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Mephisto2 03-23-2004 04:57 PM

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...



Mr Mephisto

Tempboy 03-23-2004 05:07 PM

In no particular order..

Joan of Arc, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Sun Tzu, Adolf Hitler, Marilyn Manson, Leonardo Da Vinci.

Mephisto2 03-23-2004 05:17 PM

I hope you only want to invite Hitler so you can poison his soup...

:)

Mr Mephisto

Gortexfogg 03-23-2004 05:27 PM

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.

jay-g 03-23-2004 05:28 PM

Off the top of my head.... I'd go with Al Capone, JFK, Bob Marley, Nelson Mandela, and Bruce Lee.

Mephisto2 03-23-2004 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gortexfogg

2) Shakespeare
He's the best writer of all time. I'm sure he'd have a lot of interesting stuff to say.
[/B]
Can't believe I overlooked Shakespeare!!

Mr Mephisto

Halx 03-23-2004 05:54 PM

I'd like to have dinner with Mark Cuban, Robert F Kennedy, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Frank Abagnale Jr

Business, Politics, Poetry, Prose and Persuasion

paddyjoe 03-23-2004 06:43 PM

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!

StormBerlin 03-23-2004 07:50 PM

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

SabrinaFair 03-23-2004 07:52 PM

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. :-)

Aletheia 03-23-2004 07:57 PM

One of them would have to be Nietzsche. Still thinking on the rest.

Mephisto2 03-23-2004 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aletheia
One of them would have to be Nietzsche. Still thinking on the rest.
Is that meant to be a pun?

:-)

Mr Mephisto

World's King 03-23-2004 08:22 PM

I would have dinner with 7 different versions of me.

How fucked up would that be?

Aletheia 03-23-2004 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
Is that meant to be a pun?

:-)

Mr Mephisto

:lol:

I feel bad for the other 6 who would have to sit with him.

djtestudo 03-23-2004 08:43 PM

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.

1337haxor 03-23-2004 08:45 PM

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

-Robert

KeyserSoze 03-23-2004 11:41 PM

General George Patton

Rommel

J F K

Richard Nixon

Pope John Paul

Moses

God

Jimmy Hendrix

Jim Morrison

sexymama 03-24-2004 12:08 AM

Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Mary Magdalene, Emily Dickenson, Mother Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Cleopatra

bundy 03-24-2004 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by paddyjoe
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.

Cherry 03-24-2004 01:12 AM

- Kevin Smith
- Quentin Tarantino
- Jezebel
- Aeire
- Chris Rock
- and the two men that I am in love with

Stare At The Sun 03-24-2004 01:21 AM

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 :)

yournamehere 03-24-2004 08:01 AM

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

Yakk 03-24-2004 08:37 AM

Hmm.

Buddha
Jesus
Mohammed
Moses
Martin Luther
Thomas Aquinas
Bertrand Russell

That would do.

Bill O'Rights 03-24-2004 09:39 AM

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

Mephisto2 03-24-2004 01:46 PM

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?

:)

Mr Mephisto

NoLa 03-24-2004 02:20 PM

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

TM875 03-24-2004 06:12 PM

Robert E. Lee
Bill Clinton
George Carlin
Dan Savage
Salvadore Dali
Ernest Hemingway
Jimmy Buffett

stingc 03-24-2004 07:23 PM

Albert Einstein
Michael Faraday
Leonhard Euler
Karl Gauss
Socrates
Sigmund Freud
Cleopatra

doomdoom 03-24-2004 07:43 PM

Jesus
Julius Caeser
Johnny Cash
Weird Al
Tom Lehrer
HP Lovecraft
JRR Tolkien

Sue 03-24-2004 07:52 PM

1) John William Waterhouse (so I could get him to give me his "the magic circle" painting) :D

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

bparker805 03-24-2004 08:24 PM

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

Astrocloud 03-27-2004 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bundy
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.

Mephisto2 03-27-2004 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sue

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


Do I count? :-)

Mr Mephisto

mystmarimatt 03-27-2004 10:55 PM

Jesus
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
TS Eliot
Shakespeare
Elliott Smith

and Jack Black, just to keep it funny

sadistikdreams 03-27-2004 11:36 PM

everyone from the nonsense board...
hehe

soccerchamp76 03-27-2004 11:53 PM

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

Fire 03-28-2004 06:10 AM

1-jesus
2-mohamed the prophet
3-julius ceasar
4-elvis
5-jrr tolkein
6-shakespeare
7-satan

H12 03-28-2004 07:14 AM

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

:)

analog 03-28-2004 11:56 AM

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.

losthellhound 03-28-2004 12:30 PM

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

greytone 03-28-2004 04:12 PM

I am not sure how to round out the lsit, but my priority would be on people who were well rounded rather than experts in a narrow field. The ultimate Renaissance man is Leonardo da Vinci who was the leader in both art and science at his time. He also dabled in the culinary arts, perhaps he could cater. The other must have on the list would be the Leonardo of his time, Benjamin Franklin. I think that Bob Hope would be a great choice. He certainly could bring humor to the table.

