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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I have 2 mandarins left for the rest of the working day, and I'm starving.
I need your help to take my mind out of food.
Following a previous conversation: where would you go/to whom would you talk if you had a TARDIS?
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:36, 163 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
then I'd somehow convince them to let me jam with them.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:39, Reply)
I think you could convince anyone to do almost anything.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:41, Reply)
Can I go and see Karen Gillan, picking up Rose Tyler on the way?
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:44, Reply)
and one is married with the human doctor, so I don't know what you could offer them.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:45, Reply)
Doesn't matter if I broke time, it'd be worth it!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:46, Reply)
Imaging meeting Karen and Rose while sleeping and miss it all!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
Talk to my Mum a little more, form some of my own memories.
Alternatively, Queen live at Wembley
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:40, Reply)
I'd like to go back and spend more time cooking with my grandma.
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I'm going to pound terribly posh up there.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:52, Reply)
Having spent six years in Coventry and ten in Manchester, it's not as broad as it used to be.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:54, Reply)
and why will you pound them?
edit: you are right though. you speak like a normal person.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:55, Reply)
far reaches of the galaxy, possibly back to Alexander the Great and have dinner with him. It'd be fantastic.
I might even collect my favourite historical people and take them to a place outside of time (there must be one) have dinner with them, wipe their memories and return them.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:42, Reply)
I'd love to have a chat with some of the most important Spanish writers.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:44, Reply)
That was me trying to look cool and knowledgable in my yoof.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:49, Reply)
whose cat was called Atticus which I thought was a bit cool.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:07, Reply)
And Lope de Vega who is my favourite. It'd be so good to have them both in a table and let them talk.
Lope was as well very handsome and well known for going around fucking girls he shouldn't have fucked. I wouldn't mind being one of those.
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Unless they are evil types who would abuse the knowledge.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:45, Reply)
I wouldn't want to disrupt the flow of time by exposing them to knowledge they should not have
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:46, Reply)
If the multiverse is a reality, then infinite time lines with infinite variation are present already.
Just saying like. Your idea may be sound.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:52, Reply)
but I'd be crossing timelines, and the liklihood is I would never be able to return to my own one if that was true. And since I wouldn't be the Doctor I wouldn't have my own seperate time-life
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:54, Reply)
the thought of having a Tardis is far too prevalent in my mind
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:58, Reply)
(I was so impressed I was going to say "I love you" but that would have been wrong)
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:10, Reply)
my high school, where they will help me get an A on my history report and avoid being sent to military school in Alaska.
WYLD STALLYNS!
EDIT - Damn you AA.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:46, Reply)
and think that is an awesome option. I shall keep my eyes open for bodacious babes naturally
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:48, Reply)
I'd quite like to go hang out with the founders of the Royal Society in the 1660's - Newton, Hooke, Boyle, Wren and the like.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:44, Reply)
You know what Christopher that new cathedral would look great with the world's biggest tit on it.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:02, Reply)
You'll soon forget your hungry.
Edit - and it has to be Jeff.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:45, Reply)
But now I'm going to behave. I don't want to have only salad for dinner again.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:49, Reply)
I'd break all her pens and pencils, and kick her in the clunge for writing all those dreadful books without pictures. Then leave a copy of Viz behind.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:48, Reply)
Get him a bit drunk, and persuade him to stuff his loincloth for his Big Day. That way, thousands of years later, there'll be millions of people walking around with a a crucified-but-bonered Jesus 'round their necks.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:50, Reply)
of that short story (think it is by Philip K Dick) about the madman who goes back in time and tries to save Jesus
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:51, Reply)
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock. Originally a short story in 1962 upgraded to novella in 1969.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:57, Reply)
With two scientists being quizzed as to power usage?
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Sounds a little dirtier now.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:55, Reply)
it's probably because Mary Magdalan was slack in the clunge from all her whoring
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:57, Reply)
All that walking with those fellas too...
