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Who would you choose to speak to aliens?

62 replies

Beeinalily · 02/05/2023 22:58

Apparently David Attenborough is the popular choice, but I certainly wasn't asked. My choice would be Roy Chubby Brown 😁And you?

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depre · 02/05/2023 22:58

Boris Johnson

Imagine them thinking they had found intelligent life Smile

ClaraThePigeon · 02/05/2023 22:58

Christopher Walken.

AutumnCrow · 02/05/2023 22:59

Jeff Goldblum

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AndTheSurveySays · 02/05/2023 23:00

Roy Chubby Brown would be an excellent choice!

Useruser1 · 02/05/2023 23:03

Posie Parker

Blueuggboots · 02/05/2023 23:13

Barack Obama.

Aylestone · 02/05/2023 23:17

AutumnCrow · 02/05/2023 22:59

Jeff Goldblum

Good one. I can’t think of anyone else now. Maybe Steve Irwin if he was still alive

user1471453601 · 02/05/2023 23:19

Chris Packham.

mexicanandafewdrinks · 02/05/2023 23:22

boy George

AmandaHoldensLips · 02/05/2023 23:23

Kathy Burke

Itdoesnthavetobejusrol · 02/05/2023 23:24

Billy Connelly

Mumteedum · 02/05/2023 23:24

Keanu 😍

HeadbandOverMyEyes · 02/05/2023 23:25

I always find it funny how, when we write SF with this kind of premise, we don't generally assume that the aliens are doing the exact same thing. We act like the aliens they've sent are somehow perfectly representative of how those aliens actually are on the whole, when in reality they may well have sent representatives who are basically the alien version of David Attenborough, the Dalai Lama, Pablo Picasso and Stephen Hawking all rolled into one. We don't usually get a moment when we finally meet the aliens en masse, and we're disappointed to discover than they mostly sit around picking their orifices, playing video games, and doing busy-work office jobs while making crude jokes about aliens of one of the other sexes.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 02/05/2023 23:31

Ha! My first thought when I read your title was DA.

Next thoughts were David Bowie and Princess Anne 😎

Pussycatbeen · 02/05/2023 23:32

King Charles

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 02/05/2023 23:32

Think we'd need a posse rather than an individual.

Enko · 02/05/2023 23:42

Dawn French

BarelyLiterate · 02/05/2023 23:45

Ant & Dec. They should satisfy the aliens of the absence of intelligent life on earth.

Or, more seriously, Obama. Either of them.

BlueRaincoat1 · 02/05/2023 23:48

Barack Obama. Intelligent, knowledgeable and personable.

quietnightmare · 02/05/2023 23:53

Ron Weasley - legend

Mutabiliss · 02/05/2023 23:56

Obama. In fact, maybe we should get him to record something now, for future generations' use.

Candymay · 02/05/2023 23:59

Myself. No question about it

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 03/05/2023 00:02

Are we wanting to impress the aliens and make them stay or terrify them into hotfooting it back to their spaceship?!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 03/05/2023 00:03

Myself. No question about it

Yes, I was thinking that you especially would have the perfect balance of skills for a big job like that Grin

UWhatNow · 03/05/2023 00:04

Joanna Lumley - she’s well travelled, delightful and can talk to anyone.