who would you most like to have a conversation with
 

I watches a brilliant tv program this week all about Charles Darwin after watching i sat and thought how great it would be to able to have some time talking to him he was so interesting and so clever.. so if you could have some time to talk with anyone past or present ... who would it be .. and why?

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I think I would have to say Tony Benn, since he left front line politics I've heard him speak no a number of occasions and although I don't agree with his political ethos, I find him a very interesting man

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I've been lucky, I've had conversations with some very interesting people. From John Profumo to Sir Peter Ustinov, via Enoch Powell, David Bowie, and Mike Tyson, to name drop but a few.

If I could have a conversation with anyone, past or present, I'd chose to talk to Oscar Wilde, or Ramsay MacDonald.

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My parents,i never got around to it when they were alive

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Judas i would love to ask - why did ya grass him?:D

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Karl Marx...id ask him what went wrong ? :confused:

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I would love to speak with my father.......I don't aspire to conversations with the famous/infamous.
I would love to ask about my family background......things I never thought would be important when I was growing up.

We miss so many opportunites because we don't really know what we don't know(I hope that makes sense).

I'm sorry my answer is not more entertaining.

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thats the thing i would really want conversations with both parents n grandparents, there is so much i have missed out on knowing fer the same reasons as you margaret.

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John F. Kennedy, I'd mention that it looks a bit like rain, better use the covered Limo' today, (well, after all I wouldn't want to panic him).

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Yes Cashy......so many 'mysteries'(though not sinister ones) could be solved if I could just have a couple of hours with my father and both sets of grandparents.

It is important to know that we are the people we are, because of where we came from.
And the journey through life made by these people, makes us who we are today.

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Less, you can't do that it would change history beyond all recognition:) (maybe even for the better...though I wouldn't bank on it)

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Jesus Christ and C.G.B. Spender.

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I think it would change History even more if I said, "ignore the book depository but when you get to the grassy knoll...Duck!".

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I would love one more conversation with my mum there is so much i wanted to say to her and never got the chance to one of my biggest regrets in life.
Aside from that i would love to sit and chat with Billy Connelly,Jeremy Clarkson and Bruce Dickinson three people who have provided me with countless hours of entertainment over the years.

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the girls on loose women...they always seem to have a good natter,,,

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He'd probably have just said WHY:confused::D

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Thats why thy're called Loose Women GC:D

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[quote=Margaret Pilkington;694990]I would love to speak with my father.......I don't aspire to conversations with the famous/infamous.
I would love to ask about my family background......things I never thought would be important when I was growing up.

Margaret.
Thats the answer I get from the many people I've met, whilst doing my research on WW1 soldiers. They have all gone away delighted, that some one has given them information they thought would never be known, If I can give them a picture as well then thats all the better. One old lady in Accrington Library, started crying when she saw her Grandfather for the first time.

Retlaw.

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It was Stephen Fry but i've now done that! :D

Oscar Wilde is one and Leonardo Da Vinci another.

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[quote=Retlaw;695048]Having read that Retlaw, I wouldn't mind talking to my Dad's Dad, who died long before I was born, much the same way my Mothers Mum, who died when I was 4 would be nice to here their thoughts on life as they see it now

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The Dalai Lama - what does he know about souls?

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My grandparents ... especially as both grandparents on my dads side died before i was even a twinkle in my dads eyes .. my mum never met my dads parents they'd died before they met. Also my grandad on my mums side - he died when i was 2 so i cant remember him at all.

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Cobblers!

Know alot about soles as well.

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I don't want to know what my ancestors think of life now........I would like to know how they met......who the important people in their life were......and why they were important.
I would like to know how they handled the hard life and the disappointments....and how they overcame the difficulties and how they had fun.
I would like to know who didn't get on with who, and about the petty(or not so petty squabbles) in their lives.
All families have them don't they.
Alas, it is too late for me to ask all these questions.......and when we meet up again......I'm not sure that all this stuff will be important anymore.

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Without wishing to appear too narcisstic, I'd quite like to have a conversation with the seven year old me. It'd be really interesting to see how you'd changed, and if you liked the younger you.:D

I've always made an effort to tell my nearest and dearest what I wanted them to know, and I consider myself lucky in that regard, but if time travel wan't an obstacle I'd love to have a conversation with my eight great grandparents, none of whom I knew, but I know quite a lot about them, and it would be interesting to form my own opinion of them.

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Suppose any of the usual suspects, like Einstein, any of the philosophers, Shakespeare, Dickens.

And just because I adored him, Eric Morecambe. :)

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I'd go with Jesus Christ as well.

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Th historian in a hundred years time that has to work out how the hell the world ended up in the mess its in now. :D

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:eek:
I'm actually going to steal your memories. If only I was any good at science. Where's the bunsen?

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It wasn't you who got stuck in that lift with him, was it? :eek:

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He did Twitter a lot about it Lilly:D

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Frank Whittle, Douglas Bader, Alan Turing.
I know it may seem strange, but Adolf Hitler in the 1920's, but I would need a gun as well.

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An honest Politician!...An Apologetic Banker!...A Reputable Estate Agent!...or a Genuine Psychic ;)


Best Regards - Taggy

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You'll not be talking to any one soon then Taggy:D

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:rofl38:Well i do find myself talking to Myself more and more these days Jaysay so perhaps your right!!:rolleyes:

Best Regards - Taggy

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Know what you mean Taggy:s_cry::D

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Sue Barker,I'd love to give her a right talking to.:D

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You only need to worry if you argue with yourself..............and LOSE:D

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Well I am in BIG TROUBLE as I do that practically every day. :eek: :(

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If I could pick a celebrity it would be Marilyn Monroe, more to her than met the eye, otherwise my grandad on my father's side, he died when my dad was just 14 and he sounds like an interesting man,certainly would have been if my dad is anything to go by!
Oh and Loz, Bruce Dickinson is a lovely bloke, very chatty and very clever!:mosher::mosher:

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someone I can understand at BT call centre: