24 hours with anyone

If, given the choice, you had the opportunity to spend a full day with one (living) person, who might that person be? Anyone. Be honest.

My choice: Neil Armstrong

Or maybe ... Drain Bead :)

Maya Angelou

I don't think I've ever known or knew of anyone that I could tolerate for a full 24 hours. I like my solitary lifestyle too much.

If I had to spend a literal day with someone, it would probably be either Ray Bradbury or Harlan Ellison.

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Carpe hoc!

I'm gonna cheat and name more than one cause my opinion changes depending on how intellectual I want to be, and how amorous I feel.

Michael Jordan on most days.

Dave Matthews if I'm feeling emotional, he'd be great to get drunk with and talk chicks.

And whatever sex symbol I am currently lusting for. Hey I'm a guy, these things are important to me :), at the moment I'm thinking Angie Everhart.

Hugh Hefner, come on, talk about living the perfect life.

George Lucas would be intriguing, and I'd love to pick his brains.

Well, number one choice would be Billy Graham. #2 would be Steven Spielberg.

I can think of a couple of people here whom I know personally and whom nobody would know. But for famous people:

1.) Gary Oldman. I don't know why, but I think it would be really cool to see what he's like.

2.) Robert Plant. Just curious.

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Die, foul crouton!

I think it'd be cool to hang out with Quentin Tarentino or Steven King...two pretty weird guys.

My female choices would be Daryl Hannah, Demi Moore, Goldie Hawn, or Debra Winger. Not from the sex orgy angle, rather for their (seemingly) fun personalities. (although they'd be friendly to the eyes as well)

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Contestant #3

Me!

Or Pamela Anderson. And that's from the sex angle.



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For my money I'd go with Michael Palin. The man has been just about everywhere in the world, and hell, if it gets dull we can do the Parrot Sketch.

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It only hurts when I laugh.

Pat Conroy. He has some amazing stories to tell about how he grew up. I've heard snippets of interviews with him, and I'd love to hear more.

My oldest cousins. I haven't seen them for three years, and they deserve a whole day of attention. They're only 9 and 12, and their mom is hardly ever home (she's an ER nurse).

Jane Goodall.

From a sexual angle, Brendan Frazer.

My sister. She was killed when I was 13.

Stephan Hawking would be a serious trip. That man could take days to begin to grasp.

Billy Joel..would love to talk music with him...
and (since other have done it) from a sexual angle, George Cloony...I think I'd need more then 24 hours, though ;) :)

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If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

Ruth Rendell (British mystery author). I would love to pick her brain. And maybe I would inspire her to put an American character in her next story ;-)!

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Remember, I'm pulling for you; we're all in this together.
---Red Green

The Three Stooges

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Tim
"My hovercraft is full of eels."

The guy I had the hots for that left for Michigan a couple of months back. Sigh. And this is definitely a sex thing. ;)

I would like to be with someone really funny like Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) or Chris Rock.

Do they have to be living presently? If not, I would wanna spend my time with Elizabeth I or Hapshetsut (sp?). Possibly stop in and visit Emily Dickenson or Carl Sagan.

Alicia Silverstone. Or Staci Flood( a dancer on Happy Hour.)

My choices for a guy-
I wanna play ball with Micheal Jordan.
I wanna talk politics with Jesse Jackson.
I wanna travel with Jimmy Buffet in the Carribean( he knows all the party spots)

I'm tempted (like Mr.KnowItAll and Beeruser)
to take advantage of the day and spend some quiet time alone. But if it's anybody, living or dead...I'm going for intellect AND some good laughs...it's a toss-up:

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
--Oscar Wilde

"Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest."
--Mark Twain

Some nice answers so far. I like the idea of talking with Stephen Hawking, being a physics student.

If I were to spend 24 hours with somebody, though, I think I'd pick Robin Williams just for the laughs.

-- Sylence

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"A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, 'Wish you were here'." - Steven Wright

After careful consideration, I'd have to say Paul McCartney. Just to jam with the guy.

Hey pl, my hubby would probably pick Nathan East if he could pick a bass player.

Hmmm, my picks?
History:
Catherine the Great
Catherine de Medici (would I make it out alive? or was it Lucrezia that was the poisoner?)
Shakespeare

Now:
Sandra Bullock - she seems fun
Barbara Kingsolver - great writer

Fantasy:
old boyfriend

Zyada, what part of MI was your heartthrob from? Maybe I know him...(::laugh:: see Geographical Misconceptions thread) My dad always says "Michigan is a small town" cause you're always meeting someone you know in some obscure place.

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...it has never been my way to bother much about things which you can't cure.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-Mark Twain

Whoops! Lucrezia is a Borgia not a de Medici!


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...it has never been my way to bother much about things which you can't cure.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-Mark Twain

Well, he wasn't from MI, he he just moved there for a job in one of the Detroit suburbs.

He was from England (Bristol) (British accents make me melt!)

Maybe Biggles knows him! :D

By the way, thanks for considering me, sly...but why?

