Thread: Travelling Back/Forth In Time: Where Would You Go?

If you could say travel in time or back where would your destination be and why?

I'd go see some of my grandparents, I'd listen to their stories. And then I'd go so far back that there is no pollution, no cars, no guns, just quiet. It is probably good I can't go back, or I mightn't return very much, except when I wanted a hot shower or some ice cream.

Haha...that is very sweet Eluixa.
It sounds just the right thing to do.

I'd go back to ancient egypt, just to see how they really built the pyramids.

Originally Posted by Bruce Wayne

I'd go back to ancient egypt, just to see how they really built the pyramids.

And to see what they looked like in their original glory, covered with polished limestone and capped with gold!

I,d go back in time and meet all those folk who i admire and look up to. Maybe go back to just before they became famous and have a chat with them. Lennon, Springsteen, Clapton, Buddha, Confuscious the list is endless i,d grow old taling to people. Sounds cool to me.

But go forward in time would be a no no, i don,t want to know when the big bus is gonna hit me !!!

I'd visit various ancient civilizations and cultures for actual research on one of my stories. I need the kind of research that a bunch of historians can't actually provide because they weren't there or because of misinterpretation of relics and texts. I'm thinking the Roman Empire, medieval Europe (mainly England and France), Greece (especially Sparta and Athens), Egypt, the Persian Empire, China circa the Han Dynasty, Shogunate Japan, and the Celts, Danes and Vikings. I would include Hindu culture in there, but I can just find a Hindu temple and learn there.

Late fifties, early sixties Manhattan. Otherwise, I can't go back to any time period before air conditioning and deodorant.

I'd mess with people. Big time.

1) Get a LaRue sniper rifle, and mess with Santa Anna's troops at the Alamo. "Can they hit us, General?" "No, private, they have no howitzers." *cannon loader gets nailed*

2) "Allo, Monsieur Napoleon. Off to Waterloo, eh? It will haunt you for the rest of your life."

3) In a sports bar "I bet a thousand dollars Muhammad Ali wins."

4) I bet Hitler invades the Sudetenland

5) Stay away from Pearl Harbor tomorrow.

6) Hey, Wright Brothers. Lookit this. *flies a remote airplane*

I'd go back about ten minutes and find where I set down my coffee cup.

Originally Posted by garza

I'd go back about ten minutes and find where I set down my coffee cup.

Counter. Fridge. Bathroom. Behind the laptop.

I'd go back about ten minutes and find where I set down my coffee cup.

It really helps when someone asks the most annoying and useless question ever -- "Well, where did you last have it?"

I've never been able to come up with a suitable reply to that.

Originally Posted by JosephB

It really helps when someone asks the most annoying and useless question ever -- "Well, where did you last have it?"

Originally Posted by garza

I've never been able to come up with a suitable reply to that.

Of course the only response is "Well, if I could remember that, I wouldn't be looking for it, now would I?" which is my typical response.

I don't know if that works, though. Remembering where you last had it doesn't tell you anything about where it is -- does it?