Adventures in Time!!!

[Uzumaki]

1. I would go far into the future (maybe a couple of times).
2. Depending on what I saw in #1, I would then go back in time and try and destroy the human race before it became 6,500,000,000 careless, destructive .

 

[Dagger75]

I would take Richard Simmons back in time to meet Charlamagne.

10 points to anybody who knows where I got that from.

 

[The_lurkeR]

It's funny how more people seem curious about the past than future.

I'd have to agree though, because like RW I'd love to know the truth behind alot of the mysteries. Like the dinosaurs, Sphinx/Pyramids, Nazca ground art (visible from the air). As well as the true stories behind the lives of many famous historical and religious figures. (Despite not being religious myself.)

I have a feeling that the true stories would not be as exciting as the tall tales of history though.

The future is interesting, but the tough part is know how far to go... we have no idea what things will come, and what would be a cool thing to witness.

My guess for one would be first contact with sentient aliens.

 

[Arnwyn]

If you went into the future 1,000 tears, you might bumb into Fry, Bender, Leela, Professor Farsworth, Hermes, Zoidberg and the rest of the futurama cast! Wouldn't that be eerie?

I've been itching for a can of Slurm for so long...

 

[Angcuru]

I'd go into the future, buy a universal translator, civilian model stasis armor projector, and one of them pills that make you telekinetic.

Then I'd go back about a thousand years to talk to the Azteks and Mayas about their gold fetish. With the stasis armor on, and telekinesis, I'd convince them that the gods were made of TIN. Then when Cortez arrives, he won't have a good reason to take over the place.

Among other things. I'd also kick Hitler in his junk, just for kicks. *That's a pun, folks.*

I'd also hold a gun to the heads of the Framers of the Constitution to make sure they put in an ammendment prohibiting a political system with fewer than three major political parties.

I'd also give a zippo to a caveman, and see what happens. Then I'd try and avoid the eagle.

 

[Scribble]

I'd go into the future, buy a universal translator, civilian model stasis armor projector, and one of them pills that make you telekinetic.

Then I'd go back about a thousand years to talk to the Azteks and Mayas about their gold fetish. With the stasis armor on, and telekinesis, I'd convince them that the gods were made of TIN. Then when Cortez arrives, he won't have a good reason to take over the place.

Among other things. I'd also kick Hitler in his junk, just for kicks. *That's a pun, folks.*

I'd also hold a gun to the heads of the Framers of the Constitution to make sure they put in an ammendment prohibiting a political system with fewer than three major political parties.

I'd also give a zippo to a caveman, and see what happens. Then I'd try and avoid the eagle.

Oh man you better watch out, you'll have VanDam after you

Personally, I don't really have much interest in the future... It's more fun for me to read the book so to speak then to skip to the last chapter.

I'd like to see things like the turn of the century, or 20s. Also maybe the renescaince... Just to see what life itself was really like.

Things were probably so much slower and quiet back then...

 

[Impeesa]

The beginning and the end, baby. After stopping in 500 years from now to pick up the necessary shielding and sensor equipment, to make the most of my trip.

I'd go chat with Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Mohammed, and tell them all about each other, to see what they really think. And I'd bring a video camera, and a pocket dictionary of Latin, Aramaic, Chinese, Arabic, and . . . whatever else would be appropriate.

Oh. Kennedy assassination, again with camera.

Setting design, lightning round! Ok, time travel exists, but to avoid paradox you really can't talk to anyone important. Thus, it's mostly used for tourism. Again, to avoid paradox or disruption, time tourists must have period-appropriate garb and language/culture training. The result? Nobody at the time actually showed up to see Jesus be crucified, or came to see JFK pull into town. Those crowds are all time travellers. And as the future resolves itself farther and farther, there are more and more tourists... I'm sure there's a plot hook there somewhere.

--Impeesa--

 

[Robbert Raets]

I'd ask if they have any openings for tour guides.

 

[Tangent Loki]

Future

why?

First I can look at the stock market movements over the next twenty or so years, enough to set me up steady also, mint trade goods how valubale might today's relics be in several hundred years?

Side note; if money has been abolished then collect up advanced technology and make life very comfortable. Maybe visit the past to "mysterious event" that we cant prove in hindsight and check it all out. But first the future, definitely; Heck maybe I get to be Booster Gold, and being a super hero is better than no super hero....

 

[Jesus_marley]

I would do two things.

First I would go back to before the beginning of life on earth. I would then sneeze and thus leave my legacy for the future to ponder.

I would then ensure that I was first in line on the very day the Patent office opened. As is only appropriate when speaking of time travel, I would make sure that I had US Patent #1(tm).... a time machine.