Comments on: Intimidating dinner companions

By: MPH

MPH — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:29:07 +0000

“Now to a tyrant or to an imperial city nothing is inconsistent which is expedient…

-Euphemus

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:22:59 +0000

Ditto GEO6, and I’d find another chair for Paul of Tarsus.

By: GEO6

GEO6 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:25:20 +0000

George Washington- to discuss the New Jersey campaign of 1776-77 and later how he developed his vision of what the Presidency should be. Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Ronald Reagan, Therese of Liseux, Dwight Eisenhower on Coalition Warfare from ‘42 to VE Day.

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:18:41 +0000

Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Emerson Fittipaldi, Carroll Shelby, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Liam Neeson, Bette Davis, Sting, Freddie Mercury

By: Chap

Chap — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:17:37 +0000

Carpe dinner party. Who would you invite now? I’ve got an idle plan to do something similar in about ten years, or the next time I’m in NYC with enough warning, gathering every interesting dinner partner I know in town for a long and pleasant evening in some place like the Russian Tea Room until the cops come.

Best job I ever had on shore involved putting on a suit and occasionally playing hooky just to hear people talk about things in small venues. Wonderful learning experience, and in DC where we were, we were not wanting for interesting subjects and speakers.

By: MaxDamage

MaxDamage — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:49:00 +0000

Thomas Jefferson, Leonardo DaVinci, Alexander the Great, Theodore Rooseveldt…. They get one table.

My wife and I will enjoy our meal at another. Dang it, folks, what do you want to do — argue or eat?

– Max