Whom would you most like to invite to dinner?

Posted by: erik scothron on 12 April 2006

If one could invite anyone to dinner whom would one chose and why?

Three categories here: (either for separate evenings or perhaps all together on the same night, it's your choice.

1/ People alive today

2/ People who are sadly no longer with us but could be ressurected for one night only

3/ Fictional characters

To start the ball rolling:

1/ people alive today.

a/ Julia Ormond - a gorgeous British film actress who does interesting charity work.

b/ Monica Belluci - a gorgeous Italian actress whom I hope would want to stay the night with me (that would certainly count as charity). Miss Ormond would be a back up.

c/ Cecilia Bartoli - gorgeous Italian opera singer who would have to sing for her supper.

I would not invite Blair whom I would rant at nor Bush whom I would poison.

2/ People who are sadly no longer with us but could be ressurected for one night only

a/ Buddha
b/ Jesus
c/ Mahommed
D/ David Bohm (quantum physicist)

That should be an interesting evening. I would not invite Abraham as I can't cook Kosher. I suspect Jesus might not turn up so I would have Zoroastor as a possible replacement.

3/ Fictional characters

a/ Alladin (as long as he brought that intersting lamp with him)

b/ Sherlock Holmes

C/ Moriarity

THat should provide some lively drama. I was tempted to put Jesus in the fictional list too but I would hate to offend.

Bon appetite mes ami,

Erik
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Earwicker
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Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
Louise Brooks.

Just Google to find out why. Incredibly sexy, achingly beautiful and very, very intelligent.

Hmm. I'd nob her I suppose.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Adam Meredith
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Originally posted by Earwicker:
quote:
Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
very, very intelligent.

Hmm. I'd nob her I suppose.


But vice versa?
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Roy T
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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
quote:
Originally posted by Earwicker:
quote:
Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
very, very intelligent.

Hmm. I'd nob her I suppose.


But vice versa?

Depends a lot upon the quality and quantity of wine to be served with the food.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Adam Meredith
quote:
Depends a lot upon the quality and quantity of wine to be served with the food.


It might be a fine point at the intersection between persuasion and ability.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Mick P
"Hmm. I'd nob her I suppose....Quote EW

Well if you did, you would probably find something about her to moan about.

Regards

Mick
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by u5227470736789439
Maybe not so beautiful in the morning? Fredrik
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Earwicker
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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
"Hmm. I'd nob her I suppose....Quote EW

Well if you did, you would probably find something about her to moan about.

Probably. Every silver lining has a cloud.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by Roy T
quote:
Well if you did, you would probably find something about her to moan about.


Well, if you do it utterly right then she would be moaning and if you do it utterly crap she would also be moaning. So don't do it you just can't win - your best bet is to laugh her into bed and let her have a good nights sleep.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by kuma
quote:
Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
Bearing in mind the fact that she'd slept with the likes of John Wayne and Charlie Chaplin I think we'd be lucky...


I didn't realise she was that prolific.
Thought that was Clara Bow.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by erik scothron
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I didn't realise she was that prolific.
Thought that was Clara Bow.


Crikey, they were all at it. I wish I had been there.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by kuma
quote:
Originally posted by Tarquin Maynard-Portly:
I have a couple of books about her. The one by Barry Paris is excellent...


I thought that Louise was too low-key to be promiscuous.

Asides from her strikingly *modern* looks and two films she made I'm afraid I don't know much about her life.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by u5227470736789439
I have never slept with a dinner guest yet! The thought just never entered my head.

I have said it before: I am well out of my time! Mind you, perhaps even some cave men did it, so perhaps I would have been destined to be always out of my time. Fredrik
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by kuma
Fredrik,

Having an old soul is a good thing.
Posted on: 15 April 2006 by kuma
Mike,

So, the *talkies* got her, eh?

I've only seen two of her films. The ones you've mentioned 'Pandora's box' and 'the Diary...'. A double feature at a local art cinema house.

I am not certain why you single her out as more *inteligent* than others as there were many brilliant acteresses in the old Hollywood who capitalised on sexurity to their advantage. ( Mae West come to mind )

It might not have been obvious but there were many *female* brains all through the Hollywood history, tho.

It's extremely competitive field in that it requires a specific mindset to have a long sucessful career besides the true talent, I'm sure.

quote:
I'm a bit of a fan.

heh.
I can tell.

Once I got into the biography of Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth ( I have all 4 LIFE covers she appeared ). Read all the published books . I can't recall what possessed me to do that, now tho.
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by Earwicker
quote:
Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
I have never slept with a dinner guest yet! The thought just never entered my head.

Thinking about it is about as far as I've got; mind you, I don't much like guests, ergo my opportunities are somewhat limited.

EW
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by Huwge
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I thought that Louise was too low-key to be promiscuous.

Asides from her strikingly *modern* looks and two films she made I'm afraid I don't know much about her life.


Try to find Ken Tynan's eulogy in the New Yorker, but it was a long time ago. I think there was an article on Tynan in a recent Vanity Fair, that might be a good place to start as he had something of an "affair" with the elderly Lulu.
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by Huwge
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tephen Maturin? Not sure i've heard of him before.


