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

Andrewf20

Probably to the time of Jesus or 9/11.

kowloon

The Big Bang.

If you go back in time but stay in the same place won't the Earth have moved off without you?

DwightSchrute1

Renascence Italy - id reckon i would be a rival to Da Vinci... i might have even had a turtle named after me

Smidge

I'd go back to either:
The court of Elizabeth I and to be party to that(obviously as an English person and not as a dogsbody but someone who would be in the "know").
Someone who had the "ear" of the Queen but not enough that I could lose my head.

Or

To live in America, in Georgia, as part of the landowner family on a plantation before the American civil war.
I would love to have seen how the dynamics REALLY worked between plantation owners and their slaves.
We in our enlightened times cannot understand how life worked on both sides so I think seeing both sides first hand would be amazing.

gnfnrhead

Faith+1 wrote: »

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

Thats what I was thinking too. Find the biggest sporting upset you can, go back the day before and hope nothing changes

debabyjesus

kowloon wrote: »

The Big Bang.

If you go back in time but stay in the same place won't the Earth have moved off without you?

Was going to say this but cos you said it ill now go back right before the big bang and maybe talk to god about his big bang creation plans

DEFTLEFTHAND

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Thats what I was thinking too. Find the biggest sporting upset you can, go back the day before and hope nothing changes

When Shane Lowry won the Irish Open in 09 he was priced at 300/1 before the start of play. Paddy Power made a mistake on one of the dockets sold for 50euro and it went down for 3000/1. There was a big hullabolu over it at the time because they refused to pay out on it, it was eventually resolved outside of the courts when they agreed to pay on 1000/1 odds as a compromise. Still a pretty sweet bet, especially considering poor Lowry as an amateur at the time didn't receive a cent for winning the tournament.

Capt'n Midnight

Smidge wrote: »

To live in America, in Georgia, as part of the landowner family on a plantation before the American civil war.
I would love to have seen how the dynamics REALLY worked between plantation owners and their slaves.
We in our enlightened times cannot understand how life worked on both sides so I think seeing both sides first hand would be amazing.

Or you could go to Mauritania, parts of Mail or Sudan or some places in the Middle East today :mad:

Wibbs

CJC999 wrote: »

I'd like to go back to biblical Roman times and specifically to Neros time. I'd hide his violin bow.

[Pedant] The Romans didn't have the fiddle or violin, it hadn't been invented yet[/Pedant] He might have had a harp or lyre and he did fancy himself a muso, though unlikely to have being playing it at the time, in fact he was among the first to help with the blazes on the ground. Otherwise he was an awful ponce mind you.

AnonoBoy

Wibbs wrote: »

[Pedant] The Romans didn't have the fiddle or violin, it hadn't been invented yet[/Pedant] He might have had a harp or lyre and he did fancy himself a muso, though unlikely to have being playing it at the time, in fact he was among the first to help with the blazes on the ground. Otherwise he was an awful ponce mind you.

He might have been fiddling with himself?

cocobear

The fateful night when the AIB & BOI chairman, visited Cowen and Lenihan .
I would bring a baseball bat

Corruptedmorals

The Tudor court under Henry VIII, or more specifically, the trial and detention in the Tower of London of Anne Boleyn. Way more interesting than Katherine Howard.

G.K.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

In regards to the JFK assassination 'The Zapruder film' (footage of the actual shooting recorded by a member of the public) shows you what you would have seen if you had been there. Remember it all happened very quickly and I don't think you would have learned a lot from being a witness on the day, the tape itself never conclusively proved any of the conspiracy theories.

If you went to the Grassy knoll or the window where Oswald supposedly shot from you'd find out.

Bruthal

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

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

It was for someone anyway.

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...

Interesting alright.

Imagine an anonymous call the day before, saying planes are going to hit the towers and pentagon tomorrow morning. Would they have taken any action?

Or if you said flight 11, 77, 93 and 175 are going to be hijacked in the morning?

