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Bill Oakes
Bill Oakes

Sep-15-2006 02:30

This is a very simple and fun game. The first person makes a wish, and each following person finds some way to corrupt the wish and then makes a new wish. For example:

Person 1. I wish I had a dog

Person 2. You have a dog, but it dies the day after you get it

I wish I had a muffin

Person 3: You get a muffin, but you drop it and have to throw it away.

And so on.

Your firt wish to corrupt is this:

I wish I had a new car.

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Professor Troof
Professor Troof
Lucky Stiff

Oct-30-2015 15:21

All trains you ever take are absolutely punctual on departure. However they always arrive at your destination at least an hour late.

I wish I could prove Riemann's hypothesis

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Oct-31-2015 04:45

All of a sudden, you see it - the solution to the hypothesis is in your grasp. You decide to write a scientific paper about it and how you came to the solution.

Everyone is impressed, but one young man challenges you to solve the next problem... the meaning of life.

After a decade or so, you give up on this hopeless task and decide to devote your time to your favorite hobby. That is, collecting stamps!

I wish I could be a king of a country for one day

Professor Troof
Professor Troof
Lucky Stiff

Oct-31-2015 14:34

Ah, Vulkie, the meaning of life is already clear to me, Riemann's hypothesis is much harder.

Anyway, through long-forgotten distant relations and an accident involving a lawnmower, it turns out you are next in line to the throne of a small kingdom. The incumbent dies and you inherit the throne. Unfortunately, that very day, the neighbouring country seizes on the insecurities surrounding the succession and invades. After 24 hours, your country is overrun and a republic declared, meanwhile you never actually got to visit your kingdom.

I wish I was the world's greatest pianist

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Nov-1-2015 01:11

I'm sure we'd all love to hear your explanation of "the meaning of life" - I, for one, would be very much intrigued.

It took you years, but finally, after a lot of unfortunate deaths and hard training, you're now the world's greatest pianist and are invited to play Bach's Symphony No. 7 for the President of the United States.

As you start to play, you notice that something's very wrong; not with your hands, but with the piano. The piano hasn't been tuned properly and you flunk immediately. And the critics, oh boy... they're having a field day!

I wish that I would have 10 million US dollars

Melanie D'lish
Melanie D'lish
Big Winner

Nov-2-2015 03:43

Unfortunately, those 10 million US dollars are found to be the proceeds of a very large bank robbery and are covered in a sticky, red tracking-dye - thus sadly rendering the money as unspendable.

I wish that I could have all your other wishes come true.

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Nov-2-2015 15:34

All of a sudden, my remaining wishes come true.

But then, the boredom strikes in... how will I entertain myself without any remaining wishes?

Eventually, I decided to pick up a new hobby: knitting clothes for little kittens.

I wish Melanie would finally meet her Prince Charming (white horse included)

Melanie D'lish
Melanie D'lish
Big Winner

Nov-3-2015 04:05

All is going well - Roberto Del Sid has even managed to find his Princess Charming!* - until I realise that I have an unfortunate allergy to horses, with white horses bringing out the most severe reaction. This is pretty much a deal-breaker.

(* - Yeah, right. Loud coughing noises of what appear to be skepticism & sarcasm emerge from stage left.).

I wish I was smart enough to study for a PhD and save the world with my ground-breaking research.



Professor Troof
Professor Troof
Lucky Stiff

Nov-4-2015 15:49

You are smart enough to study for a PhD. Your amazing intuition and years of painstaking research lead you to develop a theory that would solve world hunger, avert all wars, prevent disease, avert asteroid impacts and generally make people feel good about themselves.

However you are the only one who can understand your theory, and your thesis lays misinterpreted, used only to make a slight improvement to the shape of mascara brushes.

I wish I could control time

Vulkie3
Vulkie3
Haynes

Nov-5-2015 05:24

And all of a sudden, you can control time. You decide to make a couple of changes in history, preventing WW 1 and WW II and even the American Civil War.

However, when you go back to the exact moment you have left, you find that the changes weren't for the greater good of mankind; your actions have resulted in a different "World War" ; now, monkeys rule the world! - one of them even throws his poop at you and sniffs his finger as he had just inserted it in his... well, let's just leave it at that.

I wish I could have a pony



Melanie D'lish
Melanie D'lish
Big Winner

Nov-5-2015 14:31

You finally manage to buy yourself a sweet little pony. The sweetest pony that you could possibly dream of, with a magnificently handsome face.

However, once you get it back to your paddock you realise that it only responds positively to the song "My Lovely Horse" by The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon = musical genius) as featured in the tv comedy Father Ted.

After the first 3000 or so play throughs of that song, it starts to drive you mad (which is a sad thing because it is a brilliant song). You are then forever torn as to whether to get rid of this sweet little pony and are wracked with the possible guilt.

That and you also find you have an allergy to ponies (but this reason is far more boring and practical).

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I wish I could play the guitar as well as someone like Jimi Hendrix or St Vincent.

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