# Who would you have dinner with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087 "2008-10-08T22:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/21 "2008-10-09T03:38:57Z")
Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Lloyd Blankfein. Are we permitted to try to network while at dinner? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/22 "2008-10-09T05:30:28Z")
1. Colin Powell 2. Dan Aykroyd 3. James Earl Jones I’m going to “add” another and ask that Chef Gordon Ramsay cook our dinner. 🙂 As an aside, does anybody recall the “Ten People You’d Like To Have To Dinner” lists from _The Book of Lists_? They included figures from history, and I think I could put together an interesting list if historical figures were included. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/23 "2008-10-09T07:20:39Z")
1. Barack Obama 2. Stephen Fry 3. Dolly Parton ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/24 "2008-10-09T07:27:21Z")
1. Dick Gregory 2. Kinky Friedman 3. David Cook ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/25 "2008-10-09T07:59:34Z")
Michaëlle Jean Barack Obama David Suzuki ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/26 "2008-10-09T09:01:26Z")
1. James May I can’t think of any-one else. I’m not very sociable. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/27 "2008-10-09T12:37:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Chris Rock > Bill Maher > Richard Dawkins I’ll trade out your Chris Rock and add Barack Obama. …this list is subject to change frequently throughout the day. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/28 "2008-10-09T12:39:33Z")
I can narrow it down to two dinners: Stephen King Tabitha King Matt Groening Hugh Laurie Wayne Brady Robert Sean Leonard ---
**Author:** ![accidentalyuppie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@accidentalyuppie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/accidentalyuppie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/29 "2008-10-09T12:45:12Z")
Warren Buffet Howard Stern Kevin Smith ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/30 "2008-10-09T12:50:41Z")
1. Sylvia Browne. I know most of you laugh at her, but I think she’s facinating and funny. 2. Stephen King 3. Ace Young… just because I don’t get to talk to him nearly enough. And yeah… he’s cute. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/31 "2008-10-09T13:04:23Z")
Barack Obama Bill Clinton Jimmy Carter (Yes, I’m a bit of a politics junkie, and each of those men would be interesting enough by themselves, but it would be especially interesting to find out where they agree and disagree. Of course, I’d hope that each would bring along his wife, to make it even more interesting) ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/32 "2008-10-09T13:39:45Z")
David Gilmour My dad (couldn’t live with myself if I met Dave without him!) For the third slot, I’d have to go with Polly Samson, Dave’s wife. She’d make him feel more at ease, I think. As much as I love Dave, I wouldn’t do the whole fangirly thing; instead I’d be interested in him as a person. What’s you favorite book? Tell me about your kids. Who is your hero? If I wanted to know Floyd stuff, it’s not hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/33 "2008-10-09T14:46:06Z")
OP here, and having given the matter serious thought, I’m back with not one but two lists. Politics: 1. Jon Stewart 2. Barack Obama 3. Jeff Greenfield Natural history/Growing things, including food/the environment: 1. David Quammen (author of _[Song of the Dodo](http://www.amazon.com/Song-Dodo-Island-Biogeography-Extinction/dp/0684827123/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223563398&sr=8-1)_) 2. Michael Pollan (author of _Omnivore’s Dilemma_ and _Botany of Desire_) 3. Al Gore (author of _An Inconvenient Truth_) There’s not a huge amount of direct overlap in what they have to say, so it would be fascinating to see where they found the commonality. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/34 "2008-10-09T15:03:00Z")
David Letterman Jack White Elizabeth Hurley (might get lucky!) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/35 "2008-10-09T15:14:11Z")
My dad, my brother, and my aunt. I don’t know when/if I’ll ever see them again otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/36 "2008-10-09T15:25:40Z")
Kim Jong Il Robert Mugabe Karl Rove Dinner would be poorly prepared fugu in a sauce of hemlock tea. I would excuse myself to take a phone call. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/37 "2008-10-09T18:19:48Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > \*Currently alive. \* Would you like to try again? Nah… ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/38 "2008-10-09T19:25:34Z")
Barack Obama Bill Clinton Johnny Depp ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/39 "2008-10-09T19:36:57Z")
Anthony Bourdain Deborah Knight Devra Dedeaux Yes, I am a major foodie. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/40 "2008-10-09T20:11:14Z")
Ken Follett, Stephen Hawking, and just so I don’t feel like a total nerd, Christian Bale. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087.md?page=3)