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As the uncle of a girl who got one of those wishes after undergoing brain surgery, I have exactly three words for the person who took issue with the people who make such wishes happen:
Go fuck yourself.
Go fuck yourself.
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"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
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I want a 'Make a wish' foundation for sick grown-ups.
I get the pain, doubt, worry and fear too.
<cuddles her tiger soft toy>Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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*hugs Seshat*Quoth Seshat View PostI want a 'Make a wish' foundation for sick grown-ups.
I get the pain, doubt, worry and fear too.
<cuddles her tiger soft toy>~~ Every politician that opens their mouth on birth control only proves that we need more of it. ~~Comment
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There are a few organizations for adults. One is the Dream Foundation.Quoth Seshat View PostI want a 'Make a wish' foundation for sick grown-ups.
I get the pain, doubt, worry and fear too.
<cuddles her tiger soft toy>
www.dreamfoundation.org
*HUGS*"All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"Comment
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Heh, I know I hit TriCare's cat cap by the end of march/april most years.Quoth Seshat View PostI want a 'Make a wish' foundation for sick grown-ups.
I get the pain, doubt, worry and fear too.
<cuddles her tiger soft toy>
I just cuddle my cat ...
Though I do think that an adult version of Make A Wish would be nice. Could Make A Wish start an adult division if someone donated the funding? Or is it somehow restricted to kids only?EVE Online: 99% of the time you sit around waiting for something to happen, but that 1% of action is what hooks people like crack, you don't get interviewed by the BBC for a WoW raid.Comment
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See above.Quoth AccountingDrone View Post
We wouldn't be able to start an adult version because of our charter but with the proper funding (Our first donation was $15.00) it could be done by another group.
It would have to be a completely different name."All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"Comment
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Thank you, Sheldon.
It's good to know that dying adults aren't forgotten!
I'll investigate for one of those that is for illnesses that aren't deemed 'life threatening' and which covers Australia.
Amethyst: thank you for the hugs.
Hmm. What would my wish be? (other than, you know, getting WELL).
Thinking BIG and expensive: a heated, salt-chlorinated swimming pool in my backyard. The warmth would ease the pain, the salt-chlorinated would mean my eyes didn't sting, and I'd be doing my exercises every day.
Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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If the site have some sort of voting system, be sure to tell us.Quoth Seshat View PostThinking BIG and expensive: a heated, salt-chlorinated swimming pool in my backyard. The warmth would ease the pain, the salt-chlorinated would mean my eyes didn't sting, and I'd be doing my exercises every day.Comment
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An adult version of that would be dangerous.
Why? Because kids are not likely to make their wish "sex with Megan Fox." Whereas you can just about bet that some adult would. (Hell, if I had a terminal disease, that would be one of MY wishes!) Yeah, it's kind of twisted, but let's face it...there are a lot of people out there who are twisted, and an adult form of Make a Wish would have to be ready to deal with such requests.
"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
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my adult wish would be for a million dollars to just appear in my bank account :-)
my daughter is disabled and getting a wish later on this year. i cant tell you how grateful i am to the people giving us this wish.Comment
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Some of the teenagers might, if they don't think she is too old.Quoth Jester View Post
Should the request come they can easily handle it. Just ask her. Either she says yes or the applicant will have to make another wish.Comment
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I am going to go out on a limb here and say that such wishes never get beyond the people administering the wish foundation. I am pretty sure they're not going to approach a celebrity and say, "Hey, look, we're trying to help this teenager who's ill, and their wish is to bone you. You in?"Quoth Mikkel View Post
Just a hunch.
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Correct. THANK GOD!Quoth Jester View Post"All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"Comment
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It would be a bit of a difficult talk, yesQuoth Sheldonrs View Post
. So Jester, if you get terminally ill, you will have to negotiate on your own.
Do you ever get that kind of wishes at all? I don't think any of us want details, a simple yes or no will be fine.
Had I gotten cancer a few years earlier, I think my wish would have been to know how the Harry Potter books did end
. Luckily I don't have to.
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It may be an Urban Legend, but IIRC, didn't someone make such a wish, and Rowlings went to the child's hospital room and read the story to him in person so he (or she) did get their wish?Comment
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