So if we go back...would you want to be seen by the people there...walk around in the dirt and filth, eat the food, wear the unwashed clothes, drink the contaminated water, live with the open sewers, rats ever where..people covered in lice...I think if I went back I would want to be like a ghost there and able to observe but not take part:D

Bruthal

mariaalice wrote: »

So if we go back...would you want to be seen by the people there...walk around in the dirt and filth, eat the food, wear the unwashed clothes, drink the contaminated water, live with the open sewers, rats ever where..people covered in lice...I think if I went back I would want to be like a ghost there and able to observe but not take part:D

Turn up in the 1300s or so, with your laptop or iphone, and these might await

lazygal

Bruthal wrote: »

It was for someone anyway.


Interesting alright.

Imagine an anonymous call the day before, saying planes are going to hit the towers and pentagon tomorrow morning. Would they have taken any action?

Or if you said flight 11, 77, 93 and 175 are going to be hijacked in the morning?

There's a spin off series of the X Files, called the Lone Gunmen. I don't know if it was even shown over here, there's only 12 episodes of it. Anyway, the first episode centres around a terrorist attack on the world trade centre, which is done by flying robotically controlled planes into the Twin Towers. I only happened upon the series long after 9/11 but it was made well before it, a few years. I got a chill watching that episode, because its very close to some of the conspiracy theories about 9/11, but was made before it even happened. It does make you think, would it have been possible to do what the episode described.

FatherTed

razorgil wrote: »

22nd August 1922, and Get Michael Collins the F**k outta West Cork....alive.

Good one. I'd tell the shooter to find Dev instead. I wonder how the country would have turned out if Collins was later Taoiseach instead of Dev.

Harry Angstrom

I'd go back to the time of Nostradamus and tell him to stop being so fcuking vague. Then I'd give him a list of definitive dates, names and events.

Either that, or I'd go back to 1980 in a time-travelling DeLorean and give myself a copy of Gray's Sports Almanac.........

Bruthal

FatherTed wrote: »

Good one. I'd tell the shooter to find Dev instead. I wonder how the country would have turned out if Collins was later Taoiseach instead of Dev.

You just never know. Assuming it would be better would be too simplistic. One little change could become huge in time, and not necessarily for the better.

dollypet

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.

would you not try and stop it instead no?

I'd go back to the industrial revolurion and put money into rail roads- then leave it all to my family alive at the time leaving strict instructions to my family to with what to further invest in up until present day. We'll live like kings!

Muhhahahahahaha

Capt'n Midnight

mariaalice wrote: »

So if we go back...would you want to be seen by the people there...walk around in the dirt and filth, eat the food, wear the unwashed clothes, drink the contaminated water, live with the open sewers, rats ever where..people covered in lice...I think if I went back I would want to be like a ghost there and able to observe but not take part:D

no to mention stuff like black death, cholera, typhus, smallpox, syphilis and even if you've had your shots the food was terrible, bread was so adulterated with white powders that there was the concept of a bakers dozen being 13

lazygal

dollypet wrote: »

would you not try and stop it instead no?

I'd go back to the industrial revolurion and put money into rail roads- then leave it all to my family alive at the time leaving strict instructions to my family to with what to further invest in up until present day. We'll live like kings!

Muhhahahahahaha

Read Stephen King's 22/11/1963 and you wouldn't stop it!!!

Moll'll fix it

I'd like to go back to the 14th April 1922 to the Custom House in Dublin during the Irish Civil War. Centuries of Irish records were destroyed as pro-treaty forces shelled the building which anti-treaty militants had occupied. Would have done my damnest to stop them.

Mince Pie

Plantagenet court, to be one of Elizabeth Woodvilles ladies in waiting. See if she really was a witch and her and Edward IV's relationships were another that were renowned for being madly in love. Would also like to try and figure out who killed the princes in the tower. Fascinating times.

Also to go back and meet Anne Boleyn and see what was so captivating about her. So Henry VIII's court, full of intrigue.

Would probably get burned as a heretic though if I went back to either.

MaxSteele

I'd go back to the Arabian peninsula in 610 AD, and kill Muhammed and everyone who ever knew him in the hope of eradicating the ideal of Islam.

Wacker The Attacker

To Ian Hartes Penalty against spain in the 2002 world cup.

I'd give it to someone who wouldnt have missed

books4sale

Noah and his big ark. Nice construction job.

