A Party For the Ages

[Johnny Pneumatic]

Yes, it's that time again; hypothetical question:

If you had a time machine to where you could bring any guests you wanted from the past to come to your party, who would you go get?

I'd get:

Werner Heisenberg

Alexander the Great

Cleopatra

Wernher von Braun

Albert Einstein

Aristotle

Lord Kelvin

Diogenes of Sinope

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Fra Filippo Lippi

Charles Darwin

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

[ChuckF]

That's a pretty good list. You should invite Alexander, Diogenes, Cleopatra, and Aristotle (at least) well ahead of time so they'll have time to brush up on their English.

[Dingfod]

It is a party:

Scott Joplin for the music.

Julia Child for the food.

Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison so they can entertain us with a fist fight.

Albert Einstein because his brain is so big.

Samuel Clemens so he can tell some Mark Twain stories.

'Babe' Ruth to drink beer with and talk about steroid use to beat his record.

Al Swearengen of Deadwood because of his conversational "skills".

Hedy Lamar and Greta Garbo in their prime for their intelligence and beauty.

Ingrid Bergman for her grace and beauty.

[BDS]

Fans of this game might want to read "Van Loon's Lives", a book in which Hendrick van Loon recounts magical dinner parties where guests from history show up in a small town in Hooland to dine with Hendrick van Loon and his brother.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006APPPE/103-6816719-2114263?v=glance&n=283155

We could invite Moses, Jesus, The Buddha, Mohammed and L. Ron Hubbard. They could fight it out over the coffee and port (L. Ron would be the only one with a taste for coffee.)

Be sure to wash Jesus' feet when he shows up. He likes that kind of thing.

[BDS]

Here's a twist: My fictional dinner party:

Mithrandir (Gandalf) – Which means that it would not be a non-smoking affair. But we’d have fireworks.

Elizabeth Bennet – OK, so she’s the world’s sweetheart. That doesn’t mean I can’t like her, too.

Anna Karennina – We could listen to Miss Bennet’s bon mots, and bask in Anna’s warm femininity.

Luthien Tinuviel – Why not, while we’re inviting the hot chicks? Of course I’d have no prayer of getting anywhere with her, even though we know she digs men.

Mowgli, Kaa, Bagheera, and Baloo – We be of one blood, you and I. Good hunting!

Mr. Toad – He’d provide the entertainment, with some songs about his adventures.

Don Quixote – I’d love to just hang out with the guy.

[Sock Puppet]

For lively conversation, I'd want to invite Oscar Wilde as well as Clemens. That would be interesting to hear.

[The Jesus Lawyer]

my uncle neil and a bunch of other dead people that i knew, loved and meant a lot to me.

[BDS]

For lively conversation, I'd want to invite Oscar Wilde as well as Clemens. That would be interesting to hear.

I smell a brawl. I cannot imagine two people more likely to despise each other.

However, I'd love to see it.

[JoeP]

Albert Einstein because his brain is so big.And would serve everyone? I'm sure Julia Child would oblige with the preparation.

[Dingfod]

my uncle neil and a bunch of other dead people that i knew, loved and meant a lot to me.You had close relationships with dead people?