If you could switch bodies with anyone in the world, would you?

I’m good. You die at the end anyway.

No, I would have to buy all new clothes.

hmmmm… i don’t think I would switch with anyone. Maybe G. Love

I think I would switch bodies with my boyfriend. When I first contemplated this question it was before I had read the details. I kind of figured it would be a temporary switch and I was all in to try to understand what he deals with every day. Then I read the details… After some thought I still think I would trade with him. He has inhabited that body long enough, I would like to be willing to step up and give him a break, especially if he is guaranteed to go to a better place. Not to mention that I would love to know all the stories that guy has in his head and be gifted with his amazing spirituality and wisdom.

Nah, I wouldn’t. I’m perfectly fine with my body and I have no desire to be anyone else. Sure, there are a few people I’d like to switch with as a test maybe for a day (it would be really interesting to have a girl’s body), but nothing that I would want to be permanent.

“They” always want my body.

@ChazMaz Who is this “they” you talk of? :-)

Tom and Jerry

Could I save the option till I was decrepit and old? If so, then yes, I would swap into the first person around 18 years old that looked remotely like my original self.

I would clone myself first, then remove all imperfections (keeping my scars, though). It would be the ultimate fighting & seduction machine.

Then, I would switch to that body!

Yes, I’d switch bodies with Jessica Alba in a minute.

It’s difficult to narrow it down to one. Part of me wants to say Beyonce, so I can sing and shake my bum all day and generally look gorgeous.

Another part of me wants to say someone more athletic, like Paula Radcliffe. I would love to be that fit and run all those marathons. The trouble is though, if I had her body but still my own mind, her/my fitness would deteriorate extremely quickly. She/I would fast become a lazy slug.

Almost anyone. I’d probably draw the line at Rue Paul.

At 66, you betcha, baby. This body won’t last too much longer. I’d switch with a brilliant and beautiful young woman to get the chance to experience something from a totally different perspective.

Yeah, Aishwarya Rai, so long as I still get to be me.

How can you keep your own mind with someone else’s memories? Who you are is mostly a matter of your memory. This isn’t going to work, I’m afraid.

Could I just go back to my younger self? That would make me very happy!!

@Jeruba I would cherish doubling memories. For that reward, I would be most willing to let someone else’s memories impact my “I“ness.

Yeah, Angelina Jolie. I don’t need to explain why, do I?

Fergie. I could sing. and be married to that hot guy. Dumunel

@jazmina88 What is Dumunel?

@jeanmay Fergie’s husband, Josh Duhamel. He is hot.

@py_sue Ah, I see!

First I think- yes! Anything to get away from the pain, illness and the like. Then- no because I wouldn’t want to put this on anyone else. Wouldn’t be fair.

@chyna – “They” come in the middle of the night. Standing over my bed.

I would consider switching with Jimmy Buffett.

@ChazMaz Boy are you lucky. I can’t get anyone to come to my house and stand over my bed or anywhere near it. :-(

Leave a key under the doormat.

Hell, yes, I’d switch in a heartbeat. Not telling who with though.

Sure, I saw just the body the other night in a movie that I’d like to have and the sooner the better. Thanks!

@SuperMouse: A very interesting way to think about it. You sound like you really respect your man!! Nice.

@InspecterJones: I would probably do the same thing my friend, but I’d go for someone a bit better looking than myself, maybe a lot better looking than myself actually.

@ETpro: I agree that doubling memories would be quite the experience, pretty cool I think. I would still be myself if I didn’t loose my memories but only added to them…IMO.

It is nice to dream sometimes,

Stats Thus Far:

About 65% would make the swap

About 20% would reject the offer

The other 15% didn’t really give an answer

Cheers All!

Julia Stiles!

Found it, the model in the opening scene.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380689/

@mikey_ca I find it fascinating to wonder what impact it might have on my own sense of self if I suddenly had all my own memories (including those about who I think I am) but could access a full set of someone else’s memories, including who they thought they were. Would the two of us have arguments within our head? Being it would be her head, and I am really the interloper, would she have veto power or would I?