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Posted by: tsargent62 06-Feb-2004, 12:29 PM
If you could do lunch with anyone, living or dead, who would it be. Of course I'm assuming that whoever it was would be living (temporarily if necessary) at the time.

For me, there are a few ppl:

<u>Will Rogers:</u> humorist and all-around great human being
<u>Alex Duthart:</u> father of modern pipe band drumming. Knew the man, but want his opinions on the state of the art today.
<u>Jesus:</u> for obvious reasons
<u>Bill Joy:</u> co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Want his ideas on the future of computing.

Posted by: JaneyMae 06-Feb-2004, 12:37 PM
OOOOOO I do like your choices! Hmmmm, I have to choose:

Jesus -- obvious reasons for me too!
Mark Twain, Sean Connery, William Shakespeare, Sean Connery, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Snoopy, Sean Connery, Abraham Lincoln, Sean Connery, and my mom.

Posted by: tsargent62 06-Feb-2004, 12:40 PM
Oh, I see you're a big Roger Moore fan. wink.gif

Posted by: JaneyMae 06-Feb-2004, 12:44 PM
lol.gif lol.gif Yes, that is it! Roger Sean Connery Moore!! lol.gif lol.gif

Posted by: Guest 06-Feb-2004, 12:48 PM
Tsargent we had a local church that had a simiar saying on their message board for a week as your Will Rogers quote. It was "Even if you are on the right track unless you do some thing life will pass you by." I don't know who said it but it realy confused me alot.

Posted by: oldraven 06-Feb-2004, 12:54 PM
Paul MacArtney is definately one. I'd mostly just like to jam with him. Ringo can join in too. He's just not allowed to sing. tongue.gif

Christ is another.

Alexander, just to see if he really was that Great.

My Grandad. Never had a chance to speak with him, (or the other one for that matter), and I feel I've missed out on something quite important.

Jeff Dueck. He was my best friend for years, but after he moved away we never spoke again. Now I'll never get the chance. He was only 18 when it happened.

Any and Every member of my family.

Alexander Keiths, founder of the beer and mayor of Halifax in the 1820's. If only to share a schooner or two and see his pride for his craft and great city. (pints are for pansies tongue.gif )

Posted by: RavenWing 06-Feb-2004, 03:45 PM
My Dad and my Grandpa.

Posted by: peckery 06-Feb-2004, 04:06 PM
Keith Moon, Charles Manson, Thomas Jefferson king.gif

Posted by: maggiemahone1 06-Feb-2004, 04:19 PM
oldraven, funny that you should mention Alexander. I read a historical romance about him and that got my curiosity up about the man. I would not want to have been one of his enemies, and not sure of being his friend or not. unsure.gif As far as being great, I would think it was what side of the fence you were on!

I would like to have lunch with an ancestor of mine named Old Ned Sizemore. He was born in the 1700's and supposedly a Cherokee Indian chief. I would question him to see if he was a Native American Indian.
Another ancestor of mine I would like to have lunch with is my 5th ggrandfather. I could then find out who is parents were and were in Ireland they came from. biggrin.gif


maggiemahone1

Posted by: MDF3530 06-Feb-2004, 04:21 PM
My list (no particular order):

Jesus Christ
Bill Cosby
Mike Ditka
Walter Payton (R.I.P. Sweetness!)
My grandparents
Bill Clinton (as long as he doesn't bring Hillary)
Both Presidents Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
General Wesley Clark

Posted by: barddas 06-Feb-2004, 05:00 PM
My Grandfather
John Quincey Adams
Robbie Burns
Mozart
Poe
Marilyn Manson
Thomas Jefferson
Sitting Bull

And many from this forum....

Posted by: Kiwi Gael 06-Feb-2004, 05:10 PM
Jesus Christ. thumbs_up.gif

From the past;

Male - Theodore Roosevelt
Female - Cleopatra


From the present;

Male - Donnie Munro
Female - Connie Dover/Jodhie May/Loreena McKennitt (3 way tie - I couldn't decide rolleyes.gif )


... and of course all passed away family members... rip_1.gif




Posted by: Catriona 06-Feb-2004, 05:19 PM
Robert Burns... as we both passionately love Auld Scots/Lallans - we'd have a lot to talk about - plus he wrote so beautifully.

