# A one-night stand with anyone from the past **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806 "2011-02-18T14:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/1 "2011-02-18T14:52:30Z")
No pulling the “But I’m/they’re married!” card. You get a free pass with anyone from the past (no one living, that’s a different thread), just the two of you for a few hours. You can hang out at your place or theirs. If she had been a real person I might go with Helen of Troy, at her place. I’ve only seen how different people have depicted her, but from her reputation she sounds like fun. In reality (even though it might seem like it a common answer) off the top of my head I’d go with Marilyn Monroe. I’m a fan of the hourglass figure. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/2 "2011-02-18T14:54:26Z")
I’m going with the very definition of GGG: Ms. Tallulah Bankhead. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/3 "2011-02-18T14:57:26Z")
Betty Page. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/4 "2011-02-18T14:58:44Z")
Princess Diana. Because it’d be cool to fuck royalty. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/5 "2011-02-18T15:04:52Z")
I can’'t think of anyone beyond Grace Kelly. [http://data7.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/74091-01669-18830547-.jpg](http://data7.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/74091-01669-18830547-.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/6 "2011-02-18T15:15:21Z")
Jesus Christ. I mean, that’s my answer. Because how awesome would that be? (Seriously, I’m asking; how awesome would it be? I would like to find out.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/7 "2011-02-18T15:22:21Z")
Danny Kaye is so mine. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/8 "2011-02-18T15:33:24Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Jesus Christ. > > I mean, that’s my answer. Because how awesome would that be? (Seriously, I’m asking; how awesome would it be? I would like to find out.) That is an amazing answer. One of the great reasons to visit SDMB is the fun and outre quips! What would that be like? After all, He is omniscient, omnipotent, and apparently omnipresent. He would be as skilled as He wished Himself to be. It occurs to me you may not survive the experience. Not that that would be a bad thing . . . . :eek: ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/9 "2011-02-18T15:39:29Z")
\*\*Cleopatra \*\*- may not have been hot, but she got Caesar, Marc Antony and others to do her bidding; I would be interested in finding out how…😉 [Bill Withers] [I wanna spread the news that if it feels this good gettin’ used - just keep on using me until you use me up…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hBYTkI-sE)[/Bill Withers] ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/10 "2011-02-18T15:43:00Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Jesus Christ. His mother would be more interesting to me – especially the implication of destroying a big part of Roman Catholic doctrine in the process. ETA: But perhaps not – my wife, who is a Catholic, would never forgive me. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/11 "2011-02-18T15:43:45Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Jesus Christ. > > I mean, that’s my answer. Because how awesome would that be? (Seriously, I’m asking; how awesome would it be? I would like to find out.) [Wipes coffee off monitor] Being omnipotent he would also know exactly what you want. I don’t think it says anywhere in the New Testament that he was celibate . . . ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/12 "2011-02-18T15:43:58Z")
Someone once said, and it fits here, “the only sins I regret are the ones I didn’t commit.” It would have been my wife’s girlfriend. If only I didn’t have a moral compass. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/13 "2011-02-18T15:49:03Z")
Jim Henson. One of the few real life people I’d like to tumble. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/14 "2011-02-18T15:51:54Z")
Just saw Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Audrey Hepburn for me please ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/15 "2011-02-18T15:53:49Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > His mother would be more interesting to me – especially the implication of destroying a big part of Roman Catholic doctrine in the process. While she’s pregnant. There’s all sorts of naughty hell written all over that. I’d have to go with Marilyn. Monroe, that is. Not Manson. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/16 "2011-02-18T16:09:51Z")
Abraham Lincoln. Because let’s settle this once and for all. Is he interested? Or was he just doing his husbandly duty? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/17 "2011-02-18T16:11:22Z")
[Bobby Seale](http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bobby_seale.jpg). [Peter Tosh](http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/toshpeter.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/18 "2011-02-18T16:18:16Z")
[Alma Mahler](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH4J8CIBc7Q) apparently had something going for her. Dammit. The clip misses Lehrer’s spoken introduction which supplies some context, here’s a bit of it… > [@Tom Lehrer](#): > > …Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel who had, in her lifetime, managed to acquire as lovers practically all of the top creative men in central Europe, and, among these lovers […] there were three whom she went so far as to marry. I don’t want to list the whole intro, you really need to hear it with Tom’s timing. Ah ha! [Here you go.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgTL71yZ3Mo) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/19 "2011-02-18T16:27:55Z")
Evelyn Nesbit, but I’d want a bulletproof vest or a guarantee that she’s the only visitor from the past to reincorporate. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806/20 "2011-02-18T16:34:00Z")
Mitochondrial Eve, because I want to make a difference. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-one-night-stand-with-anyone-from-the-past/571806.md?page=2)