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Encountering a horse that can solve differential equations (in German,
no less) and a dog that knows the difference between a pinyon and a
pinion (or between a pinion, a pinion, and a pinion, for all one
knows) sets a boys mind to wandering.

What might it be like to enjoy a lengthy late evening repast and
discussion with such illustrious celebrities? Not an entirely
original daydream, one can hardly deny......Steve Allen did it thirty
some years ago.....but enticing nevertheless.

Personally, I think I'd have a hard time planning a menu that would
thrill all those pleasant.....but the conversation would doubtless be
a stone cold ****in' thriller!

So, let us abandon cuisine in favor of cerebral stimulation.

Ignoring possible dietary tabbos, restrictions, preferences and other
impedimenta, and limiting the list to say, four invitees, who are the
number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?

giles
responses will not be graded.....let alone on compatibility......but
let's do try to be reasonable, eh? i mean, yeah, sharon and charlie
(or his friends, anyway) have already met.....but probably not the
best of all possible dinner companions.....know what i mean? :)

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On 2/11/2011 8:16 PM, Giles wrote:
Encountering a horse that can solve differential equations (in German,
no less) and a dog that knows the difference between a pinyon and a
pinion (or between a pinion, a pinion, and a pinion, for all one
knows) sets a boys mind to wandering.

What might it be like to enjoy a lengthy late evening repast and
discussion with such illustrious celebrities?

ok, I am going to play along, but Wolfie, I had to admit that I first
read this part and wondered why I'd wish to eat dinner with a horse and
and a dog.....despite their attested-to talents.



......Steve Allen did it thirty
some years ago.....but enticing nevertheless.

Personally, I think I'd have a hard time planning a menu that would
thrill all those pleasant.....but the conversation would doubtless be
a stone cold ****in' thriller!

So, let us abandon cuisine in favor of cerebral stimulation.

Ignoring possible dietary tabbos, restrictions, preferences and other
impedimenta, and limiting the list to say, four invitees, who are the
number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?


Hell, Allen probably brought it up earlier than that, but I always have
enjoyed the premise myself. Actually, it used to be a sort of grad
school routine exercise among the Biology students, sometimes limited to
guests from the sciences, sometimes open to any person. Interesting, all
participating regularly changed the list to reflect changed interests.
Anyhow, here goes, with the caveat that I won't rank the order. Just
today's four:

Marcel Duchamp--must set up the chess board after dinner
Martin Luther--I want to talk with someone willing to challenge THAT
level of authority.
Galileo Galilei
Ghandi

yeah, I'm sort of going for a theme here, and yes, the menu would be a
bitch. Probably, just order Chinese take-out and have done with it.....

Tom

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On Feb 11, 8:06*pm, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 2/11/2011 8:16 PM, Giles wrote:

Encountering a horse that can solve differential equations (in German,
no less) and a dog that knows the difference between a pinyon and a
pinion (or between a pinion, a pinion, and a pinion, for all one
knows) sets a boys mind to wandering.

What might it be like to enjoy a lengthy late evening repast and
discussion with such illustrious celebrities?

ok, I am going to play along, but Wolfie, I had to admit that I first
read this part and wondered why I'd wish to eat dinner with a horse and
and a dog.....despite their attested-to talents.

Can't honestly say that I'd be much interested in sharing a repast
with a dog and a horse either.....though I'm sure it's done every day
in many places throughout the world. I was just sort of wondering
what it might be like.....not voluteering to do the research.

.....Steve Allen did it thirty

some years ago.....but enticing nevertheless.

Personally, I think I'd have a hard time planning a menu that would
thrill all those pleasant.....but the conversation would doubtless be
a stone cold ****in' thriller!

So, let us abandon cuisine in favor of cerebral stimulation.

Ignoring possible dietary tabbos, restrictions, preferences and other
impedimenta, and limiting the list to say, four invitees, who are the
number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?

Hell, Allen probably brought it up earlier than that,

No idea when he first thought or brought it up, but he brought it to
television thirty some years ago.

but I always have
enjoyed the premise myself. Actually, it used to be a sort of grad
school routine exercise among the Biology students, sometimes limited to
guests from the sciences, sometimes open to any person. Interesting, all
participating regularly changed the list to reflect changed interests.

