# Switching Bodies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186 "2020-03-10T04:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lewis47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/1 "2020-03-10T04:03:52Z")
If you had the power to switch bodies with someone you know personally, who would it be and what would you do after swapping? Also, how long would you like the swap to last for? ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/2 "2020-03-10T07:21:48Z")
There’s a neighbor kid I don’t especially like - young, lithe, athletic, arrogant. I’ll take a body swap, no problem, as long as I keep my own mind and memories. How long to stay swapped? For the rest of our lives, heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/3 "2020-03-10T11:55:14Z")
**Donald Trump** It’d be a painful thing to do, I know, but I’d be able to to do something reasonable about the coronavirus response, then work to reverse some of his more ludicrous policy decisions. I might even be able to do some exercise and change his dietary habits while I’m in there. When I couldn’t take it anymore, if I hadn’t found some positive evidence of his wrongdoing (or maybe the pee tape), I’d commit some obvious crime, like maybe shooting somebody on Fifth Avenue in broad daylight. Then I’d switch back. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/4 "2020-03-10T14:15:51Z")
> [@Lewis47](#): > > If you had the power to switch bodies with someone you know personally, who would it be and what would you do after swapping? Also, how long would you like the swap to last for? I gotta say, when I first read this question I didn’t think much of it. But THIS? > [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Donald Trump** > It’d be a painful thing to do, I know, but I’d be able to to do something reasonable about the coronavirus response, then work to reverse some of his more ludicrous policy decisions. I might even be able to do some exercise and change his dietary habits while I’m in there. > > When I couldn’t take it anymore, if I hadn’t found some positive evidence of his wrongdoing (or maybe the pee tape), I’d commit some obvious crime, like maybe shooting somebody on Fifth Avenue in broad daylight. Then I’d switch back. Makes me the you’ve got the makings of a pretty good [del]Twilight Zone[/del] [del]Outer Limits[/del] [del]Night Gallery[/del] Black Mirror episode there. ETA: TO the OP, it’s only fair that you get to set the parameters of the hypothetical. Does the switch (and switch back) have to be consensual on the part of both parties? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/5 "2020-03-10T14:45:08Z")
I missed the restriction to “people you know personally” in the OP. My apologies, but it’s still my fantasy. And I do feel, after all these years, that I know Trump. At least as much as I would like to. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/6 "2020-03-10T15:40:33Z")
Prince William. And yes, my motivation is impure, sorry Brits. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/7 "2020-03-10T17:33:49Z")
There was a story years ago in either _Analog_ or _Asimov’s Science Fiction_ magazine that featured this subject. I believe it started with “The first thing men do when switching to a woman’s body is feel their breasts. The first thing women do when switching to a man’s body is pee standing up.” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/8 "2020-03-10T17:35:44Z")
That’d be a great sci-fi story: a personal trainer who takes over your body and gets it back in shape while you inhabit a tank somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Lewis47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/9 "2020-03-28T05:44:48Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > There’s a neighbor kid I don’t especially like - young, lithe, athletic, arrogant. I’ll take a body swap, no problem, as long as I keep my own mind and memories. How long to stay swapped? For the rest of our lives, heh heh. Cool, that’s very interesting… ---
**Author:** ![Lewis47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/10 "2020-03-28T05:46:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I gotta say, when I first read this question I didn’t think much of it. But THIS? > Makes me the you’ve got the makings of a pretty good [del]Twilight Zone[/del] [del]Outer Limits[/del] [del]Night Gallery[/del] Black Mirror episode there. > > ETA: TO the OP, it’s only fair that you get to set the parameters of the hypothetical. Does the switch (and switch back) have to be consensual on the part of both parties? No, let’s say the person you want to swap bodies with has no choice… ---
**Author:** ![Lewis47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/11 "2020-03-28T05:49:08Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Prince William. And yes, my motivation is impure, sorry Brits. Interesting. What would you do after you swapped bodies with Prince William? ---
**Author:** ![Lewis47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/12 "2020-03-28T05:50:22Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > There was a story years ago in either _Analog_ or _Asimov’s Science Fiction_ magazine that featured this subject. I believe it started with “The first thing men do when switching to a woman’s body is feel their breasts. The first thing women do when switching to a man’s body is pee standing up.” Thank you for that information. I would like to find and read that article sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Lewis47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@Lewis47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lewis47)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/13 "2020-03-28T05:51:45Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I missed the restriction to “people you know personally” in the OP. My apologies, but it’s still my fantasy. And I do feel, after all these years, that I know Trump. At least as much as I would like to. Cool, so you have thought of this idea before… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/14 "2020-03-28T09:30:34Z")
Significant other. I’d be currious to know what a female orgasm feels like. I’m also currious what it’s like to interact with the world as a woman. A day should suffice. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/15 "2020-03-28T09:54:23Z")
People seem to be forgetting the part of the OP that days this is a swap or switch so presumably the person you switch with is also in your body right? That may change the choice. I mean you want Donald Trump in your body? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/16 "2020-03-28T10:22:45Z")
I’d switch with Bob. He’s my dog. He seems to live a pretty decent life. And it would be hilarious to see him jumping around like an idiot in my trainwreck of a body. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/17 "2020-03-28T10:36:24Z")
My wife and I played this mind game, about switching with each other for a day. I knew I had the right woman when she said “No deal – I’d be afraid you wouldn’t give mine back”. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/18 "2020-03-28T10:55:50Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Significant other. I’d be currious to know what a female orgasm feels like… Yeah but then you have to, you know, make sweet love to _yourself_. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/19 "2020-03-28T11:17:57Z")
The real Twilight Zone ending to that would be that he would only learn how to fake orgasms. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186/20 "2020-03-28T13:16:43Z")
> [@Lewis47](#): > > Interesting. What would you do after you swapped bodies with Prince William? I’m thinking it has something to do with Kate…😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-bodies/849186.md?page=2)