Parting of a whole ocean by Moses. Lads had power back then.

The Crucifiction, hanging lads on crosses, big speeches, people rising from the dead. Crazy sh*t!

The Colosseum, Rome, gladiators, swords, sandles, blood n stuff.

French revolution, guillotining of the nobles, sharp blades n rolling heads.

Gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone, 30 seconds of schmoke, bullets n dead bodies.

Nuclear bomb tests in the 50's, big bangs n better blasts. What's radiation?

Corruptedmorals

Mince Pie wrote: »

Plantagenet court, to be one of Elizabeth Woodvilles ladies in waiting. See if she really was a witch and her and Edward IV's relationships were another that were renowned for being madly in love. Would also like to try and figure out who killed the princes in the tower. Fascinating times.

Also to go back and meet Anne Boleyn and see what was so captivating about her. So Henry VIII's court, full of intrigue.

Would probably get burned as a heretic though if I went back to either.

Yes! I'd love to know was there any basis for all that was said about Elizabeth, all the ammunition Warwick and the other side had. Philippa Gregory's The hite Queen, Red Queen and Kingmaker's Daughter are great for speculation into each side. I dunno, could probably blend in as a dull lady in waiting or something. Or a chamberer- they had all the good stuff, like pregnancies, menopause, miscarriages etc. and were also around quite a lot.

lazygal

Mince Pie wrote: »

Plantagenet court, to be one of Elizabeth Woodvilles ladies in waiting. See if she really was a witch and her and Edward IV's relationships were another that were renowned for being madly in love. Would also like to try and figure out who killed the princes in the tower. Fascinating times.

Also to go back and meet Anne Boleyn and see what was so captivating about her. So Henry VIII's court, full of intrigue.

Would probably get burned as a heretic though if I went back to either.

Phillipa Gregory fan?

Mince Pie

lazygal wrote: »

Phillipa Gregory fan?

Reading Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir at the moment but the focus still swings to Anne. So would love to meet Thomas Cromwell as well.
Oh and Walsingham of Elizabeths court.

Hilary Mantel, Alison Weir, Starkey and Wikipedia as well as Gregory.

Wattle

Monterey Pop 1967. Eat some hash brownies, settle down near the front. Hendrix and The Who coming up

jonnny68

For the old skool ravers out there

Historical events indeed


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NlKACF_1oKQ


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lazygal

Mince Pie wrote: »

Reading Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir at the moment but the focus still swings to Anne. So would love to meet Thomas Cromwell as well.
Oh and Walsingham of Elizabeths court.

Hilary Mantel, Alison Weir, Starkey and Wikipedia as well as Gregory.

Good taste. I love British political history, especially after the religious splits in the 1500s. I think the Tudor period would be fierce whiffy.

NegativeCreep

I'd go back to 1960 and continue living from that time. I'd go and see all the bands and singers I never got to see. Johnny cash, Led zeppelin, Free, Michael Jackson, Cocteau Twins, Nirvana, Galaxie 500, Jeff Buckley and loads more. That'd be sweet.

Ooh, I'd also get tickets for nirvana's unplugged session. Doubly sweet.

Mince Pie

lazygal wrote: »

Good taste. I love British political history, especially after the religious splits in the 1500s. I think the Tudor period would be fierce whiffy.

Yes, it would be filthy! Meant to mention that as well.

Da Shins Kelly

There are loads, but these three would be near the top:

Go back to Shakespeare's time and see a staging of Hamlet in the Globe.

Go to Ancient Rome and sitting in on a meeting of the Senate just to see Roman politics in full flow.

Have a chat with Rasputin, or even just be in Russia around the time of their revolution.

Doom

I would go back and patent the wheel or fire.....
I would call my company Fred

Corruptedmorals

Mince Pie wrote: »

Reading Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir at the moment

Not a fan. I absolutely love all of her books, but that one is ridiculous. It can be summed up up with 'Was she a whore? Well so and so says this and so and so says that, but we don't have a clue really. We don't even know when she was born or if she was the oldest sibling or not or even the father of her children'. I believe more is known about her immediate descendants, Catherine Knollys and Lettice than Mary herself, which is sad seeing as Mary was fascinating, being the King's mistress and then marrying a total commoner, with her two children who MAY have been Henry VIII's, and therefore the only surviving bloodline. Anyway, she should stick to books where there are decent sources on the subject.

