if you could time travel

cm1179 · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:34

i'm re-watching the tv series lost. for people who don't know the show, it has elements of time travel in it. one character who finds himself with the probability of being stuck in the 70's makes the comment to his partner ''we'll buy microsoft'' and ''we'll bet on the dallas cowboys in the 78 superbowl''.
if you had the chance to time travel and witness a bit of history, be it personal or world renowned, to only one place but it could be any place, you could spend a week in the destination and it could be as far back in history as has ever existed, where would you go and what for?
i would go back to ancient egypt and spend a week seeing how they constructed the pyramids as they have always fascinated me. obviously i would make no financial gain from this but a week of insight into how they constructed the pyramids would be the one thing i'd want to see from the past the most.

Moothead2 · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:36

About two weeks ago and pick the Euromillions numbers

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Tephnos · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:36

I'd go with the Ancient Egypt stuff too. They've always fascinated me.

godinman · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:36

I would go back in time and tell myself not to open this thread, as the large wall of text has upset me.

tibbsey · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:36

I'd go back 2minutes and NOT go into the "films that scared you thread" in Movies and TV so that I would not see the very bad man post that image. :mad:

RomanNose · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:38

I would go back to 2 BC and hang around with Jesus and take photos of him patrolling his Ends, take a hundred bottles of water and turn it into wine. Also I would gate crash the last supper with 4p.

stulid · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:39

Moothead2 said:
About two weeks ago and pick the Euromillions numbers .

But then you would only get half of it, as another couple already guessed correctly before this date.

Ian · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:41

Id go back 20 years and tell myself to stop eating bread

Moothead2 · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:42

stulid said:
But then you would only get half of it, as another couple already guessed correctly before this date.

80m is still a hefty amount

. I guess I'd go back a week before that then and get the numbers for the 150m or whatever it was

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Glaucus · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:43

One time only with only one week, it would have to be money related and history.
It would have to be guaranteed money.

So as nice it would be to see the burial of the dead sea scrolls and seeing if they knew anything about the copper scrolls. I think it would have to be the launch of Apollo 11 and buy shares.

Glaucus · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:43

stulid said:
But then you would only get half of it, as another couple already guessed correctly before this date.

Buy 99 tickets.

ElliorR · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:49

I'd go back to the moment the time machine was first switched on.

SexyGreyFox · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:49

cm1179 said:
i would go back to ancient egypt and spend a week seeing how they constructed the pyramids as they have always fascinated me. obviously i would make no financial gain from this but a week of insight into how they constructed the pyramids would be the one thing i'd want to see from the past the most.

Have a look at this - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17959353&highlight=pyramid+startername_dmpoole

Even Zahi Hawass as give it a seal of approval and makes 100% sense.
I've been inside the Great Pyramid twice and I just know it is right.

Also look for the documentary BBC Timewatch Pyramid The Last Secret

J03bot · 25 Jul 2011 at 21:58

Depends. Will I be able to come back again afterwards? Because if so, I'm catching a baby dinosaur, and raising it as a pet.

Also, hi!

ins0mn1ac · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:03

After having a nightmare of a day today at the dentist I'd go back to when I was around 10 and tell myself how important it is to care for your teeth while your young!

Flare · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:05

Given the opportunity, I would go back and make sure I never met my ex.

darubio · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:05

Moothead2 said:
About two weeks ago and pick the Euromillions numbers .

I second this

mattjd · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:07

I would stop Justin bieber's parents ever meeting up to stop all of the annoying youtube comments

MeEsH BaKkA · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:08

Apart from the Lottery etc... I would probably visit stone henge when it was built so see how the ****ers actualy did it.

cm1179 · 25 Jul 2011 at 22:09

Flare said:
Given the opportunity, I would go back and make sure I never met my ex.

genuine chuckle. you're probably not alone on that one.