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  • The Corrupt Wish

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #85281  by Nev
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:26 pm
I saw this on the Ponderer's Guild:

Person 1 starts with a wish. Person 2 grants it, but corrupts it...like in the following example:

1: "I wish I was world-famous and internationally known."
2. "Granted. You're Michael Jackson."

Or...

1. "I wish I had all the money in the world."
2. "Granted. Unfortunately, no one else has any money anymore, and a violent Marxist revolt is taking place outside of your mansion. Good luck with the peasants!"

Here's a reference: http://p088.ezboard.com/fponderersguild ... =138.topic

The idea (I think) is to give thought or pause to those yearnings we all have and remind us hopefully that sometimes we have what we need, even if we don't always get what we want.

Anyone wanna play? I'll start.

I wish I were really, really cut (in other words, very very in-shape.)

 #85282  by Don
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:40 pm
I like one of the items from Hunter X Hunter, where you get to make 1000 wishes and get 3 of them come true at random. You also can't pad your wishes (e.g. "I want a billion dollar" and then "I want a billion +1 dollars").

 #85283  by Nev
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:41 pm
What?
Last edited by Nev on Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.

 #85285  by Oracle
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:03 pm
Granted, unfortunately because of the immense stress put on your body all at one time, you live in pain every day of your life.

 #85286  by Nev
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:06 pm
hah!

where's your wish? :)

the idea is the "granter" then puts up a wish of his/her own.

 #85287  by Oracle
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:04 pm
I wish I was a musical genius.

 #85290  by Don
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:29 pm
Granted, but you're deaf (like Beethoven).

I wish someone would make a good RPG.

 #85291  by Eric
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:46 pm
Granted but you'd be blind, and unable to enjoy it.

I wish I could mimc everyone/anything's voice.

 #85294  by Imakeholesinu
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:14 pm
Granted but you now speak like Mike Tyson and with a lisp.

I wish for popsicles.

 #85296  by Don
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:16 pm
Isn't the corrupted part supposed to be relevant to the wish... not like "I wish I was strong, but now I got AIDS?"

I demand a re-answer!

 #85297  by Nev
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:17 pm
Granted. Wait, did you say <b>pop</b>sicles? With only one "o"?

<i>(throws away an extra vowel)</i>

I wish for extremely hot sex (with a girl) right now.

EDIT: Don: Granted. They made the RPG. As a matter of fact, it's the best RPG ever created...with anime cutscenes so beautiful to make grown men weep...but they had to hire the best anime artists in Japan in order to do it. All of them. The only anime to come out for the next year involves tentacles or bodily functions (usually) not related to sex.

By the way, the RPG never actually comes out in the states, because the company heads involved know Americans are too dumb to appreciate anime of this quality.

 #85299  by Eric
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:28 pm
Granted, but you can't hold an erection.

I wish for the Triforce. @_@

 #85301  by Don
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:30 pm
That wouldn't bother me. I can just import it.

 #85302  by Don
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:31 pm
You become a Gamecube doing the TriForce attack from Sega Fantasy VI.

I wish the X (Megaman) series would end.

 #85304  by Nev
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:39 pm
Granted. It's pulled in favor of an entirely new Megaman series. In an effort to enhance crossover appeal to girls, gameplay heavily revolves around a shared-data feature with Mary-Kate and Ashley's Great Mall Adventure 3. Also, Gilbert Gottfried is cast as the voice of Megaman. Enjoy!

I wish I had a couple of authentic Mexican tacos.

 #85309  by Gentz
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:04 pm
Granted, but the crunchy shells cut the roof of your mouth CAUSING YOU MODERATE DISCOMFORT! HAHAHAHAHAAAaaaaa!

oop...Also, I wish it was Christmas every day.

 #85313  by Nev
 Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:07 pm
Granted. The malls are PACKED. Get cracking. :wink:

I wish I were a better person.

 #85324  by Imakeholesinu
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:15 am
Granted, you will never have kids though.

I wish for a safe place to shit.

 #85326  by Kupek
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:18 am
Granted, but you're constipated.

I wish I had more sleep.

 #85328  by the Gray
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:50 am
Granted, you now have a form of narcalepsy that causes you to fall asleep whenever an attractive woman is near.

