A Tough Question For a Friday

Filed Under: life

Published On: November 19, 2010

Oscar Wilde

You find a lamp, figure out how to work it, and Oscar Wilde appears.

The long dead Mr. Wilde informs you that he’s a genie and makes you an offer. The Genie Oscar Wilde will give you three wishes with one caveat: after your third wish, or a reasonable period of inactivity, everything you say for the rest of your life will be a double entendre.

You cannot wish your way out of the consequence.

Would you accept the offer?

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  • http://www.patrickonofre.com Patrick

    Everything I say is practically a double entendre anyway, so the joke’s on Mr. Wilde, if you know what I mean…

    I’m just stoked that my genie would be Oscar Wilde! I’d rub that lamp any day!

    (See what I mean?)

    Bottom line, yes.

    - P

  • P. Bradley Robb

    @Patrick The danger doesn’t come from the majority of moments. It’s the tricky ones, like telling your kid their puppy has died or addressing a President*.

    *Other than George W Bush, who would think you are the funniest person ever. #FACT

  • George R Perry

    I’d go ahead and take him up on the offer. With 3 wishes I’m sure I could come up with money, power, etc that would more than compensate for always speaking in double entendre.

  • P. Bradley Robb

    @George Going the eccentric route, I see.

  • George R Perry

    @Bradley hell, with 3 wishes I’ll have enough money, influence, and potential super powers that my speech patterns will be the last thing people remember.

  • P. Bradley Robb

    @George I’d like to think that by Wish #3 I’d be a full blown Supervillain.

  • http://www.kevinmichaelconnolly.com Kevin

    My first wish would be that everything in my life would be a double entendre, thus, short circuiting the system.

    I never liked genies, anyway.

  • P. Bradley Robb

    @Kevin Well played, sir. Well played.

  • Hans

    Well, that is two wishes before I even need to think about the problem. Bring it on!

  • Katie

    I have no comments on the wishes thing. Just occurred to me to Google you and that you probably had a blog. Go ahead a welcome me to this century. And I happen to think cinnamon is fantastic.

  • http://www.potluckband.com/ Matt

    Absolutely yes. Think about how easy it would be to be a stand up comedian!