Mince Pie

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Not a fan. I absolutely love all of her books, but that one is ridiculous. It can be summed up up with 'Was she a whore? Well so and so says this and so and so says that, but we don't have a clue really. We don't even know when she was born or if she was the oldest sibling or not or even the father of her children'. I believe more is known about her immediate descendants, Catherine Knollys and Lettice than Mary herself, which is sad seeing as Mary was fascinating, being the King's mistress and then marrying a total commoner, with her two children who MAY have been Henry VIII's, and therefore the only surviving bloodline. Anyway, she should stick to books where there are decent sources on the subject.

Damn, half way through and was hoping she was going to make a stab at some conclusions.

eta: Thought Alison Weirs Lady Elizabeth was written like it was for a child. Really had to power through that one, although was glad I did cos I never knew about the supposed affair between her and Seymour. Which led to some reading up other sources.

Smidge

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Or you could go to Mauritania, parts of Mail or Sudan or some places in the Middle East today :mad:

Not sure why the "mad" face????

I think you may have misunderstood my post.
I assume in this game that you go back as you are now so therefore I would have a different view than people of the time.
And in the same way that anyone in this thread picked "Roman Times" to go back to, I'm sure those posters did not condone the ripping apart of people in the Colosseum in the same way that everyone now condemns slavery in the US during that time in history.

I would love to have seen the interactions between landowner and their family(which could be very constrained due to societal obligations of the time).
Very difficult I would imagine for us modern people to understand as we pretty much do as we want, come and go as we want, work, go to the pub etc etc.

I would like to also see how life really was for the people who were kept in slavery working their lands(I read "Uncle Tom's Cabin years ago and that sparked my interest).
How did they cope, what kept them going day to day through the hardship they faced, did the majority of slaves accept their fate or did rebellion dwell within them?

Smidge

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

There are loads, but these three would be near the top:

Go back to Shakespeare's time and see a staging of Hamlet in the Globe.

Go to Ancient Rome and sitting in on a meeting of the Senate just to see Roman politics in full flow.

Have a chat with Rasputin, or even just be in Russia around the time of their revolution.

Not for me for the simple reason that everyone in the audience just pee'd where the stood:eek:

Corruptedmorals

Mince Pie wrote: »

Damn, half way through and was hoping she was going to make a stab at some conclusions.

eta: Thought Alison Weirs Lady Elizabeth was written like it was for a child. Really had to power through that one, although was glad I did cos I never knew about the supposed affair between her and Seymour. Which led to some reading up other sources.

I had a look at Lady Elizabeth and never bought it. It just looked sickly and something which wouldn't add anything to Elizabeth's story for me. Her best books are the ones on Eleanor of Aquitaine and Isabella.

Mince Pie

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

I had a look at Lady Elizabeth and never bought it. It just looked sickly and something which wouldn't add anything to Elizabeth's story for me. Her best books are the ones on Eleanor of Aquitaine and Isabella.

Oh good, I'll give them a look then. Wasn't going to buy anything more by her.

krudler

In general, go back to any time around when dinosaurs weren't just confined to theme parks. Purely to see what colour they really were, if they actually had feathers, and what a T-Rex roar sounded like.

Hobby wise, go back to 70's Hollywood, get in with people like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese.

Larkin00

I'd love to go back and see Oasis in Maine Road or Knebworth in 96.

Failing that I'd go back to any event of the War of Independence. The ambush at Kilmichael would probably be my first choice.

ToddyDoody

I'd love to travel back to see the crime that OJ allegedly never committed.

wendell borton

I'd go back to france 1798 and try to convince Napleon to come to Ireland instead of Egypt.

Bronze Wolf

Killer Wench wrote: »

1400s at the time of first Europeans, either Africa or North America


I'd tell them not to let the pale faces on land.

I'd go back to the first slave trading expedition and tell them not to bother, it's going to be far more hassle than its worth.

maninasia

Warning wouldn't make any difference, think about it.