Your ideal historical dinner party?

Edward said:

I find the English Civil War a deeply troubling and confusing period of history. Chiefly because I'd want to see both sides lose.

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With a little bit of arsenic in the omelette, you could make that happen if you invited them both. Then you could name Christ president and lean back and see what happened.

Two Types said:

Oliver Cromwell and King Charles would make a good combination.

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Could be an interesting fistfight. Confusing for me, though - I'd want to see them both lose.

Two Types said:

Oliver Cromwell and King Charles would make a good combination.

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Could be an interesting fistfight. Confusing for me, though - I'd want to see them both lose.

This seems like a fun thread.
Well..
Vercingetorix the ancient Gaulish cheiftain
Alexander the great
The Kaiser
Fionn mac Cumhaill, leader of the ancient Irish warrior band the Fianna
Merlin (The real one, who was a Druid and tribal leader)
oh man and some other ancient people I can't remember the names of

Hmmm. Whom would I invite from history? Well, I'd probably need a universal translator device like from Star Trek, but I would have several dinner parties with guest lists of:

Jesus, Peter and a 1st-Century apostle or 2,
King Arthur and 3 knights,
Generals U.S. Grant, General George Gordon Meade and - from the other side - Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson,
Maximillien de Robespierre, Marquis de Lafayette & Danton from the French Revolution period,
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and a half dozen other framers of the American Constitution,
Geronimo and another Indian chief, and - from the other team - Generals George Custer and Phil Sheridan,
Drs Albert Einstein, Dean Adell, Red Duke and Luke the Gospel writer (with the above we could claim we had a dinner of "doctors, lawyers and Indian chiefs. Ok, that was bad....)

I'd also like to host parties with the following at table:
Winston Churchill, Condoleeza Rice, George S. Patton and Lyndon Johnson (That would be ripe for a lively discussion!)
Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Hank Williams Sr & Jr,
Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart,
Former NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton.

I would love to drift around and listen to the conversation between all these greats. Heck; I'd probably have to sponsor a month long feast instead of a one evening dinner party.

I'd stick with 20th century - Orson Welles and Winston Churchhill - and a couple of bottles of whiskey. I was trying to think if there were anyone alive today I'd want to do this with and I can't think of anyone I find interesting enough. I'm getting old.

lolly_loisides said:

I've decided to be completely parochial, here is my Australian dinner party list Coral Browne, Jack Lang, Benjamin Fuller, Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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I'm dimly aware of Jack Lang, the others I've never heard of. Like many Australians I've always been more interested in other country's history.

Seb Lucas said:

...and a couple of bottles of whiskey.

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I agree. Whiskey's always a good idea.... Even without interesting dinner guests. For that matter, it can sure help one cope more effectively with DULL dinner guests....

hatguy1 said:

I agree. Whiskey's always a good idea.... Even without interesting dinner guests. For that matter, it can sure help one cope more effectively with DULL dinner guests....

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Or see some that aren't really there.