If You Could Go Back In Time...

[chichigrande]

if you could go back in time what would you do

i would one of two things stop my parents from getting a divorce or stop my sister from getting born (she was probally the reason for them getting a divorce)

[ElfTheHunter]

Nothing, I'm happy with where I am.

But I might just watch my life earlier, you know, remember stuff. That could be fun, once I'm bored I'd come back to the present.

[King Tutankhamun]

Maybe I would find some cool Dinosaurs and bring them back still breathing. I could create my own Jurassic Park!

Or find some old cars, and see how they were made and keep one.

[chichigrande]

desmond thats cool but what about the dinosaurs tearing you to shreds and then eating your carcus (the movie didn't end that great either)

[King Tutankhamun]

Eah eah, wouldn't happen. I would have a special tazer to shock them and sedate, then revieve them when the journey is done.

I could also wittness a live Head Hunting ceremony, where they shrink human heads!

[Black Op]

I would solve all of the mysteries of history like how the dinosaurs really became extinct, who shot President Kennedy, how was Stonehenge made, and other exciting questions. Oh yeah, watch some real ancient battles as well.

[Paal_101]

I think I'd go back to ancient Rome and take a look around, plus visit all of the great ancient civilizations. Plus I'd go back and see if there really was an Atlantis

On a humorous note, I friend of mine once said that if he had a time machine, he'd go back to the American Revolution and bring a LOT of machine guns for the British

[DarkAngelBGE]

Hmm..I'd cut off the balls of the grandfather of my Computer Science Teacher... Very annoying person who doesn't know jack about CS.

Oh, ancient rome would be worth a trip, too. I'd probably take a photo of every building, sit down on a hill with some popcorn and watch some neat battles, too.

Nice.

[iNtRePiD]

Go back to all the points that you have all gone to and take your time machines so that I may form a time machine collection.

[EKen132]

I think Elf has the best idea of all.

[King Tutankhamun]

Very interesting ideas! I lik Tim's one about his teacher, hehe.

Witnessing battles first hand is also neat, I want to watch the lions eat people in the Colessum.

[ElfTheHunter]

I might actually take a portable DVD player, LotR theatrical and EE versions, and show them to Mr. Tolkien to get his input. This is assuming that I CAN do anything back in time without affecting the present (otherwise I wouldn't)

[Black Op]

I got a better idea, go into the future to find a cure for dying, and give this cure to Tolkien. That way, the Middle-earth mythology would be more complete.

[Klaas]

Lol, I don't think watching those battles or gladiators fighting in the colloseum would be that funny

Maybe going back to the prehistoric period while I have the flue and infect our humanoid ancestors so they'll all die j/k

Well probably like Black Op, to reveal all those historical mysteries (although those you quoted aren't mysteries anymore, but that's another topic).

[Paal_101]

Another cool thing would be to go back and meet famous people: Jesus, Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Duke of Wellington, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great (just don't be alone with him ), maybe Hannibal, Chinggis Khan (suitably armed/armored...M-16A2 and kevlar sound appropiate), Martin Luther, Guttenburg, Master Ohtsuka (Wado karate founder). Could be cool

[Wijitmaker]

I want to watch the lions eat people in the Colessum.

[chichigrande]

Whats wrong with lions eating people? It would be really cool.

On another note i would go back and see if all the stories in the Bible were really true (some seem a little out of proportion)

p.s. i am not saying that there is no god or jesus

Moderator edit:

No need to write sentences in capital letters.

[Mythos_Ruler]

Things I would solve:

1. Who killed JFK? I'd have to make multiple trips for this one to check out the three possible firing positions (Book Depository, Grassy Knoll, and the building across the street from the Book Depository - perfect triangulation).

2. What killed the Dinosaurs?

3. What really crashed that stormy night in the desert outside Roswell, N.M.?

4. What caused the downfall of Mycenae and the Minoan Culture?

5. Who built the Easter Island monoliths?

6. Was there a real King Arthur?

7. Did Vlad the Impaler really drink blood?

8. Was there really a "sniper's duel" during the Battle of Stalingrad (1943)?

People I would go back and kill (probably as children):

1. Hitler

2. Hitler

3. Hitler

4. Stalin

5. Osama bin Laden

6. Roman Emperor Commodus

7. Roman Emperor Nero

8. Roman Emperor Caligula

9. Spartan Admiral Lysander

10. Atilla the Hun

11. Various Popes

Events I'd witness:

1. The D-Day Invasion - 1944 AD

2. The Battle of Marathon - 490 BC

3. World Trade Center Attacks - 11-9-2003 AD

4. Hiroshima - 1945 AD

5. The Battle of Salamis - 480 BC

6. The Battle of Plataea - 479 BC

7. The Battle of Hastings - 1066 AD

8. The Battle of Gettysburg - 1863 AD

9. The Ancient Olympics

10. The dedication of the Parthenon - 5th Century BC

11. The dedication of the Great Pyramid at Giza - Unknown BC?

12. Pearl Harbor - 1941 AD

13. Signing of the American Declaration of Independence.

14. Cuban Missle Crisis

15. The slave revolt lead by Spartacus - 1st Century BC

16. The Battle of the Alamo - 1836 AD

17. The MLK "I had a dream" speech

18. The Battle of Little Bighorn (Custer's Last Stand) - 1876 AD

19. The Battle of Thermopylae - 480 BC

Some things I'd try to change:

1. The assassinations of: Abraham Lincoln, JFK, RFK, and MLK jr.

2. The Rwandan Civil War 1990s AD

3. The Battle of Chaeronea (in favor of the Athenians and Thebans) - 4th Century BC

4. Make Col. Fannin actually get to the Alamo.

5. The Black Death (middle ages)

6. William Wallace's tactics at the Battle of Falkirk (what the heck Mr. Braveheart?!?!)

[chichigrande]

Hitler was just doing what he thought was good for his country. He brought Germany out of the depression.

[Mythos_Ruler]

Hitler's monetary and economic policies were a SHAM. He basically *needed* a war in order to keep his economic plans working.

Osama bin Laden also thinks he's doing what is right.

I personally don't believe in "Evil" per se, but if I did, they both would be the poster children.

[kor]

Hmm, I'd go back to 1812 and watch Napoleon's entire Russian campaign. I would probably die halfway through, though

Also, I'd go to my home city, Maastricht, and watch all of the 29 or so sieges it suffered, from beginning to end. Of course giving priority to the most important sieges: 1579, 1632, 1673, 1748, 1794. That would keep me busy for quite some time

[Klaas]

Hitler was a monster, no need to discuss on that because it's a simple fact nobody should doubt about. Ask the 6.000.000 jews he killed.

[MarkT]

I'd quite like to take back pieces of the modern world to people who worked on the ideas behind them in the past, and seeing what they thought of them - things like showing Fermat a modern calculator, DaVinci an aircraft, Verne the space shuttle and so on. Right up to about 40 years ago to talk to people then about the 'future'.

On purely economic grounds, I'd also make sure I got a share of the profits of every innovation of the past thousand years

[King Tutankhamun]

Great idea Mark. It would be fun to bring a laptop back and let ever gaze in awe over its 'power'.

Seing historical events first hand would also be cool. Riding with George on Christmas Day on his boat.

[DarkAngelBGE]

Sounds like fun, but really I couldn't help not forgeting a gun.