OT: Talking with the Dead

[PBWrench]

If you could hang for an hour with any historical figure, who would it be? I'd have a cup of coffee with either John Lennon or Abraham Lincoln. You?

[shinomaster]

I would give my left nut to make pots with Hamada Shoji.

[FATBOY]

I would hang out at Dead Horse Point at sunset with Edward Abbey with a coupla cold ones. Or.....Woody Creek Tavern with the big dawg hisself, H.S.T., if Ralph Steadman could come along to draw a picture of me and my dropped jaw.

[FATBOY]

This thread reminds of a really out there book..."How the Dead Live" by Will Self. Yeh heh!

[steelrider]

Jack London

[Viper]

Jack London

Drop me some PM's. I'm not Jack London, but I have a 1916 copyrighted edition of 'The Sea Wolf' on my coffee table.

I believe Charlton Heston in 'The Call of the Wild' is painful to watch, it's book that must be read.

Not Jack London, but I do have Charlton Heston Under Roos atmo.

[WadePatton]

Samuel Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, Elmer Keith, Benjamin Franklin, Bruce Lee...to name a few.

wit, policy, shooting, creativity, and kicks respectively.

on edit: Edgar Cayce might be interesting too.

[3chordwonder]

Hitler. I'd love to know if he truly believed all that stuff himself.

With Stalin etc. at least you know they were cynical psychopaths

[Louis]

Hitler. I'd love to know if he truly believed all that stuff himself.

I'm hardly an expert, but everything I've seen and read says absolutely yes.

[3chordwonder]

Well, who knows... probably. But I'd love to hear it from him.

I've read that he used to ridicule Himmler's anthropological and historical pageantry fixations for one thing, and he wrote himself before attaining power about how easy it is to leverage people's nationalism and xenophobia. That makes me wonder if he could have seriously believed some of the more base and extremist stuff he used to spout, or if it was just a calculated appeal to rednecks.

Maybe I'll speak to somebody uplifting and inspirational instead, in which case can I book a reservation to speak with Carl Sagan.

[merckx]

My dad. I miss him.

[Kevan]

I'm with you Merckx; I wanna hear her voice one more time.

[Too Tall]

I want to get drunk with Nikola Tesla

[sspielman]

I want to get drunk with Nikola Tesla




...shocking!.....

[Tom]

I want to get drunk with Nikola Tesla

....Hair raising!....

[93legendti]

My Father
Raful
Trumpeldor
Jabotinsky
Israel Tal
Mussa Peled

[Fixed]

jesus, major taylor .f.d.r .. m .l.k. jr.
cheers :beer:

[paczki]

Thucydides
Jane Austen
Mozart

[branman1986]

I'd want to go back in time as far as possible. Maybe someone like Julius Caesar or David or something.

[Ozz]

jesus, major taylor .f.d.r .. m .l.k. jr.
cheers :beer:
Fixed...here's another guy you might like: Matthew Henson (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mhenson.htm)

For me...Marco Polo, Da Vinci, Edmund Hillary....

[davids]

I came up with ten...

I'd like to get together with (1) my dad, and go speak to (2) Jesus of Nazereth. I've got some questions for him.

I have the feeling my dad would be more interested in meeting (3) Baruch Spinoza, though...

(4) George Washington or (5) Thomas Jefferson would be a fascinating choice for politics, and it would be very interesting to hear what (6) Charles Darwin or (7) Albert Einstein think about the frontiers of science today.

The Arts? (8) William Shakespeare, if he really existed, (9) John Lennon, or (10) Joe Strummer.

[Erik.Lazdins]

My Father

[roman meal]

I'd like to speak with a few of the dead, but I'm not too sure they are interested in speaking with me.

"A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. It
had begun to snow again. He watched sleepily the flakes, silver
and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight. The time had
come for him to set out on his journey westward. Yes, the
newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was
falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills,
falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly
falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling, too,
upon every part of the lonely churchyard on the hill where Michael
Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and
headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns.
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly
through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their
last end, upon all the living and the dead."