By the way, thanks for considering me, sly...but why?

Aww shucks. You just seem a very interesting person. Besides, any woman who enjoys football and Alice in Chains can't be all bad.

Dead: either Leonardo da Vinci, Nostradamus or Edgar Allan Poe
Living: Kissinger or Hawking
Sexual: Kathy Ireland, my wife

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"Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.'"
E A Poe

Elizabeth Peters -- who is one of my favorite writers and who seems like a person with so many interests she would HAVE to be an entertaining person.

Florence King -- another favorite writer who seems like she'd be a real hoot. She is something of a misanthropist, though, and probably would not want to spend 24 hours with me or anyone else.

James Randi -- 'cuz he's my hero!

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Jess
Full of 'satiable curtiosity

Charlie Rose

He is the most intriguing interviewer out there. He makes things interesting because he's not just asking questions, he's having a conversation. You really get a sense of his personality when he interviews, and I just think it would be neat to sit around and discuss sports and politics with the guy.

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Jason R Remy

"And it could be safely said that at that moment, in the whole of India, no one, absolutely no one, was f^(king a goat."
-- John Irving A Son of the Circus (1994)

Harvey Milk. I'd want to find out how he managed to stay an activist up to the point where an assassin's bullet ended his life. I'd also like to find out his reactions to how the gay-rights movement has progressed since his death.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu. I think it would be wonderful to converse with him about the status of the movements for civil rights for all, and about how he came to fight for gay civil rights in particular. (You didn't know he was a prominent figure in gay rights?) I think he could even help to partially recuperate my cynical attitude about Christianity.

Dorothy Parker. The only person in the world I'd enjoy getting insulted by.

And whoever my current crush would be... Seth Green? Yummy :)

How come no one has said Uncle Cecil? No to insult anyone, but you people must all be shallow and ungrateful. People like you make Unca Cece cry. (Or was it implied in the original question that we are all really talking about our second choice, after Cecil?)

I'm sure Unca Cece was the unspoken first choice of us all. Certainly he was for me!

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Jess
Full of 'satiable curtiosity

[Misanthrope]

I would like to be with someone really funny like Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) . . .

The definition of an oxymoron.

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[David]

There is someone I met in Mexico two years ago. I would give anything to spend a day with her. We basically just talked for a few hours one afternoon, but it seemed magical. I wish I had the chance to find out if it were anything more.

[ChiefScott]

Real life: Jerry Garcia, Stephen King

Fantasy life: kellibelli

[chief]

iwould have to say, Axl Rose
hes one of the most intriguing people.

dead: jim morrison, hendrix, marley,
gandhi, etc etc etc

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[Satan]

While working at Tower Records in the Village, we were closing and the final line of customers was formed. While I was ringing in a customer, I noticed that someone cut in the line unintentionally.

I finished and said, "Next," and the one who cut came forward. The guy who was cut said, "I was first," and the girl who cut just stood there.

My policy in situations like this was someone would relent and all would be good. Never failed before or since. But this was that one time...

Chick doesn't budgem guy is asking me, "Who was first?" I was so surprised at the bullshit, plus I wanted to go home, so I said, "I didn't see. Let me take care of her and I'll get you next."

He looks at me and goes, "Oh, you didn't see? I know you saw. What, are you too stupid to know what you saw? Well, of course you're stupid, look at your job!"

I stared right at him and simply said, "Fuck you!"

I rang in the woman and he started to being his stuff on the counter. I was like, "I'm not ringing you in!" and I started taking acre of someone else.

He yelled, "You have to ring me in! It's your job!"

I'm like, "My job does not mean dealing with an asshole like yourself."

"I demand to see your boss," he said.

She came over. She didn't like me much, but she liked overbearing jerk-offs less. I explained in front of him the whole deal, and sais, "I refuse to ring him in."

She looked at him and said, "If you want to pay for that, go upstairs. He doesn't have to ring you in."

He was all, "Well, if he doesn't ring me in, I don't want it!"

She looked right at him and said, "Then I'll be glad to take your merchandise and put it back on the shelves. And since you are not buying anything, you can leave or I'll have security escort you out for loitering."

Dude left in a huff.

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Yer pal,
Satan

[Satan]

Dead: Issac Asimov
Alive: Bob Costas
Sexual: Heather

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Yer pal,
Satan

[Satan]

*sigh*

Please forgive the lengthy off-topic post. I zigged when I should have zagged.

[Sam Stone]

Dead: Robert Heinlein
Alive: P.J. O'Rourke. We'd sit around and drink Dewars and be funny.

[GuanoLad]

Alive (and predictably): George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Together might be cool.

Dead, fellow alumni of the above: Jim Henson. And Frank Oz, but he's still kickin'.

[Zulu]

I actually had this very conversation a couple weeks ago over coffee with a friend. I started off with Frank Sinatra, then changed my mind and went with Cleopatra, then with Hitler, then with Shakespeare, then with Catherine the Great, then with Sun-Tzu.

My friend had to think on it for a few minutes, and decided on Jesus, but said that Hitler would be fascinating to talk to.