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:59, Reply)
if you hang someone from too high a height, you can rip their head off. Too short a height, you don't break the neck and they choke to death. There's a mathematical formula for the ideal length of rope for your height and weight. I'll find it at some point. WHAT?! I like to be well researched...
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:02, Reply)
And they just end up standing on the ground? Which would just be embarrassing for all concerned.
think you meant too much/too little slack /pedant
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:03, Reply)
The prisoner could be released with a "don't do it again" and a thick ear.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:06, Reply)
But they apparently had to change the sentence from "Hanged" to "Hanged from the neck until dead", as someone got them to stop when someone was choking, and said that the sentence had been carried out, so let him go.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:08, Reply)
(since it was deemed to be an act of God)
Meaning that if you could get hanged after a storm, you had a better chance of survival due to the wood swelling from the moisture.*
*may not be true, only half remembered, probably apocryphal anyway
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:08, Reply)
Unless you had a stiffy to start off with.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:05, Reply)
Had the option of watching the first part and waiting 2 weeks for the rest, or just watching it after uni (no sky here :( ), so not seen it yet
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:09, Reply)
the woman who plays Adora Belle is rather attractive in a stern sort of way.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:11, Reply)
I don't drive and where she lives is quite hard to get to by train.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:51, Reply)
it was the best answer I'd seen, and contributes to your rapid rise among my list of most amusing b3tans.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:32, Reply)
I'd probably go back to Sutton Hoo and enclose a copy of Mein Kampf and a nazi flag just before the guy was buried, then I'd go hide realistic looking but indecipherable blueprints to a UFO in amongst the dead sea scrolls, then I'd take a short trip over and back to China and replace some of the terracotta army's swords and spears with machineguns, and one of the chariots with a terracota tank. I like the idea of making history a bit more interesting for everyone.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:54, Reply)
to make history how it is now.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:24, Reply)
(either in fear of excitement)
Randomburn CDs are in the post now.
One of them is going to you.
It may accidentally contain a (cracked to work under win-7 64 bit) copy of x-wing alliance, if so, gaz me and I'll send a new one.(didnt realise until after I'd posted and tried to play it...)
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:00, Reply)
In that I've only ever spoken to 2 of them!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
And I vaguely recognise the names of 2 of the others.
Mind you, I'm a lurker by nature, so that's not too surprising
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:06, Reply)
Mmmmm... Is there anything I can't remember and you need to tell me?
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:15, Reply)
Probably not over the summer (lots of stuff going on), after that, will see. Still at the slightly nervous mildly scared of meeting people from the internet stage at the moment (and definitely not going over holidays so I don't have to explain to parents where I'm going... They'd have a heart attack).
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:39, Reply)
I've only been in 1, and I was so scared. Thanks to BGB for keeping me calm!
It was good fun. I'm looking forward to the next one.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:46, Reply)
Then maybe go to CHCB-Cptn.V's wedding bash (since it's about the only one up there I could make at the moment anyway), or try to convince other oxford b3tans (though at the moment the only one i know is Amberl... But I know there are others!) to do a pub thingy here (unfotunately can only put 1 person up in college due to rules :( ).
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:51, Reply)
But I met BGB 30 min before the bash and she promised to keep me in company if I couldn't understand you all.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 16:13, Reply)
but the last one I went to we all pretty much laughed non-stop for a whole weekend.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:49, Reply)
First one is tough, no fuckin' foolin'. The second one... the second one ain't no fuckin' Mardis Gras either, but it's better than the first one 'cause you still feel the same thing, y'know... except it's more diluted, y'know it's... it's better. I threw up on the first one, you believe that? Then the third one... the third one is easy, you level right off. It's no problem. Now... shit... now I do it just to watch their fuckin' expression change.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:51, Reply)
I'm sending some sweets with mine, extremely sour, should be fun!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:15, Reply)
Browsed amazon to find something cheap and silly that would fit in a large letter envelope (kazoos are too big :( )
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:23, Reply)
And they were cheap CDs so even after testing them once they may still have broken somehow (had some once where the insides melted, so you had a little lake of metal between 2 sheets of plastic). Have included a note for people to gaz me so I can use the better burner/cds at home in a couple weeks
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:12, Reply)
but my CD burner no longer works, so I'm going out of my mind trying to find one :(
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:15, Reply)
Maybe you can find a b3tan near you who doesn't mind?
