You wouldn't want to be a mammoth hunter! : Dangerous beasts you'd rather not encounter

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

You wouldn't want to be a Victorian servant! : a thankless job you'd rather not have

You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13! : a mission you'd rather not go on

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

You wouldn't want to be an Aztec sacrifice! : gruesome things you'd rather not know

You wouldn't want to be a Salem witch! : bizarre accusations you'd rather not face

You wouldn't want to be a suffragist! : a protest movement that's rougher than you expected

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

You wouldn't want to be an Assyrian soldier! : an ancient army you'd rather not join

You wouldn't want to be a medieval knight! : armor you'd rather not wear

You wouldn't want to be Joan of Arc! : a mission you might want to miss

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

You wouldn't want to be Mary, Queen of Scots! : a ruler who really lost her head

You wouldn't want to be a Sumerian slave! : a life of hard labor you'd rather avoid

You wouldn't want to be a pirate's prisoner! : horrible things you'd rather not know

You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do

You wouldn't want to be a worker on the Statue of Liberty! : a monument you'd rather not build

You wouldn't want to be a World War II pilot! : air battles you might not survive

You wouldn't want to be a Shakespearean actor! : some roles you might not want to play

You wouldn't want to be a skyscraper builder! : a hazardous job you'd rather not take

You wouldn't want to be an American pioneer! : a wilderness you'd rather not tame

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