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In one of my English history classes, my professor mentioned that specifically during class. He's probably my favorite that I've had so far in college for throwing in little tidbits like that. His lectures are also hilarious. I lost it when I saw cowboyeyes posted that.

Ah, gambling and Gin. The good ol' days.

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06-10-2011 , 05:57 PM

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anteatereater

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i'd like to go back to when i was about 10 years old and kick myself right in the balls.

other than that maybe ben franklin.

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06-12-2011 , 04:24 AM

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PingClown

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Originally Posted by Adaptation

Sun Tzu : Actually, i would like to meet him so we actually know who sun tzu is. The sources are so damn unclear when it comes to him, no one really knows who sun tzu is, what period, etc... Would like to talk starcraft strategy with him!

Once you explained what starcraft was he would probably kill you and eat your liver.

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07-13-2011 , 12:19 AM

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comguy321

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I'd want to talk to myself in 30 years. Oh, and someone from humdreds of years in the future. Actually, I'd want a connection to whatever internet they'd have hundreds of years from now.
And a sex robot.

Steve

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07-13-2011 , 05:37 PM

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metsjetsrangers

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I would love to be sitting in the room during a meeting of the Constitutional Convention. If I had to choose one of them to speak to it would be Thomas Jefferson (just always had a strange affinity for him).

Other than that, William Shakespeare. I want to know all the truths/myths/lies about his life and discuss how he put human nature into words so succinctly.

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07-13-2011 , 10:48 PM

#56

anteatereater

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Originally Posted by comguy321

Steve

good ideas.

"myself in 30 years" would probably tell me to change pretty much everything i do.

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07-14-2011 , 08:16 PM

#57

Morris King

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caylee anthony

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07-15-2011 , 02:51 AM

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Super Kitty

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Originally Posted by Morris King

caylee anthony

ugh, let it go

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07-22-2011 , 01:58 PM

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CHISELEDJAW

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill

badass

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08-03-2011 , 02:33 AM

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bog905

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Alexander the great, Achilles (or the basis for), Erwin Rommel, Tesla.

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08-03-2011 , 02:48 AM

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Alizona

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I'd want to go back to see who really built the Great Pyramid or Baalbek or Tiahuanuco or any of the other impossibly humongous "megaliths"... or else to see the "vimana" flying machines as described in the Indian vedic texts... or else to peruse the supposed great Library at Alexandria to learn the truth about our history that's been intentionally hidden or intentionally lost thru the eons.

I'd also want to go back to the weeks before 9/11 and hide out in a WTC elevator shaft to see who was doing what inside there.

Conspiracy theorist, LDO. LOL whatever, it's my life, don't hate me bro.

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08-07-2011 , 07:50 AM

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ForgotMyPassword

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLjx-7E37Y

Somehow it always ends bad, maybe go back a couple millions of years and have look at the flora & fauna

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08-08-2011 , 02:14 AM

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dieheart84

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Jimi Hendrix

Ramses The Great

Malcolm X

Mozart

My great x500 grandfather

Jesus

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08-09-2011 , 03:31 AM

#64

Adaptation

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Imho, solid picks. You can never be too sure.

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08-12-2011 , 01:26 AM

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Rollin_J

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1) George Washington: he is hands down the most famous person from the United States. i don't have any specific questions for wanting to meet him other than to say wassup.

2) Jesus Christ: I would want to see what he really had magic powers.

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08-12-2011 , 11:35 PM

#66

longmissedblind

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Easy game, Atahualpa. NB4 Spaniards, out with the loot!

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08-13-2011 , 07:19 AM

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ALEA JACTA EST

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not interested in humans, a dinosaur maybe.

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08-14-2011 , 10:06 PM

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TeamTrousers

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Originally Posted by ALEA JACTA EST

not interested in humans, a dinosaur maybe.

What about people from, say, the Upper Palaeolithic? They would be way more interesting than any named person itt imo. Proper humans. Despite all the electronic whizzbangs we've invented recently, I bet we could still learn a lot from them.

TT

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08-15-2011 , 01:05 AM

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MonkeyPox

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I would love to have a conversation with either Samuel Clemens or Ben Franklin.

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08-15-2011 , 03:25 AM

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mike ski

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Napoleon.....just to see the man behind the myth

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08-17-2011 , 01:46 PM

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mightytiny

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Jesus would be the one I would love to meet

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08-19-2011 , 12:31 PM

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Ethos

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Epicurus. He founded a school of philosophy that lasted a few hundred years and wrote hundreds of works, of which only a few fragments remain.

Or Michel du Montaigne.