# A question re: 'You can invite any historical figure to dinner...' **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335 "2011-09-06T00:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/21 "2011-09-08T20:02:50Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I feel the same way, and prior to 2007 I thought I was the only one. Then came a fascinating and enlightening thread in which many, many dopers discussed their [fantasies of escorting a historical figure around modern times](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427596). It sounds like your choice would be Jefferson, which fits into the extremely popular founding founders theme. My personal choice is Madison, but by far the leader in that thread was Benjamin Franklin. I didn’t know that, but I wouldn’t to either ask questions of BF nor answer them. I wouldn’t want sex with him either. But I would just love to have a long aimless conversation with him. In the course of it I would both ask and answer questions. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/22 "2011-09-08T20:58:21Z")
I reckon most people, famous or not, would relish the opportunity to tell me all about their lives and their opinions on things. People are generally quite happy to talk about themselves. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/23 "2011-09-08T21:05:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Does anyone else feel the same way? I have yet to read any of the rest of the thread except the OP. I voted Other, although I don’t have any problem with pumping historic figures for information (available for Bar Mitzvahs). ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/24 "2011-09-09T15:10:18Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Am I the only one who would love to find out what the fuck Hitler was thinking? only if i didn’t mind my appetite being utterly destroyed. don’t think i could honestly sit down and break bread with something so evil as hitler and stalin. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/25 "2011-09-09T17:08:59Z")
> [@LegsAkimbo](#): > > I suspect Mr. Jefferson would NOT be pleased with what he heard about his country today. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. Of course not. He’d have a damn near heart-attack when he heard there was a Negro in the White House who wasn’t there to cook dinner! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/26 "2011-09-09T21:50:25Z")
Dirty jokes with Winston Churchill. ---
**Author:** ![Saratoga\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Saratoga\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saratoga_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335/27 "2011-09-10T00:18:27Z")
Inviting a couple of Oscar’s would be my choice… either Oscar Wilde or Oscar Levant, or better yet both at once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-re-you-can-invite-any-historical-figure-to-dinner/595335.md?page=1)