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The Official MacNN Dinner Party
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Five dinner guests ( dead or living ) Who would you choose ?
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Simple Empire...
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My deceased grandfather
My wife
Bill Murray
David Bowie
Nikola Tesla
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Kate (my g/f)
Tony Blair (what? I think he's interesting)
Bill Crosby (cheesy jokes)
Bach (he can play the music)
Jamie Oliver (to cook)
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Maxelson
Tim Berners-Lee
Peter Cook
Robert Fripp
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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Andy Partridge
Kurt Vonnegut
Joni Mitchell
Miles Davis
Paul Wellstone
No scientists-- that stuff goes over my head. I wanna talk Culture, music, literature and the future of politics.
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Cool thread.
Gore Vidal.
Dave Eggers.
Ben Stiller.
Jerry Seinfeld.
Graydon Carter.
Of course, they could all bring their respective mates.
I've dined with two of them and they're both super, so I'd have to invite them to a more intimate soiree where I could have a better opportunity to socialize.
Have to think of a fifth...
Edited. Well, I had Graydon in there originally -- the family knows him (and one son has his name as a middle name) -- but then I took him out but I've put him back. He's always a hoot, but then I thought he might rub someone the wrong way.
But, put him back because, frankly, he IS a party on his own whether or not he says controversial things.
BTW, I only invited living and tangible people that I actually WOULD invite to a dinner party.
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A. Kaplan
N. Tesla
Thomas Jefferson
Jesus
S. Hawking
Solve all the world's problems, then have dessert.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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My wife (she would pay).
Rickey Henderson (gorickey, enough said).
Demonhood (we could talk over sig guidelines).
Steve Jobs (I have a few ideas to go over with this guy).
Mark Wills (he would keep my wife entertained while I rummage with the other folk).
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Nostradamus
Jesus
Bhudda
Carl Sagan
A Translator
I won't say anything about a Last Dinner.
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Mac Elite
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My five:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Keira Knightly
Winona Ryder
Kristin Kreuk
Natalie Portman
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"I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged." -- Roger Jones
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Originally posted by soul searching:
My five:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Keira Knightly
Winona Ryder
Kristin Kreuk
Natalie Portman
nice menu
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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Posting Junkie
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Originally posted by soul searching:
My five:
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Keira Knightly
Winona Ryder
Kristin Kreuk
Natalie Portman
Good idea....screw dinner (literally?) and head straight to dessert!
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Sting
Steve Jobs
Alan Rickman
Jesus
Harrison Ford
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- Edward Tufte
- Steve Jobs (but of course)
- Yvon Chouinard
- Sydney Brenner
- Audrey Tatou
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Originally posted by philzilla:
nice menu
If I decide to actually let Kreuk out of the house, obviously.
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Mac Elite
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Ben Stein
Jesus
A childhood best friend
Krista Allen
Shayla Laveaux
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Do you want forgiveness or respect?
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Just off the top of my head...
Woz (he's much nicer than Jobs)
Roger Waters
Carl Sagan
Mike Meyers
and
My wife (someone to share it all with)
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Socrates.
Plato.
Trent Reznor or Maynard J.K.
Karl Marx.
Uma Thurman.
on reserve:
M Schumacher.
S Hawking.
and probably some other favourite i'm forgetting now.
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Jesus Christ
Abraham Lincoln
Winston Churchill
Ronald Reagan
Billy Graham
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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The person and why.
1. Jesus Christ - I have soooo many questions.
2. Lucifer - One question: You know God well, yet you rejected Him. Is Hell worth it?
3. Steve Kilbey (whence I got my nickname) - I want to know his influences and what music he truly loves.
4. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn - I want to know his influences, what inspires him, and maybe could he teach me some technipues.
[This fifth one is difficult, but probably an American father figure.]
5. Thomas Jefferson - I'd want to ask him if America is what he envisioned, and how he would change the country if he could.
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I'd want them all to enjoy themselves.
no. 1
Roy Orbison
Ricky Nelson
Chris Isaak
Marty Stuart
Tom Fogerty
no. 2
Terry Southern
Hunter Thompson
David Sedaris
Woody Allen
Steve Martin
no. 3
Wes Anderson
Spike Jones
Sophia Copolla
Michel Gondry
Jaques Tati
no. 4
JFK
Reagan
FDR
G.W. Bush
Christopher Hitchens
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"I stand accused, just like you, for being born without a silver spoon." Richard Ashcroft
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Originally posted by Kilbey:
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2. Lucifer - One question: You know God well, yet you rejected Him. Is Hell worth it?
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He would say, "it's better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven." I think...but, I'm pretty sure.
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"I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged." -- Roger Jones
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John Lennnon
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Douglas Adams
Avie Tevanian
Jimmy Carter
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“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.” -- William Hazlitt
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"I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged." -- Roger Jones
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Interesting question, at first i wasn't going to bother to respond, but on second though I'll give it a shot. Given the opportunity, I might dine with jesus just to find out of any of this religion stuff is true, i doubt it. However, and there is a chance I'll end up in hell for it, but there is no room for Jesus at my table. :-)
Ok hmmmm
1) Dariane :-)
2) Bill Clinton (Sitting away from her!!!)
3) Steve Jobs (I hope he doesn't hijack MY dinner party)
4) Nas ( Yes Nas)
5) hmmmmmmmmm I had to think about this one
Old Diry Bastard? noooo
Bush..... nooooo I wanna make sure I'm the dumbest one there ;-)
I don't know thats a tough one, JFK is a good one, though politic boor me. Maybe David Blain, he'd have us all mystified. You should have seen him on Conan, Coney was just about shitting himself!!! Andy was there too, it was a while ago.
