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And you're the thirteenth, so select your dinner guests from living celebrities.

Mine are:
1 Sir David Attenborough - The Natural History dude who inspired my love of the living planet.
2 Trent Reznor - Musical Genius of Nine Inch Nails.
3 Toni Halliday - Musical Genius of Curve.
4 Edward James Olmos - Cos having The Old Man to your dinner would be amazing.
5 Bill Bailey - Cos E's funny.
6 J Michael Straczinski - So I could raise a toast to the man who made Babylon 5.
7 Cate Blanchett - Not only visually pleasing, she's a damned smart lady.
8 Christopher Walken - Tremendous talent as an actor.
9 Sigourney Weaver - For being Ripley and strangely fascinating me in ghostbusters whilst I was a growing lad.
10 Clive Barker - For revolutionising horror.
11 Bill Murray - Awesome indeed.
12 BRIAN BLESSED!!!!1!! (well, kinda had to be really...) - For rousing toasts and raucous laughter.

In true Flashy style, I think we're going to have to go for a mostly female gathering

1. Victoria Pendleton - Olympic cyclist
2. Amy Adams
3. Karen Gillan - New Doctor Who bint, she can stay after the mints have been handed out
4. Anna Kendrick - The only justifiable reason for watching Twilight
5. Jewel Staite - Kaylee from Firefly, do I have too many cute red heads?
6. Kelly MacDonald - Not a red head, but you can never have enough female scottish accents
7. Parminder Nagra - From Bend it like Beckham, but think she turned up on ER too. Anyway, better looking than Keira Knightley
8. Zhang Ziyi - Let's keep the ethnic diversity thing going shall we?
9. Grace Kelly - Time machine required here, on account of her being not around anymore
10. Emma Watson - Though better not keep her up past her bedtime
11. Noomi Rapace - Swedish actress who played the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo in the recent film
12. Kerry Ellis - West End singer, best known for her knock out performance as Elphaba in Wicked. Also the only person on this list I've seen in real life and she's a cutie.

EDIT - Oops, completely forgot to invite any men

Won't things get a bit quiet when the ladies leave the men to their port?

Kilkrazy wrote:Won't things get a bit quiet when the ladies leave the men to their port?

Yes, it's a quandry. Guess I'll keep the scottish ladies back for the port and cheroots (one assumes scots can take their drink regardless of gender).

I'll play along-

1. Rush Limbaugh- see reason for guest number 2-
2. Barack Obama- beat the living hell out of Limbaugh.
3. Osama Bin Laden- so there would be much confusion between his name and guest number 2.
4. Tom Hanks- Dude is just plain awesome.
5. Billy Bob Thorton- Bad Santa is now a X-mas classic all thanks to him.
6. Keanu Reeves- so he can learn some acting from guest number 4.
7. Nostalgia Critic- that guy who does the videos for thatguywiththeglasse.com website.
8. John Allen Astin- he was Gomez on the Adams Family.
9. Bruce Timm- launched Batman the Animated Series.
10. Woody Allen- great creator of movies.
11. Dick Army- for naming purposes only.
12. Dick Assman- To make Dick Army feel better about his name.

Hmm, interesting thread idea MGS....

1. Jon Bently-to talk about tech without sounding like a nerd.
2. Jason Bradbury-as above.
3. Matt Smith-'Cause I've taken a shine to him.
4. Chuck Norris-just because.
5. Timothy Wolloncott-because he's cool.
6. Mr T-Same reasons as 4.
7. Frazzled-well, he's a celebrity here on dakka.
8. Alexandra Daddario-What can I say? She's cute.
9. Michael Schumacher-seems like a fun guy.
10. James May-for being creepily similar to me.
11. Kate Silverton-for being one of the few newsreaders I can stand.
12. Jervis Johnson-so I can cut up a copy of the DA codex and sprinkle it over his food. Make him eat his words .

Sadly,most "celebrities" I would want to have dinner with have passed away.
But in the spirit of the thread I present this list...