I then thought about serial killers and other big time criminals. I love Buddy Holly, so he occured to me too.

For living people, I'd probably go with David Letterman or Stephen King.

I sure hope I'm never given the chance to spend 24 hours with anyone. I'll never be able to decide.

Zu

[Coldfire]

This reminds me of a question me and a few friends once tried to answer: if you could have an evening with three people, living or dead, who would they be ?

Now, it's easy to shout out stuff like Pamela Anderson or Paul McCartney, but most of us would ocme to different conclusions when we REALLY thought of it. Let's leave those first two for questions like "Who would you like to have sex with" and "Who would you like to jam with". Or a combination of the two, whatever ;)

Anyway, after some thought my three dinner guests were:
1) Adolf Hitler (sure would be interesting to see how someone who was obviously brilliant in some respects was so perverted in other humanitarian ideas);
2) Jesus Christ (I'm not a christian in the orthodox sense, but I sure would like to confront him 2000 years down the line and ask him what he thinks about the hype :) )
3) Djengis (sp. ?) Khan (as the leader of the largest empire in history, he sure would be a hell of a dude to talk to - he had also been known to down a beer or two in his day.... )

I can't even begin to contemplate what would happen when you put these three guys at one dinner table, but that's why it's a fictionous question..... Hitler and Christ discussing Jewish racial policies, and Khan butting in demanding who the fuck the Jews are in the first place ;)

You could probably think of 100 more funny situations like this..... well that's another thread isn't it.

Coldfire

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"You know how complex women are"
- Neil Peart, Rush (1993)

[OpalCat]

HEY Don't be knocking Rowan Atkinson. I'm not a huge Mr. Bean fan, but I AM a huge Black Adder fan, and I've seen R.A. perform some solo & sketch comedy that was really damn hilarious.

Anyway... first off I'd have to say my husband. Married 8 years and still we can sit all day and talk without running out of stuff to say.

Celebrity types... hmm.. Sinéad O'Connor or Laurie Anderson
Sex thing... Brendan Fraser. Mmmmm... breeeeennnnndaaan

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[sunbear]

Leo Kottke. Musician, singer, off the wall story teller. Somebody should go and write down his stories. His universe is somehow orthogonal to ours.Sometimes reminds me of Gary Larson.

Leo has been known to fly to a city and then have to ask where he is, having forgotten his route and destination.

[ChiefScott]

[NicePete]

Kurt Vonnegut

[dramatoig]

From the living, I'd have to vote for Ursula Le Guin (my favorite writer) or perhaps Tony Kushner.

From the dead, P.G. Wodehouse. I think I'd laugh so much I'd break all my furniture.



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"You must not mind me madam; I say strange things, but I mean no harm." Samuel Johnson

Dead: Benjamin Franklin-smart, important & witty
Alive: Newt Gingrich. Yeah, I'd want to get HIM alone- if I can bring my Louisville Slugger, some brass knucks & wear a mask , so the <font color="purple"> !^&#^(&*^#</font> can't identify me......
Fictional: Sherlock Holmes! Greatest character in fiction & a major influence on my worldview.

My sincere sympathies about your sister, Athena. I would have E-mailed you privately, but that option wasn't available.

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We have met the enemy, and He is Us.--Walt Kelly

[TVeblen]

24 hours? That's tough. Well, my dog, but actuallly a whole day w/ someone else, nonstop, no escape? Sorry, recluse here.

Okay.Theory, we're talking theory..

Thomas Jefferson: for erudition, idealism and heartache; no matter how flawed.
Eleanor Roosevelt: same as above, with a different take for a different era.
Mark Twain, funny or dark period, because his vision and intelligence never wavered.
Malcolm X: a turbulent, honest vital soul who still knew joy.
Barbara Tuchman: who knew people made history.
Shirley Jackson: who knew evil and wrote it with genius.

Live folks? Whoopie Goldberg for making it, using it and not letting it own her.
.Lois McMaster Bujold: who can sneak myth and high resolve past SF.
Colin Powell: for grit, fortitude, and strength wisely applied.
I.M Pei: he sees beauty and creates it where none existed before.
I really exceeded the limit, didn't I?

[OpalCat]

That reminds me... anyone remember that short-lived budget airlines.... Western something, maybe?

They had a special where you paid like $90 round trip plus accomidations for a weekend vacation, but you didn't know til you got on the plane where the vacation would be?

They also sold advertizing space on the plane itself. The Simpsons plane was my favorite.

They also made the safety lecture really funny... like pretending to make mistakes... like saying that pulling on the mask would start the flow of nitrous--I mean oxygen flowing... etc. I loved that airline.... too bad they bit the big one :(

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Twain slipppedmy mind. Good choice.

[Shirley Ujest]

Ryan Stiles from Drew Carey show. ( The tall guy) I just love him, his comedic timing is excellent.

Janeane Garafalos - strikes me as a normal,person that is down to earth and straight forward.

Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldburg & Robin Williams. - no explanation needed.