Following on from HWP's "Fiction to Reality" thread, it has made me recall a game I 'played' a while ago with some friends whilst out for dinner.

If you could choose 8 guests to come to your's for dinner, who would you choose? They can be anyone you like, alive or dead, folklore, imagined, fictional, whatever ....

I'm fairly boring - and probably predictable. But you can't have too many ego's around one table, so I would go for ....

1 - my husband
2 - Billy Connolly
3 - Eddie Izzard - and that's the two ego's taken care of ...
4 - Victoria Wood
5 - Joe Strummer
6 - Princess Anne - 'cos I think she's a good ol' girl under all that
7 - Philip Schofield
8 - Fern Brittan
('cos I think in real life, these last two really are a 'nice' and giggly as they appear on screen - and they'll have some stories ... )

and if there was room to sneak one more in, it would have to be the 'native' guy from Last of the Mohicans, old Daniel's brother - sheer eye candy ....

OK - so I didn't say that the conversation would have to flow really well

And in fact, it's probably a really, really good idea to invite a chef anyway

I agree with you about the chef, I think Jamie Oliver cos I like the type of food he cooks

my husband, cos I need someone to keep refilling my glass
my father cos I miss, him he died when I was 24
my mother, daughter and son as they are all back in Wales

thats 6, Casey Clark from CMT top twenty cos he makes me laugh and Frank Sinatra cos my father would loved to have met him

Should be a good night

Hmmm.... this is always a tough one! There are so many interesting people who have done interesting things but I wonder, 'I bet they're really boring in person though'.

I'm not sure that this would work as a party but it's a list of people who I find interesting at this moment:


Dian Fossey because 'I wanted to be a primatologist when I grow up' and that got me into university.

Mary (Jesus' mum) for her perspective on things.

Jo Brand cos she's hilarious and kind-hearted.

Sister Wendy Beckett - I find her life and perspective interesting.

Sojourner Truth cos she kicked-ass and I'd love to talk with her.

Mrs Doyle

Stephen Fry cos I think he'd be a good conversationalist without needing to be the conversation.

And a young Marlon Brando for dessert.

My list might be

My lovely husband

My best friend, who has MS and so cant write, and as I cant hear her on the phone we dont manage to keep in touch very much. I miss her.

Her husband, cos he's bonkers.

Patrick Stewart, love the voice and the bald head

Stephen Fry, love the brain and the humour

Another old friend who I havent seen for years, he lives in Beirut

HWP- no need to explain!

Bobby Flay- he can do the cooking and he seems like fun.

Aww, I'm flattered!

If I slip you a bottle of gin, will you sit me beside Patrick Stewart?

Make it a large bottle of Plymouth and you can have a private dining room

That's the hard bit too - I'd change my mind every week ...

Now then - you and Patrick, eh ? It's not that kind of party Peas ....

<me faints>

What!?! I just wanted to talk about light sabers, Romalins and stuff. You have a very dirty mind Ann.

they're the best sort................

yea yea

Um? Yep

PS - forgot about Stephen Fry - dman, very remiss - now who should I un-invite now?

Very hard to pare down to 8 but here goes!

1- OH (a great cook)
2- Lorraine Kelly (the "you're talking complete b0ll0cks" look on her face during a demonstration of past life regression 'This Morning' was priceless, and I bet she has loads of great gossip)
3- Albert Schweitzer (just been fascinated by his story since I was a kid)
4- Stephen Fry (for interesting facts and conversation)
5- Michael Faraday (what a mind)
6- Captian Janeway (kicks ass) or Captian Picard (also kick ass. but always in a very dignified manner)
7- my maternal grandfather (great sense of humour and I miss him and wish he'd met #1)
8- my maternal grandmother (wonderful joie de vivre and she misses #7 too)

is voice recognition software a possibility for your friend??

Me too for Patrick Stewart and Stephen Fry!!

Thanks for the suggestion, she is trying it but it takes ages to write a few lines and of course is dependent on someone setting up the PC and putting her headset on for her. Its bloody sad.