If you could be an historical figure. . . .

[Arwen Elf]

If you could be an historical figure, who would you be? If not a particular person, then what era would you live in and what would be your role? Why?
I think, even though I am female (and please don't hurt me:trout: ), I would be Naploleon Bonaparte, just so I could take over a lot of the free world. And, also, :blush: he has a certain je ne sais pas, besides the fact that he killed people and stuff. . . . :blush:
Besides that, I would probably be either John Adams or Jane Austen, because both seem to suit me.:grin:

[Bawax]

i'd be hugh heffner.

i'll say no more. :grin:

or bobby moore, west ham and englands captain in the sixties when we won the world cup. :)

[Catz]

Hugh Hefner isnt historical......hes HYSTERICAL....theres a difference you know :rolleyes:
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[Black Rider]

roflmao roflmao roflmao roflmao roflmao

i'd probably be Queen Elizabeth I because she got to see all of shakespeare's plays for the first time and even though the average life span was s/t like 40 years she lived a long time. lol. and those dresses kick arse lol

[Nessa]

Well, I could think of a few good reasons I would defnately not want to be any of those mentioned.......

And when I think about it, I can't recall a single person in history who led a good and healthy life.... I'll stick with my own. ;)

[Mirkgirl]

How about Rasputin? ;)

[Catz]

presumably thats before the poisoning, shooting and drowning???;) lol
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[Mirkgirl]

according to the legend before the drowing even lol

[Catz]

ahhh well...thats ok then...lol roflmao roflmao lol
actually i wouldnt mind being Machiavelli....he was such a b*****d....itd make a nice change, cos im such a pussycat ;) lol
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[Little Devil]

Queen Victoria cos.....i don't know, she reigned for a long timea and was smart! :thumbs:

[Sindarin]

Jeez, I have no idea who I'd be...

[Akiba]

agree can't think of anybody ummmmmmm That really smart queen don't know who she was can't remember I'll try tomorrow not very good with history maybe it was queen victoria I don't know

[Daughter of Finarfin]

A Native American before the White Man came

[TheRingBearer]

I have no idea... someone rich lol ;)

[Bawax]

Originally posted by Catz
Hugh Hefner isnt historical......hes HYSTERICAL....theres a difference you know :rolleyes:
:catz:

i'll have you know the mans a legend.

TRB - hugh heffners rich. :thumbs: lol

[Catz]

yeah...sos Santa Claus :rolleyes:
and yeah hes rich....hes also a deluded prune;) but hey i dont hold that against him......any more than id hold anything against the mummified old..........person.....;) lol lol
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[Tar-Ancalimë]

I'd be Alexander Hamilton...

I bet none of you have even heard of him much less know why he was the greatest! I bet anything!

[Tar-Ancalimë]

Well... not anything... but a lot.

Arwen Elf--an historical figure? an 'istorical figure? do you talk like that really? or was it a typo?
(j/k no offense I just like to notice the way people speak)

[Bawax]

just a little question, when asking what historical figure would you like to be was it meant to be one from years ago or are people from our times ok? cause theres hundreds who i wouldn't mind being from nowadays, Bill Gates for one. :grin:

[Tar-Ancalimë]

OK no one knows who alexander hamilton was... fine... i win the bet i guess... id hate to be bill gates... hes too famous i detest fame wouldnt mind being rich though lol

[Bawax]

being bill gates for a week would be great i think, as much money to do with as you please and i'd give mountains of it to charity so the world would be a better place, all i got to do is become heir to the thrown of microsoft. :grin:

[Arwen Elf]

Originally posted by Tar-Ancalimë
Well... not anything... but a lot.

Arwen Elf--an historical figure? an 'istorical figure? do you talk like that really? or was it a typo?
(j/k no offense I just like to notice the way people speak)
I don't know, in some instances, "h" is a vowel.:blush: I'm supposed to speak like a redneck, but I speak like some arrogant orator. It's kind of stupid, I guess. I've been reading too many Victorian novels. Also, the key is "historical"!:grin:

[Arwen Elf]

Originally posted by Tar-Ancalimë
I'd be Alexander Hamilton...

I bet none of you have even heard of him much less know why he was the greatest! I bet anything!
I suppose I'm alittle late, but, yes! I know who that is! I know he was quite handsome and rich and that he is credited for establishing the first national American bank. But, he went against Washington, wanting to command the Continental Army, which is like blasphemy! And he and John Adams didn't get along very well, so:p ! But what about Ben Franklin? He was quite the ladies' man!:naughty:

[Tar-Ancalimë]

he did NOT go against awashington he was the first secratary of the us treasury he was G washingtons favorite aid he did establish the bank of america america wouldnt even be a country without him we would have been in siuch debt to other countries no trading colonies couldnt get along alex fixed all that he also faught in the rev war he earned distinction he wasnt born rich he was a self made man and i dont like john adams he was an idiot he thought he knew everything he didnt alex did and he never wanted to command no army he just had a fight with washington it was his fault and washington wanted him back as an aid but he didnt go he faught instead and he rocks my world and hes on the ten dollar bill its thanks to him we even have a ten dollar bill *takes a deep breath*

yes franklin was cool too. but alex didnt know him very well.