William Topaz MacGonnagall.... just to see if it was true that he REALLY believed he was a good poet..... I still think maybe he was fooling most of the people, most of the time!

Winston Churchill.

Mary, Queen of Scots... was she as silly as I think she was?

Posted by: gettin-away 06-Feb-2004, 05:46 PM
My daughter's mother.


I lost my wife 3 1/2 months after my daughter's birth.


gettin-away

Posted by: Aaediwen 06-Feb-2004, 08:02 PM
Top of my list would have to be two artists whose music you'll find here

Loreena McKennitt
Heather Dale

I'd like a conversation with Jesus, for the sake of learning

I'd like to meat my G-grandfather, and perhaps even Richard Creech, who brought the family name over 13 generations ago

Ben Franklin might be good to yap with too =)

Posted by: CelticRose 07-Feb-2004, 03:24 AM
1, Loreena McKinnett
2. Edmund Blair Leighton (my favorite British artist)
3. John Waterhouse (another favorite British artist)
4. Bono from U2 (okay, don't laugh!)
5. My great-grandmother from Ireland
6. My great-grandfather from England
7. Jason Patric -- my favorite actor (I'd probably drool the whole time, but hey)
8. Mary, Queen of Scots
9. Queen Elizabeth 1
10. William Shakespeare

Posted by: Mayte2 07-Feb-2004, 04:19 AM
Oooh thats a tuffie ...

Its gotta be .. in no particular order (except for the first one!!)

Prince
John Lydon
Dylan Thomas
The Pope
My partners ex
My animals (4 snakes, a dog and a hamster)
My dads father
Tom Jones
Bob Geldof
Neil Kinnock
My cousin (aged 20 who was drowned in a foot chase that involved an off duty policeman - I`d love to find out what really happened)
Annabelle Chong (to find out why she did what she did)

Posted by: celtica 07-Feb-2004, 08:25 AM
Waouhh ! Good question !

Jesus Christ (to know what his real message was)

Jacques de Molay (I would like to ask some questions about the Order of the Temple)

Avicenne (who was a genius and the most representative pearl of what was the Arabian civilisation)

Georges Bush (just to know why he is like he is and try to reconcile him with french people angel_not.gif - I think it would be a hard job to do... wink.gif )

My friend Régis who commited suicide a few years ago, and I don't know yet why




Posted by: JaneyMae 07-Feb-2004, 01:14 PM
QUOTE (gettin-away @ Feb 6 2004, 05:46 PM)
My daughter's mother.


I lost my wife 3 1/2 months after my daughter's birth.


gettin-away

That is so sad! cry.gif My sympathies!

Posted by: JaneyMae 07-Feb-2004, 01:20 PM
I've thought about it more...............

I'd like to visit with my uncle to see why he cut me out of his will (only $450,000)

My oldest brother -- why did he decide his life wasn't worth living.

my g-grandfather fitz -- what was it like to be an Irish immagrant how how cool it would be to drive a steam engine.

Posted by: gettin-away 07-Feb-2004, 07:55 PM
QUOTE
QUOTE (gettin-away @ Feb 6 2004, 05:46 PM)
My daughter's mother.


I lost my wife 3 1/2 months after my daughter's birth.


gettin-away


JaneyMae wrote
QUOTE
That is so sad!  My sympathies!


Thank you

My daughter is grown now (22 years old) and has accomplished a lot.
I would want her mother to know just how much like her, her daughter has become.

gettin-away

Posted by: Richard Bercot 07-Feb-2004, 09:22 PM
Other than my Ancestors and Relatives, This would be my list:

Ray Bergman
Izzak Walton
Dame Juliana Berners
Joan of Arch
John Wayne
Audrey Hepburn
Sean Connery (Janey Mae, I would invite you too. wink.gif )

Posted by: Kassia 07-Feb-2004, 09:28 PM
I would like to dine with Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln. About the closest we can get in this century to the real thing. thumbs_up.gif

Posted by: Kassia 07-Feb-2004, 09:30 PM
QUOTE (peckery @ Feb 6 2004, 05:06 PM)
Keith Moon, Charles Manson, Thomas Jefferson king.gif

I can understand the first two, but what is your facination with Jefferson? What would you ask him?