Yeah, the list would (and should) necessarily change from moment to
moment.....at least for any thinking person.

Anyhow, here goes, with the caveat that I won't rank the order. Just
today's four:

Marcel Duchamp--must set up the chess board after dinner

Familiar name, but I confess I had to look him up. I remember his
nude descending a staircase, but know virtually nothing else about him

Martin Luther--I want to talk with someone willing to challenge THAT
* * * * * * * * level of authority.

As later demonstrated, he was willing to challenge THAT level of
authority at least in part because he sort of itched to have it
himself. The only thing I've ever heard about Luther that resonated
with me (so to speak) is that he liked music. Of course, he WAS also
a knowledgeable theologian, and I can appreciate that......but that's
not quite the same thing as resonating. Still, I suspect he would
indeed be interesting to talk to, at least for a while.

Galileo Galilei

Yeah, he would definitely be interesting. Personally, I'd be less
interested in his science than in the conflict that his devotion to it
engendered. The tightrope he walked is a major theme in the history
of the last few centuries.....and is still with us, albeit in a more
attenuated form.....in some places, anyway. In some others, he would,
even today, find his position eerily (and uncomfortably) familiar,
even with regard to the same specific issue that got him in trouble
last time.

Ghandi

The Mahatma would be a daunting dinner guest. Some of the others I'd
invite would doubtless feel comfortable in his presence. I'd think
I'd be afraid to open my mouth. But then, that would doubtless be the
case with many others as well. I guess we just have to go on the
assumption that as host one would naturally be able to keep up with
the guests.....or that they would at least be willing to support the
pretense.

yeah, I'm sort of going for a theme here, and yes, the menu would be a
bitch. Probably, just order Chinese take-out and have done with it.....

Regardless of the roster I think that the above noted trepidation
notwithstanding, I'd rather try to keep up with the discussion than
plan a menu.

Meanwhile, one possible theme (dissent from the dominant paradigm)
seems fairly obvious.....but I suppose there are any number of others.

giles
who suspects that serving hot and sour soup to martin luther would be
an extraordinarily bad way to start an evening of productive and
enjoyable conversation.

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On 2/11/2011 10:39 PM, Giles wrote:

Meanwhile, one possible theme (dissent from the dominant paradigm)
seems fairly obvious.....but I suppose there are any number of others.

giles
who suspects that serving hot and sour soup to martin luther would be
an extraordinarily bad way to start an evening of productive and
enjoyable conversation.

yup, you caught the theme well, and share the interest in Galileo's core
struggle. Further, in that crowd, I might as well try and plan a menu,
as I'd otherwise be doing far more listening and learning than
adding much to the conversation. As it always has been, a pleasant
exercise to consider such a list, thanks.
Tom
p.s. Steve Allen didn't bring that to TV until 1980 or thereabouts? I'm
not doubting your accuracy whatsoever, but it just seemed earlier......

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Now, Giles, it is only fair to request your list, with all the caveats,
as well as the clear acceptance that it would be just today's list.
Heck, one could pleasantly envision a whole series of such gatherings,
albeit imaginary. I just don't want to get stuck with the dishwashing,
and perhaps the menu could be some sort of pot-luck supper.......

Tom

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Joe the Elder offers---don"t know what your other guests would think
but eating dog and horse might offer some change. Instead of surff
and turf we could have ----Bow -wow and Trigger or Lassy andSilver !!
I shared dog with some Turkish troops in Korea. Not too bad if curry
sauce is very strong. When flying to Europe out of Raleigh airport
was surprised to find that most of luggage was horsemeat destined
for France !!!
Joseph

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On Feb 12, 7:04*am, Tom Littleton wrote:
On 2/11/2011 10:39 PM, Giles wrote:

Meanwhile, one possible theme (dissent from the dominant paradigm)
seems fairly obvious.....but I suppose there are any number of others.

giles
who suspects that serving hot and sour soup to martin luther would be
an extraordinarily bad way to start an evening of productive and
enjoyable conversation.

yup, you caught the theme well, and share the interest in Galileo's core
struggle. Further, in that crowd, I might as well try and plan a menu,
as I'd otherwise be doing far more listening and learning than
adding much to the conversation.