[Arwen Elf]

:blush: I'm sorry! This year, I have just begun my AP US History and there's so much stuff that I'm getting mixed up. . . .mecry That was John Hancock, because he was more outspoken.:blush: :trout: TROUT ME!!!!! Anyway, have you read John Adams, by David McCulough? He's in there, though I haven't read the whole thing yet!:blush:

[Arwen Elf]

Then she realizes she didn't read his/her entire commentary! I'm sure that Alexander Hamilton was a very respectable figure; it is not for me to judge; I'm not very well acquainted with him. But I would have to disagree! I like John Adams very much! He was sent out to do a lot of early America's dirty work. I thought him very respectable, and he was also of humble origins. Sorry, again! I probably would have scoffed you if you had said something about the name I dare not mention again.
Anyway, to another subject, if there was anyone in history whom you would NOT want to be, who would that person be? (I know, I have no life :))

[Mirkgirl]

I can think of enough against reasons myself, but maybe Alexander Macedonian (he's been in my head throughout this thread, I'm just weird :huh: )

[Tar-Ancalimë]

Originally posted by Arwen Elf
Then she realizes she didn't read his/her entire commentary! ... I thought him very respectable, and he was also of humble origins.

OK yes the commentary was very disorganized. My apologies. i was rushed I'm afraid. OK. Alex was of faaaaaaaaaaar humbler origion than Adams. And Admas was a hothead who really actually didn't make a great president. I know this sounds biased, but he and Alex, though of the same party, were not friends.

Mirky-- who precisely was Alexander Macedonian? I'm sorry but I have never heard of him.

[Akiba]

I have heard but remember none of the above I am so bad at history it's just unexplainable but I did know Ben Franklin was a ladies man ok me being as bad as I am with history I hav a q Who was the guy who invented the telephone? and who was William tell again? took history already just don't remember squat

[Catz]

maybe we should rename this thread the Alexander thread lol
i think Mirky was referring to Alexander of Macedonia ie: Alexander the Great if im wrong there Mirky please feel free to trout me....
Ummm the inventor of the telephone was Alexander Grahame Bell...a Scot in fact......that Scots have invented all sorts of things....the pneumatic bicycle tyre....the adhesive postage stamp......very inventive bunch....must come of having chilly knees:naughty: ;) lol
as to William Tell....i must confess, ive forgotten:blush: lol
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[Tar-Ancalimë]

is he some norman dude?
or not...

[Finrod Felagund]

Leonardo DaVinci
WAY ahead of his time, basic ideas for the helicopter, scuba gear, armored tank, retractable landing gear, airplane. used rifle barreled guns 350 years before they were used by the military. Painter, Sculptor, Engineer, Inventor, Physician. What more can one person want. Pure Genius, on the order of Einstien, Hawking and Newton

[Akiba]

wow ok ooh got one Michaelangelo hahaha makes a cool Ninja turtle too wait did he kill himelf???? wuldn't mind being soeone like that chick in Gladiator ummm yea hat type of person someone from Rome find Rome and Greece fascinating
thanks for the info Catz now who was William Tell? I keep thnkng of somone like Paul Revere oh which reminds me would like to be one of thse ppl that fought inth revoluionary war or General Douglas McArthur

[Arwen Elf]

I know that I would not want to be Marie-Antoinette. I recently saw a dated French film on her and I'm not going into it.:( And M./Mme Alexander Hamilton, let us agree to disagree!mecry :grin: Also, Michaelangelo did not kill himself, that was Van Gogh, Poe, Hemmingway, probably Munch. . . . . .

[Tar-Ancalimë]

MME Alexander?????????

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Akiba]

ok so he didn't kill himself but WHO IS WILLIAM TELL!!!! that's starting to bug me please anybody who is William tell hahaha I only know Alexander Hamilton was that professor in Superman am talling you not good at all at this history thing yet still passed with an A pretty cool

[Tar-Ancalimë]

*disbelievingly* "proffesor in superman"??? HAH!

I told you, I think he was Norman. But no one confimed or denied that.

[Elrenia]

For my part, I would be Diane De Poitiers...She was a wonderful, beautiful, strong and very smart woman that helped (in her own manner) Henri II to reign on France at that time.. Plus she kept looking young at the age of 60 and was truly loved by the King (she also kept an eye on the kingdom affairs, she chose Henri II's wife who was her cousin Catherine De Médicis)

Or I would be .... Margot Fonteyn, classical ballet is my passion, I took ballet from age 3 to 18....

But I would have liked to live in Jane Austen's novels...so romantic..in the beginning of 1800s

:elfqueen: :) :)