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Childhood memories and dreams?

Methos

Fleet Captain
Fleet Captain
We've all grown up, faced life, got our own jobs and dreams now... but think back for a second, back however many years to when the world was still innocent and full of adventure...

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so, if you drew the panels above, what would your answers be?

This actually brought back a lot of memories thinking about these... come on guys, relive your childhood and answer below :D

my profession would be: Deep sea explorer
my wife would be: Supergirl (Helen Slater)
my car would be: Flying car from The Jetsons
my home would be: Crystal cave at the north pole
my best friend would be: Superman
my backyard would have: Random aliens to talk to
all my dinners would include: Pizza
my kids would be named: no clue lmao

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my profession would be: Lunar Colonist/Astronaut
my wife would be: Altaira from Forbidden Planet..(Anne Francis in her prime)
my car would be: A rocket pack
my home would be: Lunar Base 1
my best friend would be: Major Matt Mason
my backyard would have: Random aliens to talk to
all my dinners would include: Pizza
my kids would be named: Ryan, Stewart, and Ian (about the only thing that matched my childhood)

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My profession would be: Movie Director
My husband would be: Thomas Magnum
My car would be: The A-Team van
My home would be: Robin's Nest
My best friend would be: Johnny Fever from WKRP
My backyard would have: the beach
All my dinners would include: chocolate ice cream
My kids would be named: Dirk & Harrison
 
Profession: Marine Biologist
Husband: Danger Mouse!
Car: A robot. Preferably one that looked like a lion and really roared (I remember that letter to Santa exceptionally well).
Home: Pirate Ship
Best Friend: The Traveller (I know, I know, but I was 5! And I desperately wanted him to save me and take me on adventures across the universe.)
Backyard: Would be full of fossils and buried treasure.
Dinners: chocolate chip cookies
Kids' names: Milo (from the Phantom Tollbooth, and still the name I'd name a son) and Sebastian (don't know why, but I always liked it)
 
My profession: astronaut
My wife: Wilma Deering
My car would be: the Landmaster from Damnation Alley.
My home would be: Moonbase Alpha
My best friends would be: Rick, T.C. and Higgins
My backyard would have: a landing pad for my fully functional Eagle
All my dinners would include: some form of chicken
My kids would be named: Starbuck and Apollo (back when BSG was cool)
 
my profession would be: Marine biologist
my husband would be: (I actually never thought of this. Had no crushes)
my car would be: A Bug
my home would be: Log cabin
my best friend would be: Sailor Moon ;)
my backyard would have: Huge fenced in yard with 12 great danes
all my dinners would include: Mashed potatoes with carrots mashed in :D
my kids would be named: Dana, Christine, Jacob... lol
 
I'll do it... with a twist:

My profession would be: Astronomer
What it turned out: Astronomer! (yay! --- even if astronomy turned out to involve way less spaceships than I imagined.)

My wife be: No time for wives, too busy doing science.
What it turned out: I happily live with my fiancée. (So, score for the old iguana!)

My car would be: a Ferrari Testarossa.
What it turned out: a Toyota Yaris (ok, as an Italian, I really fumbled this.)

My home would be: Wayne Manor.
What it turned out: a cozy little condo in the outskirts of the city (well, less rooms to dust, I guess... :shifty:)

My best friend would be: my best friend from grade school.
What it turned out: my best friend from high school (ok, kinda boring.)

My backyard would have: I live in Italy, we don't have backyards.

All my dinners would include: Meatloaf.
What it turned out: Salad. (The 7-years old iguana in my mind is horrified, I tell you.)

My kids would be named: Jules and Verne.
What it turned out: no kids yet... so there is hope for young Master Jules and li'l Verny.

Fun stuff. :D
 
my profession would be: Race Driver
my wife would be: Topanga
my car would be: Type 6 Shuttle
my home would be: the best tree fort ever
my best friend would be: my childhood best friend
my backyard would have: another best tree fort ever
all my dinners would include: thanksgiving dinner and/or pizza
my kids would be named: Zachary, and or Zoe(or Zooey)
 
my profession would be: there were several when i was a small child, incuding digger driver, train driver and racing driver. i can't drive squat.
my wife would be: either Wilma Deering or Lady Jaye from GI Joe.
my car would be: a Lambo Countach. yellow.
my home would be: no idea
my best friend would be: no idea
my backyard would have: no idea
all my dinners would include: no idea (when i was a kid, all i thought about was having the Lambo, being married and having kids)
my kids would be named: no idea, possibly James or Alex for boys.
 
