 Whose Coming to Dinner |
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 Dec 9 2015, 09:30 PM
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Prompted by TM's post here, who would be your ultimate dinner guests - choose five, anyone you please.
My guests: Seamus Heaney Evelyn Glennie Richard Feynman Harold Wilson Jeremy Bentham Jeanne d'Arc They all of them saw the world a little differently, found some deeper reality and greater depth, and then found a way of getting that across so the rest of us dolts could see what they saw, and I think they'd all have something interesting to say for themselves at dinner. [Edit: And yes, it's Who's Coming to Dinner. D'oh!] -------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Dec 9 2015, 10:00 PM
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OK here's my five -
Thomas Jefferson John Evelyn Richard Trevithick Sir Edward Grey Al Gore Ada Lovelace (well Simon has six!) All people who seemed to have been on the edge of history; yet were hugely significant in pointing to the future. -------------------- Know your place!
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Dec 11 2015, 07:53 AM
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I'd simply want to meet my own ancestors from past times. Say, 1550, 1650, 1750, 1850, 1950. Nothing special, but I'd like to know what ordinary people were doing.
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Dec 11 2015, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Dec 9 2015, 09:30 PM)  Prompted by TM's post here, who would be your ultimate dinner guests - choose five, anyone you please. My guests: Seamus Heaney Evelyn Glennie Richard Feynman Harold Wilson Jeremy Bentham Jeanne d'Arc They all of them saw the world a little differently, found some deeper reality and greater depth, and then found a way of getting that across so the rest of us dolts could see what they saw, and I think they'd all have something interesting to say for themselves at dinner. [Edit: And yes, it's Who's Coming to Dinner. D'oh!] |
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Dec 11 2015, 10:32 AM
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I would really like to meet somebody who was my 2nd Girlfriend in about 1971.
She was a BBC radio manager. Looked like Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. Sigh.ce She ended up with Jardine Matheson as a journalist in Hong Kong.Old family ties. Islington is flatulent with Guardian readers |
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Dec 11 2015, 12:43 PM
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1. Dr. Richard Beeching
2. Nick Clegg 3. Alan Sugar 4. Winston Churchill 5. William Shakespeare Although my usual question is who to invite to the pub (including fictional characters). |
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Dec 11 2015, 04:10 PM
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Jeremy Corbyn
So I can ask him why he sympathizes with terrorists. |
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Dec 11 2015, 05:04 PM
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je suis Charlie
Petra Biker1 HeatherW GMR Cognosco dannyboy Spartacus Should be a laugh. |
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Dec 11 2015, 05:05 PM
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QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Dec 11 2015, 04:10 PM) Jeremy Corbyn So I can ask him why he sympathizes with terrorists. Well they need love too, perhaps more! |
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Dec 11 2015, 05:18 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 11 2015, 05:04 PM) je suis Charlie Petra Biker1 HeatherW GMR Cognosco dannyboy Spartacus Should be a laugh. I'll bring the mince pies! |
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Dec 11 2015, 10:50 PM
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Custard or cream?
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Dec 11 2015, 11:07 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 11 2015, 10:50 PM) Custard or cream? Cream please, and a small dry sherry. |
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Dec 12 2015, 12:43 PM
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Cream please, and a small dry sherry. OMG. Newbury has Hyathinse Bouquet. 
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Dec 12 2015, 12:48 PM
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Not entirely sure what has changed to my pages...
A new link seems to have been activated I was always polite----even to Petra. ce |
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Dec 12 2015, 01:32 PM
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Christopher Eccleston
David Tennant Matt Smith Peter Capaldi John Hurt Who's coming to dinner. |
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Dec 12 2015, 06:09 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Dec 12 2015, 01:32 PM) Christopher Eccleston David Tennant Matt Smith Peter Capaldi John Hurt Who's coming to dinner. That took me a minute.
-------------------- Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
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Dec 12 2015, 07:39 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Dec 12 2015, 01:32 PM) Christopher Eccleston David Tennant Matt Smith Peter Capaldi John Hurt Who's coming to dinner. Fnarrr |
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Dec 14 2015, 08:44 AM
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Would be interesting to have dinner with a group of recently arrived immigrants; what do you think? Was it worth it?
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Dec 16 2015, 05:49 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 11 2015, 05:04 PM) je suis Charlie Petra Biker1 HeatherW GMR Cognosco dannyboy Spartacus Should be a laugh. Excellent, what time do you want me to come to your house? |
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Dec 16 2015, 05:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,085 Joined: 13-May 09 From: Newbury, Berkshire. Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (The Hatter @ Dec 14 2015, 08:44 AM) Would be interesting to have dinner with a group of recently arrived immigrants; what do you think? Was it worth it? From where some came from then the answer has to be 'yes'. |
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