# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/41 "2008-10-09T20:16:10Z")
Angelina Jolie Joss Whedon my sister (couldn’t do the other two without including my sister at the dinner) ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/42 "2008-10-09T20:18:08Z")
Bowie Louis Black That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Unsquare\_Dance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Unsquare\_Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unsquare_Dance)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/43 "2008-10-09T20:40:33Z")
Brian Regan — He’s one of my favorite comedians. I got to see him live earlier this year, and he just seems like a genuinely nice person. Simon Pegg — He is _so_ my kind of geek. Terry Pratchett — Because the conversation would be amazing, even if I never said anything. ---
**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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/44 "2008-10-09T21:54:05Z")
> [@N.Sane](#): > > Angelina Jolie > Joss Whedon > my sister (couldn’t do the other two without including my sister at the dinner) 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/45 "2008-10-09T21:55:16Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > 😕 If he invited the other two, his sister would insist on attending. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/46 "2008-10-09T22:47:23Z")
If in their prime, Reagan, Thatcher, and Obama. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/47 "2008-10-09T22:59:07Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > If in their prime, Reagan, Thatcher, and Obama. I got busted, so I’m busting you…currently alive. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/48 "2008-10-09T23:02:41Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > I got busted, so I’m busting you…currently alive. Fairly busted! I missed that bit. Okay, so how about William Hague, Boris Johnson, and Barak Obama? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/49 "2008-10-10T08:37:26Z")
I’d have breakfast with Kevin Bacon, Lunch with the Earl of Sandwich, And dinner with Warren Buffett (we could do it on the cheap, like at some place that was an all-you can eat style where the guests serve themselves from various dishes displayed on a table or sideboard.) ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/50 "2008-10-10T11:39:51Z")
_snicker_ Nice one, **Isamu**! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/51 "2008-10-10T12:00:31Z")
Right now: Ricky Gervais (for laughs) Rachel Weisz (for eye candy and I saw her interviewed once and actually had the thought, “wow she’d be fun to hang around with.” ) Paul Greengrass ( I just watched one of the Bourne movies and his work is so varied and all great) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/52 "2008-10-10T14:13:11Z")
Sonny Barger Lemmy from Motorhead David Allen Coe You all can go ahead and have your nice intellectual dinners and or group sex romps. We’re just going to get loaded and maybe stop by a few nudie bars. ---
**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 10, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/53 "2008-10-10T14:20:16Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > If he invited the other two, his sister would insist on attending. Ah. “Do” the other two, as in, have lunch with. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/54 "2008-10-10T14:22:30Z")
Noam Chomsky Gore Vidal John Lydon ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/55 "2008-10-10T16:05:40Z")
Warren Haynes George R.R. Martin Mick Foley ---
**Author:** ![Unsquare\_Dance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Unsquare\_Dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unsquare_Dance)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/56 "2008-10-10T16:32:23Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I’d have breakfast with Kevin Bacon, > > Lunch with the Earl of Sandwich, > > And dinner with Warren Buffett (we could do it on the cheap, like at some place that was an all-you can eat style where the guests serve themselves from various dishes displayed on a table or sideboard.) I love you. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/57 "2008-10-10T18:34:51Z")
Loreena McKennitt Alex Lifeson Arnold ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/58 "2008-10-10T19:22:54Z")
Pleasant Conversation; 1. Bono of U2. Don’t care what your opinion of him is. U2 is my favorite band, though this wouldn’t be a fanwank lunch. I’d be more interested in talking to him about world leaders and aid issues. 2. Joss Whedon. It’d be fun to talk about the various universes he’s created and the whole Hollywood thing. 3. Oh My. There are a number of very attractive actresses who are closer to my age that I’d love to have dinner with. From Halley Berry to Torri Higginson to Angelina Jolie… the list is very long. Which of them isn’t married right now? Controversial/Confrontation and downright fun for me; 1\> Kim Jong-Il. In a neutral place with an interpreter but no bodyguards. I’d love to be able to question him about the world while being able to laugh in his face and point out the obvious. 2\> The Pope. We can discuss some of the finer points of Catholic Doctrine, how they developed, how the differ from early church doctrine and how they may or may not be based in scriptures. We can also discuss birth control and the armored pope mobile, and the similarities between each. 3\> There are some real nutball politicians in this country, especially for the minor parties. I’d love to have one chained to a table where I could question and laugh at them without worrying about them simply running away. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/59 "2008-10-10T19:49:28Z")
_Now living:_ Barack Obama Keira Knightley David McCullough _Now deceased:_ George Washington Jesus Christ John F. Kennedy _Civil War figures:_ Abraham Lincoln Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Gettysburg William Cushing, a naval hero known as “Lincoln’s Commando” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-have-dinner-with/467087/60 "2008-10-11T03:44:39Z")
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