If you could have a drink with anyone from history, who would it be and why?

Now you've got my little clock tickin'......

I know..... Adolph Hitler.

I'd get the blackguard really legless and then lock him in that dungeon with the fella with the iron mask, then I'd chuck the key away. 😊
 

Expanding on my reply to Aunt Bea. If it was going to be a party:
2 or 3 music makers would be called for--so they could take turns providing music and joining in the discussions. And it would be a lot like parties i had with friends over the decades, a mixed bag of merry makers and people into deep discussions with some blurring of those distinctions as the evening wore on.

But if it had to be a one on one with a historical person Margaret Mead, while an anthropologist she had a good working knowledge of the Human Psyche too. Was a hero of mine back in the day. Would love to hear her take on current events of all kinds. She could pick what beverages would be imbibed. Or artist Sulamuth Wülfing.

There are a couple of men, like psychologists Thomas Szasz, Carl Jung;
 
feywon said:
i'd have to have party
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If you do please invite me!
Aunt Bea said:
Who’s buying?
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LOL, I'd be more than willing to buy to meet all so far, except the h-guy.
helenbacque said:
Either of my grandmothers. There are so many questions I didn't ask before they died.
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Helen, I think a lot of us feel that way about family who are now gone. Lots of family history lost. We should be sure to do what we can to pass things along to the next generations.

Problem often is the young, them now us years ago, are not usually opening to listening, interested, or taking the time. Still we should do our best.
 
Alligatorob said:
If you do please invite me!
For sure!
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Alligatorob said:
Problem often is the young, them now us years ago, are not usually opening to listening, interested, or taking the time. Still we should do our best.
For me, if talking family it would be my grandfathers, both died before i was born. But i learned lots from parents, Irish Grandmother, Aunts and Uncles on both sides. And i've shared all those stories with my kids.
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Hemiunu. He is the supposed architect of the Great Pyramid, ancient Egypt. It not the huge stone building, but all the immense planning and unbelievable coordination that resulted in the Pyramid. They didn't have computer assisted design, emails, or instant communication. They were just entering the Bronze Age. The workers were paid, feed, clothed, and housed by the 'government -even medical care was provided. And before they even placed one stone, they had to reroute part of the Nile to create a new harbor near the site. Hemiunu is the man, who coordinated what was ancient Egypt's "moon shot"- the Pyramids.
 
feywon said:
Expanding on my reply to Aunt Bea. If it was going to be a party:
2 or 3 music makers would be called for--so they could take turns providing music and joining in the discussions. And it would be a lot like parties i had with friends over the decades, a mixed bag of merry makers and people into deep discussions with some blurring of those distinctions as the evening wore on.

But if it had to be a one on one with a historical person Margaret Mead, while an anthropologist she had a good working knowledge of the Human Psyche too. Was a hero of mine back in the day. Would love to hear her take on current events of all kinds. She could pick what beverages would be imbibed. Or artist Sulamuth Wülfing.

There are a couple of men, like psychologists Thomas Szasz, Carl Jung;
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I actually got to meet Margaret Mead at a reception following a lecture. Had a very brief conversation with her.

My choice is Charles Addams.
 
Cleopatra. Slender, long black hair with bangs. That's how she seemed to be portrayed on TV and movies. Did she really look like Elizabeth Taylor in the Hollywood movie? I guess that was why I had big crush on a young Cher in the 60's. Not because of Elizabeth Taylor, but because of Cleopatra, and the way history seemed to make her look. I always refereed to that look as the Cleopatra look. That was also the reason that I liked the Emily Prentiss character on Criminal Minds.
Also Xena, until I grew to like a short blonde haired Gabrielle better. :love:
 
Oris Borloff said:
I actually got to meet Margaret Mead at a reception following a lecture. Had a very brief conversation with her.

My choice is Charles Addams.
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Firstly, i'm a little jealous that you got to meet Mead. Secondly, Charles Addams would be interesting. As would cartoonists Gahan Wilson, who had similar themes, perspective as Addams and JAF who was aa cartoonist for the Village Voice in the 1960s.
 
So many great picks so far. If I had my choice it would be Thomas Jefferson. I would take him to place that had any 24/7 cable news station playing and after letting him watch it for a few minutes I would simply start of by saying "So....what do you think ?"
 

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