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This thread is borrowed from a concept I heard about on Something Awful. The rules are simple: suppose you can invite any ten people, living or dead, to dinner (with the understanding that they would be genuinely living at the dinner, capable of speaking English, provided with relevant knowledge beforehand, etc.). Whom would you invite?
I'm excluding Jesus from this list for a variety of reasons, mostly because His presence would seem to make the other nine somewhat superfluous--like Superman and the rest of the Justice League, what the dickens does he need them for? If you want to include Him, that's your call. Anyway, my ten, at the moment and in no particular order:
1. C.S. Lewis
2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. Charlie Chaplin
4. Albert Einstein
5. William Shakespeare
6. Voltaire
7. Mark Twain
8. Gautama Buddha
9. Jonathan Swift
10. Socrates
I'll probably change my mind about some of those, and yes, I'm aware that such a lineup would probably result in fistfights before we got past the appetizer. The conversation would at least not be boring.
Oh, and no definitely fictional people here. If you want to list someone who may or may not have existed, e.g. Ragnar Lodbrok if for some reason you wanted him, I suppose I'd allow it, but no putting Peter Parker on there.
EDIT: I was planning to include Swift, but then forgot about him when it came time to compose the list. He bumps Marcus Aurelius. Thanks to Felch for reminding me.
I'm excluding Jesus from this list for a variety of reasons, mostly because His presence would seem to make the other nine somewhat superfluous--like Superman and the rest of the Justice League, what the dickens does he need them for? If you want to include Him, that's your call. Anyway, my ten, at the moment and in no particular order:
1. C.S. Lewis
2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. Charlie Chaplin
4. Albert Einstein
5. William Shakespeare
6. Voltaire
7. Mark Twain
8. Gautama Buddha
9. Jonathan Swift
10. Socrates
I'll probably change my mind about some of those, and yes, I'm aware that such a lineup would probably result in fistfights before we got past the appetizer. The conversation would at least not be boring.
Oh, and no definitely fictional people here. If you want to list someone who may or may not have existed, e.g. Ragnar Lodbrok if for some reason you wanted him, I suppose I'd allow it, but no putting Peter Parker on there.
EDIT: I was planning to include Swift, but then forgot about him when it came time to compose the list. He bumps Marcus Aurelius. Thanks to Felch for reminding me.
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