Who Would You Invite To A Dinner Party?

News Type: Event — Mon Feb 4, 2008 1:09 PM EST

A friend of mine asked me a random question yesterday. She said, "If you could invite 15 people, living or dead, to a dinner party, who would you invite?"

I thought of a few right off the bat, but then the last 5 or so took some good thought. She already had her list written out on paper, which gave me a few ideas.

So, although it will likely change, my first list is here, in alphabetical order. Now I pass the question to anyone interested in sharing: Who would you invite?

Bono
My brother
Ray Charles
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Mahatma Gandhi
Thomas Jefferson
Jesus of Nazareth
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Lennon
Mark Twain
Will Smith
Brian Williams
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright

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rwarner

What a fun question!

Lets see....

John Malkovich
Daniel Day Lewis
Laozi (Lao Tzu)
Zhuangzi
Rumi (!)
Zhaozhou
Oscar Wilde
Danny Kaye
John Lennon
George Harrison
Vijay Singh
Charles Howell III
Samuel Coleridge
Rod McKuen
DeMaurier

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#1 - Wed Feb 6, 2008 3:46 PM EST

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Bootie

Glad you liked it. Thanks! Now I'm going to have to google some of your names, haha.

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3 votes

#2 - Wed Feb 6, 2008 4:42 PM EST

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Logan D

Bono for sure
Alexander the Great
If they're allowed to be fictional, Spider-man
My mom
My dad
My brother
Brett Gurewitz (founder of Epitaph Records)
Joseph Heller
Jesus
Seth Green
Matt Thiessen
Matt Hoopes
Mykola Bilokonsky
Girard Butler
Barbara Kingsolver

I don't know how well Jesus and Seth Green would mix together, but it would be interesting to see the group dynamic at that party. Can it be a slightly more fun party, like can I have it at Chuck E. Cheese's?

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3 votes

#3 - Thu Feb 7, 2008 12:18 PM EST

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Bootie

I say it's your party, and you can host it in whatever venue you choose. :)

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4 votes

#3.1 - Thu Feb 7, 2008 1:27 PM EST

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Angel_C

A fun post! Interesting to hear people's answers. Mine for now:

Cezanne
Matisse
George Carlin
Bill Clinton
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Elton John
Tom Waits
Oprah
Diana Shore
Whoopie Goldberg
Molly Ivins
Susan B. Anthony
Maya Angelou

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4 votes

#4 - Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:44 PM EST

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Raat ki Raani

This is a great idea. I'm gonna have to think about it. I'll be back...

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3 votes

#5 - Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:20 PM EST

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