5 people that you would like to invite for dinner

[appleandbee]

I'm obviously procrastinating, but if you could invite 5 people dead or alive for a dinner (or tea whatever floats your boat), who would they be? They don't have to be famous, but at least somewhat prominent. I'm interested to your answers because it's great way to get a bit of insight the qualities, achievements, quirks, or things about a person that interests people!

So-
*List 5 people
*A reason for inviting each of them
* For each person, a question that you would ask them

[sudodds]

Hmmmm interesting! 

1. Lenin - duh - "How would you have done things differently to Stalin if you hadn't died in 1921"
2. Agrippina the Younger - Fascinating woman. The fact that her diaries perished during the burning of the Alexandria Library still makes me depressed - "Why did you actually do the things that you did - like your actual-not-filtered-through-the-misogynistic-interpretations intentions?"
3. Hegel - Apparently when he was on his deathbed he told his apprentice (the only person that could relay his philosophies) that he didn't understand any of them... ouch. So i'd like to find out what he actually meant - "can you explain to me, like, your whole philosophical teaching? But like, cut out the big words I don't understand thank you" (you will understand what I mean if you try to read a Hegel - shit's insane)
4. Bernie Sanders - still feeling the bern - "i don't really have a question tbh - let's just cry togeather  "
5. Tim Burton - His films were a big reason why I wanted to go into film - "what gave you the confidence to be so 'out there' with your films"

Yeah that'd probably be my 5 - though I've definitely forgotten a shit tonne of other people!! John Lennon and Robin Williams were definitely very strong contenders!

[Joseph41]

Nice thread!

Questions like this are weird. A lot of people are like "oh, definitely [insert relevant pop idol or sport star or famous movie person]", but that definitely wouldn't be the case for me lol. Even though I sort of idolise a lot of people (so growing up, people like Adam Gilchrist), I'm honestly not at all interested in our lives intersecting.

I was having dinner the other night, and a famous (in Australia) sport person came in and sat opposite me. I know a lot about the dude, because I'm sort of creepy and just know stuff about famous sporters (is that a word?), but not even once did it cross my mind to actually talk to the guy.

So with that in mind, I'd probably invite five people from ATAR Notes hahahahaha.

[Sine]

LeBron James
Kevin De Bruyne
Lionel Messi
Roger Federer
Ed Sheeran

so 4 GOATs and a future GOAT
ahahah

sorry for the ridiculously boring and uninspiring choices