If you could travel back in time to one historical event, what would it be?

lazygal · 22-01-2013 12:58PM #1

I think for me it would have to be the assassination of JFK. I'd love to witness it first hand on the grassy knoll and see if any of the conspiracy theories stack up.

castletownman · 22-01-2013 12:59PM

Anything to do with dinosaurs. Because y'know. Dinosaurs are awesome.

lazygal · 22-01-2013 12:59PM

castletownman wrote: »

Anything to do with dinosaurs. Because y'know. Dinosaurs are awesome.

Ah, to roam with the dinosaurs, like man did 6,000 years ago. Good times. Good, good, times. Before the flood, like.

CreepingDeath · 22-01-2013 01:01PM

The largest Euromillions draw.

SebBerkovich · 22-01-2013 01:03PM

1973, go see Nick Drake play live.

smash · 22-01-2013 01:03PM

Some time around when the bible was written, and kill the liars who wrote it!

intellectual dosser · 22-01-2013 01:03PM

CreepingDeath wrote: »

The largest Euromillions draw.

I'd also go to the Largest Euromillions draw, and buy 500 tickets with the winning numbers - your move CreepingDeath!

AnonoBoy · 22-01-2013 01:04PM

I'd go back to last Saturday.

I had a lovely pastrami and swiss cheese sandwich with relish on rye bread. I was just ready to bite down into it when my cousin burst through the kitchen door, knocked into me and the sandwich ended up on the ground.

If I could go back I'd punch my cousin in the face like I should have done then. Or maybe stop him bursting through the door so I could have the sandwich. One or the other.

kaimera · 22-01-2013 01:04PM

Moon landing.

else the Wright bros flight.

lazygal · 22-01-2013 01:05PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'd go back to last Saturday.

I had a lovely pastrami and swiss cheese sandwich with relish on rye bread. I was just ready to bite down into it when my cousin burst through the kitchen door, knocked into me and the sandwich ended up on the ground.

If I could go back I'd punch my cousin in the face like I should have done then. Or maybe stop him bursting through the door so I could have the sandwich. One or the other.

That's not a historical event, in fairness. That's a pretty uninteresting family anecdote.

iDave · 22-01-2013 01:05PM

I'd like to see the moment when a solitary Gladiator murdered the Roman emporer in the Colloseum, when Eamon Broys body was dumped on Capel St and when William Wallace famously shouted 'Freedom' while being executed.

daithi1970 · 22-01-2013 01:06PM

i would back to the night of the bank guarantee and choke a few feckers with their own garlic...

daithi

smash · 22-01-2013 01:06PM

intellectual dosser wrote: »

I'd also go to the Largest Euromillions draw, and buy 500 tickets with the winning numbers - your move CreepingDeath!

I'd go back to the draw before it and win 80+ million, leaving you with just 15 for the following week!

Standman · 22-01-2013 01:08PM

There's lots of shit happening right now which is equally amazing as anything that's happened in the past, but I'm sure in 40 years time you'll be sitting beside you're computer fantasizing about coming back to experience it all if only you could.

LivelineDipso · 22-01-2013 01:08PM

2006 top of the housing market. Rent a flat, get my money out of the bank and bury it as cash all over the place. Borrow nothing, work three jobs. Live a modest lifestyle.

and wait...

AnonoBoy · 22-01-2013 01:09PM

lazygal wrote: »

That's not a historical event, in fairness. That's a pretty uninteresting family anecdote.

It happened in the past. It's historical to me dude.

A suggestion for an event you could travel back in time to: The moment when the concept of humor was invented and then explained in a painstakingly obvious manner. :pac:

murphyaii · 22-01-2013 01:10PM

:D:D:D:D

Rasheed · 22-01-2013 01:11PM

lazygal wrote: »

I think for me it would have to be the assassination of JFK. I'd love to witness it first hand on the grassy knoll and see if any of the conspiracy theories stack up.

I think I'd pick the same. Or around the Civil war here.

Faith+1 · 22-01-2013 01:13PM

Put all my savings on Greece to win Euro 2004. 100/1 odds ffs!:eek:

Dyr · 22-01-2013 01:17PM

SebBerkovich wrote: »

1973, go see Nick Drake play live.

Pretty sure his live gigs were'nt that good

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-01-2013 01:18PM

21st June 1970 Estadio Azteca ,Mexico

tritium · 22-01-2013 01:21PM

Five minutes before the conception of Hector/ Bertie/ any of the Healy raes.

Force feed their daddy whiskey until the ol equipment won't work

tfitzgerald · 22-01-2013 01:22PM

I'd like to see the Titanic being launched. And maybe if I was lucky enough a stroll around it. Before it set sail

RoyalMarine · 22-01-2013 01:24PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

21st June 1970 Estadio Azteca ,Mexico

I'd love to see that live too, Pele was an amazing player, but I don't think Id waste one time travel event on that.

I'd probably go back and educate a family member to invest in apple, microsoft, facebook, etc etc etc.

Garzard · 22-01-2013 01:25PM

To see Halley's Comet passing by Earth in 1986.

Or back to the snow we had 2 years ago! :cool:

neil_hosey · 22-01-2013 01:25PM

id go back to the 17th of September 2011.

When ireland were playing Australia in the rugby and Dublin playing kerry in the football the next day.

Id do the same double I did that day

but add in cluxton to score the last point of the game and the final score to be 1-12 to 1-11.. might not be millions.. but ill be happy

Here Come The Pretzels · 22-01-2013 01:29PM

I love to be present for the Earl of Sandwich creating the first sandwich. What a gift to the world that was...

Doom · 22-01-2013 01:29PM

1908 Russia, I would really like to know what happened here....:cool:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

keano_afc · 22-01-2013 01:31PM

Birth of Christ. Very little is written about his early years, would love to see what he was like growing up.

Ihatecuddles-old · 22-01-2013 01:34PM

I'd probably go back to 11/22/63, if the book was anything to go by it would be a head melting day.

Either that or 9/11,but how could you evacuate those buildings without people thinking you're a looney? Probably a few anonymous phone calls...

qwertz · 22-01-2013 01:42PM

The moment Hitler was made Kanzler so I can shoot a nice silver bullet through his eye.

If you could travel back in time to one historical event, what would it be?

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