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41. While having my wishes misinterpreted is always a problem, I'll at least force the stone to go through the effort of misinterpreting them. Therefore, using wishes such as "I wish I was a girl" to test the stone is to be avoided.

42. If my wish involves Nintendo games, I will remember that Samus Aran is a woman. We've only known it since 1987; that's older than me.

43. Any wishes that travel to the past will be followed by a question about whether any people I know in the present are my descendants.

44. The wish range is actually important. Wishing that I won a nationwide contest, wishing that I swap bodies with a movie star, wishing that I'm the best in the world at anything, or even wishing that someone turn into a hooker in China is doomed to failure.

45. I will wish that I remember all changes in reality. Perhaps this even explains the branches in which I do.

46. I will realize that if I own a magic item, that means magic exists, and if magic exists, someone else probably owns a magic item too.

47. If someone replaces my magic stone with an imitation, I will at least make an effort to figure out where the original stone went to.

48. I will remember that while I can't reverse wishes, I can reverse side effects that I didn't ask for.

49. If I wish for something that someone else has or is, I'll make sure the stone can't just swap bodies or turn me into the other person.

50. "I wish I'm like this because I have a super-power to turn into this at will" is a much better reality change than having grown up like that and been that way all my life.

51. Many people need to learn to avoid stereotypes about races and religions. Me, I need to avoid stereotypes about cheerleaders.

52. I'll be careful about memories when doing body swaps. If the other person doesn't hear the wish, they'll think they were always in my body, so they'll think they're me.

53. I'll also be careful about who gets the stone after body swapping. Someone who thinks they're me and has the stone can be a real problem.

54. I will avoid wishing for fetishes that sound enticing but pose great practical problems in everyday life.

55. If I wish to be in some fictional world, I'll be sure to specify who I am and where I am. Or at least my gender.

56. There are in fact good test wishes. Most teenagers like a good slice of pizza, and no big reality change is needed to explain why one is in their possession.

57. I will remember the ethical problems in wishing away a full term pregnancy.

58. There is seldom much reason not to say "I wish that I may reverse all future wishes at will."

59. I will watch out for apparently malfunctioning wishes that really reveal some secret. If I wish my Dad was alive and there's still a photograph of Dad's funeral, I'll wonder just who my real Dad is.

60. The phrase "make me a" as shorthand for "make a ... for me" is right out. Even people who've never had wish stones make jokes about it; why should I fall into the trap?

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