Friday, September 23, 2005

Thought excersise

I stole this from somewhere...been meaning to post it for awhile.

You can travel backward in time and relive any three days (3 opportunities @ 1 day per -- not necessarily a single three day stretch, although that's OK if you want) in earth's history.

You will be impervious to harm and invisible to the participants. You can't change history. Also, you can never disclose or otherwise use anything you learn for financial gain (e.g. your motives should not be financial or personal gain -- rather curiosity, aestheticism, seeing your wife's sister in the shower when she was 17, etc., etc.)

So what three days do you pick? You have only 60 seconds to decide. Begin.

25 comments:

Scott said...

I once had the equivalent of a Playboy centerfold woman in my apartment that put the moves on me, but I gambled on being chaste so that I would have a relationship with her. I'm not kidding. Hot is not strong enough a word to describe this one, and basically throwing herself at me. That's one.

Two, I would take back this.

Third, I would take back this.

Scott said...

Oh, I blew it totally. I thought I could actually be me. To just be a spectator I would like to see my mom and dad when they were dating, or perhaps on their wedding day. Another would probably be on a day when an ex-girlfriend said she wasn't with a guy while I was out of town. The result is meaningless now, but I would get to say, 'AHA!'. I'll reserve the third for my private thoughts, but let's just say it involves the Dallas Cheerleaders.

jenbeauty said...

1. I would go back to November 2, 1963...I wanna know if Oswald did it. I think this is the most popular answer;

2. I would like to see my parents in college. Feel what really brought them together. I know they had lots of fun and were always so hip.

3. The summer when I was 10, to see my Gramps and ride on that tracker with him one last time.

P.S. Scott you are cracking me up today!! Not thinking about sex much are you??

Trevor Record said...

Man, I think the 3 days I would pick are so intensely personal that I feel bad even thinking about them.

Bravie said...

I kept trying this and I honestly can not think of three days. I know it says 60 seconds to pick, but I might need 60 days. This is hard.

The Zombieslayer said...

The Birth of Jesus.

The sacking of Rome.

Watching following around Bridget Bardot in her early 20s, especially when in the shower.

Syren said...

First, I would go back to the day my mom decided to leave. Just to see if she offered any explaination why.

Second, I would go back to when my grandparents were dating, just to see how they were. I have heard stories of their very short, but extreme romance.

Third, I would go back exactly one week and 2 days and try to give myself a sign to not do what I did, so that things would be back to normal now.

mm said...

Hmmm, this is harder than I thought it would be.

In fact, I can't do it. I would rather be able to go and change things, not just watch them. Can we change the rules?

The Duke said...

1) The first day of Universal existance.

2) A random day of J.C.'s life.

3) That Queens of the Stone Age Concert who's first half I missed.

Anonymous said...

Hmm. Sixty seconds--that's hard. This is something really silly. But, as I see fall here, I wish that I had not tore out my pumpkin vine that I had going. I was cleaning up the garden. And, I thought the little pumpkins weren't growing. I have trouble with squash and cucumbers so I was thinking the same about my pumpkin. I just thought about it again today. I guess I will try and relive the pumpkin experience next year. :) Talk to you later.

Ben O. said...

This easy -

1. Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

2. Alexander Graham Bell's first phone call.

-AND-

3. The first showing of the pilot episode of Sanford and Son.

Nice - Ben O.

Joe said...

Like zombieslayer, I thought about the various women I could follow around but I thought i'd take the high road for once.

1. The day of JFK's assassination
2. The day of MLK's assassination
3. This one is way too private to share.

Jason said...

1. Check out some dinosaurs
2. See the congressional debates of 1776
3. Maybe some good ol' medieval action

Beth said...

Crucifixion would be first.

Resurrection would be second.

Third, yeah, it'd be dinosaurs. Jurassic period.

Bill said...

In no particular order...

- Check out dinosaurs for certain
- See how the pyramids were built
- Relive Woodstock... sober this time

jenbeauty said...

OH Bill you must write about Woodstock sometime!!

arkie said...

I would go back to the day of your first kiss, so I would know the rest of the story! *hint, hint*

Risu said...

My top choices have all been taken, oh God, so difficult...I'm going to limit my scope to World War II
1)The Yalta Conference
2)April 30th, 1945: It would have been disturbing and interesting to have been camped out in Hitler's bunker that day.
3) June 5th, 1944. My grandfather was supposed to take place in the storming of the beach, but the day before he was emprisoned for "something." I am curious.

Risu said...

My top choices have all been taken, oh God, so difficult...I'm going to limit my scope to World War II
1)The Yalta Conference
2)April 30th, 1945: It would have been disturbing and interesting to have been camped out in Hitler's bunker that day.
3) June 5th, 1944. My grandfather was supposed to take place in the storming of the beach, but the day before he was emprisoned for "something." I am curious.

Anonymous said...

First would probably be Woodstock. It was a little before my time and seeing all those great bands playing live would be unreal.

2) The day of my birth. Jesus I sound vain but how cool would that be? To watch your parents getting all excited as you're screaming and cheering from the sidelines, watching yourself spring from that vagina with gusto.

3) To be in Roswell at Area 51 all those years ago to see what really happened out there. Dammit I love aliens.

-Drew

Erik Holtan said...

Oh man, I am boring, and I probably would not go back anywhere, EXCEPT, maybe some sexual experiences, and some of the ladies that I might have passed over if not for Demon Alcohol! Not a lot but 3 maybe would be a good number!

thephoenixnyc said...

Opening day at the Coliseum in Rome.

The day of Christ's death.

The finsihing of the Great Pyramid.

Nailbone said...

- A random day in the life of Jesus, just to see how's it's really done

- Resurrection Day

- the day God created the Earth, just to settle this creation/evolution deal :)

And yes, you can link to me.

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