Wife talking to her husband,who reads newspaper all day: I wish I were a newspaper so I'll be in your hands all day.
Husband: I wish that too, so I could change you daily
妻子和丈夫谈话,他一天到晚总是看报纸,妻子抱怨说:我要是报纸就好了,那样我就可以天天在你手里了。
丈夫说我也希望那样,那样我就可以每天换一个了。
NOTE
I wish I were ....是虚拟语气的说法,表示希望发生但不会发生的。