How To Get More Than Three Wishes

There are a few old stories out there in which a Poor Humble Man encounters something like a bottle, or a lamp, or a packet of crisps which is the home of some sort of Genie who grants him three wishes. If you've seen Disney's Aladdin, then you know that you're not supposed to wish for more wishes.

BUT

There is a fool-proof, idiot-proof, genie-proof method of getting as many wishes as you want, and this is it:

How To Get More Than Three Wishes by Elizabeth

The key to using this method is to have at least two people.

1. Player 1 finds the vessel containing the Genie. For now, I'll assume it's a lamp.
2. Player 1 rubs the lamp, Genie comes out, offers him three wishes.
3. Player 1 uses up his three wishes.
4. Player 1 hides the lamp in a place where Player 2 can find it.
5. Player 2 finds the lamp.
6. Player 2 rubs the lamp, Genie comes out, offers him three wishes.
7. Player 2 uses up his three wishes.
8. Player 2 hides the lamp in a place where Player 1 can find it.
9. Player 1 finds the lamp.
10. Player 1 rubs the lamp, out comes Genie, Genie offers him three wishes.
11. Player 1 uses up his three wishes.
12. And so on.

It's a bit like the game of The Travelling Lemon in Cabin Pressure, only this way you get three wishes each time you have a turn.

You might think that this method could work with the idea of "see a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck," but it doesn't, because a lot of people forget that there's a second part to the verse which goes something like "see a penny, let it lay, bad luck you'll have for all the day."

Here's what you might think would happen:

1. Every night, leave a penny next to your bed.
2. Every morning, pick up the penny.
3. Have good luck all day.
4. Every night, leave the penny next to the bed.

BUT

Here's what really happens:

1. Every night, leave a penny next to your bed.
2. Have bad luck all night because you left the penny on the ground.
3. In the morning, pick up the penny.
4. Have good luck all day.
5. At nighttime, leave the penny next to the bed
6. Have bad luck all night again.

You could argue that the verse talks only about having bad luck in the daytime, not the nighttime. But the thing is, night is part of a day, because a day lasts for 24 hours and there's no special time set aside particularly for nighttime. And, anyway, I think it's always daytime somewhere in the world like in the song "It's 5:00 Somewhere." That song's always bothered me. I hate it when the singers stop singing to talk to each other. It completely defeats the purpose of singing. I apologize if you're a huge fan of that song.

Anyway, I'm tired and I want to watch Doctor Who. Good night!