So, you probably know about the Monkey's Paw. If you don't, the Monkey's Paw is a wish granting device, not unlike a genie, which grants one wish, except in an...unexpected way. It will grant your wish, just not the way you were expecting. Feel free to post your wishes in the replies, and I'll try my best to be a detached primate body part.
Granted. Other people make wishes, only for nothing to happen. The thread dies and is never revisited.