Whom would you rather be?

  1. Bill Gates or Steve Jobs
  2. David Letterman or Jay Leno
  3. Lt. Van Buren or Jack McCoy
  4. Babe Ruth or Joe DiMaggio
  5. George Washington or Abraham Lincoln
  6. Cary Grant or Clark Gable
  7. John McCain or Hillary Clinton
  8. Elvis Presley or Bob Dylan
  9. Ernest Hemingway or John Steinbeck
  10. Katharine Hepburn or Meryl Streep
  11. Adam or Noah
  12. Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan

Got any other pairs?

Reposted from 2005.

7 responses to “Whom would you rather be?”

Greg LeMond or Lance Armstrong

1. Bill Gates
2. Letterman
3. Um… dunno
4. Babe Ruth
5. Lincoln
6. Cary Grant (MUCH better looking!)
7. Tsk… Hilary, of course
8. Elvis the Pelvis
9. Steinbeck (He writes of where I’m originally from…)
10. Kate (see #6 ;)
11. Noah (I’m an animal person)
12. Michael… ’cause everyone wants to “be like Mike…”

Additional pair: Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan (hahahahaha!)

1. Steve Jobs: no contest.
2. Letterman.
3. Jack McCoy. He has some rather attractive ADAs over the years.
4. DiMaggio.
5. Lincoln.
6. Cary Grant.
7. McCain, if only so I could find out why he’s selling his soul in an attempt to become president.
8. Dylan: much more depth.
9. Steinbeck: no contest.
10. Meryl.
11. Adam: it would clear up some doubts. ;-)
12. Tiger.

Here are some more…
Colin Powell or Condoleeza Rice
Sitting Bull or Geronimo
The Dalai Lama or Hu Jintao

Hugh Hefner or Bob Guccione

Chin Ho Kelly or Danny “Danno” Williams

Jesus or Muhammad

Bambi or Thumper

Tigger or Piglet

When I posted the list before I later added:

Eleanor Roosevelt or Jackie Kennedy
General Grant or General Lee
Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II
Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein
Mary Kate or Ashley
Jed Bartlet or Mackenzie Allen
Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday
Marianne or Elinor

Roy Rogers or Dale Evans

Oprah Winfrey or J.K. Rowling

Robert Frost or Walt Whitman

Paul Simon or Paul McCartney or Paulie Shore

Kevin Bacon or Francis Bacon

Heckle or Jeckle?
Tom or Jerry?
Itchy or Scratchy?
Aquaman or The Flash?
Toody or Muldoon?
Morticia or Lily?
Maryann or Ginger?