Posted by: CelticRose 07-Feb-2004, 11:06 PM
Richard, would you invite me too if you have lunch with Sean Connery? ! PLEASE! angel_not.gif

Posted by: Richard Bercot 07-Feb-2004, 11:16 PM
QUOTE (CelticRose @ Feb 8 2004, 12:06 AM)
Richard, would you invite me too if you have lunch with Sean Connery? ! PLEASE! angel_not.gif

Sure Celtic Rose, why not. wink.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 07-Feb-2004, 11:19 PM
thank you! I know two is company and three is a crowd, but I must meet the man, Sean himself! I hear he is pretty ornery though! laugh.gif

Posted by: Richard Bercot 07-Feb-2004, 11:21 PM
QUOTE (CelticRose @ Feb 8 2004, 12:19 AM)
thank you! I know two is company and three is a crowd, but I must meet the man, Sean himself! I hear he is pretty ornery though! laugh.gif

He couldn't be any worse than me. tongue.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 07-Feb-2004, 11:24 PM
QUOTE (Richard Bercot @ Feb 8 2004, 12:21 AM)
He couldn't be any worse than me. tongue.gif

Or me either! laugh.gif

Posted by: andylucy 08-Feb-2004, 05:57 AM
HHHmmmmmm.

1. Jesus Christ.
2. Saint Peter.
3. Stephen Hawking.
4. Albert Einstein. (I hear he was a wild guy)
5. Isaac Newton and Gottfried Liebnitz. (let them duke it out)
6. Maureen O'Hara. ( wink.gif )
7. Daniel Boone.
8. John Peebles. (just to find out when the Black Watch did wear kilts in the American Revolution- personal frustration involved here laugh.gif )
9. Socrates.
10. Boss Tweed.

Good question.

Andy

Posted by: Arianrhod 08-Feb-2004, 07:07 AM
This is a fun thread..

Kate Hepern

Pete Townshead

Godel Escher and Bach

Charles Kurault

The Keno Twins

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Agnes from the Lynn V Andrews books

Barbra Tuchman

James Herriot

Mel Brooks

Billy Moyer

The McLaughin Group

Joy Slatter Carrier

Tony Levin

My Father...

In Service to the Dream,
Paula

Posted by: peckery 08-Feb-2004, 08:54 AM
QUOTE (Kassia @ Feb 7 2004, 10:30 PM)
I can understand the first two, but what is your facination with Jefferson? What would you ask him?

He was a party animal and a founding father and a womanizer. Just would want to know how he could were so many hats.

Posted by: peckery 08-Feb-2004, 08:57 AM
QUOTE (Arianrhod @ Feb 8 2004, 08:07 AM)
This is a fun thread..



Pete Townshead



In Service to the Dream,
Paula

Have met Pete. As long as you don't mention Tommy (Hates to talk about it) you will be fine. PS Likes merlot!!!

Posted by: maggiemahone1 08-Feb-2004, 10:33 AM
QUOTE (CelticRose @ Feb 8 2004, 05:19 AM)
thank you! I know two is company and three is a crowd, but I must meet the man, Sean himself! I hear he is pretty ornery though! laugh.gif

Why don't we make this a dinner party. biggrin.gif There's nothing wrong with ornery ever now and then, we all have to vent at sometime. biggrin.gif

maggiemahone1

Posted by: JaneyMae 08-Feb-2004, 10:43 AM
QUOTE (gettin-away @ Feb 7 2004, 07:55 PM)
QUOTE
QUOTE (gettin-away @ Feb 6 2004, 05:46 PM)
My daughter's mother.