[paczki]

I'd like to speak with a few of the dead, but I'm not too sure they are interested in speaking with me.

"A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. It
had begun to snow again. He watched sleepily the flakes, silver
and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight. The time had
come for him to set out on his journey westward. Yes, the
newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was
falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills,
falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly
falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling, too,
upon every part of the lonely churchyard on the hill where Michael
Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and
headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns.
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly
through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their
last end, upon all the living and the dead."

That's one sad story.

[roman meal]

That's one sad story.


Indeed. A story about a boy getting shot down by a girl after a party and Joyce turns it into something existential.

[dave thompson]

I think I'd hang with Teddy Roosevelt. My grandfather was on his cabinet as an ambassador during 1903~1909. From what I've read about Teddy, he was the kind of very interesting person I could learn a lot from.

[davids]

Indeed. A story about a boy getting shot down by a girl after a party and Joyce turns it into something existential.I remember reading the story, and wondering what the big fuss was - I'd been told "The Dead" was such a great work. I wasn't feeling it, until I reached that last passage. Whoa.

[gt6267a]

Jack London

and

teddy r
golda m

[Bob Ross]

Igor Stravinsky, Ben Franklin, or Flavius Josephus. In that order.

[Chad Engle]

Jesus
Johnny Cash
JFK
MLK

[Fixed]

Fixed...here's another guy you might like: Matthew Henson (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mhenson.htm)

For me...Marco Polo, Da Vinci, Edmund Hillary....
thanks bro
cheers

[fixednwinter]

J.S. Bach
Fausto Coppi

[Ozz]

thanks bro
cheers
My pleasure! Amazing story....talk about an uphill battle.

[Acotts]

Lincoln...Big guy, big reach. Skinny guys fight 'til they're burger.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Jesus . . . to compare the man with the myth (or word of God, depending on your point of view). Same goes for Buddha, Mohammed, etc.

Writers of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence . . . I guess that would include Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, et. al. . . . What exactly did they mean about freedom of the press, right to "bear arms," "All men are created equal" and other items that seem to be in such dispute nowadays.

BBD

[paczki]

J.S. Bach
Fausto Coppi

+1

[WadePatton]

Would be cool to whoop a strat with SRV and Jimi. :cool:

The area of India(Khajuraho) with Kama Sutra carvings might be a fun place to visit-back in the day. You know, for the stone carving experience. :D

Any of the extinct civilizations would be fascinating.

note to self: build time machine.

[C5 Snowboarder]

Genghis Kahn
Elmer Keith
John Wayne
Teddy Roosevelt
Joan of Ark
William Wallace

[Louis]

note to self: build time machine.

Beware of the Morlocks

[sn69]

He's been dead and mumified for at least ten years, but someone forgot to tell him.

[WadePatton]

Genghis Kahn
Elmer Keith
John Wayne
Teddy Roosevelt
Joan of Ark
William Wallace
Kewl, would ne'er guessed another forum member would know who Elmer was--Pistolero Extraodinaire for those who don't.

[Reg Pither]

Clodagh Rogers
Lev Davidovich Trotsky
Eartha Kitt

[C5 Snowboarder]

Kewl, would ne'er guessed another forum member would know who Elmer was--Pistolero Extraodinaire for those who don't.

Ever read any stories of him when he was young ??? like his hand being broke and the doc trying to straighten it? The "Man" had nerves of steel. :beer:

[saab2000]

Marco Pantani - A cyclist who made watching cycling fun, to tell him that in spite of it all, there is a life outside cycling.

Hans Lutz - (a guy I knew who crashed an airliner, so I could bawl him out and kick his a$$, cuz it was his fault and he deserves to have his a$$ kicked)

Nenad Milincic - (A baggage/ramp supervisor I knew in Zürich. to let him know that everyone who worked with him liked and respected him - it was just too early man)

[MadRocketSci]

historical figure? I'd most like to talk to the guy/gal who makes space travel affordable. Unfortunately, he/she probably hasn't been born yet.

Otherwise, Jesus or Tom Jefferson.