something nasty i thought of: 

	Ranma couldn't believe it. "Hey man, people
accuse me of being thoughtless, but messing with a
wish. Come on, everybody knows what can go wrong with
something like that."

	"Yes, well, it is entirely possible that it
COULD be a bad thing. How do you know until you try?"
The woman had glasses and long hair. She seemed 
familiar in an odd way. There was SOMETHING about her
that Ranma found unnerving in the manner of a cat.
Maybe it was the way she was eyeing him.

	"Besides, these things don't work." Ranma
hefted the ring. "See, no big blue genie, no nothing.
I seen enough magic to last me a lifetime, anyway. So
I ain't making no wishes!"

	"Ah, then, how about I give you one on the
house, as a trial?"

	"No way. If I could, I'd wish that somebody
else had all MY problems but..."

	*GRANTED*

	"Kuso," managed Ranma. He really hated magic.
Where did that woman go, anyway? He really, REALLY
hated magic.