Sorry for the delayed reply, he is the foil to Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's books. An Irish Catalan spy for the British, vehemently anti-Napoleon and an eminent zoologist to boot.
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by RiNo
Here's my dinner list, in no particular order.

Jean Reno - the actor

Hilary Hahn - violinist

Julian Vereker

Modesty Blaise

Göran Kropp - Swedish adventurist who among other things cycled to Nepal, transporting all gear himself, carried everything to the Base Camp, climbed Mt Everest without oxygene supply or Sherpas, then cycled home, to Sweden again. He's no longer with us due to a climbing accident...

Charlize Theron - actress

Me

Amelia Earhart

At least I would enjoy

Regards
Rickard
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by Roy T
quote:
Originally posted by RiNo:
Here's my dinner list, in no particular order.

Göran Kropp - Swedish adventurist who among other things cycled to Nepal, transporting all gear himself, carried everything to the Base Camp, climbed Mt Everest without oxygene supply or Sherpas, then cycled home, to Sweden again. He's no longer with us due to a climbing accident...

Regards
Rickard


So Rickard who would be your fictional guest?
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by u5227470736789439
quote:
Originally posted by Earwicker:
quote:
Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
I have never slept with a dinner guest yet! The thought just never entered my head.

Thinking about it is about as far as I've got; mind you, I don't much like guests, ergo my opportunities are somewhat limited.

EW


Dear EW,

I have never slept with anyone I did not like! I guess that goes for most of us!

Fredrik

PS: An alternative tack might be to sleep with your host if you get invited to dinner! Never happened to me, but it might be a way!
Posted on: 16 April 2006 by erik scothron
quote:
Originally posted by RiNo:


Göran Kropp - Swedish adventurist who among other things cycled to Nepal, transporting all gear himself, carried everything to the Base Camp, climbed Mt Everest without oxygene supply or Sherpas, then cycled home, to Sweden again. He's no longer with us due to a climbing accident...



Rikard,

A great man who died too young. I found this:

Mr. Kropp was renowned among mountaineers for his meticulous preparation, environmental concerns and exuberant humour. During an interview for The Globe and Mail's Lunch With column last year, the climber acknowledged that he sometimes took elevators. Asked why, he replied, "Because they are there."

Erik

Gorun Kropp
Posted on: 17 April 2006 by RiNo
quote:
So Rickard who would be your fictional guest?

Doesn't Modesty Blaise count...
Though she is real to me Razz
Posted on: 17 April 2006 by Phil Cork
quote:
Originally posted by Roy T:
quote:
Originally posted by RiNo:
Here's my dinner list, in no particular order.

Göran Kropp - Swedish adventurist who among other things cycled to Nepal, transporting all gear himself, carried everything to the Base Camp, climbed Mt Everest without oxygene supply or Sherpas, then cycled home, to Sweden again. He's no longer with us due to a climbing accident...

Regards
Rickard


So Rickard who would be your fictional guest?


I think Kropp got within a few hundred feet of the summit (the Hillary Step perhaps?) and turned back, as he realised (thought?) that he could get to the top, but might not have the energy to get back again. This was in the year of the 'disaster' (1996?) when Rob Hall, Scott Fisher et al died...

Wise beyond his years to turn back so close to the summit!

Phil
Posted on: 17 April 2006 by RiNo
quote:
Rikard,

A great man who died too young. I found this:

Mr. Kropp was renowned among mountaineers for his meticulous preparation, environmental concerns and exuberant humour. During an interview for The Globe and Mail's Lunch With column last year, the climber acknowledged that he sometimes took elevators. Asked why, he replied, "Because they are there."

Erik

Gorun Kropp

Yes, he was indeed a great man. In the same text i found this
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Goran (pronounced Your-Ann) spent his teens partying and rebelling, then joined the Swedish army. As a paratrooper, he turned again to mountaineering. To save money for expeditions, he gave up his apartment and lived in the forest. He trained by sleeping in a gravel ditch.

I meet Göran already in 1988, he had finished his paratrooper service and joined a infantry unit in Eksjö Sweden (I12). I was at the time going through my obligatory military service (becoming a platoon leader) and Göran Kropp was one of our nearast commanding officers (he was at that time a "volountary" officer,ie hadn't finished officerschool). He was a truly special man already then, with alot of stories circulating about him.
Göran once told a story about a girlfriend whos hifi got stolen. After theyd got a new set, he patiently awaited another theft, (while the girlfriend was away), and the thieves came back for more, and as Göran said: I talked to them with an iron bar! Maybe not all true, but an entertaining story, that we "younger" boys engulfed! We were unanimously impressed by Mr Kropp!

Regars
Rickard
Posted on: 17 April 2006 by RiNo
quote:
I think Kropp got within a few hundred feet of the summit (the Hillary Step perhaps?) and turned back, as he realised (thought?) that he could get to the top, but might not have the energy to get back again. This was in the year of the 'disaster' (1996?) when Rob Hall, Scott Fisher et al died...

Wise beyond his years to turn back so close to the summit!

Phil

Quite right Phil, but he made the summit on his THIRD attempt, stayed for about 4 minutes on the top!

Regards
Rickard

P.S Another Swede to check out is Ola Skinnarmo D.S