dinner party? who would you invite? living or dead

loveheartsandnicotine

id have to have Kevin Myers and Peter Ustinov...then i could sit back and relax cos i know the conversation would be wonderful
So what about the rest of you?

DeVore

Oooh good question!

Hmm, see I'd want to take advantage of the situation to find stuff out from them (like I'd invite Einstein for certain to ask him tons of stuff about Relativity).

Presuming that good conversation is the promary reason to invite people hmmmmm...

I'd still invite Einstein as he was a funny and philosophical person... I'd be tempted to invite Ghandi. I'd give anything to talk to Alan Turing. Garret Fitzgerald always struck me as guy who's very smart and would make a great guest.Sean Connery would be interesting to chat to and for some female accompanyment (cos I just realised this list is all male!) I'd go for Joan of Arc (provided she didnt chop us all up) and Cori Aquino (sp?).

DeV.

Zukustious

Yeah I'd go with Einstein and Ghandi too. Providing they both spoke fluent English.

This may sound weird and you'll think I'm evil for this, but I'd invite Hitler. I'd actually like to hear his side of the story. It would probably be the most ridiculous load of bullplop ever spoken. But all I've heard about WWII is the American version. It's not like I'm a nazi or anything, I just like to hear both sides of the story before judging the event.

Mozart. I watched a movie on him last night and he seemed like an unbelievable person. He listens to a song once, and then is able to play it perfectly.

Stephen Hawking would be pretty cool. I liked his book, but there are a few questions I need answering.

The Dalaí Lama. You don't get wisdom much purer than that. He'd be cool to have.

Buddha. I don't know if you'd classify him as dead but they say he reached enlightenment. I'd wanna ask him "How?"

All of these people would need to speak English, or I'd have to invite some translators too.

ykt0di9url7bc3

Oh to have Winston Churchill (some wit), General Patton (great conversation world events and world history) , Jeremy Paxman (if you havent seen this guy in action then you've missed something amazing) , Truman Capote (going by his books...interesting character), David Attenbourough (man of the world) and last but not least Micheal Palin (man of the world also)


i dont know if i could even eat!

Manach

Oh, I'd try and make this a study of contrasts.
Oscar Wilde and Duke of Welligton
Jimmy Cagney and Sean Penn
GK Chesterton and GB Shaw
deGaulle and Churchill
And the catering taken care of by Nigella Lawson.

Clintons Cat

This may sound weird and you'll think I'm evil for this, but I'd invite Hitler. I'd actually like to hear his side of the story. It would probably be the most ridiculous load of bullplop ever spoken. But all I've heard about WWII is the American version. It's not like I'm a nazi or anything, I just like to hear both sides of the story before judging the event.

Try "Hitlers Table Talk" by Martin Boreman...You would be suprised how many times the word Syphillius is mentioned in it.Fascinating topic for dinner conversation.:ninja:

Blitzkrieger

I'd have Billy Connelly and Terry Pratchet and lmao.

ballooba

Adolf Hitler
Michael Bloomberg
Mother Theresa
Charles Manson
George Bush
Saddam Hussein
Yassar Arafat

And just for sh*ts and giggles..

Gerry Adams
Ian Paisley

Irish_Ranger_IR

Jesus.......

Hitler Vs Stalin


The Rock


2 pairs of boxing gloves, The Rock as the ref, and let them slug it out, while I eat dinner with Jesus, i would like to ask him a load of questions..

Nemici

I would invite

chevy chase
bill murray
and steve martin (when they were all funny)

loveheartsandnicotine

Oh I forgot! I'd invite Vinny Jones also...to stop Ustinov and Myers brawling in my kitchen when they disagreed........tho maybe Nigella Lawson would be a better deterrent???? (who suggested her?? You think I cant cook?....Man if ya were real nice id even let you watch me licking my fingers...Just like Nigella does;)
I forgot about Garret Fitzgerald....I think id replace Myers with him..
Did I forget to mention? After inviting ALL your pals over You only have room for 2. Fot Gods Sake! Where Doo YOU live? The mansion house?

loveheartsandnicotine

As you can see after reading that? my guest list is never ending....depends on the mood maybe?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

hrm.. I'd invite beruthiel, amp, and the corinthian. and maybe dev's hair if I was feeling experimental.

loveheartsandnicotine

WHY??? think of a person who will entertain you with their wit......lmao em.........ozzy if its a BBQ?......this begs a question, how many here can cook......and noooooo we are NOT talking curry or spag bol.........so? entertain us women? tell us what ya cook:))

Tusky

Pat Kenny, Tom Jones aaaaaand Harrison Ford ! oh what a party it would be rofl :rolleyes:

Excelsior

C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton and er, Gerry from Boards.ie

BattleBoar

long list...

Winston Churchill
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin

Ghenghis Khan
Hannibal
Patrick Henry

Martin Luther King Jr.
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Pythagoras
Galileo Galilei
Leonardo Da Vinci
Confucius

Jackie Robinson
Michael Jordan
Mohammed Ali

and last but definitely not least (surprised no one has mentioned this one yet)
Jesus Christ


...oh, and translators

Kell

Originally posted by Blitzkrieger
I'd have Billy Connelly and Terry Pratchet and lmao.

Here here. You'd spend two days mopping the floods from the kitchen floor. I'd have Conrad Gallagher to do the catering and just sit back and wait for the other two to take the complete píss out of him. Oh, and Bill Hicks could join us for the dessert course.

K-

loveheartsandnicotine

ok.........we have Kevin Myers,( i think he is a standbye if Garret cant make it, put him 1st, feed his ego) so we REALLY have peter ustinov, garret.jesus christ and hitler............now what do we cook????...
Gimme a menu
i dare ye...and NO nigella lawson is NOT invited..she licks her fingers WAY too much (she probably pick her nose too, that why)

Éomer of Rohan

OOOOH, good question - a party of eight including myself would have to be, Nikita S Khrushchev, George Orwell, James Connolly, Oscar Wilde, Pericles, Julius Caear and Franklin D Roosevelt. There would be some pretty intense conversation (and I daresay disagreement) around that table.