If I was planning on doing less listening than talking I'd go
to......well, usenet, I suppose. :)

As it always has been, a pleasant
exercise to consider such a list, thanks.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tom

de nada.

p.s. Steve Allen didn't bring that to TV until 1980 or thereabouts? I'm
not doubting your accuracy whatsoever, but it just seemed earlier......

1977, according to my sources.

giles.

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On Feb 12, 11:53*am, Tom Littleton wrote:
Now, Giles, it is only fair to request your list, with all the caveats,
as well as the clear acceptance that it would be just today's list.
Heck, one could pleasantly envision a whole series of such gatherings,
albeit imaginary. I just don't want to get stuck with the dishwashing,
and perhaps the menu could be some sort of pot-luck supper.......

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Tom

There is no "today's" list. On the days that it comes to mind the
list changes moment by moment.

Right now? Well, Twain ALWAYS looms large. T.H. Huxley would be an
interesting foil.....or goad. And if Huxley is there then
Darwin.....but no, not only too obvious, too dull. How about Billy
Graham? Yeah.....or Jim and Tammy Fay? :)
And then, just to keep things moving smoothly on an even keel,
Christopher Hitchens.

Menu? Tamales.....with wasabi.....and tequila shooters.

Theme? Absolutely irrelevant.

Or, how about Emmett Kelly, Red Skelton, George W. Bush, and Newt
Gingrich? Not as silly as it might appear. I've heard (and/or read)
interviews with both Kelly and Skelton. Both came across as
thoughtful and humane.

Hm.....

O.k., it's silly.

Theme? Personal integrity.

Menu? Gummi Bears and Chitos.

Marie Curie, Mother Theresa, Melissa Etheridge, Mary Shelley.

Theme? Which of you actually thinks you have something to say that
ALL of the others might possibly be interested in?

Menu? Pretty much whatever Melissa wants, I'd guess.

Mother Theresa, Joan of Arc, Mary Baker Eddy, Sojourner Truth.

Theme? Conciliation, cooperation, consensus.

Menu? You'll eat what's put in front of you!

Edward O. Wilson. Sigurd F. Olson, Snorri Sturluson, Peter
Matthiessen.

Theme? Patrimony.

Menu? Nope, not a clue on this one. :(

giles
who could go on for days and, needless to say, always experiences
difficulty in keeping imagination from bludgeoning insight.

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"Giles" wrote

who are the
number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?

john f. kennedy (he is simply my favorite public person of all time)

roy black (the greatest trial lawyer i have ever seen)

justice william brennan (favorite supreme court justice)

diane keaton

menu: fried oysters from any fish house in calabash, n.c., la crema
chardonnay, pecan pie as made by patsy yelton of rowan county, nc, and a
bailey's to top things off.

yfitons
wayno

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On Feb 14, 1:00*pm, "Wayne Harrison" wrote:
"Giles" wrote

who are the

number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?

john f. kennedy *(he is simply my favorite public person of all time)

roy black *(the greatest trial lawyer i have ever seen)

justice william brennan *(favorite supreme court justice)

diane keaton

An endlessly fascinating exercise. Kept at the task for forty hours a
week, I suspect that srping would be well advanced before any of the
names on your list occurred to me.....and Mr. Black would presumably
have taken a great deal longer.

I've done this many times with many people and have yet to encounter
an uninteresting list, even......nay, ESPECIALLY.....when someone
tried hard to come up with one.

menu: *fried oysters from any fish house in calabash, n.c., la crema
chardonnay, *pecan pie as made by patsy yelton of rowan county, nc, and a
bailey's to top things off.

White wine with fried oysters? :(

Anchor Steam for me, please.

In any case, what with the recent encroachment of civilization (or, a
reasonable facsimile thereof, anyway), we here in S.W. Curdistan stand
ready to cater to pretty much any tastes (however frightful and
unaccountable) these days.

Meanwhile, we have heard rumors that your mobility ain't quite what it
used to be (there's a "hitch in yer gitalong" was, if memory serves,
the preferred term du jour during my tenure in the land below the line
beyond which Mssrs. Mason and Dixon could find no good reason to
venture). Reason enough (as if one was needed) to get up off your ass
and join the Miller/Bowen expedition to settle some very old scores,
come June.

