OT Discussion for a slow Monday. Who would you spend a day with?

Submitted by theytookourjobs on

Just to pass the time.  So you can spend a day with any one person on earth.  Who would it be and why?  Let me throw in a few rules to eliminate the obvious.  Keep it to 3 options, you do not get to have any form of adult situations with them.  No religous figures, and to keep it interesting, if you choose someone from history, your day would be spent in their era. I'll start;

 

Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock - Would have loved to have been at Woodstock and who better to be there with then one of the greatest musicians ever

Jesse James - Love the old west, and would have loved the outlaw lifestyle

Anybody that was at the Roswell crash site that night - I need to know man

 

 

 

 

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boliver46

July 11th, 2016 at 11:19 AM ^

who passed away just a few short months ago.

 

Today would have been my parent's 46th wedding anniversary.

 

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Ray

July 11th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^

I think would be number one for me. Robert Oppenheimer would be on the list too. And maybe someone infamous, like Lee Harvey Oswald. Or JonBenet Ramsey, just so I could hear the truth.

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wildbackdunesman

July 11th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^

Theytookourjobs,

I'll save you the wondering on Roswell, it clearly wasn't aliens, but the truth doesn't sell as much.

 

I might go with:

-Abraham Lincoln - November 19, 1863 for the Gettysburg Address.

-MLK Jr. on April 4th 1968 to save his life.

-Dantonio on October 29, 2016 in the future, to kick him while he is down.

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1VaBlue1

July 11th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^

1) I'd like to spend a day in Chester Nimitz's conference room discussing strategy/tactics with his other Admirals - Halsey, Lockwood, Spruance, et al. (love WWII! history!)

2) Spend a day on the water with Dennis Connor when he was winning the America's Cup off Rhode Island (this just sounds fun)

3) Spend a day with Mission Control when they were working towards bringing Apollo 13 back home (pressure packed science at its best)

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xtramelanin

July 11th, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^

she died when we were kids.  i'd love to talk with her now 40+ yrs later.  she'd want to know about her grandkids too, so that'd take some time.  

 

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RGard

July 11th, 2016 at 11:44 AM ^

I broke this into alive and dead.  

Folks still alive:

1. Camille Paglia - she would clean my clock in a debate, but I'd like to talk about anything and everything with her.

2. Terry Bradshaw - I've been a fan of his for decades.  

3. Jim Harbaugh - for obvious reasons

Folks no longer alive:

1. Abe Lincoln - just to tell him that his Gettysburg Address makes me cry whenever I read it.

2. Xenophon - to watch his and his troops march home.

3. Armstrong Custer - to tell him not to leave the Gatling guns behind.

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will

July 11th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^

anyone see Brian's comment on Facebook that the no politics ban has been temporarily lifted!??!?! abortion, taxes, benghazi; trump and Hillary are both evil, welfare gets abused .. must get it all out of my system before ban reinstated!!!!

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drjaws

July 11th, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^

abortion -- not my business to tell other people what to do or how to live

taxes -- flat tax is the only fair way to go

benghazi -- not nearly as bad as a ton of other screw-ups.  R's wasting millions for no reason in a witch-hunt

trump and Hillary are both evil -- correct.  I get the "if you don't vote or vote third party, then you're throwing away your vote."  Good, I'll throw mine away then because I have too much self-respect to put my name down next to either one of those scumbag criminals.

welfare gets abused -- just like everything else.  I say no welfare to able-bodied individuals.  Make it more painful financially to be on welfare than to work full time for minimum wage.  If you're over the age of 18 and don't qualify for disability, get a job.  I'd rather see everyone working at Taco Bell than sitting at home eating cheetos because they don't want to work.  It's messed up they get paid more to sit at home than work.

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Michology 101

July 11th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^

Some of you have already named interesting ones. I would probably have to say the very first human ancestor. I mean, the very first that started us all. If I could safely, visit that time.

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umbig11

July 11th, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^

Sports wise: Jim Craig after they beat the Russians Music: Kurt Cobain Other: Neil Armstrong Roswell, nope that was our spacecraft everyone saw.

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ThereWillBeNoHugs

July 11th, 2016 at 12:42 PM ^

Kurt Vonnegut because not only was he a great writer, but he was known for having awesome conversations with random people. He was funny, smart, and had a deep understanding of human nature. I could see myself having the time of my life talking with him.

Abraham Lincoln. Who wouldn't want to hang out with this guy? He's probably my favorite historical President.

Henry Rollins. I don't know, he just seems like an awesome dude to hang out and have conversations with.

 

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drjaws

July 11th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^

They both passed away when I was little and it hurts to know how much my teenage kids get to see their grandparents.

 

By all accounts they were just as fun-loving and ornery as I am.

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