I wish I was a great writer.

 #85330  by Nev
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:28 am
Granted. Your writings are beautiful, soulful, and so far ahead of their time that you can't sell a God-blessed copy to cover the ten thousand dollar loan you had to take out to get them published. I hear the taco bar down at the mall is hiring, though!

I wish I was a little bit taller - I wish I was a baller? (I guess I already did the "I wish I had girl that I could get it, I would call her" part. Anyone remember this song? Skee-Lo?)

By the way, Barret, that was pretty funny. :)

 #85338  by Oracle
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:49 pm
Granted, but now you play for the men's Canadian Olympic Basketball Team.

I wish I had rocketboots.

 #85339  by Flip
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:56 pm
Granted, but so does everyone else, infact you have last years model and are rideculed everyday of your life for being cheap. Also, you cant afford fuel for your crappy rocketboots.

 #85340  by Flip
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:56 pm
I wish i didnt have to work.

 #85341  by Agent 57
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:13 pm
Granted - you're in jail.

I sure wish <i>I</i> had a monkey's paw (FYI, that's probably the inspiration for this whole thing).

 #85342  by kent
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:05 pm
Granted, you are a monkey in a North Korean Test Lab for Biological Weapons.

I wish all sharks have lasers "strapped to their friggen heads."

 #85343  by Kupek
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:23 pm
kent wrote:I wish all sharks have lasers "strapped to their friggen heads."
Granted, but now you owe me <i>ONE MILLLLLION</i> dollars.

I wish I had a 20" iMac.
Agent57 wrote:I sure wish I had a monkey's paw (FYI, that's probably the inspiration for this whole thing).
As awesome as The Simpsons is, it didn't invent the idea of "be careful what you wish for."

 #85344  by Agent 57
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:50 pm
Kupek wrote:As awesome as The Simpsons is, it didn't invent the idea of "be careful what you wish for."
*laughs*

Kup, while it's true I was quoting the Simpsons, I was actually talking about the short story "The Monkey's Paw" that the Simpsons segment was based on in the first place.

And man, was that ever a <i>creepy</i> story. Been years since I read it, but I still remember how scary the end of it was.

 #85347  by Julius Seeker
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:51 pm
Granted, but your I-pod plays the entire song of macarena at a set volume every time you turn it on and off.

I wish I Saddam Hussein would start his own talkshow.

 #85352  by Imakeholesinu
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:24 pm
Granted, then ESPN offers you a job where you make a racist comment and you blame it on painkiller abuse. Take that Rush Limbaugh!

I wish to be caught up this semester in college.

 #85353  by Manshoon
 Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:31 pm
Granted, but you have no life outside of school and no time for friends or girls since you're hitting the books 24/7.

I wish I had more stuff to do at work.

 #85354  by Oracle
 Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:03 am
Granted.

I wish I could find a pen.

 #85355  by Eric
 Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:10 am
Granted you had to dig it outta yer ass.

I wish there was world peace.

 #85359  by SineSwiper
 Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:52 am
Mental wrote:I wish I had a couple of authentic Mexican tacos.
Satan gave me a taco; And it made me really sick; The chicken was all raw; And the grease was mighty thick
The rice was all rancid; And the beans were so hard; I was gettin' kinda dizzy; Eatin' all the lard
There was aphids on the lettuce; And I ate every one; And after I was done; The salsa melted off my tongue
Pieces of tortilla; Got stuck in my throat; And stains on my clothes; Burned a hole through my coat
My stomach was trembling; And I broke out in a rash; I was so dry an thirsty; And I didn't have no cash
So I went and found a hose; Tore off all my clothes; Turned on the water; And it shot right up my nose
Eric wrote:I wish there was world peace.
Granted, but it involves everybody on happy drugs.

I wish I could hurry up and finish KotOR.

(This game is also as bad as the "The Person Above Me" thing.)

 #85379  by Imakeholesinu
 Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:22 pm
Granted, but right after you beat the game your system catches fire and burns the house down.

I wish to my fantasy baseball league.

 #85385  by Julius Seeker
 Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:59 pm
Granted, but the baseball players go on strike.

I wish I would stop making racist comments on ESPN (because of my painkiller addiction).