Remember, Cheeselandia has more miles of trout streams per unit of
surface area than most.....and more vendors of alcoholic beverages
than the vast majority of sovereign nations.

Besides, whattya got to lose?

yfitons

Ditto, albeit not in precisely the same locale.

wayno

giles

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Bob Kerrey, Martin Luther King, jr., Madeliene Albright, and Margaret Thatcher.

Entertainment (before dinner only): George Shearing Quintet (circa 1955)

Fresh American shrimp, steamed and served over a bed of chipped ice,
lettuce, and my special sauce. Tenderloin steaks (From Betty's Market)
wrapped with bacon and broiled to desired wellness. Baked potatoes (I
know, no imagination), and steamed asparagus.

Desert would be hot chocolate pudding served over home made vanilla ice cream.

A good California white wine before dinner, a Georgia red with dinner,
and Grand Marnier (cigars optional) after desert and in the candle lit
sun room.

Conversations:
Kerrey and his Medal of Honor.
MLK, Jr. on his famous speech.
Albright on her experience as Sec of State
Thatcher on her planning/leadership displayed during the Falklands war.

That should lead us to a breakfast of eggs (not cooked Miller style),
bacon, home fries, OJ, raisin toast, and fresh coffee.

Dave

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On the flip side:

George Gerhke, Todd, Mike Youknowwho, and one roffian chosen by lottery.

Hamms and PBR before dinner.

Salad, fried clams, french fries, cole slaw.
Desert: Mixed fruit Jello

Hamms and PBR with dinner.

Hamms and PBR after desert.

Conversations:

Gerhke on how great he is.
Todd on how he got through life without a last name.
Youknowwho on why he hates Gerhke.
Roffian on why he is so unlucky and in such a bitchy mood.

Entertainment before, during, and after dinner: Our very own wayno on
guitar and singing the blues.

Breakfast: Miller's Special Fried Eggs, bacon, homefries, OJ, raisin
toast, coffee made by Injun Joe.

Dave

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On Feb 14, 4:58*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
Bob Kerrey, Martin Luther King, jr., Madeliene Albright, and Margaret Thatcher.

One suspects that these are all people who could actually talk to one
another.

Interesting.

Avant whatsit.....but interesting.

Entertainment (before dinner only): *George Shearing Quintet (circa 1955)

Most excellent choice.

Fresh American shrimp, steamed and served over a bed of chipped ice,
lettuce, and my special sauce.

Um.....would these be Gulf shrimp? Have you checked green cards?

Tenderloin steaks (From Betty's Market)
wrapped with bacon and broiled to desired wellness.

The broiler is a much underestimated cooking tool. Still, for red
meats we prefer an open wood fire,

Baked *potatoes (I know, no imagination),

The baked potatoe is a grossly underestimated culinary delight. Yes,
of course, it has to be done right......but then, what's delightful
when it's done wrong.....ainna?

and steamed asparagus.

Steamed "wild" asparagus, if you please. Not that there's any
difference at all (let alone a significant difference) in the product
(assuming both....or neither.....have been subjected to the needless
application of a surplus of "organic" toxins.

Desert would be hot chocolate pudding served over home made vanilla ice cream.

"Home made" being here assumed to be defined as not exactly "Dean's,"
"Kraft," "Ben and Jerry's," "Harry and David's, "Brier's,"
etc.....right?

A good California white wine before dinner, a Georgia red with dinner,

I'll have the Franzia cabernet before and with, thank you.

and Grand Marnier (cigars optional) after desert and in the candle lit
sun room.

Yeah, that sounds good.*

Conversations:
Kerrey and his Medal of Honor.
MLK, Jr. on his famous speech.
Albright on her experience as Sec of State
Thatcher on her planning/leadership displayed during the Falklands war.

That should lead us to a breakfast of eggs (not cooked Miller style),
bacon, home fries, OJ, raisin toast, and fresh coffee.

Dave

As aforementioned, endlessly fascinating.