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:39, Reply)
since of the other two I know who frequent b3ta, one moved to America and the other went back home
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:40, Reply)
out this evening, and my CD burner is sloooow so wouldnt get them all done before I had to leave.
Back on sunday though if help is still required.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:41, Reply)
I'm looking forward to getting them and enjoying all the new music!!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:14, Reply)
And seek out this Jesus feller for a chat,
"Now look here, you do realise that a lot of people are taking your mystical bollocks quite seriously. I think some of them genuinely believe you're the son of a supernatural deity. The magic tricks are all very impressive, but do you have any idea how many kids are going to be bummed if you carry on?"
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:04, Reply)
long live the jews
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as a justification for mistreatment in medieval times
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:17, Reply)
I watched a programe about it.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:18, Reply)
foremost of which is that jesus may not have existed at all
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:19, Reply)
history and religion are not my strong points (other than some ridiculous specifics)
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:26, Reply)
I only wish I'd been confidant enough to study them instead of art.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:33, Reply)
but I missed a GCSE exam and got an X for it (on course for an A damnit) so gave it right up.
I'm better at maths and physics anyway
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:35, Reply)
WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG NO SIR EVERYONE HATES US FOR NO REASON
let it be known i have nothing against the brothers of abraham. That includes muslims and christians too. I just find religion hilarious and i think i spelt that wrong i'm going mad
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:21, Reply)
Working out when Easter is can be tricky.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:13, Reply)
the Catholic Church's first victim
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If you had started looking for a man 17 years ago, probably you wouldn't have the problem that you have now of men wanted only 25-35 years old, as you'd be in the good range.
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(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:24, Reply)
YOu are part of the problem. You should go back to your thirties and tell yourself to go out with more mature men :)
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:37, Reply)
Contradiction in terms rather than something implied already
/pedant
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:53, Reply)
a tardis would mean i didn't have to endure train journeys. Yeah, it's less than 2 hours, but still boring. I think i'd prefer to have psychic paper- save so much money on oysters, see if you could use it with a chip and pin device, then take the Tardis shopping. I.ll need the wardrobe space.
I guess places to go would involve talking to my paternal grandparents, as I didn't know them. Places would be a world where penguins and seals lived in harmony. I love them both, I don't want to pick a side'
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:09, Reply)
It'll be so good to be able to enter any single place without giving explanations.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:23, Reply)
I'd go back in time to visit your mum before she got fat/old/ugly/dead/a fanny like a ripped welly.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:33, Reply)
All of these coincidences/twists of fate/fortunes/misfortunes have put me right here.
Fuck it, I'd go back to the end of March and opt for voluntary redundancy with a year's salary!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:39, Reply)
Although that would have meant stop going out with my future husband, so maybe it wasn't a bad decision after all.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:41, Reply)
This Roota didn't.
I hope that's clear.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:47, Reply)
and tell myself to do something particularly specific.
then, dinosaurs!
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(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:52, Reply)
I was about to reply "I'm not taking photos you perv!"
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 16:02, Reply)
And look around all the towns to make planning my D&D campaign easier (someone give me a rough number for the population of a (smallish) mining town on a major trade route. Currently thinking ~500, want to know if that seems realistic, definitely wont be over 1k due to the way the society works (easy (but not cheap) travelling by portals, so any middle class upwards would commute from somewhere quieter if it was large))
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:57, Reply)
Just found an online version of it. Useful for stealing names at the very least :D
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 16:01, Reply)
I R TEH UBERGEEK!
Need a rough town description done by tomorrow since I'm seeing a friend who said he could do some maps for me (since I'm crap at doing anything above battle scale)
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 16:11, Reply)
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