I lost my wife 3 1/2 months after my daughter's birth.


gettin-away


JaneyMae wrote


Thank you

My daughter is grown now (22 years old) and has accomplished a lot.
I would want her mother to know just how much like her, her daughter has become.

gettin-away

I'm thinkin' that your wife knows how wonderful her daughter is. Anyway, that's just my way of thinking and knowing. I know my mom is watching over my daughter and my grandbabies. thumbs_up.gif

Posted by: JaneyMae 08-Feb-2004, 10:45 AM
QUOTE (maggiemahone1 @ Feb 8 2004, 10:33 AM)
Why don't we make this a dinner party. biggrin.gif There's nothing wrong with ornery ever now and then, we all have to vent at sometime. biggrin.gif

maggiemahone1

Did I hear Sean Connery? I've been know to crash a party now and again if not invited. May I PLEASE come with ya'll! I'll bring the diet coke.

Posted by: single speed 08-Feb-2004, 02:38 PM


Lance Armstrong, and I hope he brings Cheryl
Gary Fisher, one of theoriginal mountain bikers
My dad when he was studying to be a priest
My Great-Uncle Tommy, the black sheep of the family
Arthur Guiness, for obvious reasons
Adam, why did you eat that apple, lad!
Jesus, just to see how much of His Messagel we got WRONG
One of the defenders of the Alamo
Sandra Bullock (I need a date)
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Posted by: gaberlunzie 08-Feb-2004, 03:41 PM
QUOTE (JaneyMae @ Feb 8 2004, 11:45 AM)
QUOTE (maggiemahone1 @ Feb 8 2004, 10:33 AM)
Why don't we make this a dinner party.  biggrin.gif  There's nothing wrong with ornery ever now and then, we all have to vent at sometime. biggrin.gif 

maggiemahone1

Did I hear Sean Connery? I've been know to crash a party now and again if not invited. May I PLEASE come with ya'll! I'll bring the diet coke.

*jumping up and down exitedly*
Here, here!!!
You won't leave me outside , won't you? Sean Connery rolleyes.gif cool.gif ..what a man, eh?
I'll bring my Glenfiddich, aye?

Posted by: tsargent62 08-Feb-2004, 07:32 PM
People posting about noshing with Keith Moon and Pete Townshend made me think of others I would love to meet (those 2 included).

Being a drummer there are some luminaries (read Gods!) I would consider an honor to meet.

Neil Pert of Rush (my all time fav rock drummer)
Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Jim Kilpatrick (14 World Pipe Band Drumming championships and current champion)

I'm sure there are more, but these are the biggies.
cool.gif

Posted by: peckery 08-Feb-2004, 08:24 PM
QUOTE (tsargent62 @ Feb 8 2004, 08:32 PM)
People posting about noshing with Keith Moon and Pete Townshend made me think of others I would love to meet (those 2 included).

Being a drummer there are some luminaries (read Gods!) I would consider an honor to meet.

Neil Pert of Rush (my all time fav rock drummer)
Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Jim Kilpatrick (14 World Pipe Band Drumming championships and current champion)

I'm sure there are more, but these are the biggies.
cool.gif

Got to meet Buddy several times at Disneyland. During the summer months, he played there a lot. My uncle was a jazz musician who played at D-land for 20 years and he always got me in to see Buddy. Cool guy, and took time to talk with his "people." (other drummers)

Posted by: Jaxom 08-Feb-2004, 09:28 PM
sound like a right good DinnerParty.
if a table holds six and it is going to be three men and three women who would you pick?
it would be you and five others.
Mine would be
Leonardo DeVinchy [to show him some photos of modern inventions and see if he could improve the windows operating system]
Eve [did she realy pick the apple]
Boudica [queen of the Eceni]
Anne Bolyn [did she have that sixth finger on her left hand]
my Brother [who was given up for adoption before I was born] for obvious reasons.
The food would be one dish brought by each of the guests to see their favorate food.
My food would be Faggots and Peas [Welsh dish]

Jax

Posted by: Mayte2 10-Feb-2004, 11:14 AM
Aaaaaah .. Faggots and peas .. Can I sit under your table and pick up the morsels that fall? biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Mayte2

Posted by: JaneyMae 10-Feb-2004, 11:49 AM
What is that? Faggots and Peas? You're eating cigarettes and little green things? ::yuck

Posted by: shamalama 10-Feb-2004, 12:36 PM
I'd like to have lunch with:

Living: Mel Gibson
Deceased: Thomas Jefferson

Posted by: Annabelle 10-Feb-2004, 11:31 PM
Living person: Jim Calavangh (Played the Count of Monte Cristo and plays Jesus in the new Passion movie fixing to come out that Mel Gibson directed )
Jim is a strong christian and he just showed his movie to Billie Graham and when it was over Billie Graham was crying and speachless. I'd like to hear more about it from Jim.

