Killing Time

If you ask people what period in history they would like to live in, they’ll usually choose a time period that seems romantic or exciting to them, like Renaissance Italy, or ancient Greece, or the old west. I must be weird, because I’m too practical. I wouldn’t go back in time at all. I’d rather stay in the present, for the most up-to-date knowledge of medicine (and hygiene). I don’t want to live in a time when they just have to pull your teeth out if you have a toothache, or you die from various mysterious “fevers.” And I certainly don’t want to live in a time when daily showers are unheard of.

What time period would you like to live in, or (if you’re like me) just visit?

Comments

)en said…
Man. There are too many. I usually wish i could go back and be present for major events. I've often daydreamed about saving Lincoln from the bullet or waving at Columbus from the beach. "Heeey guuyyys!" Basically, I guess i just want to alter history. :)
September 6, 2007 at 3:01 PM
Todd said…
I would like to go back and visit the 50s or 60s. I think it would be great to see what the world was like when my parents were growing up. I would also like to take a sweet car for a ride. While I was there, I would deposit a few hundred dollars in the bank, for use when I came back to the present.
September 6, 2007 at 7:47 PM
Brooke said…
I want to pull a "Back to the Future" and chill with my parents when they were in high school. That would be awesome. They dated in high school too, so it'd be a kick to watch that. Well, except the mushy parts.
September 6, 2007 at 8:57 PM
Nathan Mulford said…
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September 7, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Nathan Mulford said…
I think I would like to go back to the early seventies. So that I could wear bright colored suit jackets, plaid pants, and those paisley ties that are as big as your head. Man I could really dig that.
September 7, 2007 at 10:39 AM
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