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If You Could Have an Hour of Anyones Time...
scootz - 19/12/11 at 12:32 PM

... who would you choose!?

It would have to be Adrian Newey for me... so many questions!

Or maybe Salma Hayek (although I've no idea what she would do for the remaining 59 minutes ).

loggyboy - 19/12/11 at 12:36 PM

Wouldnt mind an hour to myself to be honest!

blakep82 - 19/12/11 at 12:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Or maybe Salma Hayek (although I've no idea what she would do for the remaining 59 minutes ).


ha ha

Benzine - 19/12/11 at 12:53 PM

Bill Mollison, Norm Finkelstein, Noam Chomsky, John Pilger

Jasper - 19/12/11 at 12:57 PM

Professor Brian for me - could chat to him all day ........

designer - 19/12/11 at 01:23 PM

I need a list of who these people are!!

Davey D - 19/12/11 at 01:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
... who would you choose!?

It would have to be Adrian Newey for me... so many questions!

Or maybe Salma Hayek (although I've no idea what she would do for the remaining 59 minutes ).


you mean THIS salmy Hayek :



[Edited on 19/12/11 by Davey D]

v8kid - 19/12/11 at 01:33 PM

Margaret Thatcher - and I live in Scotland.

Cheers!

TimC - 19/12/11 at 01:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
It would have to be Adrian Newey for me... so many questions!


Have you seen Motor Sport Magazine this month? Their 'Lunch with...' features Christian Horner and is pretty interesting.

jossey - 19/12/11 at 02:25 PM

Brian Cox (physicist) ask him the science behind how.... " things will only get better???? "

tul214 - 19/12/11 at 02:33 PM

My Grandad....he died when I was three but seems to have lived through interesting times

TAZZMAXX - 19/12/11 at 02:41 PM

Art Arfons, just to ask him how the hell he figured out how to make a damaged jet engine work again and how it was to drive a jet car at 600mph.

bobinspain - 19/12/11 at 02:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Professor Brian for me - could chat to him all day ........


Brilliant docu' last night. He almost made me understand 'Heisenberg's uncertainty Principle.' I say almost, because as soon as he introduced Plank's constant at 6.6x 10 to the minus 34 the numbers scrambled my brain a bit. The underlying 'conclusion' thanks to quantum physics the object (diamond) 'could' be in two places at once, was eyewatering. (Especially when he said we'd need to wait 100, million million times the length of time that the universe has been in existence to have an expectation of it)

Think I'd rather have an hour with Gemma Arterton.

ali f27 - 19/12/11 at 04:00 PM

sigourny weaver and prey i recoverd agian before the 59 mins was up

coozer - 19/12/11 at 04:16 PM

Vikki Thomas....

franky - 19/12/11 at 04:29 PM

Abi titmus and a video camera

spiderman - 19/12/11 at 04:40 PM

"Claire... from work.......Mmmm!"

MikeRJ - 19/12/11 at 05:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bobinspain
quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Professor Brian for me - could chat to him all day ........


Brilliant docu' last night. He almost made me understand 'Heisenberg's uncertainty Principle.' I say almost, because as soon as he introduced Plank's constant at 6.6x 10 to the minus 34 the numbers scrambled my brain a bit. The underlying 'conclusion' thanks to quantum physics the object (diamond) 'could' be in two places at once, was eyewatering. (Especially when he said we'd need to wait 100, million million times the length of time that the universe has been in existence to have an expectation of it)

Think I'd rather have an hour with Gemma Arterton.


It was pretty good, though I think it could possibly have done without the comedians assisting esp. the annoying Geordie women (Millican?).

bobinspain - 19/12/11 at 05:15 PM

I know what you mean Mike. The woman's a zero. Silly tokenism !
Ross is a prat too.
They could have done away with all the 'trimmings' and given the Prof' a little more airtime.
Dumbing down to try and attract those who wouldn't dream of switching on a science programme in any other circumstances.

coozer - 19/12/11 at 05:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
It was pretty good, though I think it could possibly have done without the comedians assisting esp. the annoying Geordie women (Millican?).


You know what? Sarah Millican used to be very funny, before she started talking in a funny accent (she's not a geordie by the way) so's all the soft shandy drinking southerners could understand her. Before that she was honest, crude and used to swear like a trooper, oh, and it looked funny coming from a fat tart not the thing she is now... shame.

britishtrident - 19/12/11 at 06:22 PM

Eric "Winkle" Brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_%28pilot%29

Agriv8 - 19/12/11 at 06:37 PM

the current PM and his monkey without his answer team.

