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Aug 11, 2010 11:09

I know a lot of other people have been mentioning it, too, but... that doesn't mean I shouldn't also extend my thanks...

Thank you, to whomever sent the paper crane to me. I really do appreciate it... it was very encouraging.... I wonder if I could make a thousand ( Read more... )

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Placeholdery! prefers_chess August 11 2010, 16:56:10 UTC

How long does it take to make one?

1/2 justasystem August 11 2010, 17:07:17 UTC

Just one? It takes... hold on-!

justasystem August 11 2010, 17:09:13 UTC

[four minutes later...]

Just a few minutes? I think I'm a little slow, though, I'm not sure...

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 19:45:20 UTC

So call it about five minutes. That's five thousand minutes of time invested for one thousand paper cranes. Minus five for the one you already made, that's four thousand nine hundred and ninety-five minutes. That's about eighty-three hours.

So it'd take about three and a half days of nonstop folding to get your thousand.

justasystem August 11 2010, 20:17:29 UTC

W- Well, I'd never think to work nonstop...

That's a lot...

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 20:19:24 UTC

Naturally. But that's the total amount of time you'll put in doing it, when all is said and done.

Three and a half days of your life in exchange for getting a wish granted isn't such a bad trade, really.

justasystem August 11 2010, 20:20:43 UTC

Mmm. And even if it didn't come true... it's worth a try.

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 20:22:13 UTC

Is it like wishing on a birthday cake, where you can't say what the wish is or else it won't come true?

justasystem August 11 2010, 20:23:11 UTC

I don't think so- well. I've never heard it's like that, at least.

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 20:24:04 UTC

Then what are you planning to wish for?

justasystem August 11 2010, 20:25:04 UTC

... For someone's health.

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 20:25:54 UTC

Ah. That's generous of you.

justasystem August 11 2010, 20:27:31 UTC

He needs it more than me.

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 20:29:19 UTC

You could always try looking into genie lamps, instead. Then you'd get three.

justasystem August 11 2010, 20:30:24 UTC

That would be pretty lucky, huh?

Then I could wish for him, for China... and maybe one for me, if I don't have another wish.

prefers_chess August 11 2010, 20:34:17 UTC

Traditionally, the third wish gets used to set the captive genie free.

China could probably do okay without one, though, so you could still use the second one for yourself.

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