Finish This Sentence: "I Wish I Was..."

[arwalden]

or: "I wish I were..." (depending on which voice you want to use).

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. a bit wealthier!

and skinnier...

[zauberflote]

2. in the land of cotton

[Guy_Montag]

3. dead.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. I don't...

Feel free to talk about it here, or send me a private message if you'd rather not be public about whatever's bothering you...

[Guy_Montag]

51. Nothing in particular,

just going through a despondant phase & being self-indulgent.

I'll snap out of it in a day or two.

On edit: For God's sake don't worry about me!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. Feel better soon...

[Richardo]

4. ...a fish!

[4_Legs_Good]

65. that of course,

Is the correct answer.



david

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. with my girl. =u )

[GOPisEvil]

6. an Oscar Meyer Weiner.

Someone HAD to do it!

[Richardo]

8. ...and it HAD to be you!

snarf!

[Mattforclark]

93. I have been pre-empted...

[redqueen]

7. I wish I were a vampire!

Or I wish I was the lottery winner in last night's drawing!

(were is for things that can't happen, was is for things that can - I think)

[Angelus]

34. Vampire, eh?

I think I could help you out there...

[terrya]

9. with my love, my partner Doug right now.

I miss him so damned much...

[KeepItReal]

10. ...the guy that stole my dance partner last night

He had to work for it, though. I saw him coming....

Oh well...her loss.

[billybob537]

11. President

Then I could start the prosecution of the corrupt admin.

[arwalden]

12. ... a little younger, and a little lighter.

[terrya]

19. I respect your opinion, but...

IMO, these are the best years of our lives, my friend.

[arwalden]

24. Maybe I Should Have Said...

"a little younger-LOOKING"...

-- Allen

[terrya]

30. Oh, nonsense.

Older looking men are HOT.

Ok, I'll stop this now...

Terry

[redqueen]

43. But before it stops completely

Let me just say I completely agree. Men get better looking as they get older, and it is just not fair!

[dawg]

56. I sure hope you're right.

How did I get this old? I'm not mature enough to be 37.

[redqueen]

77. Getouttahere

You're not old!

I'm 34 and I *refuse* to believe I'm old. Middle aged yes, old no.

and on edit: yes of course I'm right.

[terrya]

13. I just hope no one says "in the land of cotton"...

because, sadly, that popped into my mind.

[Richardo]

16. See post #2, terrya..

...and see that you were not alone.

[arwalden]

17. Too Late... See Reply #2 (above)

Silly me... Of course "above".... where ELSE would it be?

-- Allen

[terrya]

22. Well, blow me down! It IS up there.

Damn eyesight...



Terry

[trof]

33. Old times there are not forgotten

uh oh

[terrya]

35. I swear I can hear a banjo strumming right now,

[zauberflote]

37. look away, look away

I'm from the north (Jersey to be precise) and have no particular urge at this moment to be in Dixieland. It just popped into my head as soon as I saw the post.

[trof]

38. Dixieland!

I'm about as far down in Dixie as you can be without getting your feet wet.

[loftycity]

14. in Italy with just enough to get by --no more worries

[ceile]

15. on vacation

in a country overseas, pretending to be a Canadian.

[KeepItReal]

23. I'm on vacation for you ceile...

Pretending to not be an American. Unfortunately my accent gives it all away....

[amber dog democrat]

18. a lumberjack

and I'm alright. I work all day and I sleep all night !

[madmax]

20. President

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. ...able to work less (I have 1.5 jobs) (nt)

[UpperCrust]

25. maybe a little less driven

I might not be as wealthy, but I'd be seeing my little ones a little more.

[arwalden]

26. Welcome To DU UpperCrust!

-- Allen

[redqueen]

27. Hi UpperCrust!

Welcome to DU!

[Toucano]

39. I think you mean GREEDY. n/t

[UpperCrust]

48. It hasn't been entirely about money.

I do enjoy buying up rundown strip malls and making them beautiful and productive. And I enjoy providing jobs for people. Don't get me wrong. All the money has been very nice, but it hasn't been the whole picture.

[matcom]

28. A Lesbian!

oh wait, i am

[XNASA]

29. ....stolling through a mountain meadow.

[mopaul]

31. richard cory

http://web.ask.com/redir?bpg=http%3a%2f%2fweb.ask.com%2...

[BringEmOn]

32. President...and you were being tormented by little frogs with firecracks

throughout eternity.

[dolo amber]

36. Special

You're so fucking special...But I'm a creeeeeeeeeeep.....

[Whitacre D_WI]

45. You're a weirdo.

[Shananigans]

40. on vacation...

work sucks!

[Angelus]

41. School sucks more.

[andino]

42. a dot com multi billionaire....

:p

[Guy_Montag]

44. too stupid to care. n/t

[southpaw]

46. an alien at home behind the sun...

[arwalden]

47. Chandler Bing

[GoddessOfGuinness]

50. living in Maine

and still able to make a living with the violin.

