Dinner Guests

Skip · 07-16-2002, 07:40 AM

Ok ... you know the premise, I'll bet. You are having a dinner party, and just for the fun of it get to invite SEVEN people from throughout history to attend. Your significant other will not be there. Without going off into political, religious, or other pontifications, tell briefly who you would invite and why. Consider individuals for whom you have respect or in whom you have interest. Consider the group dynamic. Consider how late you want to stay up ... but make it interesting.

Skip · 07-16-2002, 08:04 AM

Here's my opening salvo:

Benjamin Franklin - for intelligence, quick wit, first hand knowledge of a time I'd like to know more about, and general bawdiness.
Abraham Lincoln - just because I admire him, and also for his wit.
Isaac Asimov - pretty much a Renaissance man, though overrated as a writer.
Alexander the Great - you've gotta have one of those tormented, uber-men in there, right? (Genghis Kahn and Cyrus the Great were busy)
Mark Twain - see Benjamin Franklin; I intend to have a fun party.
Thomas Edison - just to discover what made him tick, he is an amazing guy.
Alan Turing - speaking of tormented... plus he'd give Edison someone to talk to if things got too crazy.

moose · 07-16-2002, 08:13 AM

1. my grandfather
2. tiger woods
3. lou gehrig
4. hitler (so i could beat the living poo out of him)
5. mussina

6. skip, netshrine's vagabond
7. grover the muppet.

(1-3 are fine for me

)

Max Power · 07-16-2002, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skip
Consider individuals.........in whom you have interest. Consider the group dynamic. Consider how late you want to stay up ... but make it interesting.

The Playboy Centerfold Playmates, Jan. thru July 2002.

Skip · 07-16-2002, 10:03 AM

Gee Steve, thanks for bringing us back to the lowest common denominator....

What would Mrs. Steve and the baby think of this? I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to see you talking this way.

WiredTiger · 07-16-2002, 10:11 AM

Very Interesting.... I see you have a bigger table than most usually you only get three!

1. My Wife (She would be very bummed if I got to meet the following people and she didn't)
2. Queen Elizabeth I - One of the most powerful woman in history. She would have an interesting view on life.
3. Babe Ruth - Although you probably wouldn't want to sit the Babe near QE I
4. Shakespeare
5. Groucho Marx
6. Da Vinci - Hopefully someone could translate. A brilliant mind in both the arts and the sciences. He would be very interested in how the future has turned out.
7. Jesus - Would be interesting to see what he had to say. Don't let the Babe get ahold of him... could be trouble.

sweaver · 07-16-2002, 11:22 AM

I was thinking more what would happen if Jesus got the ear of the Babe...history could have been changed (again).

I'll have to think about this one, although I would bet my guest list would look much like Skip's.

Skip · 07-16-2002, 11:44 AM

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Originally posted by moose

6. skip, netshrine's vagabond

Awww Moooooose. And I must proclaim that "Netshrine Vagabond" is the coolest moniker on this here site.

sweaver · 07-16-2002, 11:50 AM

I don't know, "consigliere" might be, if I knew what it meant.

Skip · 07-16-2002, 12:00 PM

Back to dinner guests ... I hope y'all get into this, because I am very interested in seeing who gets picked.

WiredTiger · 07-16-2002, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Max Power

The Playboy Centerfold Playmates, Jan. thru July 2002.

You owe it to history to invite Hef!

WiredTiger · 07-16-2002, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sweaver
I was thinking more what would happen if Jesus got the ear of the Babe...history could have been changed (again).

I'll have to think about this one, although I would bet my guest list would look much like Skip's.

I don't know. The Babe had a pretty persuasive peronality. My dinner party might cause the end of the universe.

KCBOOMER · 07-16-2002, 12:10 PM

1. My Late Father-in-Law - Probably the man I most respected
2. Einstein - I simply would have to know how he figured out that time was the variable not the speed of light
3. Archmides - Greatest Mathematician of the Classic Age - How did he do the things he did without positional notation
4. Bill Monroe - Father of Bluegrass Music
5. Abe Lincoln - How did he keep from killing McClellan
6. Winston Churchill - A most eccentric and eclectic genius
7. Isaac Newton - Would like to know how he worked out limit theory to make Calculus work.

Skip · 07-16-2002, 12:17 PM

Churchill and Alexander Hamilton were hardest to leave off of my list. Eventually I decided Churchill had been written about so much that he was pretty well covered.

