If you could talk to anyone, who would it be?

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Dougnsalem

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Alive, or dead. Past, or present (or future!) I'm guessing 50% of you would normally reply with a Jesus/God/Creator type answer. Maybe 25% would go for a long lost relative. Who knows about the rest of you sickos.... Lol. Me? I wanna talk to that little dude that crash landed at Roswell. You know, Area 51. THAT, would be awesome.....
 
Dougnsalem said:
Alive, or dead. Past, or present (or future!) I'm guessing 50% of you would normally reply with a Jesus/God/Creator type answer. Maybe 25% would go for a long lost relative. Who knows about the rest of you sickos.... Lol. Me? I wanna talk to that little dude that crash landed at Roswell. You know, Area 51. THAT, would be awesome.....
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Do I get to pick when I talk to them? Can I go back in time? Can we somehow not need an interpreter?
 
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What, you want to talk to Genghis Khan? Sure....
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Nope, Hitler. Can I bring video of people from today?

He'll just give up and I'll save the world from war.

There is an outside chance he'll wait until he has nukes and then bomb the world so it is probably a good thing I can't.
 
Hmm.. first to come to mind, the old friend, with whom I lost touch, searched for years and found out he'd died? There are things I'd like to say.
One on one with Hillary Clinton?
John Lennon? Just because?
You know, I can't think of lot of "famous" people simply because we know their public persona, but not who they are as people.
I might pick, assuming proper translators, one of the pre-Homo sapiens human species. A homo erectus or Lucy (though she was probably not so bright) or one of our now extinct co-existing species, Neanderthals or Denisovans. Be interesting to see how we are alike and how we differ.
 
^^^^^^Lucy was a girl, duh. She was probably smart enough to master Pokemon Go, so she'd fit in fine today.
 
Lao Tsu if we're going back in history. Ben Franklin is another guy I'd like to talk with. Currently I think Gong Li because I've had a fan crush on her
 
Diogenes.... for one. He's probably the one single historical figure I put over all others. I would love to smoke a joint with Bill Hicks or Lenny Bruce. I would love to discuss music and recording techniques with Frank Zappa. As far as writers...... I would love to hear Anais Nin tell me about fucking her therapist. I'd love to discuss the different parts of depression with Virginia Woolf. Maybe have a heart to heart talk with Henry Miller or Lawrence Durrell on the nature of perversion. So there are a few interesting historical figures I could jaw with.
 
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If we're talkin' musicians...Louis Armstrong and Tom Waits are high on my list....I made Tom Waits an espresso once but never bothered him..he was reading Bukowski's "Women"....Anais Nin I'd love to talk with. I don't think Henry Miller would shut up..although I like him. George Carlin for sure as well as Tom Robbins
 
riverman said:
If we're talkin' musicians...Louis Armstrong and Tom Waits are high on my list....I made Tom Waits an espresso once but never bothered him..he was reading Bukowski's "Women"....Anais Nin I'd love to talk with. I don't think Henry Miller would shut up..although I like him. George Carlin for sure as well as Tom Robbins
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Apparently, The Great Satchmo's Diaries are as interesting as his music. He would majestically espouse on the benefits of Marijuana and would give great descriptions of his digestive and bathroom processes. Writers who've read them say they are as unique and insightful as anything they've read.
 
Stu Inman in 1984 before the draft: "Stu, let me show you this picture of Jordan's 6 rings and this one of Bowie's broken leg."

Bob Whitsitt in 2000: "Bob, let me show you this picture of Jermaine O'Neale in an All-Star uniform."

Kevin Prichard in 2007: "Kevin, trust me, 2 honks is going to be way better than one."
 
Some interesting picks!

I doubt an appeal to Hitler's conscience, if that was what was meant, would work. I doubt he had one. There is a certain apologia that he was not really aware of what went on. Bull.

Lucy was a woman, an adult. I don't play Pokémon Go but think there is at least some very basic literacy required? If so, Lucy could not play it as Australophicenes predated writing or even pre-writing.

I'd love to see the Blazers in e_blazers alternate universe.
 
crandc said:
Some interesting picks!

I doubt an appeal to Hitler's conscience, if that was what was meant, would work. I doubt he had one. There is a certain apologia that he was not really aware of what went on. Bull.

Lucy was a woman, an adult. I don't play Pokémon Go but think there is at least some very basic literacy required? If so, Lucy could not play it as Australophicenes predated writing or even pre-writing.

I'd love to see the Blazers in e_blazers alternate universe.
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Nope. I make no claim that Hitler didn't know what happened. I would just show him the people in the future that he would REALLY dislike and he'd be so distraught he'd give up. I do think if he caught a glimpse of the future he might have got nukes and waited until he could destroy the Earth. He was a monster.

My comments about Lucy were a joke about women, whatever the period.
 
My honest pick would be Kurt Cobain. I'd probably choke him to death so it would be a waste anyway.
 
Kurt Cobain....I grew up knowing Run DMC and Aerosmith but then was subjected to Paula Abdul and Milli Vanilli and Vanilla Ice.

Then I heard Nirvana and life got infinitely better.
 
Sophia Loren is another person I'd love to......meet
 
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