If you could resurrect two people from history...

nydryl · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:22

Fermat and Einstein.

Fermat becuase it would be great to see the supposed solution he couldn't fit in his margin.

Cosimo · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:28

Lorenzo de' Medici and Napoleon Bonaparte

nydryl · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:35

simulatorman said:
Lorenzo de' Medici and Napoleon Bonaparte

You realise a lot of Medici's banks collapsed because of bad loans

Sinny · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:39

vincent1989 said:
he was the right man for the right time, he was voted out immediately after the war.

there's no way of knowing if he'd have been able to manage a country well in peace time, i'm dubious personally (don't get me wrong, i have a lot of respect for the man, but i don't overestimate him)

Anything is better than what we currently have. heck Jeremy Clarkson would be a better choice

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Cosimo · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:42

nydryl said:
You realise a lot of Medici's banks collapsed because of bad loans

Yup, but the Renaissance flourished and the art survived.

nydryl · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:49

simulatorman said:
Yup, but the Renaissance flourished and the art survived.

Haha fair point. Couldn't resist pointing out the similarity to our banks today

Cosimo · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:56

nydryl said:
Haha fair point. Couldn't resist pointing out the similarity to our banks today

I blame Fermat for all that agony being taught pure maths.

Nullvoid · 13 Feb 2009 at 01:57

Hmm I'm torn between two choices.

1. Plato and Adam Smith. It'd be interesting to see what they would make of our attempts at democracy and capitalism.

2. Machiavelli and Rasputin as they'd both be in their element with the way society is these days.

nydryl · 13 Feb 2009 at 02:02

simulatorman said:
I blame Fermat for all that agony being taught pure maths.

Agony? He gave me a route to University so I could drink for a few years without getting a proper job. Deserves a handshake!

pmbuzz · 13 Feb 2009 at 02:05

Freddie Mercury & Bruce Lee

Cosimo · 13 Feb 2009 at 02:10

nydryl said:
Agony? He gave me a route to University so I could drink for a few years without getting a proper job. Deserves a handshake!

A toast to the man

I ended up doing applied maths, so he saved my bacon.

Trusty · 13 Feb 2009 at 02:56

Very hard question but it's got to be Bobby Moore and Genghis Khan! Mongol anyone??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mongol_Empire_map_2.gif

Speaks for himself really..

MotherMayI · 13 Feb 2009 at 03:00

Sinny said:
Winston Churchil so this country can be run better and I can't really think of anyone else unless it's on a personal level.

Sure, because he would be a great prime minister in todays climate :rolleyes:

George Orwell and Marx.

Sudden · 13 Feb 2009 at 03:20

Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun.
Put them on each side of the world, give em an army and see who reaches the middle first ^_^

Tefal · 13 Feb 2009 at 03:24

Mohamed and Jesus

GOD FIGHT!!!!!

Sudden · 13 Feb 2009 at 03:24

Nullvoid said:
2. Machiavelli and Rasputin as they'd both be in their element with the way society is these days.

mmm, I disagree. in part anyway. Machiavelli, yes. genius guy

rasputin, not so much. he just managed to get the tsarina's ear and then influenced her and ruled through her. not comparable to machiavelli in my opinion.

Who would be however, is Chanakya

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanakya

Baz · 13 Feb 2009 at 08:48

Hitler and Hendrix

Conscript · 13 Feb 2009 at 08:51

Sudden said:
Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun.
Put them on each side of the world, give em an army and see who reaches the middle first ^_^

What if they both march east?

DampCat · 13 Feb 2009 at 08:55

dmpoole said:
Buddy Holly & Jesus

hahaha excellent.

My choices would be Steve Irwin and Jeff Buckley.

edit: oh god... maybe Darwin and Wallace. Argh!

Mat · 13 Feb 2009 at 09:04

My grandad and his grandad... we could all sit and drink beers whilst they tell me what war stories and what it was like when they were a lad...