If you could be. . .

[mmichaelson]

So I had this fun idea. . .I thought I'd ask everyone this question and see what great responses I'd get:

If you could be any living thing (I really thought animals would be fun, but I won't limit anyone) other than yourself, what would you be?

I think I'd like to be an oak tree in a protected environment. Oak trees get to live a very long time, and get to see the changes that occur in our world.

If I were to be an animal, I think I'd like to be a tiger (again, in a protected environment in this day and age). They're such beautiful and graceful animals, and it would be nice to be both of those things for a change!

What would ya'll be?
:p

[barfle]

Well, tigers are certainly majestic animals. See my profile picture.

But to be any living thing? Hmmm, how about my wife's cat? Seems I mentioned that a few minutes ago on another thread, but its still valid. She gets lots of pampering, the run of a pretty good sized house, no shortage of food or water, and will undoubtedly live a good, long life.

As for wild animals, though, I'd probably pick being an eagle. They are way high on the food chain, have the ability to fly, and are mighty handsome in their own right.

[mmichaelson]

Well, I saw where the other thread was going. . .so I HIJACKED it!

Eagles are neat as well!

[The Great Carouser]

Does this exclude another human being and if not must he/she be alive now?

[Shapley]

GC,

Why would you want to be a dead guy?????

V/R
Shapley

[The Great Carouser]

Originally posted by Shapley:
GC,

Why would you want to be a dead guy?????

V/R
Shapley

Shap, can't you think of any dead people whose lives you wouldn't mind leading as long as you had no foreknowledge of what was in store for them while you were in their place?

[The Great Carouser]

And why ignore the future? Perhaps being someone not even born yet might be an idea?

[mmichaelson]

I said I would not limit any living thing, so why not someone else who is alive (or was alive at one time??). That could be neat too.

One step beyond a "who would you meet" question.
Go ahead GC!

[rwcrooks]

I might wanna be OT.

[mmichaelson]

Is this brown-nosing Rich??

[The Great Carouser]

So many lives; so little time..

[monkeymd2b]

I wouldn't mind being a bear in hibernation right now. I'm sooooo tired. all I want to do right now is sleep but i have 1 more day of exams before this school year is over. Friday seems so close, yet so far away. save me from this madness.

[OperaTenor]

Originally posted by RichC:
I might wanna be OT.

Be careful for what you wish. You'll get the hardware and the broken bones in the deal!

[Shapley]

GC,

I enjoy my life. I can't think of anyone else whose life I could do better than they do, or whose life I would want to live other than my own.

That's not to say mine is perfect. Far from it. It's one thing to say "I wish I was Albert Einstein.", But why? I can't think of anything I could do as Einstein that would improve upon anything he did himself, I'm not that vain.

I could wish I were that guy that made the list of 100 things he wanted to do, such as climbing Mt. Everest and canoing the Amazon, and set out to do them (when I read about him he had done around 80 of them), but I don't have to be him to do those things, I would just have to get off my duff and do them. What is to say that if, like that show "Quantum Leap", I found myself in his body, I would do the things he does, and not behave as I do now.

I guess I'm just to damn practical about this kind of thing.

V/R
Shapley

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[The Great Carouser]

Originally posted by Shapley:
GC,

I enjoy my life. I can't think of anyone else whose life I could do better than they do, or whose life I would want to live other than my own.

And therein, sir, lies the essence of the conundrum. We are told we may be any living 'thing'(or thing that has lived or will live) except ourselves . So who, or what should we be? It might be great to be a dinosaur, for instance, just to see what the world was like, but I'd have no way of processing the info if what scientist posit about dinosaurs' mental capacity is correct, so why be a dinosaur if what you want is to see this part of the past?

I don't know that I'd enjoy being an animal because I enjoy this 'brain' ( You might let your face know! UB.ED) even with all my frustrations at my inability to operate it better. I don't know that I'd like to function without that 'impediment'. Perhaps this is due to my inability to imagine functioning as, say a bird, or any other type of 'lower'lifeform?

So I opt for a human and the relative 'comfort' of that form. I think I'll take my chances with anyone born 1000 years hence. Who knows what we (I)'ll find?

[Shapley]

I suppose that, given those rules, I would opt to be a Native Tahitian in the century before Cook's arrival. A chance to live in paradise unspoiled, and have the brains to enjoy it.

V/R
Shapley

[OperaTenor]

Originally posted by OperaTenor:

Originally posted by RichC:
[b] I might wanna be OT.

Be careful for what you wish. You'll get the hardware and the broken bones in the deal!

[/b]

After posting that, I reread it and it sounded an awful lot like a whine. It was meant to be an attempt at humility. In actuality, I have a great life with nothing but promise in its future, and would do it all over again wihtout hesitation.

[barfle]

Originally posted by OperaTenor:
After posting that, I reread it and it sounded an awful lot like a whine. It was meant to be an attempt at humility. In actuality, I have a great life with nothing but promise in its future, and would do it all over again wihtout hesitation.

Nahh, you just want to stretch out your postwhoring lead.
:p

[OperaTenor]

Yeah, so I just got another one!

:p

[barfle]

You're welcome.