I really, really miss having people over to dinner. I miss planning menus; I miss cooking big dishes, I miss the unexpected conversational pathways.
Since I can’t have real people over, I have been fantasizing about groups/pairs of guests I think would make for an interesting evening: sometimes the sparks might fly and other times mutual admiration might rule the night. Regardless, the entertainment value would be high.
Here’s a starting list:
- Ben Franklin and Mae West
- Captain James Cook and Admiral Zheng He
- C.S. Lewis, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and J.R.R. Tolkien
- Annie Oakley and Amelia Earhart
- Socrates and Confucius
- Newt Gingrich and Thomas Jefferson
- Shakespeare and Lin-Manual Miranda
- Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela
- Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Cleopatra, and Catherine the Great
I may add to this list as time goes on; meantime, let me know if you have suggestions of your own.
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