Dinner with historical figures: who would you choose?

[Velea]

Hey, if Amon can do that whole list, I can stop struggling with my top 3.

Mary Magdalene
Queen Elizabeth the First
Grace O'Malley, aka Graunya The Pirate Queen

[Warsong]

I was born in Hannibal MO and know alot about Mark Twain so wouldnt care to have dinner with him.

Genghis Khan
Cleopatra

For my other two

[Ophelea]

Indeed, Ophelea--here's a guy who was nearly illiterate, a notorious drunk, a mightily infrequent bather and a womanizer. So how on earth did he manage to pull off conning Nicholas and Alexandria, literally out of a throne?

See, now I agree he conned Alexandra, but not Nicholas. He just allowed him to occupy his nutso wife (whom he dearly loved) because he was busy with a country in high revolt.

And a religious figure, no matter how smelly, how promiscuous (though not with the Queen, never with the Queen), can niggle their way into nearly any spot. Think of the Borgias...

[Ophelea]

********** of Nazereth
Benjamin Franklin
Julius Caesar
Socrates
Pope John Paul II
Robert E Lee
Confucius (spelling?)
Mohammad the Prophet
Bhudda
Sequoyah

And so many more... Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, any number of Greek philosophers, or Roman historians, Authors, Artists, etc, etc.

So, you assume Socrates exists and the Socratic dialogues are more than teaching tools?

[AmonGwareth]

Well unless you are super old you kind of have to make assumptions. I listed ********** of Nazereth also, but I don't see you arguing about whether he existed or not. And that is a bigger debate, I think, than Socrates.

[Velea]

Course we could start the really fun debate on whether any of us truly exist. Or perhaps you're all figments of my imagination.

Nah... I couldn't possibly have that strange of an imagination.

(Sorry for the thread hijack, but I couldn't resist)

[Khoal]

As fun as these exchanges may be, please keep things on-topic.

And try to list at most three historical figures. A shopping list is a bit much. I've got a shopping list of historical people I'd like to sit and chat with, but tippy-top on that list is Ben Franklin.

#2 is Niccolo Machiavelli
#3 is Nikola Tesla

[Magnir]

Nikola Tesla and Isaac Asimov.

I would love to hear Nikola talk about Isaac's flights of fantasy.

And I wouldn't mind having Ben Franklin thrown into the mix, either. Although I think that I would have to hide the ale from him after a couple few.

[Ophelea]

Well unless you are super old you kind of have to make assumptions. I listed ********** of Nazereth also, but I don't see you arguing about whether he existed or not. And that is a bigger debate, I think, than Socrates.

I don't think ********** of Nazareth's existence is in debate, only his divinity.


And if I can list two more...

Mark Twain
Peter the Great
Thomas Huxley

[FleshRoast]

1. The Supreme being.

I don't list any others. If I get dinner with this one, I won't need to talk to anyone else.

[Uro]

J. Edgar Hoover
Nostradamus

[Seranthor]

Alexander,
Sun Tzu,
Miyamoto Musashi

Any, or even better, all of the above, and of course a perfect universal translator.

[AmonGwareth]

Oooh, Nostradamus! He could tell you what you were going to have for dessert two courses ahead of time. Heheh. j/k. Neat pick.

[LaughingOtter]

Norton I, deo gratia Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Hatchepsut, the only woman to rule Egypt as Pharoah.
Hypatia, the last curator of the Library of Alexandria

[FleshRoast]

Hypatia, the last curator of the Library of Alexandria

Forget it. You are *not* weaseling out of the fine for that overdue scroll....

[Ophelea]

Alexander,
Sun Tzu,
Miyamoto Musashi

Any, or even better, all of the above, and of course a perfect universal translator.

Wow, it'd be a toss-up between Alexander and Phillip.

Good choice.