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Old 03-23-2004, 04:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Fantasy Dinner Party

Not sure if this has been done before (yes, I did a search), so I decided to start a thread on Fantasy Dinner Parties.

Here's the deal. You can invite any seven guests to your party. They have to be real historical or contemporary guests.

Who would YOU love to spend an evening in conversation with and why?


My choices are


1) Julius Ceaser
I am fascinated by Roman history, especially the Fall of the Republic. I would love to hear his side of the story, listen to him recount his campaigns in Gaul, his opinion of Cicero.

2) Jesus Christ
Though I'm an atheist, I believe Jesus was a real man who died for his beliefs. For the record, I haven't seen the current movie.

3) Winston Churchill
I find Churchill fascinating. Maybe he would be able to throw light on what Hess was really thinking when he flew to Scotland, or possible explain that infamous "destroyed telegram" that Himmler sent towards the end of the war.

4) Oliver Sachs
A gifted writer, humanist and pyschologist.

5) Noam Chomsky
Politically I'm left of centre and I find Chomsky's writings on socio-political subjects enlightening. I'm also a fan of neuro-linguistics and I'd love to discuss his debunking of Skinner's work.

6) Alexander the Great
Do I need to explain?

7) Thimistocles
The saviour of Athens during the Greco-Persian wars (another pet topic). Was he really bluffing about fleeing just before Salamis? Did he really make the Troezen Decree? How did he feel living his last days in the court of his great enemy?


Honourable mentions go to Abraham Lincoln, Richard Attenborough, Jean Moulin, Sameul Pepys, Charles Darwin, Daniel C Dennet, Steven Gould, Richard Dawkins (a bit of a pattern here, eh?!), Primo Levy, Cicero, Herodotus, Augustus Ceaser, Stalin and so many many more...



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Old 03-23-2004, 05:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Joan of Arc, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Sun Tzu, Adolf Hitler, Marilyn Manson, Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Old 03-23-2004, 05:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I hope you only want to invite Hitler so you can poison his soup...



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Old 03-23-2004, 05:27 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hmm...
1) Bob Dylan
He's the most influential and best musician of the 20th century. He's also a really cool guy.
2) Shakespeare
He's the best writer of all time. I'm sure he'd have a lot of interesting stuff to say.
3) Herman Hesse
Excellent and intellectual writer, also a favorite of mine.
4) Charlie Chaplin
An excellent filmmaker and comedian. He'd be a laugh.
5) Jesus Christ
He’s Jesus, he’d have a lot to talk about.
6) Charlemagne
He’s supposed to be a really charismatic guy, so he’d be great to have too.
7) Benjamin Franklin
One of the forefathers of the US and a very complex guy as well.
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Old 03-23-2004, 05:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Off the top of my head.... I'd go with Al Capone, JFK, Bob Marley, Nelson Mandela, and Bruce Lee.
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Old 03-23-2004, 05:35 PM   #6 (permalink)
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2) Shakespeare
He's the best writer of all time. I'm sure he'd have a lot of interesting stuff to say.
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Old 03-23-2004, 05:54 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'd like to have dinner with Mark Cuban, Robert F Kennedy, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Frank Abagnale Jr

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Old 03-23-2004, 06:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
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flyman

bundy

bernadette

ruprex

giant hamburger

fremen

astrocloud

Gotta be serious most of the time for work.

Come dinner, it's time to bust balls!

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Old 03-23-2004, 07:50 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I think I would have to go with (in no particular order)
Jesus
Adolf Hitler
Charles Manson
Jack the Ripper
The guy "A Beautiful Mind" was based on
Ho Chi Minh
Sigmund Freud
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Old 03-23-2004, 07:52 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Jesus Christ (one of the most influential people in the span of human history), Beethoven (my favourite composer), George Clooney (hey, he's a hometown boy...seriously, he's from my area of Kentucky), Gene Wilder (I just love him for some reason. He's adorable), Leonardo Da Vinci (fascinating artist...absolutely fascinating) Audrey Hepburn (absolutely gorgeous actress and great humanitarian) and Eva Peron (I'd love to have a conversation with her...fascinating character)

I had to include some women. What good is a party without women?

If I could include fictional characters, I'd definetly want Jack Sparrow and Hannibal Lecter present...oh, and Sabrina Fairchild, my namesake. :-)
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Old 03-23-2004, 07:57 PM   #11 (permalink)
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One of them would have to be Nietzsche. Still thinking on the rest.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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One of them would have to be Nietzsche. Still thinking on the rest.
Is that meant to be a pun?