 #85403  by Imakeholesinu
 Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:32 pm
Granted, you quit and try to revive your career on talk radio only to discover your fans now know you really are full of shit.

I wish for milk for my cookies.

 #85404  by Eric
 Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:52 pm
Granted, but it's sour.

I wish somebody would reply to my reply. (ohhh now what?!)

 #85408  by Nev
 Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:18 pm
Granted conditionally...on the condition that you scream "I have sex with monkeys" at the top of your lungs immediately upon reading my reply. :) Otherwise, this response is for Barret.

I wish for a million, billion, TRILLION dollars.
Last edited by Nev on Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

 #85410  by Nev
 Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:24 pm
The Seeker wrote:I wish I Saddam Hussein would start his own talkshow.
Whoa, what happened here? Seek, did you edit this later or something? Or did Sine?

 #85421  by Julius Seeker
 Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:54 pm
Wow, I didn't even notice that. I don't think I put that. Anyways, you have your wish granted, you now have a million billion trillion dollars in cash, 1 dollar bills to be exact. Because of this the nations economy colapses and it now costs a hundred trillion dollars to buy a turnip. The US converted all of their dollars to the Euro since the US dollar is now completely worthless. Speaking of the Euro, when your enormous pile of money began blowing away all over LA, you got charged 50,000 Euro's for littering.

I wish I Saddam Hussein's Talk Show would guest star Ayatollah Khomeini

 #85424  by Nev
 Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:21 pm
Okay, that's really not funny. (Not talking about you, Seeker - more whoever's punking your posts.)

 #85431  by SineSwiper
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:03 am
Mental wrote:Okay, that's really not funny. (Not talking about you, Seeker - more whoever's punking your posts.)
Not I.

 #85451  by Imakeholesinu
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:25 pm
Mental wrote:Granted conditionally...on the condition that you scream "I have sex with monkeys" at the top of your lungs immediately upon reading my reply. :) Otherwise, this response is for Barret.

I wish for a million, billion, TRILLION dollars.
ahh Mental thinks he's funny.

Granted, now the Yen, Euro and whatever currency Canadian's use is worth a million, billion, TRILLION more than the dollar. Inflation is a bitch.

I wish that life options were a lot easier.

I HAVE SEX WITH MONKEYS!

 #85455  by Julius Seeker
 Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:56 pm
Barret wrote:
Mental wrote:Granted conditionally...on the condition that you scream "I have sex with monkeys" at the top of your lungs immediately upon reading my reply. :) Otherwise, this response is for Barret.

I wish for a million, billion, TRILLION dollars.
ahh Mental thinks he's funny.

Granted, now the Yen, Euro and whatever currency Canadian's use is worth a million, billion, TRILLION more than the dollar. Inflation is a bitch.

I wish that life options were a lot easier.

I HAVE SEX WITH MONKEYS!

Barret! I am insulted at this lack of knowledge on your part. Our currency is rupees.....

 #85458  by Nev
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:38 am
The Seeker wrote:Barret! I am insulted at this lack of knowledge on your part. Our currency is rupees.....
(introduces a petition to have the currency of the U.S. converted to Gil)

 #85479  by Imakeholesinu
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:35 pm
The Seeker wrote:
Barret wrote:
Mental wrote:Granted conditionally...on the condition that you scream "I have sex with monkeys" at the top of your lungs immediately upon reading my reply. :) Otherwise, this response is for Barret.

I wish for a million, billion, TRILLION dollars.
ahh Mental thinks he's funny.

Granted, now the Yen, Euro and whatever currency Canadian's use is worth a million, billion, TRILLION more than the dollar. Inflation is a bitch.

I wish that life options were a lot easier.

I HAVE SEX WITH MONKEYS!

Barret! I am insulted at this lack of knowledge on your part. Our currency is rupees.....
Isn't that some sort of STD?

 #85480  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:05 pm
Heheheh, you're thinking of herpes I think. I on the otherhand in your position would have been thinking of rufees =)

 #85486  by Imakeholesinu
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:18 pm
GO GO RUFEE COLATTA!!!

 #85492  by Tortolia
 Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:06 pm
Rohypnol: The drug that really, really shouldn't be funny, but kinda is anyway.