My profession would be: Space pilot or international spy.
My wife would be: Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds.*
My car would be: James Bond’s Aston Martin.
My home would be: The Monsanto House of Tomorrow at Disneyland.
My best friend would be: Mike Mercury.
My backyard would have: A giant swimming pool with a tunnel leading to a secret submarine pen.
All my dinners would include: Kraft macaroni and cheese.
My kids would be named: Sammy and Shelly (our two longest-lived cats).

*I thought Lady Penelope was pretty hot, as puppets go. When I started getting interested in real women, I wanted to marry Emma Peel. (Who didn’t?)
 
My profession would be: veterinarian
My husband would be: Han Solo
My car would be: the Bat Mobile
My home would be: the Shire
My best friend would be: London (the dog from the Littlest Hobo)
My backyard would have: a giant swing set and slide
All my dinners would include: fish and chips
My kids would be named: Unknown, I was never into kids, just pets!
 
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My profession would be: Artist(painter).
My wife would be: Paula Abdul
My car would be: Bigfoot(Monster truck)
My home would be: Thundercat's lair
My best friend would be: Raphael(TMNT)
My backyard would have: A roller coaster
All my dinners would include: Pizza & chicken nuggets
My kids would be named: Salem(F) & Lucas(M)
 
My profession would be: Biologist, who observes wolves in Canada.

My husband would be: d´Artagnan or Dan (Little Men/ Jo´s boys) from the cartoon or Little Joe from Bonanza or Raphael from the Turtles

My car would be: no car, a western style horse

My home would be: a ranch packed with pets and a garden packed with pets...

My best friend would be: Rüdiger, the little vampire

My backyard would have: a big lake with whales

All my dinners would include: melted cheese

My kids would be named: Had only names for all the pets I wanted to have.

TerokNor
 
(J. Allen at the age of 11 would be answering these questions, so that's circa 1991)

my profession would be: Rocket Scientist
my wife would be: Alyssa Milano
my car would be: DeLorean
my home would be: On the starship Enterprise
my best friend would be: Mr. Spock
my backyard would have: different planets to visit
all my dinners would include: Tacos.
my kids would be named: Scotty and Uhura
 
This is my pre-Trek days, so childhood. I remember it quite vividly.

my profession would be: jungle explorer
my husband would be: Batman
my car would be: tamed wild cat
my home would be: a huge tree house
my best friend would be: a wolf
my backyard would have: intense dark forest
all my dinners would include: hardtack, because that is what explorers eat
my kids would be named: never thought about this
 
My profession would be: Astronaut or Pilot
What it turned out: Director/Editor/Post Manager/IT Tech (I did try pilot briefly but for medical reasons was grounded...)

My wife would be: I never thought, but probably my best friend.
What it turned out: My best friend!

My car would be: KITT
What it turned out: Honda Accord

My home would be: Moonbase
What it turned out: Dunedin

My best friend would be: Optimus Prime
What it turned out: See wife

My backyard would have: A pool or something similar to hide Thunderbird 1
What it turned out: A trampoline and sandpit

All my dinners would include: Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
What it turned out: CURRY!!

My kids would be named: Casey and Scott
What it turned out: Amelia, Liam, James
 
my profession would be: Starship Captain, of course.

my wife would be: Sadly, childhood fantasy me never married and had to settle for a harem of no less than Ornella Muti, Pamela Hensley, Maude Adams, and just about every Bond Girl. Tragic, I know.

my car would be: A Visitor fighter from V. With a "Beam Me Up Scotty" bumper sticker. Because there is no intelligent life here.

my home would be: Summer in my vast Ocean fortress. Winter in my vast fortress at the North Pole. Rest of the year in my vast orbital space station fortress.

my best friend would be: Mr. Spock. Or Nightcrawler.

my backyard would have:
Giant tree house shaped like a flying saucer. It would have both a retractable ladder and a retractable ramp. And bunk beds. Because every kid thinks those are cool.

all my dinners would include:
Those little "egg rolls" they used to sell back in the 70s that looked like the pizza rolls they sell now. That and blue fruit and blue Kool Aide. Y'know, for Mr. Spock.

my kids would be named: Jim, or Steve, or Mike, or Austin. Or Spock.
 
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