If you were to be born in a different century what would it be?

The Jammy dodger

I'd like to have been born in 12th century. I dont know why. Probably coz I wouldn't have to pay TV Licence or worry about paying 9.10 euros for 20 ciggys. hehe. Plus the beer was homemade and tasted great I'd say.

stimpson

I was born in a different century.

The 20th century.

Nodin

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

I'd like to have been born in 12th century. I dont know why. Probably coz I wouldn't have to pay TV Licence or worry about paying 9.10 euros for 20 ciggys. hehe. .

No tobacco if you're in Europe.

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Plus the beer was homemade
.

True.

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

......and tasted great I'd say.

If you like it warm and flat, possibly.

Mance Rayder

It all depends on where and to whom. Wouldn't fancy living any time before the middle of the 20th century unless I had some social status as life on a farm wouldn't be for me.

aaronjumper

The ones where getting rich was easy, as the government had not gotten that good at monitering stuff yet.

Doc Ruby

I'd have to agree with the 12th, but only if I could bring my stuff along with me.

Bruthal

Doc Ruby wrote: »

I'd have to agree with the 12th, but only if I could bring my stuff along with me.

Yes, whip out your iphone, and be burnt at the stake.

SIR PEADO BAILOUT

That wud have to be da 25th century i`m after meeting da buck rogers great craik beedleebeedlee bee

abouttobebanned

The very first one. Wouldn't that be the mutt's nuts.

flutterflye

I'd be a 19th century British socialite.

Doc Ruby

robbie7730 wrote: »

Yes, whip out your iphone, and be burnt at the stake.

I have a dice that rolls what I want when I need it to, that will do to keep me going.

TheInquisitor

I'd want to be born in the 22nd century. I would love to see whats just around the corner. Look at the changes in the past 10 years. Imagine what will happen over the next 90!

Bruthal

Doc Ruby wrote: »

I have a dice that rolls what I want when I need it to, that will do to keep me going.

A few things to avoid in the middle ages

aaronjumper

robbie7730 wrote: »

A few things to avoid in the middle ages

Way to go, party killer :rolleyes:

I think being rich in Roman Rome would be good, if you could dodge disease, backstabbing politics and angry slaves.

Doc Ruby

robbie7730 wrote: »

A few things to avoid in the middle ages

I'd be worried about that if I wasn't so inherently likeable, and also posessed of that greatest of defences, a really fast pair of legs.

mikemac1

Ancient Rome

Purely for the non stop orgies

Where To

21st

Imagine being 11 or 12 nowadays.

LH Pathe

stimpson wrote: »

I was born in a different century.

The 20th century.

I'd be concerned if anyone here wasn't.

so let us hark back to the century of our birth for.. inspiration.

Run_to_da_hills

Baroque and Reformation period.

Gummy Panda

The Hyborian Age

bleg

22nd or 23rd

DipStick McSwindler

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wendell borton

15th century florence.

John Doe1

Late Aceramic Cyprus

mawk

id like to have been born in the 21st century. then id be heading into my teens now. and the stuff kids get up with each other sounds like something else compared to my teens

Battered Mars Bar

Dark ages so I could sit in a cold dark wet room at night on a bed of straw. Staring at me candle wick and waiting for all sorts of bubonic plagues to come through the back door of my gaff.

LordSutch

18th Century 4 me please.

clappyhappy

Oops, I thought thread title said "what country" not "what century", thought it was a bit strange.

The_Thing

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The Hyborian Age

+1

Smidge

I'll take the 18th century.

It was an age of beauty, passion, change,enlightenment and Vive le Revolution.

RaRaRasputin

A fantastic flood of generalisations in this thread :rolleyes:

14th century post plague-Europe for me!

Ellis Dee

I'd choose to be born in a century well after the one in which time travel had been perfected. Then I'd be able to visit any century I wanted and GTF out of there (then) if I didn't like it.:):)

JohnMarston

I'd pull a Marty McFly and travel back to my parents time (70s and 80s)

Failing that, early to mid 15th century renaissance italy

Not the previous ones, I like hygiene

future ones could be good

mattjack

1916 Dublin , working in the GPO.... I wouldn't open the front to anybody dressed in green with a squinty eye... changin' the course of history my way.

Logical Fallacy

I'd go for a future century, when robot wives are cheap and effective.

Nothingbetter2d

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

I'd like to have been born in 12th century. I dont know why. Probably coz I wouldn't have to pay TV Licence or worry about paying 9.10 euros for 20 ciggys. hehe. Plus the beer was homemade and tasted great I'd say.

no tobacco in europe as mentioned

disease was rampant

if u pissed off anyone you were much more likely to get killed

you'd have no boards

you'd have no tv so a tv license wasn't necessary

Nothingbetter2d

JohnMarston wrote: »

I'd pull a Marty McFly and travel back to my parents time (70s and 80s)

Failing that, early to mid 15th century renaissance italy

i bet you'd score with your mum wouldnt ya?

JohnMarston

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

no tobacco in europe as mentioned

disease was rampant

if u pissed off anyone you were much more likely to get killed

you'd have no boards

you'd have no tv so a tv license wasn't necessary

No dole if you're unemployed

No way to apply current 21st century work skills to 12th century

JohnMarston

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

i bet you'd score with your mum wouldnt ya?

I revise, maybe i'd pull a Biff Tannen and give my old man the results of the grand nationals and world cups for the next 30 years

And no, thats just nasty

MarkHitide

robbie7730 wrote: »

A few things to avoid in the middle ages

I'd take my chances with anything there before a "spending some time" with RTE's light entertainment output, so it's the middle ages for me-

filmbuffboy

definately would have to be 100 years from now. you would be able to look back at the previous century and all man had achieved, and experience everything for another lifetime on top of that!

Capt'n Midnight

Gummy Panda wrote: »

The Hyborian Age

No way , you'd just be conan-fodder

Capt'n Midnight

CiscoStudent wrote: »

It all depends on where and to whom. Wouldn't fancy living any time before the middle of the 20th century unless I had some social status as life on a farm wouldn't be for me.

before the 20th century you'd have a much better life expectancy on a farm than in a city

mikemac1

If you were a gunsmith and skilled metal worker you could be the most valuable man alive in the 12th century

I'm not talking AK47's, if you could even just manage to build some simple muskets the King would shower you with riches and wimmins

jmc1243

1500's, to see Michelangelo paint the sistine chapel

clintondaly

Just be glad you are alive in the current century,if you were born in any other century just imagine the chances of survival you would have had and all the gruesome ways you could have met your death.

Missmiddleton

The 18th century but only if I could live in one of those swanky georgian houses and have one of those puffy dresses that make your ass look gigantic. Otherwise I'm enough here.

JohnMarston

jmc1243 wrote: »

1500's, to see Michelangelo paint the sistine chapel

And tell him he missed a bit :pac:

dodderangler

Whatever century Spartacus blood and sand is
The women seemed better lookin back then than now