Dinner Party

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

Thomas Jackson - "did you ever have issues leading men into combat as a devout christian?"

Harriet Beecher Stowe - "did you anticipate the effect your book would have?"

Janis Joplin - "how bad were those blue pills at Woodstook?" and also "Kris Kristoffersen, really?"

Churchill - "did you ever doubt during WWII?"

Quisling - "what the h**l were you thinking?" and also "why are the doors and pathways in your "palace" so small?"

Princess Diana - "would you still have married Charles, knowing what it would bring?"

Me - "sorry for the take-out, but I am a lousy cook"

warspite1

Thanks terje - you have one more guest

Ah, indeed. Updated. Thx for the catch [:)]

[warspite1]

I had to look up Harriet Beecher Stowe. A book to put on my reading list I think [:)].

[Orm]

If you could invite seven people to a dinner party - who would they be, who would sit next to who and why would you invite them?

My guests would be:

Hannibal Barca
Cleopatra
Æthelflæd
Mehmed II
Isabella I
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Catherine II

I would sit at one end of the table so I can easier see my guests. At the other end I would place Hannibal Barca since he was born first.

I would then begin discussing what optional rules they like or dislike and what nation they prefer in the upcoming game of MWIF.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

See, I would focus my table conversation differently. I would assume that these historical figures could be brought up to snuff on current affairs and discoveries since their time.

warspite1

I think that is my historical bent coming into play. I am more interested in knowing what happened in the past and why, and yes, seeing their reactions as they are brought up to speed on things. Henry VIII and his daughter could be a delightful moment.... or not. She was Anne Boleyn's daughter - did that muddy his view of her? Equally the mess that splitting the church made! That would be priceless to see whether he would feel remorse at such a high cost for his wish for a son.

But that is the beauty of this - it's your dinner party so you are in charge [:)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

If you could invite seven people to a dinner party - who would they be, who would sit next to who and why would you invite them?

My guests would be:

Hannibal Barca
Cleopatra
Æthelflæd
Mehmed II
Isabella I
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Catherine II

I would sit at one end of the table so I can easier see my guests. At the other end I would place Hannibal Barca since he was born first.

I would then begin discussing what optional rules they like or dislike and what nation they prefer in the upcoming game of MWIF.

warspite1

Orm! are you holding a dinner party or playing Civilisation IV? [:D]

Also be careful of Cleopatra's asp!
and
Is your keyboard stuck?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I had to look up Harriet Beecher Stowe. A book to put on my reading list I think [:)].

[:)]

[Orm]

warspite1
and Is your keyboard stuck?

Why? Did I spell it wrongly? [:)]

[Orm]

Orm! are you holding a dinner party or playing Civilisation IV?

We might get around to play Civ IV later on. But first up is WIF and EIA. Then Diplomacy and Civilization (boardgames).

[Orm]

Also be careful of Cleopatra's asp!

Indeed. But in our Diplomacy games I must be more careful of her charm.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Orm! are you holding a dinner party or playing Civilisation IV?

We might get around to play Civ IV later on. But first up is WIF and EIA. Then Diplomacy and Civilization (boardgames).

warspite1

I think that games and dinner parties go hand in hand. After my dinner party is finished and all the guests have gone, I hope to play hide the sausage with the waitresses.....[8D]

[warspite1]

Anybody else care to share their fantasy guest list and their reasons?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Orm
Civilization (boardgames).

So, it is an overnight party then, cause that game does not finish quickly [;)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: Orm
Civilization (boardgames).

So, it is an overnight party then, cause that game does not finish quickly [;)]

warspite1

You haven't seen Orm play Civilisation then.....[;)]

[Orm]

[X(]
You meanie. [:D]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Thank-you. So what is your opening topic of conversation?

The Wolverhampton Wanderers: Leicester World Cup match of 1949?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9myHhpS9s about 3 minutes in.

When did Coventry City last win the FA Cup?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Anybody else care to share their fantasy guest list and their reasons?

Marie Antoinette - your favorite cake is?
Cleopatra - was Julius better than Mark?
Eva Braun - did Adolf really have only one?
Catherine the Great - did you ever get it on with Frederick the Great?
Mary Todd Lincoln - how was the play?
Mary Queen of Scots - did you write the Casket Letters?
Marilyn Monroe - why didn't you stick around?

[Zap]

If no religious then no philosophers should be included. Because several of them have some very weird philosophies.[;)] No Confucius.

[Ostwindflak]

I'd like to contribute, but I can really only think of 4 maybe 5 people so far.

[Aurelian]

Everyone in this thread to this point.

Digging up the dead, dirt all over the carpet..... the Empress would not be amused.

[rhondabrwn]

I just have a discussion question:

"Who won last night's Democratic debate... Hilary or Bernie?"

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