If you could go back in time(change what)

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Ric

I think I would change the courses that I did at school and have become an Archeologist.

cheers

"Indiana" Ric

...the "Archi-golly gist"

[Barrykgerdes]

I'd go back to Adam and Eve and kill the snake.

Baz

[Ian Robinson]

I'd definitely not go back past my parent's births , wouldn't do to accidentially change the time line in such a way that they aren't born.

If I could be a teenager again (to be 16 or 17 again armed with my current experience would be excellent) there would definitely be a few key events I'd handle differently (of a romantic and some of an academic nature that would maybe have had a huge beneficial impact on my life had I made different decisions or acted differently when opportunities were presenting themselves to me.
I'd've definitely gotten my drivers' licence when I was younger .... not having a drivers' licence didn't help my romatic prospects, bit of a put off having to catch buses, or ride to girls' places on a deadlytreadly , or to have to bum a lift from dad or a mate.

[BerrieK]

Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes

I'd go back to Adam and Eve and kill the snake.

Baz

GASP but that would mean....

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

Change nothing,
Better the devil you know then the one you don't know

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by BerrieK

GASP but that would mean....

Wandering around naked all day, with the IQ of a brick

Hooray for snakes!!!

[Rhino1980 (Ryan)]

I would invest less time in the some of the selfish, one-way people that are in my life. They have robbed me of much precious time. That and go to school more often instead of going surfing!

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Wandering around naked all day, with the IQ of a brick

Hooray for snakes!!!

'dWell , if I believed anything in the bible - and I don't , I'd say the snake did humanity more good than harm .

[Enchilada]

- Teach Mr. and Mrs. Hitler and Mr. and Mrs Stalin all about the great benefits of contraception.

- Go back to before the library at Alexandria was burnt down and tell of the great importance of books and to take measures to prevent its destruction. Else make duplicates of the most important books and bury them somewhere safe so they could found today and be digitised they never would be lost again!

- Do matricide or patricide before I was born and see if I disappear!

Or some old ones in Australia like....

- Tell William Brahe in mid-1861s to just wait one more day at Cooper's Creek for Burke and Wills and save them from their unnecessary death.

- Convince the New Zealanders to become one of the States of Australia during the Colonial Conference in 1897. (Bribing the United Kingdom to enforce this issue). Renaming our Federation as the "Federation of Australasia."

- Add to the meetings before the Federation of Australia in 1901 an general agreement to work towards getting rid of the all the states in Australia by 2010. Then I put it in writing in the Australian Constitution!

- I'd prevent the separation of Victoria from New South Wales in 1851, to finally end the old Sydney-Melbourne Rivalry, and then stop the formation in Queensland in 1859.

- Go back and look at the Australian megafauna 47 000 years ago, and see for myself creatures like the Marsupial lion, Diprotodon, etc.

I also do as acropolite (Phil) once said;

"I'd like to go back to the time when my parents were young..."

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

I'd meet my wife 5 years earlier.
I'd tell myself not to be so concerned with things and be appreciative of people and experiences.
I'd meet my wife 10 years earlier.
I'd somehow, eliminate George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld from the political arena.
I'd tell Usamah bin Laden that not all Christians hate Muslims and could he dial it back a bit please. Why don't we have a chat?
I'd meet my wife 15 years earlier.
I'd have Margeret Thatcher Decapitated.
I'd have Stella Rimington shot.
I'd have Nigel Lawson hung.
I'd have Stephen Fry made world-president.
I'd meet my wife 20 years earlier

[Enchilada]

Originally Posted by Enchilada

- Teach Mr. and Mrs. Hitler and Mr. and Mrs Stalin all about the great benefits of contraception.

I meant

Teach Mr. and Mrs. Hitler (Adolf's mother and father) and Mr. and Mrs Stalin (Josef's mother and father) all about the great benefits of contraception.

[rider]

For Sale:

one flux capacitor
Wattage 1.21 gigawatts

Science Project, may need adjustment as it only works when accelerating to 88MPH.

reason for selling: lost interest after accidentally exterminating dinosaurs.

[sjastro]

I'd put the Grandfather Paradox to the test.

[duncan]

Hi All,
I'd almost forgotten about this thread. Some very interesting replies, and some quite hilarious.
Thanks for all the responses.
Cheers

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by rider

reason for selling: lost interest after accidentally exterminating dinosaurs.

Cool, so when does it start raining doughnaughts? (Donuts for our US readers)

[Jen]

Originally Posted by DavidU

I would stay single.

Oh man where do i start there is sooo many things i would change
but i cant complain now it has made me into the person that i am today IM HAPPY

[Wavytone]

Lucky you, Jen.

My greatest regret has been my first marriage. If only the clock could be wound back.

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

In the words of the song.
"I could cry for the time I've wasted, but thats a waste of time and tears.
And there some things I would change, if I went back in time somehow.
But there's nothing I can do about it now"

Bill

[TrevorW]

I'd ask why my wife got MS and if I could stop it

albiet even though we'd love to change our past what wiill be will be

[astronut (John)]

Warn Australia not to vote in the Federal Labor Government in 2007.
What a disaster for the country.