Five people you want to meet

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Lap-Chee Tsui, geneticist whose team discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis.

Sylvia Earle, deep ocean explorer

Shuvo Roy, researcher developing an artificial kidney.

Alan Alda, actor and more interestingly (to me) former host of Scientific American Frontiers.

I’m cheating for #5. I already met Al Worden, command module pilot for Apollo 15 who holds the distinction as the most isolated human in history and who conducted the first (and so far only) deep space spacewalk during the return from the moon.

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Stephen Colbert. Funny and hot.
Crispin Freeman. Hot, sexy voice, geeky. I could seriously just listen to him talk.
Wil Wheaton. Dude! It’s Wil Wheaton!
Warren Ellis. I’d love to buy him a drink. He’s not hot. He probably smells of old cigarettes, beer, and the tears of the damned.
Weird Al Yankovic.

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Since I really can’t imagine any super-celebrities would have an interest in a conversation with me, I’m gonna go for eye-candy.

Freida Pinto
Michelle Williams
Aishwarya Rai
Penelope Cruz
Lucy Lui
Scarlett Johansson

Ok, it’s six. So just pick any 5 and send them my way.

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Add Bill Bailey, Dara O’Briain, and David Mitchell and it’d be a damn fine dinner party.

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If they have to be living, then:

Morgan Freeman–great voice
James Earl Jones–another great voice
Sandra Bullock–just because
Gordon Ramsay–for some cooking tips
Barack Obama–as others have, I’d enjoy a chat over beer in the White House garden

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Bill Clinton
Stephen Fry
John Cleese
Tina Fey
Ian Hislop

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Wow, everyone is being so tame and not thinking about THE SEX so I will be good too although those would make up at least 3 of my choices, to be honest.

Ok, non sex list:

Muhammad Ali - I think it would be inspiring to be in his presence
Maya Angelou - I just know she’d have some awesome wisdom to impart
Stephen Colbert - So very quick and funny and charming
Jimmy Carter - Oh the stories he could tell
Joss Whedon - So I could smack him in his five-head, kick him in his balls, and then tell him how much I hate his stuff

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Totally platonically internet lesbian marry me please :smiley:

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Done. Let’s seal it with a pillow fight.

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Kris Kristofferson

Bill Gates

Gene Kranz

Doug Walters (Australian Cricketer)

Max Tegmark

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Hillary Chelsea and Bill – I just want to see the dynamics between the three of them.

Bill O’Reilly - I know its an act to make money, I want to see if he will admit it.

Linda Ronstadt - Just tell me stories for an hour or three and I will die happy.

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And misery! Good call…can I buy a round? :slight_smile:

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Ke$ha - pop star
Dan Rather - news anchor
Bob Barker - former Price is Right host

After those three, I don’t have many strong opinions.

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James Thurber, because he’s quite humorous.

James Herriot, because he’s humorous and self-deprecating

John Cleese, because he’s humorous and not self-deprecating

Buzz Aldrin, because he’s hero and walked on the fucking moon.

Neil Peart, because I’m a drummer, though not fit to carry his sticks.

And one special guest, if you’ll permit me…

Professor Tom Lehrer. Exceedingly clever and talented genius.
Looking back at this list, I appear shallow. Choosing funny entertainment over deep scientific matter and importance.
Still, I’d pick Alan Sherman over any president, any day.

Except Lincoln, obviously.:smiley:

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**Neil Young **- Because I’d love to hear old road stories and about his songwriting process (although I have a feeling he would be slow to open up).

Ellen Page - Because she’s cute as a button.

Al Kaline - Because he has seen so much baseball and is a genuine nice guy.

Ringo Starr - Because I’d love to hear some Beatles stories and doubt that I could tolerate being around Macca for very long.

Bobby Orr - My childhood hero.
mmm
ETA: And if I were allowed to rouse someone from their dirt nap: George Carlin.

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I’d love to talk politics and Chicago history with him.

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Ok, so long as you realize you could never believe anything he said.

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Assuming all at once in a dinner party setting:

[ul]
[li]GW Bush[/li][li]B Clinton[/li][li]GHW Bush[/li][li]J Carter[/li][li]and throw in Nancy Reagan, 'cause Ron’s in a box[/li][/ul]

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Neil Peart - I love his drumming, his lyrics, and his motorcycle travelogue books.
J. K. Rowling - we could talk writing, and maybe she’d give me some tips!
Stephen King - ditto
Ellen Degeneres - she seems like a cool person to hang around with
Alice Cooper - 'cuz he’s Alice Cooper! And I’ve always wanted to meet him. :slight_smile:

Last year I would have said Steve Jobs, but he doesn’t fit the criteria anymore. :frowning:

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I made my list after reading the OP only, without checking anyone else’s list, and was shocked to find only one name that wasn’t already picked (and not the one I would I would have guessed).

[ul]
[li]Stephen Colbert[/li][li]Jon Krakauer[/li][li]Roger Ebert[/li][li]Barack Obama[/li][li]Alan Alda[/li][/ul]I was going to say, “and of course, Alan Alda” in an ironic way, but then I saw Iggy’s list. I guess I’m not quite as much of an outlier on the Dope as I thought.

I am a little surprised that of all of my picks, I’m the first to pick Ebert. Such a cool, interesting guy, who can speak (or at the very least write) intelligently on so many subjects beyond movies.