Now we need four women. History is full of well rounded women, but they have not been nearly so well documented. After a few movies I have seen recently I am tempted to choose the women by different criteria. Monica Potter and Kate Beckinsale are high on the list. Lucy would also be fun. I think I will round out the table with Helen Hunt.

irateplatypus 03-29-2004 12:17 AM

J.R.R. Tolkien
Jesus Christ
Alexander the Great
Abraham Lincoln
St. Paul
Siddhartha Gautama
Adolf Hitler

Mephisto2 03-29-2004 03:12 AM

I like your reasoning greytone. Bob Hope would certainly be welcome!

I erred in not considering an equal number of women in my first choice. Thinking about it now, I think I would consider Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Madame Curie and maybe Mother Theresa...

Mr Mephisto

clifclav 03-30-2004 09:12 AM

Apostle Paul. Best Religous Leader

James Polk. Best President

Henry Fielding. Best Writer

J.S. Bach. Best Artist

Captain of the Mary Celeste. WTF Happened

Someone who could speak Aramaic, Greek and old German to translate.

Bill O'Rights 03-30-2004 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
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?
Well, I would be there, afterall. :)

Actually, there are a couple of questions that I would like to put forth to the Colonel.
For example; What exactly did you mean when you replied "I won't." to General Terry's instruction of "Do not be greedy, Custer,save some indians for the rest of us."?
And just the basic; What in the HELL were you thinking?

Mephisto2 03-30-2004 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
Well, I would be there, afterall. :)

Actually, there are a couple of questions that I would like to put forth to the Colonel.
For example; What exactly did you mean when you replied "I won't." to General Terry's instruction of "Do not be greedy, Custer,save some indians for the rest of us."?
And just the basic; What in the HELL were you thinking?

LOL

OK, fair enough. :-)

Now, Crazy Horse or Sitting Bull would be interesting "backup" guests too...


Mr Mephisto

warrrreagl 03-31-2004 07:54 AM

1) John Lennon
2) Paul McCartney
3) Linda Eastman McCartney
4) George Harrison
5) Patti Boyd Harrison
6) Ringo Starr
7) Maureen Starkey

water_boy1999 03-31-2004 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
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?

:)

Mr Mephisto

Quote:

Originally posted by The Original King
I would have dinner with 7 different versions of me.

Does this answer your question?

I would have to pick the following:

Charlie Chaplin-Always loved his slapstick comedy. I think he would be a good addition to lighten the mood.

Ludwig Von Beethoven-For pre and post dinner entertainment. Also because he was a freaking nut and I think he would be great to talk to.

Albert Einstein-To bring the intellectual conversation to it's peak.

Marilyn Monroe-Because she was a hot, sexy piece of ass.

Jesus- I too am not religious, but I do think he was a real man with real ideals.

Adolf Hitler-Although we don't agree with his philosophies, he was a genuis in his own right. To commandeer an entire country to think the way he did took some impressive oral prowess.

Benjamin Franklin-Because he is one of the greatest inventors of our time.

noahfor 03-31-2004 11:06 AM

Bill Hicks
Einstein
A Native American Shaman
My girlfriend

Mondak 03-31-2004 11:32 AM

I am limited to English Speakers unlike the rest of you.

Thomas Edison - I wanna hang out with this guy and let him use the internet and mess with the LEDs, Resisters, Capacitors, ICs and transistors on the workbench in my garage.

Laura Ingles Wilder - Kinda want to take her for a ride in a car. It took them forever to get anywhere and I bet she would find that interesting. I would also feed her candy and listen to her describe what she is seeing.

Jim Leyritz - The King. Drink beers and learn what it is like to be a winner.

George Patten - Crazy loon. Pair him up with Jim and have them get drunk while I chill with Edison and Laura Ingles. Then come back after he is good and loaded and have him tell me about the time he rode the Elephants into Europe to take it over...

Ronald Reagan - After the others are passed out, I would end the night hearing about how Ronnie defeated communism and won the cold war.

greytone 03-31-2004 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by water_boy1999
Benjamin Franklin-Because he is one of the greatest inventors of OUR time.
How old are you?


Sorry, but I can not help being a smart ass.

tisonlyi 03-31-2004 04:28 PM

Bill Hicks
Mozart
John Lennon
Siddhartha Gautama, aka The Buddha
Tesla
Marquis de Sade
Albert Einstein

Mephisto2 03-31-2004 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tisonlyi

Marquis de Sade


Interesting...

Just don't bend down to pick up the salt!


(corny...)


Mr Mephisto

tisonlyi 03-31-2004 04:55 PM

All genuine ground breakers and/or original thinkers.

I reckon.

The Marquis wasn't particularly original, but he certainly broke ground (at least in having the gaul to write down his exploits)...

;)


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