If you could travel back in time to Europe in the 1200's, how coul (1 Viewer)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This thread makes me cry.

 

[msommer]

i wouldnt' bring the smartphone to use it, just to show and prove to the Pope that i came from a different more advanced place. You don't need a connection to play candy crush, or browse your image gallery, or show him "emails".

you can open Maps and it will show you the world without a connection

witch!

Taser. Double tap

Next!

" So, Pope, my man, where do I put these two tons of ammo?"

"Fssst, dammit no more charge on the taser. can we talk about this?"

"Witch!!! Burn him!"

 

[ghostguy123]

What exactly would being "rich" get you in the 1200s?? There is nothing to want, and any travelling would just take way to damn long.

ANd teaching people things to help them survive would be horrible. By present day we would have like 20 billion people and this place would just be a total wreck.

 

[loser]

What exactly would being "rich" get you in the 1200s?? There is nothing to want, and any travelling would just take way to damn long.

ANd teaching people things to help them survive would be horrible. By present day we would have like 20 billion people and this place would just be a total wreck.

"If I can triple my bankroll, I can damn sure triple the world's population!!!"

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I would show them how to build a space shuttle and colonize the moon

 

[Guest]

What exactly would being "rich" get you in the 1200s?? There is nothing to want, and any travelling would just take way to damn long.

ANd teaching people things to help them survive would be horrible. By present day we would have like 20 billion people and this place would just be a total wreck.

Food, clothing, shelter, protection (bribes), maybe land? Might be more important for someone traveling back in time versus someone that grew up in it.

 

[SWC]

i would take that really fat guy and jim tom from moonshiners back those dudes can make alchohol out of anything we would just go in the woods and come out with a bunch of shine and sell it all over and be richer than old king arthur up there in his fancy high falootin tower and i would probably use some of our riches to invent an early model of the dodge charger bam take that to the bank bromigos

 

[T Bell]

I think I'd just breathe in their faces and infect everyone with Black Death, of which I'm a carrier and also immune (as are you; actually, actually true).

 

[FUBAR]

What exactly would being "rich" get you in the 1200s?? There is nothing to want, and any travelling would just take way to damn long.

ANd teaching people things to help them survive would be horrible. By present day we would have like 20 billion people and this place would just be a total wreck.

Food, clothing, shelter, protection (bribes), maybe land? Might be more important for someone traveling back in time versus someone that grew up in it.

Investing in land might be the way to go.

And spices.

 

[shader]

It's pretty sad that the vast majority of us would really be able to make no impact on society.

I bet a 17th century person could do far more good travelling back than we could, as we've lost the ability to actually DO anything on our own.

 

[shader]

After some reflection, there's only one thing I think I could do.

Head to the richest city there is, and open up a restaurant.

I'm not sure what types of ingredients they have, but I think I could blow their mind in the kitchen.

 

[pantagrapher]

What exactly would being "rich" get you in the 1200s?? There is nothing to want, and any travelling would just take way to damn long.

ANd teaching people things to help them survive would be horrible. By present day we would have like 20 billion people and this place would just be a total wreck.

Food, clothing, shelter, protection (bribes), maybe land? Might be more important for someone traveling back in time versus someone that grew up in it.

Investing in land might be the way to go.

And spices.

I was thinking that if you can make your way there, you could probably find a wench and go off to some nice, uninhabited coastal property on the Mediterranean and live a quiet, fisherman's life.

 

[msommer]

After some reflection, there's only one thing I think I could do.

Head to the richest city there is, and open up a restaurant.

I'm not sure what types of ingredients they have, but I think I could blow their mind in the kitchen.

This might work, Oldest restaurant in Europe is from 1193 I think

ETA: In continuous operation I mean

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pics+of+13th+century+serving+wenches&qpvt=pics+of+13th+century+serving+wenches&FORM=IGRE#a

This is what came up when I googled 13th century serving wench pictures. I approve, though I suspect it may not be entirely historically accurate.

 

[BroadwayG]

Pumps, bicycle

 

[shader]

Pumps, bicycle

A bicycle would be great, but could you build one? I don't think I could.

 

[Jayrod]

Pumps, bicycle

A bicycle would be great, but could you build one? I don't think I could.

I'm sure given a few years, I could make this happen....probably not a real comfortable ride without inflatable rubber tires, but functional nonetheless. Probably have to be made out of wood and use a rope instead of a bike chain, but its possible I suppose.

