A Facebook friend posted a status update that illicited* elicited quite a few interesting responses. I thought I would ask all of you. What would your response be?
If I had ____________________ then I would be ______________________.
Mine would be: If I had more time in the day then I would be able to accomplish so much more.
Which is kind of sad, really. I should try and 'accomplish' less and enjoy the time I have. However, then I suppose mine would be: If I had enough money then I would be able to spend the time I have on the things I want do be doing. However, I need more time to make more money so that I can have more time. Damn!
What would yours be?
*Why doesn't spell-check like 'illicited'? Is 'illicited' not a word? Fuck me, I've been using that word for ages.
Right then. So who looks like a big knob now? Me. I blame the wine.
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Illicit = adjective meaning "not allowed."
Elicit = verb meaning "draw out."
So the post elicited quite a few interested responses.
And...
If I had more self-control, then I would be able to resist correcting strangers' spelling on the Internet.
Posted by: Laura | 05 September 2010 at 08:35 PM
elicit - verb - to draw out
illicit - adjective - illegal
Posted by: Roberta | 05 September 2010 at 08:36 PM
If I had a dictionary, I would give it to you? The word illicit means illegal. The word elicit means to draw out. You can use the word properly, you just haven't been spelling it properly. ;)
If I had another baby then I would feel comfortable that I would not be eventually leaving my daughter alone in the world.
If I had a few million dollars then I would give it to my husband so he would lose his excuses about why he has to go and work far away from home. (and also, then I would quit my job because it is a soul-sucking vortex of evil...that is extremely flexible and pays well.)
Posted by: a | 05 September 2010 at 08:40 PM
What Roberta wrote. :)
Man, I'd have thought Orange would have been all over that!!
xoxo
If I had more money, I'd be able to do the things I'd like to do (travel, etc)
Posted by: Boulder | 05 September 2010 at 09:09 PM
What came to me: If I had more money I wouldn't have to go back to work and could therefore spend more time with my baby. And plan to have another! And live in a bigger house. Shit, we need more money.
Posted by: Mandy Parry | 05 September 2010 at 09:10 PM
If I had a body that weighed 40 lbs. less than it currently does, then I would be wildly successful, popular, rich, and unbelievably happy.
Why is it that I am 43 years old, happily married, with 3 hard-won children, without a need in the world, and I still can't get over my slightly overweight body? It is the root of most of my frustration.
Posted by: Andrea | 06 September 2010 at 05:11 AM
If I had more discipline to take advantage of those loose hours in the day, I would have long finished my (latest) degree by now!
Really, I do fart around an awful lot when the baby is asleep...
Posted by: adi | 06 September 2010 at 08:36 AM
Touches on a topic I've been pondering this morning on my way to the airport to drop the husband. Truth is, one will always need(want?) more money. The real question is, what is it I want to be doing and how do I get to be doing more of that within my own means. Or will what I need(have)to be doing always be at the mercy of what I want to be doing.
Such are the questions I ponder on my way to the airport my dear Watson, the questions I'm yet to answer myself.
I wonder what it is that Tertia would 'want to be doing'?
Posted by: MaritzaPB | 06 September 2010 at 10:54 AM
If I had un-fucked-up ovaries, I would be a mom by now.
I am in that dark place at the moment. Consumed.
Posted by: Nicola | 06 September 2010 at 02:59 PM
Laura made me chuckle!
If I had longer legs then I would be taller & thinner (considering I am too short for my weight!)
If I had stayed where I was then I would be still be there now....
Posted by: Wobs | 06 September 2010 at 03:24 PM
If I had TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS then I could live the kind of life I want to live, giving to charities at will, having a nice home instead of being homeless, and being able to care for my disabled son and ensure that he will have good care after I'm gone.
Posted by: margalit | 07 September 2010 at 07:02 AM
if i had students then i'd be a yoga teacher
baby steps...
Posted by: Nisey | 07 September 2010 at 01:46 PM
If I had children then I would be the happiest mom alive.
Posted by: Izelle | 07 September 2010 at 02:32 PM
If I had married younger, then I would be $70,000 richer, having not required infertility treatment. Sigh.
Posted by: kristylynne | 07 September 2010 at 10:22 PM
If I had MY GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING FALLOPIANS TUBES STILL then I would be VERY SLEEP DEPRIVED RIGHT ABOUT NOW
how's that? hehe
Posted by: Claire | 10 September 2010 at 08:32 AM