I was at a holiday dinner party the other day and someone asked a great question. If you could spend an evening of conversation with any three people, alive or dead, who would they be? So I pose this question to the members of the vintage forum.

To get things started, for me, it was: 1. my father (died in 1988), 2. Ben Franklin and 3. Donald Trump

Sorry if this is a repost as I did a search and didn't see anything similar.

 

Thomas Jefferson (his assessment of his time, his perspectives during, the Constitutional Convention, his visions of the future of America)

Winston Churchill (his views on the decisions of the former British Empire and the realized consequences thereof)

John Walsh of America's Most Wanted (my hero, to gain a better appreciation of his single minded dedication, can he ever smile again?)

 

1. My mother, she passed away in 75, I never knew her as an adult
2. Albert Einstein-moved science ahead immeasurably
3. Toss-up
Sir Isaac Newton-Invented Calculus
Galileo Galilei-Was WAAAYYY ahead of his time

 

1. Jesus Christ - I got questions...
2. My dad
3. John Lennon

 

1. Sam Walton
2. Ronald Reagan
3. George Washington

 

1. Leonardo DeVinci
2. Ben Franklin
3. My grandpa (he saw Indians ride in from the plains, and man walk on the moon)

 

1. Jesus Christ
2. Ben Franklin
3. The 60th President of the United States- I would like to discuss the future of our country.

 

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Augustus Caesar
Richard Feynman

 

Dorothy Parker: Member of the Algonquin Roundtable. In a word game, she was challenged to use "horticulture" in a sentence. Her reply: "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think." She was once asked what she would like for an epitaph. Her reply: "Excuse my dust." (These words can actually be found on her marker.)

Groucho Marx: While hosting the tv game show "You Bet Your Life", Marx was interviewing a couple, who hoped to "say the magic word and win a prize." In the course of the interview Marx was informed by the wife, a certain Mrs Story, that she had twenty-two children. "I love my husband," she said by way of explanation. "I like my cigar, too," Groucho replied, "but I take it out once in a while." This quip, along with about 2/3rds of most shows, ended up being edited out before broadcast.

Ben Franklin: A renasance man who would most likely speak a brand of English I could actually understand. DeVinci would be great if I spoke Italian. Einstein would just be over my head.