To ask

1) why as an honest working familly they are try to extract every last peny out of me while the banks have passed on the toxix debt to gov and are back making money taking huge risks and getting obsene bonuses.

foskid - 19/12/11 at 07:08 PM

The first thought in my mind given the option was Holly Willoughby. Stunning

UncleFista - 19/12/11 at 07:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Eric "Winkle" Brown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_%28pilot%29


+1, my no1 hero...

steve m - 19/12/11 at 07:33 PM

Eric winkle brown, ive met twice, as he has done a couple of talks at our club

He is a legend, and doubt anyone ever will come close to 1/10 of his achievment

He is a lovley old guy, who is so pleased to meat and great his audience, and spent about 20 mins talking to myself and my mother


he is A legend ,

my one would be Neil Armstrong, he opened the building i work in with Richard Branson, and i was in portugal on leave !!!!

GUTTED is an understatement

Steve

spiderman - 19/12/11 at 07:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m

my one would be Neil Armstrong, he opened the building i work in with Richard Branson, and i was in portugal on leave !!!!

Steve


You work with Richard Branson? I would have thought with all his money he would not need to go to work everyday.

steve m - 19/12/11 at 07:53 PM

yes i do work in a building that was opend by RB, and Neil

i work for Virgin Atlantic, well at the moment, as i might be resigning tomorrow,

spiderman - 19/12/11 at 08:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
yes i do work in a building that was opend by RB, and Neil

i work for Virgin Atlantic, well at the moment, as i might be resigning tomorrow,


A mate of mine used to work for him when he was starting up selling records from the back of a van, in the 60's/70's.
It is amazing that people that amass a huge fortune quite often start from nothing. Never met him but by all accounts a top bloke.

I hope you may resign due to happy reasons and not bad ones.

[Edited on 19/12/11 by spiderman]

jacko - 19/12/11 at 08:20 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8040997/British-IVF-pioneer-Professor-Robert-Edwards-wins-Nobel-Prize-for-medicine.html
I would of liked to meet these two men
Prof/Edwards and Dr Patrick Steptoe
without these two man i would not have a Daughter
Jacko

[Edited on 19/12/11 by jacko]

bobinspain - 19/12/11 at 08:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by spiderman
quote:
Originally posted by steve m
yes i do work in a building that was opend by RB, and Neil

i work for Virgin Atlantic, well at the moment, as i might be resigning tomorrow,


A mate of mine used to work for him when he was starting up selling records from the back of a van, in the 60's/70's.
It is amazing that people that amass a huge fortune quite often start from nothing. Never met him but by all accounts a top bloke.

I hope you may resign due to happy reasons and not bad ones.

[Edited on 19/12/11 by spiderman]



Spiderman,

Not wishing to detract from RB's achievements, but his parents were able to re-mortgage their home when he was 21 and bale him out to the tune of a reputed £50k for 'tax irregularities.' (A figure not unadjacent to £600,000 in today's money). Not many parents are in a position to do that !

spiderman - 19/12/11 at 09:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bobinspain
quote:
Originally posted by spiderman
quote:
Originally posted by steve m
yes i do work in a building that was opend by RB, and Neil

i work for Virgin Atlantic, well at the moment, as i might be resigning tomorrow,


A mate of mine used to work for him when he was starting up selling records from the back of a van, in the 60's/70's.
It is amazing that people that amass a huge fortune quite often start from nothing. Never met him but by all accounts a top bloke.

I hope you may resign due to happy reasons and not bad ones.

[Edited on 19/12/11 by spiderman]



Spiderman,

Not wishing to detract from RB's achievements, but his parents were able to re-mortgage their home when he was 21 and bale him out to the tune of a reputed £50k for 'tax irregularities.' (A figure not unadjacent to £600,000 in today's money). Not many parents are in a position to do that !


Just goes to show you should not believe everything you hear or read. I suppose with that sort of saftey net a lot more of us could make a good go at a succesful business.

David Jenkins - 20/12/11 at 08:13 AM

I'd like to meet Jim Al Khalili (or Brian Cox, if Jim's busy). Both of them are great presenters and explainers of physics.

Nash - 20/12/11 at 08:29 AM

Oi, thats war lass ya tarkin aboot.

TheGiantTribble - 20/12/11 at 09:18 AM

Three names spring instantly to mind
Sir Patrick Moore, Carl Sagan, and Murry Walker. Could I have more than an hour....please

Benzine - 20/12/11 at 09:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by TheGiantTribble
Three names spring instantly to mind
Sir Patrick Moore, Carl Sagan, and Murry Walker. Could I have more than an hour....please


If we're including people that are no longer around then I'll add Carl Sagan to my list too Brian Cox wants to be Carl Sagan but... isn't

nick205 - 20/12/11 at 01:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
Wouldnt mind an hour to myself to be honest!



Bang on there Loggy - an hour to myself would be time well spent. I wouldn't ask to much, just a quiet corner of a quiet pub next to the fire with a couple of pints and a decent book.

Failing that, an hour with Kylie wouldn't go amiss