Of course, there aren't any real roadways at this point, either. I'm not sure how effective a wooden bike with wooden wheels and a rope for a bike chain would be on a dirt path.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Why not just invent a horse instead?

 

[T Bell]

Why not just invent a horse instead?

You have to invent basketball first. I learned that in Civ IV.

 

[BroadwayG]

Pumps, bicycle

A bicycle would be great, but could you build one? I don't think I could.

I'm sure given a few years, I could make this happen....probably not a real comfortable ride without inflatable rubber tires, but functional nonetheless. Probably have to be made out of wood and use a rope instead of a bike chain, but its possible I suppose.

Of course, there aren't any real roadways at this point, either. I'm not sure how effective a wooden bike with wooden wheels and a rope for a bike chain would be on a dirt path.

Given the popularity of chain mail at the time, I'm sure the local blacksmith apprentice's 10 year old son could pop out a basic bicycle chain in a few minutes.

 

[T Bell]

Pumps, bicycle

A bicycle would be great, but could you build one? I don't think I could.

I'm sure given a few years, I could make this happen....probably not a real comfortable ride without inflatable rubber tires, but functional nonetheless. Probably have to be made out of wood and use a rope instead of a bike chain, but its possible I suppose.

Of course, there aren't any real roadways at this point, either. I'm not sure how effective a wooden bike with wooden wheels and a rope for a bike chain would be on a dirt path.

Given the popularity of chain mail at the time, I'm sure the local blacksmith apprentice's 10 year old son could pop out a basic bicycle chain in a few minutes.

And the ball bearings?

 

[Guest]

Could I go to North America instead, and teach the natives all these things? Metallurgy, hygiene, steam power, accounting, irrigation , gunpowder. Then, I'd tell them to never trust the white man who arrives in boats.

200 years later, hilarity would ensue.

You could try to form a secret society in Europe with the purpose of sabotaging any voyages to the new world. Would only delay the inevitable I guess.

 

[BroadwayG]

Pumps, bicycle

A bicycle would be great, but could you build one? I don't think I could.

I'm sure given a few years, I could make this happen....probably not a real comfortable ride without inflatable rubber tires, but functional nonetheless. Probably have to be made out of wood and use a rope instead of a bike chain, but its possible I suppose.

Of course, there aren't any real roadways at this point, either. I'm not sure how effective a wooden bike with wooden wheels and a rope for a bike chain would be on a dirt path.

Given the popularity of chain mail at the time, I'm sure the local blacksmith apprentice's 10 year old son could pop out a basic bicycle chain in a few minutes.

And the ball bearings?

Likely made out of wood at the time.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'd teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I'd teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.

I wonder what a modern day bottle of Coke would do to their innards.

 

[Parrothead]

If I could turn back time--- I'd take back those words that hurt you

 

[jon_mx]

Yoga pants

This! It would speed up the age of enlightment by hundreds of years and bring world peace. Well unless all the women were a bunch of flappy ### wenches, in which case we would remain in the dark ages for enternity.

 

[Brony]

It's pretty sad that the vast majority of us would really be able to make no impact on society.

I bet a 17th century person could do far more good travelling back than we could, as we've lost the ability to actually DO anything on our own.

T Bell said that he'd kill everyone with his breath. That would be an impact.

People used to think that 19th century cowboys couldn't be transported to the future, open a detective agency and help solve petty crimes using their frontier outlaw ways. Boy are those naysayers eating crow now.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I would warn them about Hitler.

 

[T Bell]

I would warn them about Hitler.

Yeah, but do it in a rambling, cryptic form in verse, otherwise nobody will pay any attention to it, Bobstrodamus.

 

[The Z Machine]

You're better off moving to the Caliphate or China as they were at least bathing themselves more often than the Europeans.

 

[comfortably numb]

Yoga pants

This! It would speed up the age of enlightment by hundreds of years and bring world peace. Well unless all the women were a bunch of flappy ### wenches, in which case we would remain in the dark ages for enternity.

Women would have a hard time sliding the pants on...with all the leg hair and such

 

[kupcho1]

This topic reminded me of "The Game of Blood and Dust" by Roger Zelazny

“The Game of Blood and Dust” shows what happens when two beings with god like powers use the Earth as their chessboard. Changes to our history are the moves in the game.