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why do i get the feeling that by the time my party happensQuote:
Originally posted by Barbara
Richard Feynman and I'll be first. Because Filou here reads the German translation of his biography.
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Jackie Kennedy (because I dreamt of her when I was six)
John Cage
Albert Einstein -sorry Richard I'm a physicist
Thomas Mann (my fave German author)
einstein and feynman will look at each other and hand me
a xeroxed sheet with their answers.....
:)
I've been thinking since you posted this! My list seems to be so "from a time" but here it is...
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Louis and Edwina Mountbatten
Winston Churchill
The people they knew, the events they not only witnessed but shaped!
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Originally posted by RICHARD
george mallory
chuck yeager
amelia earhart
richard feynman
and
albert einstein
mallory- to find out ifhe made it to the top of everest
yeager- just to hear him tell some of his test pilot stories,
in person
earhart- to find out what happened
feynman and einstein- not for their looks or brains but for
their characters.
remember,
looking for the reasons why they are at your party now....
Eleanor Roosevelt because my mother is fascinated with her, and I would like to find out what it is about her that fascinates my mother.Quote:
Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
I've only come up with 4 so far.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Princess Diana
Jimmy Stewart
My Grandpa on my Dad's side
and I just thought of the 5th one, but he's still alive - does that count?
Warren Buffet
Princess Diana because I think she was a fascinating person. Always willing to do good, but with a secret life that not many of us knew about.
Jimmy Stewart because he put his acting career on hold to do his duty and serve in the air force (I believe). If I remember right he was a great pilot and was more interested in being a good citizen for his country than he was in furthering his career. He lived a long fascinating life and it would be interesting to hear more about it.
My grandpa on my dad's side because he died when I was 6 or 8 or so, and he was 82, which means he was born in the 1880's or so. I have heard a little about him like he was a cowboy for awhile, he lived with an Indian squaw (who chewed tobacco) before he married my Grandma, he was a great writer and wrote love letters for some of his friends who were courting girls but didn't know what to say to them, and many other stories. He married my Grandma when he was 40 and she was 20, so he lived 1/2 his life before he got married, and I would like to know more about that life.
And finally, Warren Buffet, not only to get some good stock tips (need them these days) but to learn from him, and maybe get to know him good enough that he puts me in his will. ;) :D
Miz Sophie - 'nuff said
Don Delillo - great author!
Prez Truman - interesting man
Toni Morrison - great author!
Mother Theresa - interesting lady
Richard Feynman: every dinner party needs a hyperactive, genius, bongo drum-playing, lock-picking wild manQuote:
Originally posted by Miss Meow
Richard Feynman too (Richard, we will need to have our parties on different nights :))
Henry Rollins
Princess Diana
Mr Ed
One of the female astronauts from the 1960s who was jibbed by the US government and wasn't allowed to do the actual missions.
Henry, Henry, Henry: I've adored him for many years. He can sit right opposite me so I can stare at him all night :)
Diana: No specific reason, really. Her life and the way she did and didn't handle it fascinate me
Mr Ed: I've always had a soft spot for a talking Palomino :)
Astronaut: I read a fascinating story about a group of female aviators who were trained for space missions but John Glenn et al were selected over them because the government thought that women weren't tough enough for space (even though they blitzed the guys at all the tests). Really interesting lives they've had.
I think Richard and Albert would act quite different with Chuck and George.Quote:
Originally posted by RICHARD
why do i get the feeling that by the time my party happens
einstein and feynman will look at each other and hand me
a xeroxed sheet with their answers.....
:)
I am convinced at my party, Richard F. and John would have a very good time, Albert would try his very best with Jackie (it is less known that he was a womanizer!). I am not sure about Tommy (this is what he was called by his brothers and sisters and being in the US he might accept that) because he is very much European civilization and I cannot really see him playing bongos with Richard and John.
At least he and Albert know each other already.
I have two lists; one from an historical perspective, one from a contemporary perspective.
Abraham Lincoln
Mozart
Socrates
Michaelangelo
Shakespeare (Did you REALLY write those play???)
John Forbes (A Beautiful Mind)
Alfred Hitchcock
Julia Child
JFK
Neil Armstrong
I would invite people who have done a lot for the poor , sick and homeless
Mother Teresa
Martin Luther King
Ghandhi
Father Damian
Florence Nightingale
Sorry Richard, I didn't mean to throw a wrench into your party!! lol
My great grandfather Martin Quinn (to get the skinny on him since I can't find any records of him)
My great grandmother Nettie Maude Rowe because my mom said she remembered her being interesting, AND I can't find any information on her dad, so I would be able to ask her about it.
My great great grandfathers James Worster, Samuel Tewell both of these men were Civil War veterans and I would be interested in meeting them to see if they would talk about their exeriences. And they were still alive at the beginning of this century.
My great grandfather Levi Kimmel because he seems like such an enigma. My mom remembers him as being grouchy, but my cousin remembers him as being funny. I want to find out for myself. And I want to know the REAL reason he started burying his money in canning jars in the backyard.
Now....if you want well known people...
1. Mother Theresa because she never let anything get to her...her feathers were never ruffled and she did such great things
2. Malcom X because I want to know how his pilgrimage to Mecca helped him realize the errors in his ways.
3. FDR because I am interested in his theories on economic principles
4. Hitler because I'd love to figure out how he came to be so evil and twisted and why he did the awful things that he did (that and I'd love to tell him exactly what I think of what he did...not like he'd care)
5. Clara Barton (since we can go back to the 19th century now) How she came up with the idea of the Red Cross and how she dealt with the discrimination against women and still got all that accomplished.
My choice would be
Harry S. Truman
Margaret Thatcher
Plato
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ernest Hemingway
Jackie, Perry and Miss Daisy
Emeril Lagasse--he can cook and be a guest!!
Jaqueline Cochran-another interesting female pilot, if less know then Amerila Earhardt
Boomer Esiason-my fav QB, and a good guy
Louis Armstrong- what's dinner with out a little music?
Bob Fosse-one of the greatest chreographers ever...and we got music, let's dance!
love the choices and reasons.....
one deep question for each of the guests and what
are you serving?
anyone who says domino's pizza is automatically disqualifed!;)
I'm giving Emeril free rein on the cooking...I've used his cookbooks, watched his show and eaten at his restaraunts...anything hewants to make is fine by me!
I'll have to think on the questions!
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Originally posted by Miss Meow
Richard Feynman: every dinner party needs a hyperactive, genius, bongo drum-playing, lock-picking wild man
Henry, Henry, Henry: I've adored him for many years. He can sit right opposite me so I can stare at him all night :)
Miss-
feynman and rollins at the same party????
if i promise to clean up afterwards can i go to your party?