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   I'm afraid that I would.  I'm just selfish enough, and curious
enough, that I think I'd foraske it all to see whats out there.
Even if there were no other life forms out there besides us and the
aliens, seeing the natural wonders in the universe would be worth
it.

  Would they have internet linkage?  Can you imagine the items you could
start and the flamewars that would erupt?  I'd have to say no if I could
never communicate the experience with my own kind.  And I'd hate to end up
a pet in a Petting Zoo, even if the view was great.  We'd all be the
dumbest of the dumb under those circumstances. 

  I would agree to be on the alien's mailing list.

Yes.

I think I would, as long as I could bring my 'significant other' with me.
Could be fun!

        No way, nothing is as interesting to me as life on earth.  As far as
we knoe there is life no where else in the universe.  Inersteller gas just
doen't interest me much.  I'd rather have a picnic with my S/O right here
on earth.

   Would they have bagels?

 I'd go provided we could stop off in Brooklyn for a gander at the
Roebling Bridge. ;)

I suppose they could replicate them. But no, I wouldn't go, on those
terms. Among the things I learned from earth travel is that *just
sightseeing* palls after a while. It has no intellectual challenge. In
addition, you take yourself with you, and in time wherever you go, you
discover that you're just you, in a new place. There has to be more, for
satisfaction (for me). I don't doubt, though, that there are people
that would not want anything more than surfing the universe.
 

#7 slipped in. Replicate bagels, I meant, not Brooklyn Bridges.

        I probably would not.  I'd go for a year, but I'd want to give notice
to my employer, and say goodbye to various people, etc.  Sightseeing is
interesting for only so long.

It would be a tough choice.  I'd have to take my kids, my fiance, her son, and
maybe my mom, and if any of them wouldn't go, well, I probably wouldn't
either.  On the other hand, if I *could* return to earth in the near future
I might do it.

You'd be younger than your kids, when you get back, if the aliens
are running hyperdrive (it wouldn't be worth it, if they weren't). 

If there are aliens that would land here, then chances are that there are
other aliens out there.  I like to just go around and seeing things.  What's
wrong with *just* being you? (re #8) isn't being *you* enough?

 re 9

 you can make millions of bagels, but only 1 Roebling Bridge.

 (note- I refuse to call that bridge by it's real name, beacuse it
does not honor the 2 men who gave thier lives to see it completed
to it's fruition, and it is a damn shame that no one can tell you 
who built and designed it. The two en were John A, and Washington
Roebling, who both were master engineers.)

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If I didn't go, I would have wondered what I missed out THERE!
<grin>

Would go if they offered beer?  Really good beer?  :)

I would renegotiate the terms of the contract and then go on my terms.

THis is an awfully tough call.  On the one hand, if I went it sounds
like it might end up being a very lonely experience, with no other humans
around (except my non-existant S.O.; or would they provide one?).  On the
other hand, if I didn't go I might regret it the rest of my life.  Sounds
depressing either way.  :(

as depressing as it may sound, this item has been linked to scruples. Item 78.

I believe I would stay.  Taking my SO is a nice tantalization, but there are
a lot of other people in my life that I'd really miss, and a lot of 
events I'm looking forward to that I'd have to skip.  If my SO didn't want
to go (and he probably would not) could I take someone else, like a parent 
or a bst friend?  There would have to be some awfully spectacular scenery
available to talk me into intergalactic travel.  I'm still trying to get 
back to Paris.  Now if that were the destination, I'd say "yes" in a 
heartbeat!

Well.... hmmmmm I suppose I would go......but all that knowledge wasted....
I would find a way to get the information home.....

Given the original conditions, *YES!*

I might go, but only if I could get pizza delivered.

Not about to go until I find out if they have a cookbook
about serving mankind.

Ha!  Good one, Bruce.

Serve mankind "over easy," ..................................

I would most definitely NOT go.  Without hesitation.
A decade or so ago, I would have been torn.
Fiftenn years ago, I would have gone in a heartbeat.
But, right now, I think I'll stay on this rock.

Mankind: Baste lightly with a garlic butter sauce, place in oven and bake at
450 degrees for 35 minutes or until skin crinkles just slightly, and serve with
a light Hollandaise sauce...

Goodbye Earth!!!

  "How to Serve Man"

Re original question, I would not go, and there is no time in my life when
I would have gone.  Risk-and-adventure averse, I guess.

I'd go, but I would have to come back; there's just too many things I enjoy
here on Earth (like all of you people...)

I think that barganing would be a good idea, how about a deep inplant rather
than a trip to the beyond? Or how about hardware, Razors under the fingernails
and cloaking devices, toy heaven, not to mention the computing possibilities.

I think i would go... but only if I had my copy of "The HItchikers guide to the
galaxy" with me.     Anybody with me...onthe same level?  Where the heck are
all of you from anyway.

Don't forget your towel.

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I agree with #36  Any serious frood should always know where his towel is!

I'd tell the aliens that I *must* talk to someone before I left
and listen to their response.  If I got any sense that they have
empathy and/or were willing to work toward a resolution, I'd grab
a towel and a jar of peanuts and be gone in a minute.  ;-)

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