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If you could go back in time and kill...

Terry · 2011-11-18 21:15:17

anyone who has made a significant impact on society, who would it be? For me it would be Simon Cowell. His slew of 'reality talent' shows have killed creativity in television and music, and left us with hundreds of untalented idiots clogging the airwaves.

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anyone who has made a significant impact on society, who would it be?

For me it would be Simon Cowell.
His slew of 'reality talent' shows have killed creativity in television and music, and left us with hundreds of untalented idiots clogging the airwaves.

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Although I suppose your choice deals with that also, 2 birds with 1 stone etc.

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franz ferdinand...

The horse?

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The horse?

The band.

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The man that shot and/or ordered the killing of Michael Collins.
If Collins had have lived, this country could be so different right now (maybe?)

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franz ferdinand...

Why?
Gavrilo Princip did that.

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Biggins wrote: »

The man that shot and/or ordered the killing of Michael Collins.
If Collins had have lived, this country could be so different right now (maybe?)

And if Roy Keane had stuck around we would have won the World Cup in 2002.

A lot of what-if's based around Cork traitors.

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where do i go from here wrote: »

Walter Raleigh.

For reasons known only to me.:(

He brought potatoes to Ireland!

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

He brought potatoes to Ireland!

Think the spanish introduced them first but yes he is credited with that.

My reasons are more personal though.

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where do i go from here wrote: »

Think the spanish introduced them first but yes he is credited with that.

My reasons are more personal though.

Stop being so cryptic, tell us.

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maddragon wrote: »

I'ld pop a bullet in Eve's ass.

What the hell did Eve's donkey ever do on you?
Poor fella!

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Oh back in time...

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where do i go from here wrote: »

Think the spanish introduced them first but yes he is credited with that.

My reasons are more personal though.

well if its not spuds, its got to be tobacco...

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

He brought potatoes to Ireland!

If he hadn't, there wouldn't have been a potato famine, the bastard.

He should have just stuck with inventing the Chopper.

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ejmaztec wrote: »

If he hadn't, there wouldn't have been a potato famine, the bastard.

He should have just stuck with inventing the Chopper.

Well the Canadians brought in the plague, so BLAME CANADA

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Gee Bag wrote: »

Stop being so cryptic, tell us.

Its nothing to with spuds or baccy or the lost settlers, its personal.

A very traumatic event happened in my life when I was 15 and if Raleigh had never existed I would be rich and famous now.

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where do i go from here wrote: »

Its nothing to with spuds or baccy or the lost settlers, its personal.

A very traumatic event happened in my life when I was 15 and if Raleigh had never existed I would be rich and famous now.

Was he a judge on the X-Factor who rejected you?

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artvanderlay wrote: »

Christopher Columbus.

Do you mean in connection to his discovery of America?
He didn't really. The Vikings and Scandinavians alone got there before him and brought back word of its existence.

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The english oops sorry thought this was republican.net forum

You'd have to go back and wipe out half of Europe to do that, with the Romans, French, Germans and scandinavians for starters.

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where do i go from here wrote: »

Its nothing to with spuds or baccy or the lost settlers, its personal.

A very traumatic event happened in my life when I was 15 and if Raleigh had never existed I would be rich and famous now.

Did the chain come off when you were in the middle of a getaway after robbing a post office?

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Hooray lets turn this into another Bono bashing thread

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Some relation of Blackie?

She's his wife and his sister.

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Terry wrote: »

For me it would be Simon Cowell.

You know Simon Cowell is still alive, right? As in, you don't have to go back in time to kill him. You could knock him off right now if you wanted to badly enough.

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Mammanabammana wrote: »

You know Simon Cowell is still alive, right? As in, you don't have to go back in time to kill him. You could knock him off right now if you wanted to badly enough.

The damage is already done.

Speaking of which, Thatcher.

Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.

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Some relation of Blackie?

Now that's a name I've not heard for a long time...

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