1. John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon-for sarcasm.
2. Rush Limbaugh-as a target an counter ballance.
3. Barack Obama-he's bound to be fun.
4. Oderus Urungus-Also for "fun factor".
5 Tom Metzger- Cuddly white supremist nut job.
6. Al Sharpton- Becuase he and Metzger will have so much to talk about.
7. Doug Stanhope-Becuase he makes me laugh.
8.Jello Biafra-he will have so much fun with the other guest.
9. David Lynch-Maybe he will be inspired.
10. Milla Jovovich
11. Sherri Moon Zombie
12. Christina Scabbia
(Last 3 are just for me to gawk at,did I mention my dinner party was "Nude"?)

FITZZ wrote: Sadly,most "celebrities" I would want to have dinner with have passed away.
But in the spirit of the thread I present this list...

1. John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon-for sarcasm.
2. Rush Limbaugh-as a target an counter ballance.
3. Barack Obama-he's bound to be fun.
4. Oderus Urungus-Also for "fun factor".
5 Tom Metzger- Cuddly white supremist nut job.
6. Al Sharpton- Becuase he and Metzger will have so much to talk about.
7. Doug Stanhope-Becuase he makes me laugh.
8.Jello Biafra-he will have so much fun with the other guest.
9. David Lynch-Maybe he will be inspired.
10. Milla Jovovich
11. Sherri Moon Zombie
12. Christina Scabbia
(Last 3 are just for me to gawk at,did I mention my dinner party was "Nude"?)

You want to see Johnny Rotten naked? Have you seen him lately? You're a braver man than I.
My list runs sorta like:
1. Noam Chomsky- Love his thoughts on Anarcho-Syndicalism and Language Acquisition
2. Hugo Chavez- Practice my Spanish, talk to a badass whose politics I'm 50/50 on
3. Iggy Pop- He's unkillable. I want his secret.
4. Ray Davies- Greatest musical genius still living. No joke.
5. Clive Barker- Fan of his work, H.P. Lovecraft is dead, so he's the best horror writer alive.
6. Joan Jett- Badass.
7. Sean Connery- I grew up on the Bond films, he was the best Bond by FAR.
8. Guillermo Del Toro- He loves Hellboy as much as I do and Pan's Labyrinth was brilliant
9. Dalai Lama- Seems like a cool guy
10. Jim Gaffigan- He's damn hilarious
11. Lemmy- Because Motörhead is awesome
12. Amy Miret- Nausea was the greatest.

If this were a few years ago, Kurt Vonnegut and Thor Heyerdahl would be on the list.

@ Mad Rabbit.

Indeed I have seen Mr. "Rotten" lately,however,while I'm not to keen on seeing him naked,he will be bringing the butter....lots and lots of butter...should be..interesting.

1. Dana Snyder- Even when he's just speaking normally he's hysterical.
2. Jesse Ventura- I'd want to get a couple beers in me and yell at him about his stupid conspiracy theories.
3. Chuck Liddell- To protect me from Jesse Ventura.
4. Johnny Depp- To make my wife jealous.
5. Stephen King- Because he's awesome. Also, he and I would have a lot to talk to my next guest about.
6. David Ortiz- I want to get to the bottom of his hitting slump. Also, I'm going to slip some steroids into his Shirley Temple.
7. Scarlett Johanssen- Two reasons.
8. Sharon Osborne- Possibly the (2nd)most awesome woman alive.
9. Lindsay Lohan- I think I've got a shot... I love a girl with "daddy issues." Also, she'll probably have some party favors.
10. Ivanka Trump- Smokin' hot.
11. Twiggy Ramirez- Because someone has to get coked out and pull out their otherwise it's just not a party. And I've been strictly advised by the wife that I'm not to do that anymore.
12. Neko Case- Because she's adorable and has a voice like an angel.
13. Jim Norton- Because it's his birthday.

Kevin Bacon
11 Seats for Kevin Bacon's Awesome.

Boo to your "living" rule! I demand zombies at the dinner! And Jesus! In fact...



Now THAT'S a dinner party!