:-)

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Old 03-23-2004, 08:22 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I would have dinner with 7 different versions of me.

How fucked up would that be?
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:42 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Is that meant to be a pun?

:-)

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I feel bad for the other 6 who would have to sit with him.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:43 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Benjamin Franklin
Robert E. Lee
Aristotle
Ghengis Khan
Franklin Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Julius Caesar

There would be some interesting discussions there. Politics and the role of government between Jefferson and Roosevelt; military tactics between Caesar, Ghengis and Lee; science between Aristotle and Franklin; and so on.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:45 PM   #16 (permalink)
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That girl I've always wanted to ask out

but since shes not part of history or anything important(yet)
I'd have to go with (assuming I'd be able to speak their language):
Mao, Hitler, Washington, Jefferson, GengisKhan, Saddam, & Bin Laden

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Old 03-23-2004, 11:41 PM   #17 (permalink)
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General George Patton

Rommel

J F K

Richard Nixon

Pope John Paul

Moses

God

Jimmy Hendrix

Jim Morrison
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Old 03-24-2004, 12:08 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Old 03-24-2004, 12:48 AM   #19 (permalink)
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flyman

bundy

bernadette

ruprex

giant hamburger

fremen

astrocloud
great list.
but i'd go one step further and insist that everyone dress up as a famous person from history.
as in, i'd demand that Flyman come as Erik Estrada... Bernadette as Xena: Warrior Princess... Fremen as Caesar... Giant Hamburger as Genghis Khan... etc...

mind you, those are just suggestions... i'll come back and edit after some more thought.
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Old 03-24-2004, 01:12 AM   #20 (permalink)
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- Quentin Tarantino
- Jezebel
- Aeire
- Chris Rock
- and the two men that I am in love with
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Old 03-24-2004, 01:21 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Personally, I would rather have a nice evening of exchanging stories and listening to others talk, plus, serious philosophy would get way to boring, i'd rather have:

Christopher walken

Q. Tarintino

Mel Gibson

Ryan Stiles

Kevin Smith

Lewis Black

My Girlfriend - I wouldn't want her to miss out on a great night w/ all those kick ass people

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Old 03-24-2004, 08:01 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Seven for Dinner:

1. Jesus Christ – I think he would be a wonderful source of perspective - even on secular subjects.
2. Leonardi da Vinci – The “Renaissance Man” himself. Jack of all trades; master of none? Don’t tell that to this guy.
3. Isaac Newton – The greatest mind this planet has known; also – I just gotta ask – “How in the hell does someone ‘invent’ calculus?”
4. Plato – I’d like to gain further insight into his concept of the “Ideal Form.”
5. Moses – I’d like to know what it was like to have a discussion with God – and ask if he ate any cactus ‘buttons’ beforehand. Also – why did it take him 40 years just to cross the Sinai Peninsula?
6. Helen of Troy – just to see what all the fuss was about.
7. Last – but certainly not least - My Dad. Just to see him one more time, and talk about all the major events in my life since his passing 13 years ago
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Old 03-24-2004, 08:37 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Hmm.

Buddha
Jesus
Mohammed
Moses
Martin Luther
Thomas Aquinas
Bertrand Russell

That would do.
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Old 03-24-2004, 09:39 AM   #24 (permalink)
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1.) Thomas Jefferson

2.) Vercingetorix

3.) Leonardo da Vinci

4.) Pope Innocent VIII

5.) Tacitus

6.) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

7.) Lt. Col. George A. Custer
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Old 03-24-2004, 01:46 PM   #25 (permalink)
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No sure about Custer. I would have no real desire to "waste" one of my spaces on him. Who wants a self-serving, self-obsessed meglomaniac for dinner?



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Old 03-24-2004, 02:20 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Very hard to choose, there are so many more I would add...

