Dream dinner party
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barrington, who scavved off spunkart. Which is a kind of disturbing name, actually now I come to think about it.Anyway. The Guidelines:
Imagine that you are having a dinner party, and all you have to do is invite ten guests. They can be anyone you like, as long as you follow these criteria:
A) They must be alive... Shakespeare's great you know, but he's dead.
B) They must be real ... Sherlock Holmes is cool too, but he isn't real, people. Michael Jackson counts, just.
C) There must be a variety of people, from different backgrounds. Sure, you could put down 9 of your favourite rock stars, but then, I wouldn't learn anything about you at all (and that is why I am doing this.)
D) No more than 10 guests. And try to balance the men and women a little - after all this is a dinner party.
Hm.
1. Bill Bryson. I love his books, and I think he'd make interesting conversation. Which is useful at a dinner party I find.
2. Clive James. Similar to Bill but with more sex appeal. Well on radio at least, I haven't seen him on TV or IRL. ;-)
3. Les Twentyman. Social worker, very outspoken.
4. Patrick Dodson. He walks between two cultures - three if you count politics - and does it beautifully.
5. Sam Kekovitch (sp?). Let's face it, it'd be fun.
6. Natasha Stott Despoya. OK, this is all getting a bit lefty here, so to spice it up we should add..
7. Lowitja O'Donoghue. Still left, but a different perspective. And achievements. And interesting.
8. Suzanne Cory. To add some scientific gravitas.
9. Germaine Greer. Sitting opposite Sam Kekovitch. Be fun.
10. Delta Goodrum. Well you've got to have at least one young, blonde thing here, hey. And she's going through interesting times atm.
So this would be my conversationalist table I have to admit. Although I'd be in the kitchen for most of the night trying to find a corkscrew/extra glass/not to burn anything so I probably wouldn't hear much of it. Oh well.
Next time I'll go for a slightly different theme. Or at least try and balance the guys a bit better.
