# You're transported back 100 years. Become famous doing nothing illegal.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 7, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061 "2012-02-07T11:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061/61 "2012-02-11T03:27:55Z")

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I would go into the woodshed and become a celebrated saxophone virtuoso. Like [H. Benne Henton](http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4765), only with more mojo.

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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061/62 "2012-02-11T20:05:45Z")

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> [@KellyCriterion](#):
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> You’re transported back to 1912 armed with no physical items other than some basic period dress. . . . you can’t do anything illegal.

Without even having to change my shirt, I’d go back to Feb. 10 and change the rules.

First, Feb. 10, 2012, then the world.

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**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061/63 "2012-02-11T22:39:36Z")

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> [@Lobohan](#):
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> Shit, I could invent Role Playing Games. Imagine D&D in a world where Radio is the primary entertainment.

Now that’s an interestng thought.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061/64 "2012-02-12T05:57:53Z")

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Start the surrealism movement a decade early.

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