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Provided we could effectively communicate, of course...

It would have to be this guy. I need some balance in my life as well as ways to deal with the pain that life occasionally brings.

Themistocles. Herodotus portrays him both as a hero and a guy greedy for money. It would be cool to see how much he got right.

On the Herodotean theme, I'd like to meet Xerxes as well, to see if he was actually an idiot.

I would say Elizabeth Anscombe, just so I could make a joke about talking action theory, if you know what I mean. . . but she just wasn't hot. So much lost potential.

Helen of Troy.

 Seaward wrote:
Helen of Troy.

You would likely be disapointed.

 dogma wrote:

 Seaward wrote:
Helen of Troy.

You would likely be disapointed.

Why?

 Seaward wrote:

 dogma wrote:

 Seaward wrote:
Helen of Troy.

You would likely be disapointed.

Why?

Apparently she wasn't even at Troy, but in Egypt the entire time.

Also, standards of beauty now are not what they were then.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Yes, It is. Have some culture damnit

It wouldn't be a problem, except it's the only damn frame of reference used in school. Frankly, I didn't care for it. I had an immensely easy time with it with my access of the German language, so the grammar didn't trip me up, I enjoyed a couple of odd parts, but, by and large, despised it. When there was something I would have liked or prefered to have studied, wasn't an option. Macbeth, hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. I dreaded reading merchant of Venice because of it, but found it enjoyable. I would also have prefered to have done Titus. Not read through the of one of the holy sanctified classical trinity mentioned before, play in class, then watch another rendition of it in class, followed by yet another rendition of the same play...... English class was on my lowest rung and remains because of steadfast adherence to a status quo, that fails to get students excited about, well, English.

Temujin might be an interesting person to meet, so would Plato, Socrates and that entourage, along with Leonids and crew, but I"m torn between these and the Vikings, as well as st. Stephen and koppany.

I think that Shakespeare really depends on how it's taught. I hated Romeo and Juliet with one teacher, but with another I really liked Twelfth Night and Henry V. The man was a genius, to be fair to him, if he did write his plays.

Which Viking would you like to speak to though? Someone like Ragnar Lodbrok would be different to Harald Hardrade or Canute the Great - one being a pagan badass, the other two being more imperialistic christians.

Isambard Kingdom Brunell would be an excellent guy to talk to, but I want his friend and rival there too Robert Stephenson, they wer elike the Jobs/Gates of their day, only they had the balls to forge a new Country, building vast bridges and faster ships. They were real men

Siddhartha Gautama, Alan Watts, or Buster Keaton.

Oppenheimer, just before the detonation and after the detonation of the first atomic weapon.

Neil Armstrong, and talk about his take on solar exploration.

Carl Sagan, on the evils of war and the need to journey interplanetary distances.

King Arthur.

Narrowly edges out Robin Hood and/or Crowley.

reds8n wrote:King Arthur.

Not a historical figure.


I pick Cleopatra; I hear she was fun.

Bromey...you really had to open up that can of worm...of pleasure stars.....

 Jihadin wrote:
Bromey...you really had to open up that can of worm...of pleasure stars.....

It's how I do.

 Bromsy wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Bromey...you really had to open up that can of worm...of pleasure stars.....

It's how I do.

To be fair, that was my first thought too.

 dogma wrote:
It is hard to pick just one, but: Neville Chamberlain, Otto von Bismarck, or Thomas Jefferson.

-Thomas Jefferson
-I'd like to go drinking with Sam Grant.
-Same to same for Sam Houston
-Be on safari with Teddy Roosevelt
-Sit quietly while Eisenhower decides on the DDay mission go or no go.
-Spend a day helping Mother Theresa
-Have lunch with Archimedes



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 4oursword wrote:
I'm fine with studying the works of shakespeare by choice, but for the kinds of people I was in a class with that will never be useful.

News flash. Almost nothing in high school is relevant or useful...

Number of times Predakhaine has used trigonometry since school - 0
Number of times Predakhaine has tried to make a wall tidy/stuff holder using my sewing skills since school - 0

I could go on all day.

I'd meet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I'd love to ask him this question.

Given you wrote about Sherlock Holmes solving every crime with reason and logic, even supposedly supernatural phenomenon like 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' why are there quotes from you on record that you believe in fairies?

Also, Leonardo Da Vinci.

Xenophone.

He wrote a lot about leadership int eh ancient world, i bet he could tell a killer story about the 10,000 and their march to the sea.

Of course, it would kind of be wasted because I don;t speak anceint greek so we would just spend time being bored and looking at our smart phones.

I mean, she's still alive, but would mid-60's Grace Slick count? Because damn. Yeah. I hope that counts.

Tesla.

Also, James bonds ?

I really don't care. Past, present or future, I don't like talking to people.

I'd like a day with the finest virgin of the meiji era. She would just be the finest girl in the meiji era after I was done with her though.

Anyone who took part in the Rape of Nanking.

Tsutomu Miyazaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, or Nevada-tan

Zombie William Taft.


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Hitler, just before world war 2. We would meet and shake hands, he would ask me how i liked his germany, and i would reply it is magnificent. He would then turn away so we could walk to his foyer, at which point i would shoot him in the back of the head.

 Imperator_Class wrote:
Hitler, just before world war 2. We would meet and shake hands, he would ask me how i liked his germany, and i would reply it is magnificent. He would then turn away so we could walk to his foyer, at which point i would shoot him in the back of the head.

and proceed to have someone else have step in and perpatrate either the same atrocity, or another one. You don't avert atrocities just by shooting some bloke in the head. If you seriously think that's the case, you really need to undertake an in-depth study of sociology and history. If you've already taken an in-depth study, then let me know what institution you went to to have your degree rescinded.

Can't name any at the top of my head but a historical figure who would enjoy my company. Less questions on tactics and world views and more on stuff like how great (or awful) the weather is.

Chesty Puller.

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