Gandhi
Louis Armstrong
Van Gogh
Mark Twain
Mother Teresa
Albert Einstein
Steve McCurry
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Old 03-24-2004, 06:12 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Robert E. Lee
Bill Clinton
George Carlin
Dan Savage
Salvadore Dali
Ernest Hemingway
Jimmy Buffett
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Old 03-24-2004, 07:23 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Albert Einstein
Michael Faraday
Leonhard Euler
Karl Gauss
Socrates
Sigmund Freud
Cleopatra
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Old 03-24-2004, 07:43 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Jesus
Julius Caeser
Johnny Cash
Weird Al
Tom Lehrer
HP Lovecraft
JRR Tolkien
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Old 03-24-2004, 07:52 PM   #30 (permalink)
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1) John William Waterhouse (so I could get him to give me his "the magic circle" painting)

2) Some randomly wicked hot Irish guy (for my own special purposes.... *evil grin* )

3) Princess Diana

4) Margot Adler

5) Jostein Gaarner

6) Aphrodite

7) Brighid
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Old 03-24-2004, 08:24 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Well since seveen loose women is the obvious answer... My next seven would have to be:

1) Glenn Danzig,
2) Johnny Cash,
3) The Dalai Lama,
4) Roger Clemens,
5) Todd McFarlane,
6) Brett Favre, and
7) Mike Ditka
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Old 03-27-2004, 06:54 PM   #32 (permalink)
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great list.
but i'd go one step further and insist that everyone dress up as a famous person from history.
as in, i'd demand that Flyman come as Erik Estrada... Bernadette as Xena: Warrior Princess... Fremen as Caesar... Giant Hamburger as Genghis Khan... etc...

mind you, those are just suggestions... i'll come back and edit after some more thought.
And Paddy Joe as John F Kennedy. Bundy should go as Sydney Moon.
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Old 03-27-2004, 09:50 PM   #33 (permalink)
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2) Some randomly wicked hot Irish guy (for my own special purposes.... *evil grin* )

Do I count? :-)

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Old 03-27-2004, 10:55 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Jesus
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
TS Eliot
Shakespeare
Elliott Smith

and Jack Black, just to keep it funny
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Old 03-27-2004, 11:36 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Old 03-27-2004, 11:53 PM   #36 (permalink)
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this is hard....

Jesus - Son of God, how awesome is that?
Leonardo da Vinci - one of the greatest minds EVER
Adolf Hitler - to get inside his mind
Sigmund Freud - gotta have the most popular psychologist
Thomas Aquinas - just an awesome guy
Adam (as in Adam and Eve) - the interaction between Jesus and Adam would just in one word AMAZING
Albert Einstein - talk some physics with the dude
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Old 03-28-2004, 06:10 AM   #37 (permalink)
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1-jesus
2-mohamed the prophet
3-julius ceasar
4-elvis
5-jrr tolkein
6-shakespeare
7-satan
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Old 03-28-2004, 07:14 AM   #38 (permalink)
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I would invite Jesus to my dinner, but when you see my guest list, I think you could agree with me that Jesus would want no part in it:

1) Jennifer Connelly
2) Jessica Simpson
3) Beyonce
4) Britney Spears
5) Elisha Cuthbert
6 & 7) The Miller Light Catfight Girls

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Old 03-28-2004, 11:56 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Wow, great thread... had to think on this for a while before choosing...

1. Jesus Christ
I'm quite religious. How many questions can I have for just 1 person? Too many, I figure. Good thing I hear he's patient.

2. William Shakespeare
Incredible writer, want to pick his brain.

3. Edgar Allen Poe
Same as Shakespeare- except that I'd also want to know why he chose to take his life in such a downward direction, rather than immersing himself in writing. (he was an alcoholic and died in a gutter on the street from alcohol poisoning)

4. Sigmund Freud
I have a fascination with psychology, he'd be awesome to chat with.

5. Leonardo da Vinci
Great inventor, great artist, and brought about the Renaissance. Must have been amazing.

6. Orson Wells
Just for The War of the Worlds stunt alone, not to mention the rest of his great talents. Great dramatic writer/director.

7. Nietzsche
Really have a sit-down and see what he's about. He and Freud could chat a bit.
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Old 03-28-2004, 12:30 PM   #40 (permalink)
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7 people (Im assuming I can actually understand everyone, otherwise this could be a really boring dinner)

Nietzsche
- Well why not, the man was amazingly brilliant

Alexander the Great
- Obvious

Sun Tzu
- To sign my copy of Art of War, and explain a few things

Shakeseare
- To tell us all stories

John Donne
- To teach me to write love poetry

My grandfathers on both sides of my family
- I never met both of them, as they died before I was born, I would love to meet them, and let them meet me
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