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Title: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: DCPatriot on February 06, 2014, 03:35:49 am
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Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: DCPatriot on February 06, 2014, 03:37:20 am
1) Jesus Christ

2) Ronald Reagan

3) Salma Hayek
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: alicewonders on February 06, 2014, 04:56:09 am
Of course, Jesus Christ.

Honorable mentions - Thomas Jefferson, Leonardo da Vinci, one of my great great great great grandparents and Don Rickles!
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Oceander on February 06, 2014, 05:07:56 am
Myself, back when I was still young and stupid, to see if I could short-circuit some of that stupidity.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: aligncare on February 06, 2014, 05:14:06 am
Bill Gates. First question: Windows? What were you thinking? Then I'd kick him off the bench and make room for Steve Jobs.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: alicewonders on February 06, 2014, 05:40:37 am
Quote from: Oceander on February 06, 2014, 05:07:56 am
Myself, back when I was still young and stupid, to see if I could short-circuit some of that stupidity.

Great pick! Wish I could do that too - but my young and stupid self would probably not listen to me.   :chairbang:
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Oceander on February 06, 2014, 05:42:08 am
Quote from: alicewonders on February 06, 2014, 05:40:37 am
Great pick! Wish I could do that too - but my young and stupid self would probably not listen to me.   :chairbang:


And therein lies the rub, no?  Youth is wasted on the young, who squander it, and wisdom on the old, who are no longer in a position to benefit much from it.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: alicewonders on February 06, 2014, 05:46:46 am
Quote from: Oceander on February 06, 2014, 05:42:08 am

And therein lies the rub, no?  Youth is wasted on the young, who squander it, and wisdom on the old, who are no longer in a position to benefit much from it.

Yep.  Don't tell me God doesn't have a sense of humor. 
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: EC on February 06, 2014, 09:00:47 am
Robert Heinlein

Issac Asimov

God - of course.

Satan - he'd be pretty neat to talk to.

And finally - my friend Ari. Just to tell him I love him then sit for a while.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: WAYNE on February 06, 2014, 09:55:54 am
Walt Disney
The Holy Spirit
Will Rogers
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Gazoo on February 06, 2014, 10:00:36 am
Jesus, I will have an eternity in conversation.

So, I would say Saint Teresa and Padre Pio.

Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: massadvj on February 06, 2014, 12:06:14 pm
Penelope Cruz.  You think I could close a deal with Penelope in just an hour?
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: PzLdr on February 06, 2014, 03:32:05 pm
Sabotai

Erwin Rommel

Julius Caesar

George Armstrong Custer

George Washington
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Millee on February 06, 2014, 03:39:07 pm
My dad.  I miss him terribly. 
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: flowers on February 06, 2014, 06:00:03 pm
My parents.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Lando Lincoln on February 06, 2014, 06:46:19 pm
Quote from: flowers on February 06, 2014, 06:00:03 pm
My parents.

Yes
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: xfreeper on February 06, 2014, 08:11:40 pm
this ^^^
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: DCPatriot on February 06, 2014, 08:26:24 pm
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on February 06, 2014, 06:46:19 pm
Yes

Of course.....that's a given.   :beer:

Would still love to talk to Ronald Reagan though.....seeing as how everything he did positive for America is being systematically broken down.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Bigun on February 06, 2014, 08:42:11 pm
To many to choose only one!

Jesus Christ
Thomas Paine
James Madison
Ben Franklin
St. George Tucker
Thomas Jefferson

For starters.

Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: aligncare on February 06, 2014, 09:28:31 pm
Took me a while before I could think of a serious answer: Mark Simone. The most interesting man on radio. Mark has interviewed everyone from entertainers to politicians. From Giuliani to Gingrich, and Frank Sinatra to Jerry Seinfeld, he's talked to them all.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on February 06, 2014, 09:43:25 pm
Quote from: massadvj on February 06, 2014, 12:06:14 pm
Penelope Cruz.  You think I could close a deal with Penelope in just an hour?

Depends.

Would there be firearms involved?
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on February 06, 2014, 09:55:18 pm
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: massadvj on February 07, 2014, 12:54:13 am
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on February 06, 2014, 09:43:25 pm
Depends.

Would there be firearms involved?

No.  Pero yo hablaria en espanol. 
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Slide Rule on February 09, 2014, 03:11:21 am
Quote from: Millee on February 06, 2014, 03:39:07 pm
My dad.  I miss him terribly.

Bless you.



I would also talk with Mom and Dad, and with my uncle George.

All had tremendous impact on the quality of my life.

Al
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: mystery-ak on February 09, 2014, 03:16:56 am
My dad...I was almost 9 when he died....would love to have a 2nd chance only for an hour...
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Rapunzel on February 09, 2014, 03:36:34 am
George
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: EC on February 09, 2014, 04:37:41 am
Quote from: Rapunzel on February 09, 2014, 03:36:34 am
George

 8888crybaby

Rap - when I get to the end of this journey of life - I hope to leave behind the love you two obviously had.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: Rapunzel on February 09, 2014, 04:47:20 am
Quote from: EC on February 09, 2014, 04:37:41 am
8888crybaby

Rap - when I get to the end of this journey of life - I hope to leave behind the love you two obviously had.

 034  Not a day passes I don't miss him.
Title: Re: If You Could.........Who Would You Choose?
Post by: DCPatriot on February 09, 2014, 04:53:59 am
Quote from: Rapunzel on February 09, 2014, 04:47:20 am
034  Not a day passes I don't miss him.

To be honest, at first I thought...why would I want to lose that person...to have that person fade away in exactly one hour...to lose them all over again.

And then I thought of that kind of love you shared and said..."if only for few seconds".