You wouldn't want to be a Greek athlete! : races you'd rather not run

You wouldn't want to live in Pompeii! : a volcanic eruption you'd rather avoid

You wouldn't want to be a Roman Gladiator! : Gory things you'd rather not know

You wouldn't want to be in the Forbidden City! : a sheltered life you'd rather avoid

You wouldn't want to be a Mayan soothsayer! : fortunes you'd rather not tell

You wouldn't want to sail on the Titanic! : one voyage you'd rather not make

You wouldn't want to be an Inca mummy! : a one-way journey you'd rather not make

You wouldn't want to be a 19th-century coal miner in England! : a dangerous job you'd rather not have

You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship! : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make