2 Dinner Parties, 3 Guests

il_principe

DonDaddyD wrote:

Why would interviewing Hitler be interesting? What, do you want to hear their philosophical arguments and his personal justifications behind the Final Solution?

ANYWAY... I gotta have four dinner parties, behold:

BC
Socrates
Caesar Augustus
Sun Tzu

Caesar Augustus was really the title adopted by all Roman Emperors post Augustus. So do you mean Julius Caesar or Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus - who of course became Augustus. Sorry, Classics pedant I know, but I studied both of them at uni and am still fascinated by them. Augustus gets my pick though, along with Agrippa (his right hand man and a military genius).

artaxerxes

Rule 3: All answers must be in Latin.

You mean Greek, the language of the Civilised ancient world


Anyway here's my BC three
- Queen Nefertiti
- Cyrus the Great
- Archimedes

fatgrimpeur

No one from BC, can you imagine it?

" let me just dim the lights a bit"
"what are lights"
"you know, lights, bulbs, powered by electricity"
"electricity?"
"yeah, you know, powers everything, er, like that washing machine"
"washing machine?"
"get out, now..."

artaxerxes

Oh and I'd never have Hitler as a dinner guest, he was a VEGETARIAN....shudder...

lost_in_thought

To all the detractors of my first (invalid) dinner party - wouldn't you want to meet those people? Talk to them about their motivations and their lives? OK so they're not good people, (you could see Wolf as a good person and my interest in him would be more about anecdotes) but the really awful ones are more interesting to understand.

DonDaddyD

jashburnham wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

Why would interviewing Hitler be interesting? What, do you want to hear their philosophical arguments and his personal justifications behind the Final Solution?

ANYWAY... I gotta have four dinner parties, behold:

BC
Socrates
Caesar Augustus
Sun Tzu

Caesar Augustus was really the title adopted by all Roman Emperors post Augustus. So do you mean Julius Caesar or Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus - who of course became Augustus. Sorry, Classics pedant I know, but I studied both of them at uni and am still fascinated by them. Augustus gets my pick though, along with Agrippa (his right hand man and a military genius).

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, naturally. The one that the Month of August is named after. Amazing political tactician. The guy who arguably started it all (ok Julius Caesar, proper, laid the foundations) and subsequently (with varying effects) influenced how we live to this day...

boy on bike

ok, how about:

BC: Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Cassius. Probably only need to bother with a starter then sit back and watch the scrap!

Present: Danny Wallace, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig (mmm...)

il_principe

boy on bike wrote:

ok, how about:

BC: Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, Cassius. Probably only need to bother with a starter then sit back and watch the scrap!

Present: Danny Wallace, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig (mmm...)

Good call, actually both of the Triumvirates would make entertaining viewing:

Julius Caesar, Pompey, & Crassus

or

Octavian, Mark Antony & Lepidus.

Lepidus would have to sit in the corner though, and have the kiddies option. Poor old Lepidus.

CiB

BC and before eh?

Two cavemen from Borneo and a prophet from Judai then, just so's I could put a DVD on and spook them. I'd either be offered up as a sacrifice or become their all-seeing god.

always_tyred

lost_in_thought wrote:

To all the detractors of my first (invalid) dinner party - wouldn't you want to meet those people? Talk to them about their motivations and their lives? OK so they're not good people, (you could see Wolf as a good person and my interest in him would be more about anecdotes) but the really awful ones are more interesting to understand.

I just think that there are a whole host of other, non-genocidal, megalomanic ex world leaders to choose from. You've already named a couple of others.

Chewy Cheeks

1sr Dinner Party

1. Cleopatra
2. Julius Ceaser
3. Alexander the Great

2nd Dinner Party

1. Kate Silverton
2. Johnny Marr
3. Danny Baker

Got to think about the mix man

DonDaddyD

lost_in_thought wrote:

To all the detractors of my first (invalid) dinner party - wouldn't you want to meet those people? Talk to them about their motivations and their lives? OK so they're not good people, (you could see Wolf as a good person and my interest in him would be more about anecdotes) but the really awful ones are more interesting to understand.

:shock:

attica

OK, here goes.

