Say you get to invite any 5 people living on earth for a sumptuous five-course meal. (All five services are grapefruit-and-pepperoni-inspired dishes.)
Who would you invite? And why?
Some rules
-No politics at the table
-No family members allowed
-Celebrity couples count as one.
1. Stephen Fry
I think he must be the absolute greatest dinner party guest who ever lived. Such a depth of general knowledge and what an engaging personality.
2. Sir Brian May.
This one is a no-brainer. One of the greats. I hear all you have to do is lube him up with questions about astrophysics, and a few minutes later, he'll loosen up and tell you all about the time a little person's arm got stuck in Freddie's ass.
3. Hitoshi Nagai
Because metaethics is a fascinating topic. Very "Nouveau-Wittgenstein", and from what I hear, he makes it accessible for most.
4. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
I would just want the Lama to let his hair down, relax, and ask the questions for once.
5. Tu Chucky
Why is there something rather than nothing? Has his flat-tax proposal accidentally proved the existence of God? For real? The foremost public intellectual of our time deserves a seat at the table
Who would you invite? And why?
Some rules
-No politics at the table
-No family members allowed
-Celebrity couples count as one.
1. Stephen Fry
I think he must be the absolute greatest dinner party guest who ever lived. Such a depth of general knowledge and what an engaging personality.
2. Sir Brian May.
This one is a no-brainer. One of the greats. I hear all you have to do is lube him up with questions about astrophysics, and a few minutes later, he'll loosen up and tell you all about the time a little person's arm got stuck in Freddie's ass.
3. Hitoshi Nagai
Because metaethics is a fascinating topic. Very "Nouveau-Wittgenstein", and from what I hear, he makes it accessible for most.
4. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
I would just want the Lama to let his hair down, relax, and ask the questions for once.
5. Tu Chucky
Why is there something rather than nothing? Has his flat-tax proposal accidentally proved the existence of God? For real? The foremost public intellectual of our time deserves a seat at the table