could spend it all
2. That i can be young and healthy as long as i want to
3. That all religious persons in the world get prof that there is no god and that there is no greater plan.

The 3rd one is just great!

Perfect health for the rest of my life.
Complete knowledge in every skill, profession, talent and ability known to man.
A wonderful personality.

1) To have a successful career--one which would be benificial (sp?) to myself as well as others. 2) To maintain quality friendships through honest, respectful means. 3) For my family to clean up their act.

1) For all Politician's to do the jobs they were elected for.
2) For everyone in a Government position to tell the truth about past and present issues.
3) For this Country to find ALL our Missing In Action.
So I can dream can't I?

This may seem odd, but what would be so wrong with all being dying if they died content and happy and free from suffering, and if nobody else felt any suffering from their dying?

Never-ending packet of tim tams,everlasting money supply
and an adorable hunk for life

Doesn't everyone feel pain? All species would soon die out.

The trick here is to effectively get as many wishes as I want, without violating the rules. Here is how it's done:

Wish #1: I wish to have a time-machine, which could reach any point in time and space.
Wish #2: I wish that my traveling through time could not change any event in the past or future I already know about (directly or indirectly).
Wish #3: I wish that I'll never be harmed in anyway by anyone or anything.

No need to wish for anything else - I can get every piece of future technology I want, and being a millionaire is just a matter of going to the tracks and placing a bet...

World peace.
Power.
Sebastian's reincarnation.

Again- pain does not equal suffering. Suffering comes from when you resist pain and want it to go away or things to be otherwise. And, again, if all beings, all species, died out, but nobody was suffering, every being felt joy and peace with their dying out, what would be the harm in that?

1. financial freedom
2. physical health
3. world harmony

1.I would wish to get back with my ex boyfriend
2.I would wish to eat as much dessert as I want and never gain any weight from it
3. And I wish to have my wishes interpreted the way in which I intended.

1.I would wish for a hell of a lot of money
2.I would wish for true love
3.I would wish to be a size 8,no matter what I ate

Health, Success, last but not least, a drug free world!!!

While a drug free world might be okay for you if you had a genie to keep you healthy, it seems rather cruel to everyone else.

1.All types of power that would be considered supernatural,so I could make the world a better place.
2.To be immortal,so I could see everything and never miss a thing in the world
3.Eternal health upon everyone in the world and people in the future so disease wouldn't be a problem.

Omniscience & omnipotence, eh. That's where I started. ..and had to surrender it again and again. Are you willing to lose your ego over it? You can't have your cake and eat it too.

There are some beneficial drugs. Would you get rid of those as well?

That last comment was intended for you. I meant wanting Om. & Om. I eventually reached one heartless form of it years back, and tossed it away in favor of heaven. God offered me whatever I wanted this Easter morning. I declined to ask for anything. The question is almost haunting. Who am I to answer this? I know I'll continue to ask for things and get my prayers answered.

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Uh What? I can't even understand your comment, do you even understand your comment? Please rephrase! Thank you (actress)

Okay let me explain this like I would explain it to my 7 yr old, LSD, Crack, Heroine, Meth you get me now? Street drugs that are destroying our families and youth.

I think dab is referring to the drugs we use to cure disease.

You said a drug free world. You didn't specify illegal/street drugs. Don't talk down to me-I'm not a 7 yr. old.

I'm really trying to adjust to the language spoken on this site, or should I say they way that people respond on this site. If you miss putting a period or question mark at the end of a sentence it's like such a BIG deal. So I'm learning slowly but surely that I must break it down very clearly, remembering to put my capital letters, commas and spaces between words. So I am sorry if I offended you, I will respond on this site like I do in my CompII class that's all.

Thanks for explaining that to me, I was totally lost. Sorry, when I hear people say "Drug Free World" I automatically think of street drugs. I realize that drugs are used in medication to cure illnesses, but I'm referring to drugs that are causing innocent children to get neglected and loved ones being hurt etc.

Thanks for clearing things up. The problem at SC is that we're not mindreaders. You say drugs, but didn't clarify. In my line of work I am required to clarify constantly, use correct punctuation & capitalization. I'm sorry you find it a BIG deal, but that's how we do things here.

Practice what you preach, check back through the surveys and you will see mistakes that you have made, as well as others. I just don't trip on petty things, and I feel like when people do they don't have anything better to do. Basically they don't have a life.

You don't sweat the petty things but do you pet the sweaty things?

Good question, I'll get back with you.

1. I wish that I was a beautiful woman
2. I wish that I had the clothes to compliment me as a beautiful woman.
3. I wish that I had enough money to live an upper class life style for the rest of my life.

~~i would wish that my neighbor could walk again.She got in a car accident the doctors amputated her legs.she is so sad cause she cant walk,run,dance..and she is really pretty woman!
~~my second wish would be for my parents.i wish that they could stop arguing and begin to appreciate and value each other.
~~and my third wish would be for my self, that i would reach my goals and nothing prevented me from achieving it!!!

For the Red Wood and Old Growth forests to be back in full form.
To end the oil spills and the endless pollution that continue to plague the planet and our animals.
And for humans and dolphins to finally establish some way of a sensible communication.

The fellows are probably capable of exchanging virtual sculptural works via the same acoustic holography they use to see underwater with.

1.i would wish for wisdom,supernatural powers and peace.

money, eternal protection for my family, world peace

I'm glad to see wisdom comes first on your list. It's a drag to have powers and not to know for sure what to do with them.