Dead person: Are they going to have any flesh still on them? Are they going to scare me? Hummm? Would they come to the table with worms crawling in and out?
I'd have to really think about this before I invite a dead person. My mom's dead and I don't think she'd deliberately try to scare me. But it would still be a scary experience. Nope I vote, no dead people at the table please. It might not go good with dessert.
laugh.gif
Annabelle

Posted by: Kassia 11-Feb-2004, 12:12 AM
this thread reminds me of a tv show on PBS during the '70s, Meeting of the Minds with Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen.
that used to be a lot of fun! tongue.gif

Posted by: peckery 11-Feb-2004, 03:20 PM
QUOTE (Kassia @ Feb 11 2004, 01:12 AM)
this thread reminds me of a tv show on PBS during the '70s, Meeting of the Minds with Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen.
that used to be a lot of fun! tongue.gif

WOW! You are old! tongue.gif

Posted by: Kassia 11-Feb-2004, 09:08 PM
QUOTE (peckery @ Feb 11 2004, 04:20 PM)
QUOTE (Kassia @ Feb 11 2004, 01:12 AM)
this thread reminds me of a tv show on PBS during the '70s, Meeting of the Minds  with Jayne Meadows and Steve Allen.
that used to be a lot of fun! tongue.gif

WOW! You are old! tongue.gif

I was a mere infant, very precocious, when I would watch it

Posted by: Sea Dog 11-Feb-2004, 10:04 PM
Back in your babysitting days? Before you were swept off yer feet by a handsome sailor?

Posted by: peckery 12-Feb-2004, 11:47 AM
QUOTE (shamalama @ Feb 10 2004, 01:36 PM)
I'd like to have lunch with:

Living: Mel Gibson
Deceased: Thomas Jefferson

Mel Gibson is a dickhead. Met him when shooting that silly movie with Jamie Lee Curtis when he was defrosted. Flung half eaten food all over my friends house while watching dailys while on location.

Posted by: gaberlunzie 12-Feb-2004, 11:59 AM
You're not speaking of ...MEL GIBSON...you met MEL???
Hmmm; he's known for his jokes at the set...

"Forever young"...he has still been rather young there. Think he had grown up since then, no??? wink.gif

Posted by: tsargent62 12-Feb-2004, 11:59 AM
Monkey boy, you've mentioned a lot of famous ppl you've met. How have you met them? Is it something to do with how you make your living?

Posted by: scottish2 13-Feb-2004, 12:17 PM
1. Alexandra Paul tied with Amelia Earhart
2. Takamori Saigo One of the real last Samurai
3. Thomas Jefferson tied with Ben Franklin
4. Either or both of the Wright Brothers

Will edit if I think of more and I can for sure think of more.

Posted by: Siusaidh Blues 13-Feb-2004, 12:36 PM
I'd like to have lunch with Eric Clapton... I want to see his hands, I've always wondered what playing guitar so many years has done to his finger tips...

