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Fantasy Dinner Party!!!!!

Geez, I wouldn't want to be at any of these dinner parties. For me, the ideal guests would be good at conversation (Stalin? Cleopatra? ugh), intelligent, funny, flexible and tolerant, open to ideas, knowledgeable about lots of subjects. To me, the point would be to bring together a bunch of people for whom the whole would be more than the sum of its parts, particularly in terms of conversation.

Also, a table full of men is too much testosterone in one room. Must have a balance of sexes.
 
I have trouble with these fantasy meeting things. Being a pessimist, I always worry that some great person I admire will turn out to be a total jerk and I'd rather not have my illusions dashed.
 
Who wants to be at a table full of egocentric, didactic talkers who don't have the capacity or desire to hear another point of view? Wit, experience, active listener, educated, knowledgeable, sharp tongued but tolerant, observant of human nature, good on historical accuracy, lots of interesting first-person stories to tell, nondidactic.


I would seat my guests as follows, around a round table:

Will Shakes., Elizabeth I, Alastaire Cooke, Terry Gross, Hunter S., Joan Didion, Will Shakes, etc.

Each person would have a sympathetic ear on one side and a curious ear on the other. The people with lots to say are next to people who are good listeners and excellent interviewers. I, of course, would 'float,' an essential skill of a decent host.

PS Ell, good point. I sure wouldn't invite someone purely nasty (hello Adolf) into my home for a meal. Also, you need enough buffer to contain the huge egos and aggression.
 
I like the various references to lost grandfathers. I would love to spend some time with mine, but I don't think the "fantasy dinner party" would work. I would rather have some one-on-one with him.

I would invite:

Garrison Keillor
Neil Young
Kathy Bates
Ronald Reagan
Will Smith
Guy Davis
 
leckert, that looks like a very jolly fun group. Can I come to your party? Always good to have a musician at the table (not me, Neil Young).
 
novella said:
leckert, that looks like a very jolly fun group. Can I come to your party? Always good to have a musician at the table (not me, Neil Young).
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You are absolutely invited, Novella! I figure, what is a dinner party without some laughs, and some tunes.

Guy Davis is a pretty talented musician, too. I included him because I wanted to hear him and Neil play together! And, hey, it's my fantasy, so maybe they'll let me sit in!

Too cool!

(The Sealab 2021 reference seems a bit misplaced here, bb? you okay?)
 
(currently setting up multiple cameras from multiple angles to videotape the six hot women he is inviting... on the table are various... things for them to play with...)

(wakes up...)

Damn!
 
it's curious that most people listed men. only a few ladies present, excluding francesca's guest list. and just to pick on rfk for sec, who's only female dinner companion was there because she was hot.
curious.
 
Well, you see, Jenn, the idea was to have someone there who was interesting to talk to! (I will insert smilie here to lessen the severity of the beating I am about to take - :D)


leckert ducks the rocks and rotten tomatoes and runs off stage to help SirMyk set up his video equipment.
 
If that's how they feel we should have a GIRLS ONLY pj party and leaving them to their grunting and TV dinners :p .
 
jenngorham said:
you sir, are off my list!!!!!! :D
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See, that's one of my character flaws.

I seem all warm and nice and funny, then, completely out of the blue, and without warning, I will say something like that just to get a laugh and alienate the lot of you!

leckert looks in his oven, finding a spot for his head. Realizing his oven is electric, he takes his toaster upstairs and runs a warm bath...
 
Ronny said:
If that's how they feel we should have a GIRLS ONLY pj party and leaving them to their grunting and TV dinners :p .
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We would be too busy imagining the naked pillow fights and "experimenting" that you would be doing to realize (realise?) that we were being punished.
 
leckert said:
We would be too busy imagining the naked pillow fights and "experimenting" that you would be doing to realize (realise?) that we were being punished.
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(imagines pillows without their covers, fighting and "experimenting")
 
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