[11 Bravo]

52. A pall bearer at a state funeral.

And for any lurking Secret Service types, please note that I specified neither a person nor for that matter even a nationality.

[AlienGirl]

53. Rich. Or dead.

[bigwillq]

62. How are you feeling? (nt)

[hippiechick]

54. Wherever he is ....

[everythingsxen]

57. ..THE LORD OF THE DANCE!

Actually..

I wish I were snuggling with my SO.

[bmbmd]

58. A millionaire

I'd play rock music and grow long hair- Baby...

[arwalden]

59. ... "a Kellogs cornflake... floatin' in my bowl takin' movies!"

[trof]

68. Relaxin' a while...livin' in style...

I prefer boysenberry more than any ordinary jam.
I'm a Citizens for Boysenberry Jam fan.

And all from memory.

[trof]

78. Talkin' to a raisen who 'cassionally plays LA

and casually glancin' at his toupree.
Damn. Got the wrong sequence earlier.

[arwalden]

81. Well I'm Definitely Impressed

I could sing it with you (as I was reading it) but to quote it exactly as you did would have been impossible for me. Those brain cells that had been used to store those particular lyrics have long since evaporated.

Sometimes I forget what it is I'm d

[trof]

86. That was a standard with a folk/bluegrass group I played in.

Lead Harmonica and Second Swinette.
Don't ask.

[terrya]

60. Zach Braff. OR...

Zach Braff's underwear.

[arwalden]

63. Oh, You... you... big perv!

How delicious is THAT?

-- Allen

[terrya]

69. Lip smackin' good, my friend.

"gosh, gee. That's the first time I've been called a perv in a long, LONG time"!



Terry

[Donkeyboy75]

61. a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller

i wish i had a girl who looked good i would call her

[redqueen]

72. Wish I had a rabbit in a hat...

I like that song.

But... I thought it was 'a girl in the hood'. Oh, the lyrics I mangle.

[Donkeyboy75]

74. I'm pretty sure it's the way I wrote it.

But sometimes lyrics are better if you sing them the way YOU like them. My wife is terrible at song lyrics, but refuses to change once she gets them in her head.

[redqueen]

75. Oh yeah you're right

I'm so anal... I had to go check! lol

I don't consciously keep singing them wrong, but more often than not I can't get the correct version to replace the old one, so I just keep on screwin it up.

[catzies]

79. in a hat with a bat

and a six four Impala.

Yeaaa boyyyyyyy

[DS1]

64. loaded

[SarahB]

66. Done with school NOW!

[BritishHuman]

67. a wild west hero

Ride the range all the day,
Till the first fading light.
Be with my western girl
round the fire oh so bright!
I'd be the envy of friends -
Let them wish to be free.
Riding into the sunset
I wish I could be...

[tigereye]

70. in the Bahamas lying on a beach

staring at the azure water... sigh

[fightthepower]

71. in that super secret location where they hide all the evidence

of UFO's and other fun conspiracy items.

[redqueen]

76. Hi fightthepower!

Welcome to DU!


cool wish... I would wish that too, but only if I could work with Fox Mulder.

[LincolnMcGrath]

73. .

[trof]

80. an English muffin

'bout to make the most out of a toaster.

[Failure]

82. Oscar Meyer Wiener...I cannot believe nobody did that one yet

on edit: GOPisEvil did...I'm a jackass...

[Canuckistanian]

83. ...in the land of Saddam

Saddam's Land (sung to Dixie Land)

Oh, I wish I was in the land of Saddam,
The Glory days are now forgotten,
'lectricity, WMD, tryanny, praise Allah!
In Saddam's land Ba'athist were thrivin',
No mention of Kurds a Dyin',
Look away, explain away, lie away, where's the UN?

Chorus:

Oh I wish we had a tyrant, No Cares, No Wares!
In Saddam's Land I raised my hand
In praise of our new fascism.
No way, USA, no Way, Saddam was better.

[Skittles]

84. living in a world devoid of child abuse

which I believe is the source of all other kinds of abuse.

[Amaya]

85. A little perkier

[trof]

89. Well, shweethaht...ya look pretty perky tah me.

I can't decide if that was Bogey or John Wayne.

[Endangered Specie]

87. ...in Dixie, hooray, hooray

Course, Im already here.

[SmileyBoy]

88. Done with my finals, so I could pack up and go back to my parent's house.

[Book Lover]

90. able to hug my mom

this Sunday. It's our first Mother's Day without her.

[Guy Fawkes]

91. Dancing with wolves. nt

[Lizz612]

92. staying on the East Coast thi summer

I kinda wish I wasn't going home...

[solinvictus]

94. a multi-billionaire

[nuxvomica]

95. "...a wishin' well."

Did I get it right? The voice was some old character actor's. Sorry, I don't remember the name of the movie.

[Hemprus]

96. someone my wife could be in love with:-(

Who knows what the future holds? Only the Shadow and he's not talking.