Dinner with Friends

[Elok]

Oh, I didn't notice. All (both?) the people who get really worked up over copycat threads appreciate your efforts, I'm sure.

[loinburger]

The ethics of copycatting are: if the new thread doesn't have room for more than one joke, and that one joke doesn't include a picture, then it doesn't merit its own thread.

[Elok]

Who comes up with these rules? Methinks I detect the sinister hand of a dickgirl apologist...

[Tuberski]

Her case, if not Dissociative Identity Disorder in general, was the result of a careless psychologist "feeding" ideas to her patient, then having the patient act on them.

Well, obviously, we'd be having "ideas" for dinner.

ACK!

[Guynemer]

Galnemer and I have discussed this at length several times; some scientific names have already been mentioned here (Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Feynman, Carl Sagan, Tesla).

I think Hitchens is an inspired choice. We think Mike Rowe would make a hilarious guest. Other more modern commentators/celebrities would have to include Colbert and/or Stewart.

Various medieval and Renaissance writers (Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton, Machiavelli) and thinkers/artists (Da Vinci, Michelangelo) have also been possibilities, as have several "female leaders in a man's world," such as Catherine, Elisabeth, Jeanne d'Arc, and Boudicca.

[Elok]

WRT women in a man's world, my wife and I have a certain fondness for Christine de Pizan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan

Her end of the querelle is actually pretty funny.

[Tuberski]

Of course the fact that half the people on the list probably won't speak English will hamper the discussions.

ACK!

[Guynemer]

Well, obviously, if we have invented a time machine and/or a resurrection device, we'd have mastered universal translator technology. Duh.

Honestly, Tubes.

[loinburger]

Of course the fact that half the people on the list probably won't speak English will hamper the discussions.

with the understanding that they would be genuinely living at the dinner, capable of speaking English, provided with relevant knowledge beforehand, etc.

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[Tupac Shakur]

[Opening post]

**** you for your implication that the Buddha is inferior to Jesus Christ.

[Elok]

I don't think he's a deity. Even a good number of Buddhists don't think he's a deity (I don't know the ratio of Theravada to Mahayana, nor the exact Mahayana conception of Buddha).

[Tupac Shakur]

Mahayana far outnumbers Theravada and Buddhas, while not technically deities, are essentially godlike in practice.* Besides, the Buddha has way better superpowers than Jesus.**

Spoiler:

* Especially ****ing badass Vairocana.

Spoiler:

** Invisibility > Carpentry

[Elok]

Sorry, still not a Buddhist. No offense meant.

[Tupac Shakur]

Offense already taken, sir.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Keith Moon
Oliver Reed
John Mytton
Richard Burton
Errol Flynn
Brendan Behan
Vivian Stanshall
Richard Harris
David Niven
Dorothy Parker


Stick those 10 in a room with me and about a million units of alcohol, and set the cameras running for the greatest party in history.