# Who would you invite to dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020 "2005-06-05T18:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/21 "2005-06-06T17:40:41Z")
Thomas Jefferson was a notoriously bad dinner guest, even though he loved to have people at his table. He was very, very soft-spoken and he much preferred to listen and surrepticiously take notes about the conversation. I’d much rather sit down and talk with him one on one. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/22 "2005-06-06T18:42:49Z")
Albert Einstein George Washington Isaac Asimov Benjamin Franklin Richard Nixon Babe Ruth I think I got my bases covered – a scientist, a soldier, a writer/raconteur, an inventor, a politician, and an athlete. What a dinner it would be! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/23 "2005-06-06T19:01:38Z")
Matt Groening - Need I say why? Einstein - See if he’s as wacky as I think he was Abe Lincoln- I have a theory that’s he was actually 22 feet tall…need to confirm this… 😛 Jim Gaffagin - My fav. comedian Churchill Jesus - Going on the assumption that he existed. Mostly, I’d want to get an offical record of what his thoughts on gay marraige, dealth penalty, war in his name, and so forth are. If Jesus is found out to be unavailble due to non-existance, replace with Da Vinci. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/24 "2005-06-06T19:19:02Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Jim Gaffagin - My fav. comedian Just don’t have _too much pizzaaaaa_. (That is only funny to about three people I know.) This is my “Off the top of my head” list, and I know I’ll rethink it later and be angry. Martha Washington (she was a hip, hip lady) Casanova (for reasons best left undiscussed) Helena Blavatsky (we can have a seance after dinner) John Lennon ('nuff said) Cleopatra (so she can teach me that neat trick of ruling the world _and_ having men fight over her) My friend Jessie (she’d thoroughly enjoy the guests, and we haven’t seen each other in over a year) ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/25 "2005-06-07T02:18:13Z")
Guy Debord and Ralph Rumney (french writers) Martin Luther Johnny Rotten Caligula Howard Stern I’d just serve them Domino’s pizza. They’d probably be too busy fighting amongst themselves to eat anyway. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/26 "2005-06-07T02:29:16Z")
How to choose? Mrs Pankhurst Clara Barton Bill Clinton Jane Goodall Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/27 "2005-06-07T02:49:04Z")
Stephen Hawking Michelangelo Abraham Lincoln Ayn Rand Marilyn Monroe Teddy Roosevelt I was going to include Hitler, but it would totally freak me out to be in the same room with him. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020/28 "2005-06-07T03:20:42Z")
albert einstein leonardo da vinci pierre trudeau romeo dallaire sun-tzu and my completely non-famous friend lex, who would have as wicked bad a time as me, and totally back up my story that the dinner really occurred. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/307020.md?page=1)