Posted by: jaynebylak 14-Feb-2004, 12:54 PM
I have a few

1. Sean Connery

2.Adrian Paul

3.Christoper Lambert

4. Stephen King

5.Lou Diamond Phillips

6.Steven Segal

Posted by: gaberlunzie 14-Feb-2004, 01:31 PM
QUOTE (jaynebylak @ Feb 14 2004, 01:54 PM)
I have a few

1. Sean Connery

2.Adrian Paul

3.Christoper Lambert

4. Stephen King

5.Lou Diamond Phillips

6.Steven Segal

We will have a dinner party with Sean Connery - you only have to bring something with you then... wink.gif
CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT??? cool.gif Glad to read this...most folk here seems to love only one "Highlander" and this is Adrian Paul.
ME...( don't tell me I'm not quite normal; I do already know it for years! tongue.gif )...I prefer Christopher Lambert!
So maybe I will be peeking around the corner then... rolleyes.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 14-Feb-2004, 03:34 PM
I will be bringing Adrian Paul with me for our Sean Connery dinner party. Now trying to get Adrian away from Jaynebylak might be a problem! biggrin.gif

Posted by: gaberlunzie 14-Feb-2004, 03:46 PM
Hmmm...I see, Rose...this might cause some confusion...we have to make a good plan how to handle it... wink.gif

Posted by: Richard Bercot 14-Feb-2004, 04:45 PM
While all you Ladies brings someone else to the Dinner Party with Sean Connery, I am just going to visit with him. Maybe we could have a good talk all by ourselves. tongue.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 14-Feb-2004, 11:15 PM
Yeah, Gaberlunzie! This could really pose a problem since both Jayne and me are major Adrian Paul fans! We would have to share him, I suppose.......sigh!

And Richard would be actually speaking to Sir Sean Connery while we ladies get to drool at the site of both Adrian Paul and Sir Sean! dribble.gif dribble.gif

Posted by: Richard Bercot 14-Feb-2004, 11:24 PM
QUOTE (CelticRose @ Feb 15 2004, 12:15 AM)
And Richard would be actually speaking to Sir Sean Connery while we ladies get to drool at the site of both Adrian Paul and Sir Sean! dribble.gif dribble.gif

Yea, I could talk with Sir Sean Connery unless he is Star Struck. wink.gif I do not usually get all tongue tied when talking to Actors, at least I haven't as of yet.

I look at it this way, they put their pants on the same way I do. wink.gif

Posted by: CelticRose 14-Feb-2004, 11:29 PM
The only actor I met was Iron Eyes Cody! Remember him? I used to talk to him at the many powwows I attended. He was a very nice man. A lot of people used to tell me he was a fake, not a real Indian, but I never knew if he was or not. I found him to be a delightful fellow.

Posted by: Richard Bercot 15-Feb-2004, 12:20 AM
I do remember Iron Eyes Cody but I had never met him. I have met several others though who were the nicest people you would ever want to met and then there was some that I wouldn't even give the time of day to.

I would say that the Most Perfect Gentleman I have met was David Ogden Stiers. I did meet him when I was at Todd's AO Studios when I was in Hollywood. We had to wait on him to finish his set before we could go in to record.

I don't care to go into who was the worst. He may have just been having a bad day. It was at a Benefit we were performing at while we were in Hollywood, and I considered him to be very rude to the people who were there and everyone who was there were Actors/Actresses themselves. But you are going to find that in any group of people.

Posted by: Siusaidh Blues 16-Feb-2004, 01:32 PM
QUOTE (Richard Bercot @ Feb 15 2004, 01:20 AM)
I would say that the Most Perfect Gentleman I have met was David Ogden Stiers. I did meet him when I was at Todd's AO Studios when I was in Hollywood. We had to wait on him to finish his set before we could go in to record.

David Ogden Stiers was on the television show "MASH" wasn't he? He has a wonderful speaking voice...

Posted by: tsargent62 16-Feb-2004, 01:41 PM
Yes, he was on M*A*S*H. One of my favorite shows of all time.

That gives me a few more ppl I'd like to do lunch with:

Alan Alda
Harry Morgan
David Ogden Stiers

Posted by: Siobhan Blues 18-Feb-2004, 07:40 AM
I'd like to have lunch with Mel Gibson this week, after seeing his interview with Diane Bimbo on Primetime Mon. night... I'd even pay. I'm so proud of him for making that movie.

Posted by: gaberlunzie 18-Feb-2004, 08:16 AM
I second that - absolutely! He has been warned this movie might be a career breaker...it's very courageous to do this movie and he really is one of the few exceptions in this business who have the courage to realise their ideas and to take risks.
I'm applauding to him for that!

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