Who would you invite to dinner?

[Julia]

Maybe we need a diversion from the frustrations of politics and climate change?

Often we see in the media celebrities being asked who they would invite for dinner. I'd be interested to know who ASF members would invite.
Let's say five people, living or dead. Up to you whether you offer reasons why.

Mine would be (subject to change when I've thought about it more):

Oscar Wilde

Rachmaninov

Queen Elizabeth II

Sigmund Freud

Aldous Huxley

(or John Silvester, crime reporter for the "Age")

 

[Kash Kosmo]

Alice Cooper
Albert Einstein
Marilyn Munroe
Steven King
Martha Stewart - to do the cooking

List is subject to change as mood changes

If someone cancels I would add Sigmund Freud
KK

 

[Fishbulb]

My Mum.

 

[kgee]

Jesus...free wine for all

 

[Boyou]

Interesting topic ,Jullia.I think all these would be good conversationalists..and there might be some fireworks

Kerry Packer

William Shakespeare

Robby Coltrane

Dame Judy Dench

John Cleese

 

[Wysiwyg]

More than just dinner I suppose.

Master Donald Gilbert
Louise Hay
Susan Jeffers
Fred Hollows
Any lady from a Salvation Army Store



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[So_Cynical]

Hugh Hefner and 4 of his girlfriends...Hef for the conversation and the Bunny's for eye candy.

 

[bellenuit]

If I want to be entertained, I would include

Oscar Wilde, Steven Wright, Groucho Marx and Dylan Moran.

If I want serious conversation, then

Christopher Hitchens (only if he promises to stay sober), Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud.

Elina Garanca, Rolando Villazon and Nigel Kennedy to provide the musical entertainment

And, of course, you Julia

 

[MrBurns]

Kerry Packer
John Lennon
Olivia Newton John
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood
Kate Winslet
Michael Parkinson
Paul Hogan
Barry Humphreys
Jules Verne
Humphrey Bogart
Bill Gates
Tiger Woods
Jeremy Clarkson
James May
Bill and Hillary Clinton
Paul McCartney
Enzo Ferrari
Pablo Picasso
Toulouse Lautrec
John Travolta
Don Hendley
Prince Rainier and
Grace Kelly

 

[Ghetto23]

Would love to see a conversation between Bill Hicks and Lenny Bruce.

 

[white_goodman]

Jesse Livermore
Arnold Shwarzanegger
Hitler
Deadmau5

 

[Naked shorts]

Jennifer Hawkins

 

[Gundini]

I'm a big fan of entertainment and investment heads up, so I would invite:

Robin Williams
Marilyn Monroe
Ainsley Harriet
Lochlan Murdoch
Robots

 

[stockGURU]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Warren Buffett considering how much some people pay for lunch with him.

 

[Punter44]

Shane Warne
Wally Lewis
Doug Walters
Jack Gibson
Don Bradman

 

[Gordon Gekko]

1.Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: as he would bring the following supplies:

Two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

2. Will Farrell

3. Dan Aykroyd

4. Steve Martin

5. Bernie Mac

Screw dinner! We couldn't eat it anyway

G

 

[nunthewiser]

GW Bush

Osama Bin Laden


A bag of popcorn and a deckchair

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Kerry Packer
John Lennon
Olivia Newton John
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood
Kate Winslet
Michael Parkinson
Paul Hogan
Barry Humphreys
Jules Verne
Humphrey Bogart
Bill Gates
Tiger Woods
Jeremy Clarkson
James May
Bill and Hillary Clinton
Paul McCartney
Enzo Ferrari
Pablo Picasso
Toulouse Lautrec
John Travolta
Don Hendley
Prince Rainier and
Grace Kelly

Any room for me at the table?

A great list Burnsie.

gg

 

[Wysiwyg]

Rachmaninov

I wondered who this was. A Russian composer.

""Rachmaninov was born 1 April, 1873 in Semyonovo, Russia to impoverished Russian aristocrats. He studied music at both the St Petersburg and Moscow conservatories. As a young man, Rachmaninov quickly made a mark for himself as a composer, conductor, and pianist in the musical circles of late 19th-century Russia.

Fellow Russian composer Igor Stravinsky later described Rachmaninov as a "six and half foot scowl". Indeed, Rachmaninov was very tall, and in public, at any rate, he did maintain a somewhat severe and inscrutable expression. Privately, however, he showed a completely different side of his nature. Those who knew him well reported on his hearty laugh, infectious sense of humour, and his fondness for good food and wine. ""

 

[BradK]

An eclectic mix for me... but quite serious...

Steve Waugh (former Australian cricket captain)
Dr Wess Stafford (CEO Compassion International)
Professor Ken Robinson (Educational creativity expert)
Sharyn Ghidella (news reader... the sexiest woman alive)
Richie Benaud

Brad