Two obvious questions come immediately to mind**. Which famous
speech? And.....um.....over medium, or poached?

giles
*who, admittedly, has never eaten a cigar, good, bad, or indifferent,
before, during or after the main couse......but has never been one to
sneer at local customs without good reason.....or at least a wayward
whim.
**well, o.k., three. falklands.....falklands......um.....would those
be anywhere near the malvinas?

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On 2/14/2011 6:46 PM, Giles wrote:

Entertainment (before dinner only): George Shearing Quintet (circa 1955)

Most excellent choice.

made all the more poignant by Shearing's passing yesterday. RIP.

Tom

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On 2011-02-14 18:46:34 -0500, Giles said:
.

Two obvious questions come immediately to mind**. Which famous
speech? And.....um.....over medium, or poached?

"I have a dream." And eggs to order.

giles
*who, admittedly, has never eaten a cigar, good, bad, or indifferent,
before, during or after the main couse......but has never been one to
sneer at local customs without good reason.....or at least a wayward
whim.

Hmmmmm, and I've never eaten Grand Marnier. Drank it more than a few
times, however. And it's a cigar; it should be obvious what to do with
it, unless you are Bill Clinton of course.

**well, o.k., three. falklands.....falklands......um.....would those
be anywhere near the malvinas?

Depends. If you take the side of Argentina, the Malvinas. GB, the Falklands.

Dave

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On 2011-02-14 19:51:43 -0500, Tom Littleton said:

On 2/14/2011 6:46 PM, Giles wrote:

Entertainment (before dinner only): George Shearing Quintet (circa 1955)

Most excellent choice.

made all the more poignant by Shearing's passing yesterday. RIP.

Tom

Yes! I collected his vinyls during the 50s and 60s, I had every album
of his I could get my fingers on. I eventually replaced them with CDs
when I could find them. Unique artist. His music will live on.

Dave

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On 2/14/2011 2:00 PM, Wayne Harrison wrote:
wrote

who are the
number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?

john f. kennedy (he is simply my favorite public person of all time)

stunned ...i'd have guessed frank porter graham.

roy black (the greatest trial lawyer i have ever seen)

surprised... univ of miami school of law 1970... g. but i agree about
his unique individual talent.

justice william brennan (favorite supreme court justice)

another surprise...though i reckon he matches your equitable and politic
legal temperament. too mild for me...william o, in his later years, and
thurgood...they'll do in a nearsighted, selfish wish for my own sense of
right at that level of decision-making.

diane keaton

i expected a woman, and she is a worthy choice. but a final surprise
nonetheless. i get it, i think. annie hall and all. still, i believe
the other guests you have selected, together with the aphrodisia of the
oysters, will require the inclusion of a younger woman who can meet
certain needs in a satisfactory and athletic manner after all the fine
conversation and dining is concluded... i kinda like that woman on
"weeds"...

now, this was simply my comment about your list...not to suggest my own.
frankly, i'd be much more of a hedonist. someone that cooks a good meal
for us, someone that plays/sings good music, someone that makes us happy
with shared laughter, and a philosopher with an ability to teach/provoke
life lessons in an enjoyable, captivating manner. (hell, wayno, you've
done 3 of the 4 on occasion) if they are each a lovely woman, more
better...but the acceptable choices are simply too great for any
narrowing by me. an impossible task. those of you who have a fixed list
are remarkably decisive in my view. i bow and aspire to such crisp,
confident decisions.

menu: fried oysters from any fish house in calabash, n.c., la crema
chardonnay, pecan pie as made by patsy yelton of rowan county, nc, and a
bailey's to top things off.

....any fish house?? i fear you've sampled too few in that area. some
are a guarantee of hepatitis from my few sojourns down thataway. have
you tried hyde county oyster fritters?? lawd, lawdy, lawd!!! just don't
study the cooks too intently...it'll detract from the meal.

jeff
(pitt-ed, potted, and ****ed...but grateful for moments shared with many
who wallowabout in the hereabout...)

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Giles wrote in
:

On Feb 14, 4:58*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
Bob Kerrey, Martin Luther King, jr., Madeliene Albright, and Margaret
Tha
tcher.

One suspects that these are all people who could actually talk to one
another.

Interesting.

Avant whatsit.....but interesting.

Entertainment (before dinner only): *George Shearing Quintet (circa
195
5)

Most excellent choice.