BC = Judas Iscariot, Socrates (pronounced "so crates" of course), Brian of Nazareth

Living = Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hanlan (Divine Comedy chappy), Eddy Merckx

Christophe3967

Homer
Cleopatra
Alexander the Great

Andy Ripley
Joanna Lumley
Victoria Pendleton

always_tyred

Christophe3967 wrote:

Homer

The Simpsons hasn't been going for THAT long.

biondino

Neil Hanlon borrowed £250 from a friend of mine and never gave it back. So could you remind him? Ta!

The BC thing, I would be tempted to take the paleo-anthropological approach and have cro-magnon man, neanderthal man and, ooh a Briton in the early days of the Roman occupation.

whyamihere

First party
1. Tutankhamun(sp?) - Just to find out what really happened.
2. Cleopatra - Supposedly the most beautiful woman in the ancient world. Need I say more?
3. Judas - I reckon his story would be pretty interesting.

Second party
1. Stephen Fry
2. Hugh Laurie
3. Rowan Atkinson

If I could cheat a bit and add Tony Robinson to the second party, that would be great...

Christophe3967

Always Tyred wrote:

Christophe3967 wrote:

Homer

The Simpsons hasn't been going for THAT long.

Doh.

linsen

BC:

1. Noah - to sort out once and for all what actually happened
2. Togidubnus (Cogidubnus) - I'd lik eto know who lived in Fishbourne Roman Palace
3. Cleopatra - see if she and Noah hit it off

Alive today

1. Gay69
2. Spitchips
3. Biondino

redvee

biondino wrote:

Dinner party 2 I would, being single, invite Ann Dudek, Drew Barrymore and Holly Willoughby (who are also all single) and see how lucky I can get

You won't have much joy with Mrs Holly Willoughby, she's married to her producer hubbie, Dan Baldwin and due to become a MILF in May. Nice fantasy though 10/10

tailwindhome

BC

Joseph - The guy who believed his pregnant wife had been impregnated by God. I always wanted to hear his story

Eve - Again get the untold story. Also if Adam and Eve had two sons, I want to know what happened next.

Zeus - or any of the old school Gods no one worships anymore. Talk about having it all and losing it


Alive

Mohammed Ali
Michael Parkinson
Jose Mourinho

(can i not have Billy Connolly too?)

jimmypippa

biondino wrote:

Also, why do you hate women? Apart from anything else, who's going to cook?!

OK how about for party #1 (not all BC, but early AD:)

Messalina
Agrippina the Younger (as cook, speciality: mushrooms)
Claudius

I wouldn't eat anything

iain_j

Three people from BC?

Dave Brailsford
Bradley Wiggins
Vicky Pendleton

:P

DonDaddyD

linsen wrote:

Alive today

1. Gay69
2. Spitchips
3. Biondino

I am outraged that I've not been invited to your dinner party!

I'm interesting and complex!!!

:evil: :evil: :evil:

cjcp

lost_in_thought wrote:

3. George W Bush

Alistair Campbell was being interviewed on the radio a couple of nights ago and said that, on a personal level, Bush is a very nice chap.

But, then again, he also said that he (AC) used to agonise over whether he got his facts right...

cjcp

whyamihere wrote:

2. Cleopatra - Supposedly the most beautiful woman in the ancient world. Need I say more?

Apparently, she had a nose like Gonzo from the Muppets. I think Mark Antony was just bigging himself up. What went on (the Roman) tour, stayed on tour. His mates couldn't disclose, therefore, that she was actually a complete grockle pig.

roger_merriman

cjcp wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

3. George W Bush

Alistair Campbell was being interviewed on the radio a couple of nights ago and said that, on a personal level, Bush is a very nice chap.

But, then again, he also said that he (AC) used to agonise over whether he got his facts right...

i read his AC book about his time in power, intresting though you'll get though a fair amount of salt.

il_principe

cjcp wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

3. George W Bush

Alistair Campbell was being interviewed on the radio a couple of nights ago and said that, on a personal level, Bush is a very nice chap.

But, then again, he also said that he (AC) used to agonise over whether he got his facts right...

Yes but AC is a c*nt.

'Cuse my language but he is.

BoardinBob

Party 1

1) Jenna Jameson
2) Tawny Roberts
3) Jenna Haze

Party 2

1) Sasha Grey
2) Kinzie Kenner
3) Sunshine Adams

Chewy Cheeks

Boardinbob

Party 1

1) Jenna Jameson
2) Tawny Roberts
3) Jenna Haze


What would the BC stand for for Dinner Party 1

B could be Big, Bald,Bountyful..... I am leaving C well alone - no more posts today