Wanted: Time Travelling Companion

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

24 Feb 16

One thing I would want to be is a lady's maid. I'd want to experience the task of putting all the finery on. I say ladies maid because I wouldn't want to be the one to wear all the heavy stuff all day.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum I think it would be cool just to be able to wear all the pretty things just for one day. I can't imagine wearing it all the time and especially during the heat of the summer with no air conditioning.

Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43915)

• Cambridge, England

24 Feb 16

I have often fantasized about travelling back in time. I would love to go back to meet my young self. In some scenarios I wouldn't reveal to him or my family who I am - I would, perhaps, pose as a lost relative - but would sow the seeds in his mind which would enable me to have lived my life differently and, hopefully, better. Of course, going back in time to change something so that the future would be different raises all sorts of logical conundrums! In another scenario, I might take back with me some simple technology, such as a pocket calculator or even some ballpoint pens or Scotch tape (neither of which had been invented when I was a kid). I would sell these for cash and then (using published results) I would place winning bets or invest in something which I knew would later make me a lot of money.

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

24 Feb 16

Going back as a distant relative or family friend sounds safe enough. It would be less likely to mess up the timeline of things. Of course as Joanne said, there is really no telling what miniscule thing could change the events of time drastically. I am not so sure that I would go back with any of the small advancements though, I'd be afraid that it would somehow alter the life of the inventor of said items. Placing bets or investing actually makes me think of a scene from one of my favorite movie trilogies, Back to the Future. I can't remember all the scene entails, but one of the main characters went back and told their younger self to place a bet on a sporting event (I believe it was baseball).

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43915)

• Cambridge, England

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum The Back to the Future series deals with the problem of changing things quite ingeniously. I am still trying to get my head around The Time Traveller's Wife (I have to keep restarting reading the book and I haven't seen the film yet!). Groundhog Day is another I must read/see. Any other suggestions?

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

25 Feb 16

@owlwings Unfortunately not at this time. I haven't read a really good time travelling book or watched a good movie in awhile .There was one I once read that I absolutely enjoyed and hated to see it end. I will have to do some research and see if I can find it again as I didn't own the book and can't remember the title off hand.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

24 Feb 16

I would happily travel back in time, depending on the actual time chosen. There are many periods in history that would prove more dangerous to visit than some of the planets that Doctor Who visits during his adventures.

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)

• Calgary, Alberta

24 Feb 16

In my case, I want to travel time to cheat the lottery and sports betting.

Maybe I will cheat on the stocks exchange too.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

24 Feb 16

@CaptAlbertWhisker It certainly would be useful to have advance knowledge of such results.

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

24 Feb 16

@CaptAlbertWhisker It might be more dangerous than it is worth. When you get back to present day you might find that you've won but at the detriment to a relative or friend.

celticeagle

@celticeagle (158958)

• Boise, Idaho

25 Feb 16

It certainly does take all kinds to make a world. Threatening responder is pretty humorous.

celticeagle

@celticeagle (158958)

• Boise, Idaho

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum .....People could go with it and have some fun.

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

25 Feb 16

All kinds of Kinds, a country singer sings something about that. Can't remember who. Yeah that one is amusing but it's sad for those who believed it was possible.

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LilyLoretta

@LilyBeBack (1994)

• United Kingdom

24 Feb 16

Well, as you know, I travelled back in time last night

I didn't think to ask for someone to go with me - maybe that's why I was so unsuccessful

I think the wording of that advert might be part of the reason it's still talked about - it's really tickled me for some reason! 'This is not a joke.' 'I have only done this once before.' I find those two phrases really comical

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LilyLoretta

@LilyBeBack (1994)

• United Kingdom

29 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes! I didn't think of that, but yeah I'd want someone to talk to normally without having to hide anything, or without time acting as a language barrier.

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

24 Feb 16

Yes those two, especially "I have only done this once before" was a kicker for me. Now that I think about it, I'd rather someone else go back with me as well. If I happened to end up stuck in whatever time period, I'd want someone who I could confide in and trust.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37346)

• Philippines

25 Feb 16

If there will be the chance to travel back. Would love to. The time will be twenty years ago

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

25 Feb 16

Only twenty years ago? I don't know that I'd want to mettle in my own life. I'd rather be a fly on the wall in historic times.

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

25 Feb 16

@Lucky15 It sounds like they are all good memories.

Reine25

@Lucky15 (37346)

• Philippines

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum haha. Yep. Have ao many memories during that time. :))

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

24 Feb 16

I don't believe I would want to go back in time but I do think the author would have g

otten a girlfriend in 13 long years.

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum What's with the Poor Guy stuff

something wrong with him can't even find a girlfriend.

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)

• Calgary, Alberta

24 Feb 16

What if that person is a member of a cult that sacrifices people to the Egyptian God Set. There are so many Psychos who uses classified adds to lure victims.

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)

• Calgary, Alberta

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum I remember that guy who invented a fake time machine, His invention is obviously fake and wont work but many people purchased it because of their desire to travel time.

Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7774)

• Salina, Kansas

25 Feb 16

That's really interesting reading about all the letters that he got over the years. How some believed him. Wow. I am not sure how I feel about that. Some people are just really desperate.

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

25 Feb 16

I feel for those who actually believed him. I also feel for those who wanted him to go back and help right wrongs. It is deceiving though, but I doubt very seriously he intended, or even thought it would be.

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7774)

• Salina, Kansas

25 Feb 16

@ScribbledAdNauseum Did it even say what his intentions were? But you are right, I do feel for those who actually believed him.

Harish Subramanian

@HarishSubramanian (93)

• Dubai, United Arab Emirates

24 Feb 16

I would love to time travel. But, I need proof I'll be able to do so, before I go for it. I would love to visit the Renaissance period and the time of the Mohenjo Daro civilisation.