Fresh American shrimp, steamed and served over a bed of chipped ice,
lettuce, and my special sauce.

Um.....would these be Gulf shrimp? Have you checked green cards?

Tenderloin steaks (From Betty's Market)
wrapped with bacon and broiled to desired wellness.

The broiler is a much underestimated cooking tool. Still, for red
meats we prefer an open wood fire,

Baked *potatoes (I know, no imagination),

The baked potatoe is a grossly underestimated culinary delight. Yes,
of course, it has to be done right......but then, what's delightful
when it's done wrong.....ainna?

and steamed asparagus.

Steamed "wild" asparagus, if you please. Not that there's any
difference at all (let alone a significant difference) in the product
(assuming both....or neither.....have been subjected to the needless
application of a surplus of "organic" toxins.

Desert would be hot chocolate pudding served over home made vanilla
ice c
ream.

"Home made" being here assumed to be defined as not exactly "Dean's,"
"Kraft," "Ben and Jerry's," "Harry and David's, "Brier's,"
etc.....right?

A good California white wine before dinner, a Georgia red with
dinner,

I'll have the Franzia cabernet before and with, thank you.

and Grand Marnier (cigars optional) after desert and in the candle
lit sun room.

Yeah, that sounds good.*

Conversations:
Kerrey and his Medal of Honor.
MLK, Jr. on his famous speech.
Albright on her experience as Sec of State
Thatcher on her planning/leadership displayed during the Falklands
war.

That should lead us to a breakfast of eggs (not cooked Miller style),
bacon, home fries, OJ, raisin toast, and fresh coffee.

Dave

As aforementioned, endlessly fascinating.

Two obvious questions come immediately to mind**.


Actually, only one question comes to mind....WHERE THE HELL ARE THE $PAM
ENTREES????

HH.

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"Giles" wrote

Meanwhile, we have heard rumors that your mobility ain't quite what it
used to be (there's a "hitch in yer gitalong" was, if memory serves,

yep; confusion abounds between my vascular guru and my neurologist
concerning the cause of my problem, but no matter: the truth is i can't
walk more than 150yds, and my wading techniques make frank reid look like
barishnikov in his prime.


get up off your ass
and join the Miller/Bowen expedition to settle some very old scores,
come June.

i would truly enjoy the trip, regardless of the reduced activity. i count
on working on the concept.

Remember, Cheeselandia has more miles of trout streams per unit of
surface area than most.....and more vendors of alcoholic beverages
than the vast majority of sovereign nations.

Besides, whattya got to lose?

yes! yes!!! an opportunity to break the chains of age and disability, and
leap, free of evil gravity, into the thin, clean air of cheeselandia the
beautiful...
yfitons

Ditto, albeit not in precisely the same locale.

wayno

giles

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"jeff" wrote

now, this was simply my comment about your list...not to suggest my own.


but the acceptable choices are simply too great for any
narrowing by me. an impossible task. those of you who have a fixed list
are remarkably decisive in my view. i bow and aspire to such crisp,
confident decisions.

truth is, i find such activity immensely interesting, and quite an
intellectual delight. i could enjoy making 40 such lists.


jeff
(pitt-ed, potted, and ****ed...but grateful for moments shared with many
who wallowabout in the hereabout...)

so, where's your list, jefe?

yfitp
wayno

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Wayne Harrison wrote:
"Giles" wrote
who are the
number one through four guests (from any place or time on earth) on
your bucket list?

john f. kennedy (he is simply my favorite public person of all time)

roy black (the greatest trial lawyer i have ever seen)

justice william brennan (favorite supreme court justice)

diane keaton

menu: fried oysters from any fish house in calabash, n.c., la crema
chardonnay, pecan pie as made by patsy yelton of rowan county, nc, and a
bailey's to top things off.

Bailey's ? I always knew you were a candy drinker. ;-)

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Martin Luther King Jr.

Barack Obama

Menu: who cares ?