Gosfgiants · 07-16-2002, 12:32 PM

1. Mark Twain
2. John Lennon
3. Karl Marx
4. Augustus Caesar
5. Leonardo DaVinci
6. Thomas Jefferson
7. William Shakespeare

If I could throw in one more person I'd say the Babe. BTW, how would we could we communicate with those people who do not speak English?

07-16-2002, 07:40 AM	#1
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Dinner Guests Ok ... you know the premise, I'll bet. You are having a dinner party, and just for the fun of it get to invite SEVEN people from throughout history to attend. Your significant other will not be there. Without going off into political, religious, or other pontifications, tell briefly who you would invite and why. Consider individuals for whom you have respect or in whom you have interest. Consider the group dynamic. Consider how late you want to stay up ... but make it interesting.

07-16-2002, 12:10 PM	#13
KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	1. My Late Father-in-Law - Probably the man I most respected 2. Einstein - I simply would have to know how he figured out that time was the variable not the speed of light 3. Archmides - Greatest Mathematician of the Classic Age - How did he do the things he did without positional notation 4. Bill Monroe - Father of Bluegrass Music 5. Abe Lincoln - How did he keep from killing McClellan 6. Winston Churchill - A most eccentric and eclectic genius 7. Isaac Newton - Would like to know how he worked out limit theory to make Calculus work. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

07-16-2002, 12:32 PM	#15
Gosfgiants NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,136	1. Mark Twain 2. John Lennon 3. Karl Marx 4. Augustus Caesar 5. Leonardo DaVinci 6. Thomas Jefferson 7. William Shakespeare If I could throw in one more person I'd say the Babe. BTW, how would we could we communicate with those people who do not speak English? __________________ It'll always be Pacbell Park Beat LA!!!

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07-16-2002, 08:04 AM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Here's my opening salvo: Benjamin Franklin - for intelligence, quick wit, first hand knowledge of a time I'd like to know more about, and general bawdiness. Abraham Lincoln - just because I admire him, and also for his wit. Isaac Asimov - pretty much a Renaissance man, though overrated as a writer. Alexander the Great - you've gotta have one of those tormented, uber-men in there, right? (Genghis Kahn and Cyrus the Great were busy) Mark Twain - see Benjamin Franklin; I intend to have a fun party. Thomas Edison - just to discover what made him tick, he is an amazing guy. Alan Turing - speaking of tormented... plus he'd give Edison someone to talk to if things got too crazy.

07-16-2002, 08:13 AM	#3
moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	1. my grandfather 2. tiger woods 3. lou gehrig 4. hitler (so i could beat the living poo out of him) 5. mussina 6. skip, netshrine's vagabond 7. grover the muppet. (1-3 are fine for me )

07-16-2002, 10:03 AM	#5
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Gee Steve, thanks for bringing us back to the lowest common denominator.... What would Mrs. Steve and the baby think of this? I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to see you talking this way.

07-16-2002, 10:11 AM	#6
WiredTiger Guest Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The city of Kaline, Cobb and Greenberg Posts: 3,395	Very Interesting.... I see you have a bigger table than most usually you only get three! 1. My Wife (She would be very bummed if I got to meet the following people and she didn't) 2. Queen Elizabeth I - One of the most powerful woman in history. She would have an interesting view on life. 3. Babe Ruth - Although you probably wouldn't want to sit the Babe near QE I 4. Shakespeare 5. Groucho Marx 6. Da Vinci - Hopefully someone could translate. A brilliant mind in both the arts and the sciences. He would be very interested in how the future has turned out. 7. Jesus - Would be interesting to see what he had to say. Don't let the Babe get ahold of him... could be trouble.

07-16-2002, 11:22 AM	#7
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	I was thinking more what would happen if Jesus got the ear of the Babe...history could have been changed (again). I'll have to think about this one, although I would bet my guest list would look much like Skip's.

07-16-2002, 11:50 AM	#9
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	I don't know, "consigliere" might be, if I knew what it meant.

07-16-2002, 12:00 PM	#10
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Back to dinner guests ... I hope y'all get into this, because I am very interested in seeing who gets picked.

07-16-2002, 12:17 PM	#14
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Churchill and Alexander Hamilton were hardest to leave off of my list. Eventually I decided Churchill had been written about so much that he was pretty well covered.

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