If you could have killed someone....

Beevee · 12-04-2007, 10:57 PM

.......and changed history as a result, who would it be?

For myself, if I had been Thomas Watson in the other room and accidentally done something that encouraged Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone, I would have committed suicide after having throttled him first.

I think the telephone is the most intrusive piece of apparatus ever invented. Why does everyone (well almost everyone) stop whatever they are doing to answer a phone? Why does the person making the call expect to get service ahead of the person who took the trouble to make a personal visit?

Why does the phone always ring when I am in the shower?

I hate it with a vengeance. I do have a mobile but it's only for emergency. The only time it rings is when my wife is on the other end and then I had better answer it - or else.

So - who would you have terminated - and why?

monster · 12-04-2007, 11:09 PM

I pretty much agree with you on telephones.

But to answer your question....

I think maybe we'd've been better off without Pol Pot. He really had no positive contribution.

classicman · 12-04-2007, 11:21 PM

Adam or Eve - take your pick.

LJ · 12-05-2007, 12:08 AM

emo phillips

lookout123 · 12-05-2007, 12:53 AM

gallagher. seriously quit smashing watermelons fucktard.

Hubris Boy · 12-05-2007, 01:48 AM

Henriette Presburg: mother of Karl Marx.

And then bury the corpse in a crossroads under a new moon with a stake through its heart.

'Cause ya can't be too careful.

Aliantha · 12-05-2007, 03:53 AM

George Bush

Sundae · 12-05-2007, 05:53 AM

A lady I worked with called Sandra M. If I wasn't afeared of the power of Google I would write her name in full.
No idea what effect it would have had on history, I just wanted to kill her.

Sun_Sparkz · 12-05-2007, 05:58 AM

I would have killed that guy who shot john lennon.

Apparently someone actually saved him from committing suicide a few years before he killed lennon? tard.

i dont like the notion of changing history too much. things happened for a reason.

Stress Puppy · 12-05-2007, 08:18 AM

To paraphrase Douglas Adams, if you try to go back into history to make changes, it won't work. Time and history fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

Cloud · 12-05-2007, 08:37 AM

I don't think changing history is a good enough reason to kill someone. One thing that a lifetime of SF fandom has taught me--it never works out well!

Also, BeeVee, about the phone: Free yourself from phone slavery! You can do it! It's all in your head!

Just don't answer.

TheMercenary · 12-05-2007, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

George Bush

It was only a matter of time before someone would post him. You see if we were to say it we might get a visit from the Secret Service.

Beevee · 12-05-2007, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It was only a matter of time before someone would post him. You see if we were to say it we might get a visit from the Secret Service.

Noting where the post comes from beggars the question - does the Secret Service extend that far or would they attempt to use ASIS to silence the critic?

Beevee · 12-05-2007, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

I don't think changing history is a good enough reason to kill someone. One thing that a lifetime of SF fandom has taught me--it never works out well!

Also, BeeVee, about the phone: Free yourself from phone slavery! You can do it! It's all in your head!

Just don't answer.

Are you telling me not to answer my wife?

Perhaps I should have married you instead?

Shawnee123 · 12-05-2007, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

gallagher. seriously quit smashing watermelons fucktard.

Amen!

12-04-2007, 10:57 PM	#1
Beevee Eavesdropper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 24	If you could have killed someone.... .......and changed history as a result, who would it be? For myself, if I had been Thomas Watson in the other room and accidentally done something that encouraged Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone, I would have committed suicide after having throttled him first. I think the telephone is the most intrusive piece of apparatus ever invented. Why does everyone (well almost everyone) stop whatever they are doing to answer a phone? Why does the person making the call expect to get service ahead of the person who took the trouble to make a personal visit? Why does the phone always ring when I am in the shower? I hate it with a vengeance. I do have a mobile but it's only for emergency. The only time it rings is when my wife is on the other end and then I had better answer it - or else. So - who would you have terminated - and why?

12-04-2007, 11:09 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I pretty much agree with you on telephones. But to answer your question.... I think maybe we'd've been better off without Pol Pot. He really had no positive contribution. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-05-2007, 12:08 AM	#4
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	emo phillips __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

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12-04-2007, 11:21 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Adam or Eve - take your pick.

12-05-2007, 01:48 AM	#6
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Henriette Presburg: mother of Karl Marx. And then bury the corpse in a crossroads under a new moon with a stake through its heart. 'Cause ya can't be too careful.

12-05-2007, 05:53 AM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	A lady I worked with called Sandra M. If I wasn't afeared of the power of Google I would write her name in full. No idea what effect it would have had on history, I just wanted to kill her. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-05-2007, 05:58 AM	#9
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	I would have killed that guy who shot john lennon. Apparently someone actually saved him from committing suicide a few years before he killed lennon? tard. i dont like the notion of changing history too much. things happened for a reason. __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

12-05-2007, 08:18 AM	#10
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	To paraphrase Douglas Adams, if you try to go back into history to make changes, it won't work. Time and history fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

12-05-2007, 08:37 AM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I don't think changing history is a good enough reason to kill someone. One thing that a lifetime of SF fandom has taught me--it never works out well! Also, BeeVee, about the phone: Free yourself from phone slavery! You can do it! It's all in your head! Just don't answer. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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