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Jesus (he's good at catering)
Mohammed
Confucius
Douglas Adams
Robin Williams
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Mac Elite
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Carroll Smith
Carl Sagan
Richard Feynman
Emeril (for cooking)
Natalie Portman (for lap dances)
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Let it burn.
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1.
Trent Reznor
Davey Havoc
Maynard
Roger Waters
Billy Corgan
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Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
Alfred Nobel (maybe Stephen Hawking instead)
Charles Darwin
Maurice Wilkins
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Jessica Alba
Fann Wong
Zhang Ziyi
Kelly Hu
Chiaki Kuriyama (there's something about a girl with a mace...)
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God
Satan
Horus
Seth
Thor
Jormungand or Loki
FIGHT.
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1) Phil Schiller (see what he is selling)
2) Ca$h (gonna be the talker)
3) Steve Ballmer (gonna be showing his move)
4) BT (playing some tunes)
5) Omar (special guest)
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Originally posted by Cipher13:
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Trent Reznor
Davey Havoc
Maynard
Roger Waters
Billy Corgan
Kick ass selections! But I'd invite Bowie instead of Billy, might as well get the original.
You'd also better make sure you've got some primo smoke on hand... and a lot of it.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
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Slash - I'd try to weasel a guitar lesson out of him while he's over.
Ex-Girlfriend - We're still really close, it'd just be polite.
Nikki Sixx - Motley. Crue.
Wolverine - A few things I need cleared up.
Hunter S. Thompson - Why not?
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Invited:
My Wife
Thomas Jefferson.....Smoke some herb after dinner
Attila the Hun.....That man could party
Ivan Stang
Aristotle
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Originally posted by Worst. Episode. Ever.:
...Woz (he's much nicer than Jobs)...
For those of us that invited Jobs, I don't think we did it for the personality, I invited him because between trying to win a certain girls heart, and checking out other chics with bill when she goes to the bathroom and being blown away by david... between all that I want some real inside dirt. Who doesn't wanna know what steve job's own 5 and 10 year plans are.
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Originally posted by philzilla:
Maxelson
Tim Berners-Lee
Peter Cook
Robert Fripp
Timothy Leary
I'm down widdat.
Sign me up. Never make it through cocktails with that Cook character there. Pants wetting funny.
Me:
Philz. No. Really. I mean that.
Daimoni.
Mastrap.
Timo.
Scaught...
but I'd like DS.com, boots and not a few others to be in there, too. OK. So that's a bigger dinner party, then. Oh, and I ain't cooking. Catered. I am not throwing myself out for such intense scrutiny on that point.
I think it would be quite enjoyable. We'll schedule it.
Still. Right. If we are going for ANYONE through history...
Kit Marlowe and Bill Shakespeare. Definites.
Tom Waits. No doubt.
Vonnegut. Oooo. Or Harry Shearer. Son House.
Hm. Last one. Torn.
I mean, I REALLY want the wife to be there. But if she said, "no honey, it is YOUR little party- you invite the guests," I guess it would be a serious tossup between
John Coltrane
Bach
Kerouac
Anthony Hopkins
Jim Morrison.
Huh. I guess I'll just send the invitation and see who shows up.
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I'm going to pull your head off because I don't like your head.
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Lots of wine. No screw tops, now.
Better bring some allergy meds if you've a problem with animal fur.
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I'm going to pull your head off because I don't like your head.
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Me and the woman will have sprite, bill will drink bud 40's, jobs will obviously drink water, nas will drink wine, and blain will consume our souls.
:-D
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I'll bring a variety as I know you can cook a wide variety. And no problems here with the pooches [did you get that kat?]
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Alive:
Steve Irwin
Carl Sagan
Nicole Kidman
Kylie Minogue
Steven Hawkings
Dead:
Marilyn Monroe
John F Kennedy
Princess Diana
Howard Hughes
Boadicea
Either:
Hitler
Sharon
Bush
Arafat
Ghandi
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Addicted to MacNN
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Originally posted by Timo:
I'll bring a variety as I know you can cook a wide variety. And no problems here with the pooches [did you get that kat?]
S�. Tenemos dos gatos. Gatos del asesino.
Sus nombres son ThRakK y VROOM.
Los nombr�.
Va la figura.
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I'm going to pull your head off because I don't like your head.
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The Woz (as previously mentioned, cooler than Jobs)
Adam Sandler (funny guy)
David Spade (also funny)
The Pope (just so I could say I had dinner with the Pope)
Sean Connery (cool voice + former bond = cool guy)
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Mac Elite
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Originally posted by gadster:
Alive:
Steve Irwin
Carl Sagan
Nicole Kidman
Kylie Minogue
Steven Hawkings
Carl Sagan is alive?!! When did that happen?!! Aw, man, I always miss the cool resurrections!
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My wife
John Lasseter (of Pixar fame)
My Grandfathers (Mom's dad to cook and both to have great stories to tell)
Thomas Jefferson
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Ayn Rand
Hunter S. Thompson
Richard Feynman
Randy Newman
Johnny Carson
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Originally posted by wolfen:
Carl Sagan is alive?!! When did that happen?!! Aw, man, I always miss the cool resurrections!
Aw man, did he die? Dang, I loved that guy..
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henry rollins
charles bukowski
emril lagassi (he'll have to cook vegan)
carl sagan
bjork
author note, i wrote this list after reading the first post... funny to see carl sagan and emril throughout the post
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Mac Elite
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I'd love to have an antagonism-generating guest list, myself. Something like this:
George W. Bush
Donald Rumsfeld
Ralph Nader
Noam Chomsky
Naomi Klein
3-2 makes it unbalanced, but I'm pretty sure that there would be some VERY heated debate in between rounds of turkey and mashed potato. I'd almost suspect that someone would end up dead.
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