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Post by Plainsman on Nov 23, 2021 21:19:09 GMT -5
This is fun. I can fit five + myself around my round dinner table. Here is my current roster for my "perfect dinner party"...
Thomas Jefferson William Shakespeare Marcus Aurelius T. E. Lawrence Crazy Horse
CH might be bored to tears b/c of the deep cultural gap, plus being surrounded by white-eyes. I could replace him with Robert E. Lee.
What's yours?
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Post by booknpipe on Nov 23, 2021 21:33:48 GMT -5
Tolkien
Teddy Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Lincoln
Dorothy Parker
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Post by urbino on Nov 23, 2021 21:35:44 GMT -5
Hmm...
Abe Lincoln
David Hume
Bill Evans
Rebecca West
Natalie Portman
It doesn't dip very deep into human history, but it should make for interesting dinner conversation.
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 23, 2021 21:37:03 GMT -5
Can Natalie stay after dinner?
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Post by urbino on Nov 23, 2021 21:38:34 GMT -5
Can Natalie stay after dinner? Damn skippy. |
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Post by darktater on Nov 23, 2021 21:39:59 GMT -5
Tolkien
Wallace Stegner
Hemingway
Edgar Allen Poe
Homer
That should be interesting to listen to, and make me feel pretty simple...
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Post by urbino on Nov 23, 2021 21:41:55 GMT -5
Tolkien Teddy Roosevelt Mark Twain Lincoln Dorothy Parker Parker and Twain. Gonna be a lot of laughing at your table. |
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Post by urbino on Nov 23, 2021 21:42:57 GMT -5
Tolkien Wallace Stegner Hemingway Edgar Allen Poe Homer That should be interesting to listen to, and make me feel pretty simple... I could never hang out with Hemingway. We'd end up in a fistfight. |
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Post by darktater on Nov 23, 2021 21:44:44 GMT -5
Tolkien Wallace Stegner Hemingway Edgar Allen Poe Homer That should be interesting to listen to, and make me feel pretty simple... I could never hang out with Hemingway. We'd end up in a fistfight. I'd prefer earlier Hemingway, before the TBI's really kicked in. Really just to understand him more...
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 23, 2021 21:53:27 GMT -5
Tolkien Teddy Roosevelt Mark Twain Lincoln Dorothy Parker Parker and Twain. Gonna be a lot of laughing at your table. And pipe smoke... |
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Post by urbino on Nov 23, 2021 21:56:22 GMT -5
Parker and Twain. Gonna be a lot of laughing at your table. And pipe smoke... I think Hume and Evans were both pipers. Pretty sure I've seen photos of Evans with one, but it could've been a prop. Lincoln wasn't, but I feel like he wouldn't turn down a Canadian or Liverpool loaded with Presbyterian. And Rebecca West would try anything once. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 23, 2021 22:15:54 GMT -5
Nicola Tesla
Mark Twain
Jay Leno
Giacomo Casanova
Bernard Cornwell
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Post by swampgrizzly on Nov 23, 2021 22:34:53 GMT -5
Cleopas and the other disciple of the road to Emmaus fame, plus Elijah the prophet.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Nov 25, 2021 8:28:04 GMT -5
Louis XIV
Napoleon (Bonaparte, not Dynamite)
Aurelius
Seneca
Twain
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Post by oldcajun123 on Nov 25, 2021 9:06:56 GMT -5
 Both my Grandparents, and Parents. , I know I”m common.
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Post by isett2860 on Nov 25, 2021 9:35:34 GMT -5
Easy.
Everyone here!
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃
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Post by Gypo on Nov 25, 2021 9:37:34 GMT -5
Easy. Everyone here! Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 The turkey would be well smoked! |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Nov 25, 2021 10:02:19 GMT -5
Both my Grandparents, and Parents. , I know I”m common. I'd do ANYTHING to have a dinner with my 4 grandparents together. If anything, just so their great grandchildren could meet them. The 4 of them taught me more about life than anyone else ever could. Salt of the Earth. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Nov 25, 2021 10:19:49 GMT -5
Jimeoin
Dara O'Brien
Bill Bailey
Joe Wilkinson
Jon Richardson
I'm all about the laughs.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 25, 2021 11:14:07 GMT -5
Nicola Tesla Mark Twain Jay Leno Giacomo Casanova Bernard Cornwell I want to substitute Sequoyah for Jay Leno. |
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 25, 2021 12:23:09 GMT -5
Good move.
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Post by jeffd on Nov 25, 2021 15:19:31 GMT -5
This is kind of fun to think about. Though many of my heroes I only know through their public persona, and in truth, they might make terrible dinner companions.
And then the realization that, again, in reality, I have nothing in common with the folks i would list, and they certainly would not find me fascinating.
And lastly, I have had the good fortune to interact with a few folks of amazing talent, intellect, and/or creativity. And it has not been my experience that talent of the caliber that makes one a household name also makes one an interesting dinner companion, or even someone fun to spend time with.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 25, 2021 15:55:32 GMT -5
This is kind of fun to think about. Though many of my heroes I only know through their public persona, and in truth, they might make terrible dinner companions. And then the realization that, again, in reality, I have nothing in common with the folks i would list, and they certainly would not find me fascinating. And lastly, I have had the good fortune to interact with a few folks of amazing talent, intellect, and/or creativity. And it has not been my experience that talent of the caliber that makes one a household name also makes one an interesting dinner companion, or even someone fun to spend time with. I got invited to have a one on one lunch with Steve Wozniak a few years ago. They couldn't believe that I turned it down. I tried to explain that we had nothing to talk about. |
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Post by Gandalf on Nov 25, 2021 16:02:37 GMT -5
Thomas Jefferson
Nicola Tesla
JRR Tolkien
Abraham Lincoln
Don Henley
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Post by Plainsman on Nov 25, 2021 17:03:38 GMT -5
I had no sooner cleaned up the mess from the last guests than I invited the next tranche…
Joseph Conrad
Julius Caesar
Nicollo Machiavelli
William Faulkner
Leonardo da Vinci
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Post by trailboss on Nov 25, 2021 17:54:33 GMT -5
Marx
Lenin
Pol Pot
Mao Tse Tung
Hitler
I would serve them all something that would leave them in a hellish, paralytic state.
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Post by urbino on Nov 25, 2021 17:58:34 GMT -5
Marx Lenin Pol Pot Mao Tse Tung Hitler I would serve them all something that would leave them in a hellish, paralytic state. So Thanksgiving, basically. |
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Post by william on Nov 25, 2021 18:27:06 GMT -5
Marx Lenin Pol Pot Mao Tse Tung Hitler I would serve them all something that would leave them in a hellish, paralytic state. So Thanksgiving, basically. Now that's funny!!!  |
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Post by william on Nov 25, 2021 18:45:57 GMT -5
My list would include folks who might have an engaging discussion among themselves. James Madison Thomas Aquinas T. S. Eliot John Locke Johann Sebastian Bach I am a firm believer in trying to maintain order in an otherwise chaotic cosmos.  |
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Post by urbino on Nov 25, 2021 21:00:54 GMT -5
My list would include folks who might have an engaging discussion among themselves. James Madison Thomas Aquinas T. S. Eliot John Locke Johann Sebastian Bach I am a firm believer in trying to maintain order in an otherwise chaotic cosmos. I very nearly put Madison on my list. That guy was kind of a boy wonder, doing the things he was doing when he was 21, 22, 23. As Founders go, he's my top pick. But I didn't want 2 politicians, and Lincoln would be more entertaining at a dinner party. If I were organizing a political theory salon, Madison wins. |
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Both my Grandparents, and Parents. , I know I”m common. 