Straight. To. Hell.

Yeah, that picture strains the boundaries of good taste and could be viewed as offensive to many.

We'll see how long it lasts...

Alpharius wrote:Yeah, that picture strains the boundaries of good taste and could be viewed as offensive to many.

We'll see how long it lasts...

Not really. Jesus WAS a Zombie after all.

(And I mean that as a Compliment, It just makes Jesus Awesome)

Gwar! wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Yeah, that picture strains the boundaries of good taste and could be viewed as offensive to many.

We'll see how long it lasts...

Not really. Jesus WAS a Zombie after all.

(And I mean that as a Compliment, It just makes Jesus Awesome)

QFT

And Living people are boring :(

I want Nikola Tesla at my table..

Zombie Jesus is such a hack premise...

Besides, it's not factual. If you don't know the difference between the Animate Dead and True Resurrection spells you have my sincere pity.

Monster Rain wrote:Zombie Jesus is such a hack premise...

Besides, it's not factual. If you don't know the difference between the Animate Dead and True Resurrection spells you have my sincere pity.

Well, he WAS a Level 33 Epic Wizard. Maybe he became a Lich?

1. Terry Pratchett - Probably my favourite author of all time, and someone I've always wanted to meet. His books are hilarious.
2. Martin Amis - Another great author, and all-round interesting bloke. Probably would be a bit miserable, so I would serve Fajitas. You can't be miserable when you're eating Fajitas. It's the law.
3. David Bowie - Just a total genius. I find him fascinating.
4. 'Dave' Cameron - I might get slated for this, but I would like to meet him in a relaxed stting to find out what he's really like after a few drinks. Plus, he like The Smiths, which makes him just fine and dandy in my book. That reminds me....
5. Morrissey - Another great musician. Again, Fajitas. Vegetarian ones.
6. Mariah Carey - Great voice, bonkers - I reckon she'd be a laugh.
7. Richard 'Dicky' Dawkins - Another interesting chap, although I do have the feeling my dinnerparty could turn ugly once everyones had a few drinks - I mean, I'm inviting a prominent Atheist, an outspoken Vegetarian, and the Leader of the Tory party!
8. Stevie Wonder - I don't really need to give a reason for this.
9. Smokey Robinson - Same here. Just outstanding musical geniuses, the pair of them.
10. Kate Winslet - She seems a laugh, and is fit.
11. Helen Mirren - Again, another crush - plus she seems like she might have a lot of interesting stuff to say.
12. Ricky Gervais - In my opinion, a comedy hero. I like funny people, interesting people, and creative people - he ticks all the boxes for me.

I had coffee with David Bowie and his wife Iman. They are terrifyingly down to earth, easy going and friendly.

It for me was the sign of real stars, icons, that they were so totally not up their own arses. Really nice chilled people.

I told him all about how much I was into Nine Inch Nails and a couple of years later he extensively collaborated with Trent Reznor.

I'd love to think it might have sprung from the conversation he had with a kid that was sorting the morning coffees in a Cornish hotel they stayed in!

I know someone who met Ricky Gervais, and said he was an absolute joy. I know another bloke who met Thom Yorke (of The Radioheads) and said he was a proper knob-job. It's a minefield, really - I'm lucky that none of the famous people I've met have been dicks, I guess.

This is easy:

1.Billy Connolly, already met him once, guy's a total blast.(and I want to shout BigYin again)
2.Eddie Izzard, if you know him, you know why.
3.The pope, to give Billy some fun.
4.Marilyn Manson, he's bonkers, what more do you want.
5.Imogen Heap, Awesome music
6.Willem Dafoe, another nutter and great actor.
7.Danny Trejo, cause his face is made of awesome.
8.Hans Teeuwen (controversial Dutch comedian, total whack job)
9.Arny :3 plenty of reasons.
10.Peter Molyneux, so I can kick his ass for fable.
11.Bill Bailey, he is just awesome.
12.Simon Pegg, more win.
13.Robin Williams, there are never enough nutcases at a table.