09-05-2002 07:23									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Dom Pedro II I was actually going to say the JFK assassination so I could find out what REALLY happened, but then I decided I didn't want to waste it on that. That's like having a genie grant you one wish and you pick a ham sandwich...

Oh I disagree! I would think it off paramount importance to prove that there was absolutely no way Oswald was acting alone, if at all.

	09-05-2002 07:26									#32
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True, but I think maybe we'll know some day when all the conspirators are dead. The last one will probably leave something... I mean, it's too good a secret to keep! But if that doesn't happen, then I could see going to check out Dallas on that fateful day.

	09-05-2002 07:37									#33
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If a genie grants you one wish, I say wish for three more wishes!

	09-05-2002 07:40									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Julia If a genie grants you one wish, I say wish for three more wishes!

They specifically say that you can not do that.

	09-05-2002 07:46									#35
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C'mon now! It's in EVERY single genie movie or story... "Ixnay on the wishing for more wishes."

	09-05-2002 07:47									#36
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc They specifically say that you can not do that.

They do???

Well, I suppose even one wish wouldn't hurt. . .

	09-05-2002 07:50									#37
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I think I'd wish for happiness...

Nothing can go wrong with that eh?

	09-05-2002 07:54									#38
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quote: I think I'd wish for happiness... Nothing can go wrong with that eh?

Wow! Julia's found a loop hole in the wish scheme!!


Now... if only genies were real....

	09-05-2002 08:09									#39
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I'd wish that whenever I needed to pay for something, I could reach into my pocket and find the exact money required.

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Well, aren't we all getting clever now?

	09-05-2002 08:17									#41
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I like mine better....

happiness includes everything you could ever want or need...

After all, money isn't everything now, is it?

	09-05-2002 08:20									#42
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What if the genie decides you'd be happier if you were dead? They pull tricks like that.

Besides, happiness is rendered meaningless if it's constant. You would lose what it means to be happy if you were happy all the time.

And much of the world's greatest thoughts and art came from miserable people. Just ask Beethoven.

	09-05-2002 08:22									#43
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I wonder what its like to get up in the morning and go check out your thread at Apolyton only to find that its a completely different topic than the one you started...

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Threadjacking is par for the course.

	09-05-2002 08:28									#45
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Indeed it is... but I wonder how long the "trick the genie" topic can go on...

	09-05-2002 08:31									#46
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Quite a few. But here are my top ten.

1. Reign of Ramses II in Egypt
2. Alexander the Great's campaign (if I could follow him through it)
3. The crucifixion and so-called "resurrection" of Jesus.
4. Battle of Hastings
5. Battle of Agincourt
6. Fall of the Aztec empire
7. American war for independence
8. Battle of Waterloo
9. Russian revolution
10. JFK Assassination (from behind the point where the gun was fired. Just so I know exactly who's responsible)


As for future events I'd like to see firsthand...

Nothing comes anywhere before WORLD PEACE!!!

	09-05-2002 08:36									#47
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Oh yeah... I didn't even think about future events. I think I'd like to fast forward to the era of artificial women...

	09-05-2002 08:46									#48
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Future event: Man's first contact with alien intelligent life. If it ever happens.

	09-05-2002 08:55									#49
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Oh my... so many choices...

In no particular order;

Witnessing the arrival of the Vikings in North America
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Troys (I want to see that damned horse!)
The Armada
Battle of Trafalgar (actually, all of Nelson's career; Copenhagen would have been neat to watch too)
Battle of Waterloo
Death and resurrection of Christ
Newton getting konked by an apple
Martin Luther hammering his Theses to the door of the Church (anyone seen that Simpsons episode where Lisa creates a petri-dish civilization?)
The dying days (years really, Cicero et al.) of the Roman Republic as it slides into civil war and the Roman Empire is born.
Likewise, the fall of the Roman Empire (the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths)

That's just a partial list...

	09-05-2002 08:59									#50
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"I created Lutherans!"

	09-05-2002 09:43									#51
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quote: I'd wish that whenever I needed to pay for something, I could reach into my pocket and find the exact money required.

Then the genie would give you a credit card, and neglect to tell that when you reach into your pocket to pay for that you'd find another credit card.... and he'd never actually pay your debt .

	09-05-2002 09:53									#52
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Nope, because I specifically said "money," and a credit card isn't money.

Now, maybe he'd make it come out in pesos or lira, if he was fiendish. But I could handle going to the exchange every day so long as I had the dough.

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quote: Nope, because I specifically said "money," and a credit card isn't money.

Actually, technically, it is a form of money. Credit cards are under the definition M2 of money. Not totally liquid, but liquid enough.

quote: Now, maybe he'd make it come out in pesos or lira, if he was fiendish. But I could handle going to the exchange every day so long as I had the dough.

What about discountinued Soviet rubles ?

	09-05-2002 09:57									#54
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How can credit be in any way considered liquid?

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quote: How can credit be in any way considered liquid?

Because you can easily pay for things using it. So it is somewhat liquid, but not as liquid as cash. Though more liquid than stocks, CDs, bonds, etc.

	09-05-2002 10:01									#56
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Just seems paradoxical to me that debt would ever be considered liquid, as credit is just another term for being in debt.

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In economic terms, credit cards are somewhat liquid... since they can easily be used to pay for things.

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Wow, 2 threadjacks in one page. Thats pretty impressive

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We're skilled threadjackers.

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quote: Originally posted by Rex Little The death of Christ, with a continuous view of the tomb for the next three days. And I'd like my fundy Christian brother there with me. Depending on what we saw, one of us would have to seriously rethink his beliefs.

Agreed. I also say cruxificion. This event had huge ramifications on us. And was so long ago that the history is rather vague.

If your curious about history, (rather than just wanting to watch fireowrks, this is the vent to see.)

As well as the incredible effect on yourself and your faith.