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On 2/15/2011 11:48 AM, Wayne Harrison wrote:


so, where's your list, jefe?

yfitp
wayno



it's near impossible for me... but...here's a knee-jerk start.

bryan stevenson - a human being who is one of the best ever born into
this world, imo... he happens to be a lawyer. when i think of lawyers
and the ideals of my profession, and of a true, sacrificial, generous
spirit, well, he is my hero...and my hope.

eva cassidy...a remarkable voice and creative musical spirit. the more
of her music i hear, the more i admire her artistry. i never tire of her
voice or music.

james thurber... humor.

ee cummings... a pure artist.

i can only hope one of them would be a good cook.

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On Feb 14, 10:06*pm, ScovilleUnit wrote:
Giles wrote :





On Feb 14, 4:58*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
Bob Kerrey, Martin Luther King, jr., Madeliene Albright, and Margaret
Tha
tcher.

One suspects that these are all people who could actually talk to one
another.

Interesting.

Avant whatsit.....but interesting.

Entertainment (before dinner only): *George Shearing Quintet (circa
195
5)

Most excellent choice.

Fresh American shrimp, steamed and served over a bed of chipped ice,
lettuce, and my special sauce.

Um.....would these be Gulf shrimp? *Have you checked green cards?

Tenderloin steaks (From Betty's Market)
wrapped with bacon and broiled to desired wellness.

The broiler is a much underestimated cooking tool. *Still, for red
meats we prefer an open wood fire,

Baked *potatoes (I know, no imagination),

The baked potatoe is a grossly underestimated culinary delight. *Yes,
of course, it has to be done right......but then, what's delightful
when it's done wrong.....ainna?

and steamed asparagus.

Steamed "wild" asparagus, if you please. *Not that there's any
difference at all (let alone a significant difference) in the product
(assuming both....or neither.....have been subjected to the needless
application of a surplus of "organic" toxins.

Desert would be hot chocolate pudding served over home made vanilla
ice c
ream.

"Home made" being here assumed to be defined as not exactly "Dean's,"
"Kraft," "Ben and Jerry's," "Harry and David's, "Brier's,"
etc.....right?

A good California white wine before dinner, a Georgia red with
dinner,

I'll have the Franzia cabernet before and with, thank you.

and Grand Marnier (cigars optional) after desert and in the candle
lit sun room.

Yeah, that sounds good.*

Conversations:
Kerrey and his Medal of Honor.
MLK, Jr. on his famous speech.
Albright on her experience as Sec of State
Thatcher on her planning/leadership displayed during the Falklands
war.

That should lead us to a breakfast of eggs (not cooked Miller style),
bacon, home fries, OJ, raisin toast, and fresh coffee.

Dave

As aforementioned, endlessly fascinating.

Two obvious questions come immediately to mind**. *

Actually, only one question comes to mind....WHERE THE HELL ARE THE $PAM
ENTREES????

HH

moron.

g.

Meeting of the Minds
 

On Feb 14, 5:19*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On the flip side:

George Gerhke, Todd, Mike Youknowwho, and one roffian chosen by lottery.

No need for a lottery. I'd volunteer.

Hey, thus far its the only list among whose members I'd feel
comfortable as anything but a spectator.....and I'm not much of a
spectator.

No, really.

Hamms and PBR before dinner.

Salad, fried clams, french fries, cole slaw.
Desert: *Mixed fruit Jello

Hamms and PBR with dinner.

Hamms and PBR after desert.

Coincidence is the great fundamental organizing principle of the
universe. I just had a "Blue Ribbon" with supper (Tombstone pepperoni
pizza).....first one I've had in years.. It confirmed that I still
prefer real beer.

Conversations:

Gerhke on how great he is.
Todd on how he got through life without a last name.
Youknowwho on why he hates Gerhke.

Personally, I prefer free range discussion. A suggested topic or two
would not necessarily go amiss, but I'd prefer that the composition of
the party would make certain avenues rather obvious.

It might be interesting to see where that group would go.

Roffian on why he is so unlucky and in such a bitchy mood.

Might not be.

Entertainment before, during, and after dinner: *Our very own wayno on
guitar and singing the blues.

A pleasure I have not yet experienced.

Breakfast: *Miller's Special Fried Eggs, bacon, homefries, OJ, raisin
toast, coffee made by Injun Joe.

Dave

Just the coffee and toast for me, please.

giles
oh.....what the hell, yeah, a couple of slices of bacon.