If you found a lamp, accidently rubbed against, and a Jeanie came swirling out offering three wishes to be granted - what would you guys or gals wish for?

You gotta be careful with genies. You need to make sure to phrase your wish with super precision – genies love trouble and will interpret your wish in the most burdening way for you/the most fun way for them. Such as with Midas and his hand of gold.
yes not a genie instance but close enough.

I would wish for the ability to withdraw the exact amount of money from my pocket that I’m thinking of at the moment, in the currency I think of, and in the least amount of bills and change possible. I’m not sure what else I would wish for, probably the ability to transform water into the same volume of any other liquid substance that I was thinking of at the moment (including fountain of youth water). My third wish…... I’m really not sure.

Chinese food, to be done with school, unlimited wishes. strategy ;)

Money, health, and self-assurance.

@dynamic How is it that you know about genies?
You’ve met some haven’t you? lol

This will sound funny, but it’s a discussion I’ve had many times with many people including long discussions with my dad, and we all tend to agree on the trickster point. Personally if I were crammed in a lamp for hundreds of centuries and forced to grant wishes to whoever rubbed me, I sure wouldn’t be all happy and easy to deal with.

Unlimited Wishes!

@aanuszek1:
We all have unlimited wishes already. You need to wish for unlimited wishes that will come true.

ckinyc – exactly! Great wording. Also consider that unlimited wishes may mean the genie could follow you around all the time…

”...offering three wishes to be granted…”

Then why am I thinking three?

Also, good point dynamicduo!

I’m having a hard time with nuances here, because some wishes carry implications to them.

I would like to be the sole winner of a powerball lottery.
I would like to be 17, but have the life knowledge that I have now at 50.
I would like world harmony and general prosperity. (Does that count as 2 wishes)

Ditto that one for me!

Are you allowed to wish for three more wishes on the third wish? If so then all the things I’d wish for would not fit here in this text box…

Ah, if I could get three more wishes as the third wish, making for a total of 5 wishes, I would keep my #3, as my number 4, and would have a toss-up between a better memory for me, or wisdom for world leaders.

If I wished for everyone to be healthy and happy forever, wouldn’t that cover everything? Seriously, if you had that, what else would you need?
Well, I suppose I might ask for more lurve on top of that.

1. Go back to 8/27/02 and get my mom to the hospital faster when she has a stroke.
2. Go back to 8/8/05 and stop myself from having that surgury.
3. Win the lotto (of course!).

Hehe, rubbed against.

I have the mind of a child.

I would run screaming into the far distance, insuring never to speak the words “Wish.” “I.” or “Want.” Ever again, if it were an Islam Djinn, or Jinn.
Unless we are speaking of Celtic mythos of Jinn or Feyfolk, I would only wish for it’s freedom, as a good human would do, then when given my gift I would ask for my true hearts desire, giving me what only my heart could ever want, something much higher then what my mind would take.
If the Jinn appeared to be of a Greek Mythos, they usually are pretty nice, being unlike the other’s of their kind, born into a life of Jinn-hood, they enjoy every moment of their lives, so asking for something vague would get you what you wanted. I would ask them for my love lost to return to me, as he is now, away from what took him from me. Then I would ask for the lost knowledge of Lichdom, and the materials I need to fulfill that ritual. Then, being a vindictive asshole at the moment, I would then wish for it’s freedom, ether killing it, or condemning it to a life of depression.
But then what about the Jinn of India? They are basically like the Islam ones, but imprisoned for doing wrong, so I would wish for its freedom with the condition that the next two wishes would be “rule free,” thus allowing me to make a vague wish and not worry about a castle falling on my head.

As a side note, I love throwing Djinn at my players in D&D and watching them take 8 hours to make a wish for a simple key to a locked door in the town hall. I once got a four page report on a single wish for power and riches. The only two things he forgot? Portals (windows and doors) and a void of monsters. He had the defenses to deal with the monsters, but only in moderation, not in the massive Mordor style horde I threw at him. He was pissed, I was happy. I enjoy power.

To be free of physical pain.
To have enough money to maintain a normal life.
World peace…forever.

I’d wish for bitty.

@astroChuck
The type of Bitty from the TV show Little Britan USA?

Bitty. I’m still hungry. I want bitty.

@AC
But the computer said no!

Remember, guys and gals, only 3 wishes. We don’t want to offend
the Jeannie.