Question of the Day: Back in time
by b | October 28, 2008 at 6:00 am
Posted in b the paper, question of the day
What time or event in history would you liked to have been a part of and why?
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October 28th, 2008 at 6:16 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
President McCain's victory party the night of 04 November 2008...............
At the Battle of Badajoz, Spain (16 March - 6 April 1812) with Craufurd's Light Division (the men of the Forlorn Hope).
October 28th, 2008 at 7:44 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
I'd like to go back in time to when the person typing this question proofread it and left the 't' off of 'event.' :-P
I'd like to have been a part of the moon landing. Space nut. Yeah.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:09 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
only1, saw your response to the question on the moon landing. I have an Apollo 11 Commemorative Sword. Issued by Wilkinson Sword of London commemorating the landing on the moon. Said to be worth about 500 dollars. Would you be interested in seeing it? Take care, liked your answer - Joe (oldguy49)
October 28th, 2008 at 12:15 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Could you please clarify the connection between a British stabbing implement and an aeronautical program that (allegedly) took us to the moon, please?
October 28th, 2008 at 9:12 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
He totally wants to show you his sword. That's hot.
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October 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Ahhahahahaha.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:58 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
2-parter:
Post-WWII era. It was a watershed time for the advertising industry. That and I'm a fan of fedoras and whitewall tires.
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Post-WWI era. Mencken was at his best. The beer was flowing underground in smoky speakeasies. And Baltimore was a booming town.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
And don't forget, it didn't count as an assault if it was with your wife. Yes, lets go back to that time period.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:29 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Every era has its blemishes. I suppose the alternative is choosing not to exist at all. You're welcome to give that a go.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:52 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
So, your choice is to ignore reality and invent your own imaginary past consisting of only the good things? But of course, fedora hats, smoky speakeasies rock. Two of those things, like totally describe the past, dude! Think I'll add to your landscape a bit:
Water fountain for whites goes here.
(Water fountain for all others goes down here along with eugenics, phrenology, forced sterilization of the poor.)
October 28th, 2008 at 1:14 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Yawn.
Let me know when you're done with the hall so we can turn out the lights.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:38 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
tehhunter... who pissed in your cheerios this morning???
Tell you what, why don't YOU post YOUR answer to the question so we can decontruct it and tell you how you couldn't make any more of an idiot move. Until then, shut the hell up and let us participate.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
as for the moon landing.. .yeah... I love how people don't believe. Tell you what, buck-o... I can understand how people think it may have been totally made up but (high powered) telescopes have been pointed at the moon and show the impressions of the lunar vehicles and modules. You want any more proof than that, man?
October 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
BURN!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
FWIW, I don't think forced sterilization is such a bad thing.
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October 28th, 2008 at 10:25 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
I would like to have been there the day Martin Luther King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech.
October 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
I would love to clarify it for you. Most likely you were never in the military. The British stabbing implement (sword) is handed out to members of the military as a gift after having performed a heroic deed or accomplishing some great deed, ie landing on the moon. The three crew members that were on the apollo 11 mission were all military (members of the United States Navy - the guys with boats that keep us safe). We did land on the moon by the way. Were you alive when it happened? If you need some more information on the United States Military I would be more than happy to suggest some reading material.
ycktr, funny comment, good one!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:44 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Thanks for having a good sense of humor about it...that's what I like about you.
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October 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
I'm going to say the Boston Tea Party. I love tea and I love parties, duh.
October 28th, 2008 at 3:09 pm | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
Being a relatively young Black man, I would've liked to be a teenager in the middle of the birth of hip-hop in NYC during the mid 80s. Other than that, nothing is beating right now given what is supposed to happen next week. Honestly, my generation is the ****.
October 29th, 2008 at 3:50 am | Please log in to reply. | Log in to rate this comment | report this comment
why'd they star out best!?