I would love to hear your response to this ageless question..

[southernleftylady]

If you could sit down with one person dead or alive who would it be and what would you ask them?

[FSogol]

1. Mark Twain. Who would be the better person to discuss things over a few drinks?

Also hitting my list would be

Satchel Page
Scott Joplin
Groucho Marx
Thomas Jefferson
James Joyce
Richard Burton (the explorer, not the actor)
Mathew Henson
Emperor Hadrain
Joe Strummer
Joesph Conrad
Vincet Van Gogh
Gustave Effiel
The Apostle James
Chief Seattle
Clara Barton

(Can't put Joey Ramone or Kurt Vonnegut on the list, already met them).

[southernleftylady]

2. oh thats a good one!! nt

[FSogol]

10. I went back and added to my list. Consider it my dinner party list. n/t

[CTyankee]

31. Emily Dickinson

I could ask her so many questions about her poetry. But I doubt if she would answer them. In all of my studies of her, I have never run across one about her chatting up her poetry...

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Molly Ivins

I really miss her, and my psyche is out of whack. I could always find a Molly Ivins column to put some sense and perspective into things. She would do it with humor too. Right now, I think we all need some perspective and humor.

[Captain Hilts]

18. Great choice. I guess I'll pick Winston Churchill or Eleanor Roosevelt.

I'd just like to hear them talk. Hell, put Hepburn in there too.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. My aunt, who died before I was born .......

I'm named after her.

I would ask her why she did it ....................

[RT Atlanta]

5. Besides family, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Unfortunately for me, I was born after his assassination and would love to have had the opportunity to hear and see him in person and to speak with him.

(On edit) My question would be what can "little ole RT" do to bring about non-violent change in the US (like he espoused) and to help end poverty in our own country. Basically, please share with me your roadmap for change.

[GKirk]

6. Between the years...

...2001 and January 2009 I would have liked to sit down with George W. Bush.
Let me clarify, I would have liked to have sat down with a dead George W. Bush.

I guess that really wasn't such a great wish, because it would have just made tricky Dick Cheney president.

[Arctic Dave]

7. I would have to say in all honesty, it would be Jesus. If there was such a person.

Not that I am religious but because of so much that has been done in his name, good and bad.

[doctor jazz]

13. Same for me, and for the same reasons.

:-)

[wryter2000]

8. William Shakespeare

The greatest writer in the English language. I'll bet, though, that he couldn't tell me how he did what he did. I'll bet he did it on autopilot. But, I'd probably get some great insights, anyway.

[rucky]

9. Since Mark Twain's taken, I'll say Ben Franklin.

[TNDemo]

11. My mother.

She had early onset Alzheimer's and it was tortuous. She died in 2003. In the movies the people always have a moment of lucidity when they die and tell you they love you and you did the right thing. Well, that doesn't happen. I would ask her if my suspicions about what happened to her in the nursing home were true, if she understood why I had to place her where I did, etc. I would also like to know what she was trying to tell me when she said "I won't live much longer. You have to find the box." Never found the box.

[mainegreen]

12. My dad, because he died before I was old enough to talk with him.

the topic wouldn't really matter.

[Mz Pip]

15. My Dad, as well

I know more about the opinions and positions of most of the famous people who are long dead but very little about how my Dad felt.

He died in 1968 when I was a teenager. He was a quiet guy and didn't share his feelings or opinions much. I have no idea what his beliefs on religion, racism, conservative, liberals, womens' rights.

I would love to know what he would think about the world today.

Mz Pip

[Tikki]

14. Charles Darwin....

We would talk about evolution and the forces of nature...


Tikki

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. "Jesus" --

and I would ask him to school some of his more "devoted" followers. Maybe if they heard it from the horse's mouth they might get it right.

Or they might try to stone him. :(

[dysfunctional press]

19. if mythological figures are included- i'd go with zeus.

might as well start at the top.

[Toucano]

30. Jesus is not a mythological figure.

You can question his divinity or his significance, but his existence is confirmed by multiple sources.

[dysfunctional press]

34. and there was more than one.

the jesus of the bible was most likely a composite character based on any number of radical jewish cult leaders of the time.

[Soylent Brice]

17. Hunter S. Thompson

My Question:

"So, does the afterlife compare at all to Adrenochrome?"

[shadowknows69]

20. Hunter would be pretty high on my list

Probably tied with Jerry Garcia for second place. Have to give some thought about number one.

[Soylent Brice]

23. i was torn between him and Timothy Leary.

somehow i felt i would just be irritated talking to Leary. it just seems like he would get off topic too much. not to say Thompson wouldn't, but at least he would be entertaining.

[JNelson6563]

21. My dad would be #1 pick

Henry II of England would be #2.

Julie

[Qutzupalotl]

22. The living one.

Seriously, I'd love to show Ben Franklin a microwave oven just to see his reaction.

[Southpaw07]

24. Either my Dad or Mickey Mantle......

I would prefer my dad but I am not sure I would want to deal with how pissed he would be if he knew I had a chance to meet the Mick. Though drinks with Mickey have been known to lead to shooting cows. I guess I will go with Dad.

[Oregone]

25. Ghandi

And I wouldn't ask him anything. Id just sock him in the gut.

[TexasObserver]

26. My Dad. Question: What's life after death like?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

27. Abraham Lincoln

I'd like to ask Abraham Lincoln what he thought the repercussions of his policies would have for the nation in the future. Then I'd tell him what actually happened. I think that would be a very interesting conversation.

[razors edge]

28. DB Cooper, where is the money?

[cdsilv]

29. Douglas Adams...just to share a pint with and chat.....n/t

[ismnotwasm]

32. CG Jung n/t

[Dinger]

33. Wesley Clark

I'd ask him for a date.

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