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Started by Dave Bishopstone , Aug 29 2008 07:53 PM

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#1 Dave Bishopstone

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 07:53 PM

From present day, or history, who is the person you would most like to sit down with and have a chat and why?

My choice would be Sir Winston Churchill to discover how he managed to motivate the British nation during World War 2 and how he kept control of what he described as "The Black Dog on his back" (Depression)

Edited by Dave Bishopstone, 29 August 2008 - 08:08 PM.

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 08:45 PM

it would have to be franz liszt, i would ask him how he developed such a fantastic piano technique and how he composed such music

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 08:52 PM

Nelson Mandela, he didn't seek revenge and it would be interesting to talk to him about that.

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 08:53 PM

I'd like to share a nice bottle of Rioja with Jesus

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 10:36 PM

Welll.. I guess I would want to sit down and have a talk with my kitty. If she could talk, that is..

But if dead people and superior beings can make their way to share a bottle of wine no reason my kitty cant enlighten me on a few things.
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 12:01 AM

Sam Clemens. Definitely Sam Clemens. Love the insight, the wit, the bloody knife.
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 02:03 AM

Drinks and dinner with Gurdjieff.
Dessert with Dali.
A well rounded repast I should say.
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 02:14 AM

View PostChes, on Aug 29 2008, 03:36 PM, said:

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But if dead people and superior beings can make their way to share a bottle of wine no reason my kitty cant enlighten me on a few things.

Ya know Chesie babe, I'll just bet she could :thread jacked:
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How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 08:15 AM

I would like to talk to my mother to ask why she didn't bring me up, and to ask her about my father to whom she was married 9 years before my birth.

My mother died 6 months before I eventually tracked her down in New Zealand; she was aged 89. It would be nice to have closure, but that wont happen so I'll have to accept it.
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 03:50 PM

View PostChes, on Aug 29 2008, 11:36 PM, said:

Welll.. I guess I would want to sit down and have a talk with my kitty. If she could talk, that is..

But if dead people and superior beings can make their way to share a bottle of wine no reason my kitty cant enlighten me on a few things.


Hi Ches,

Got three cats, four until this time last year and I agree it would be great to speak with them as they seem so in tune with our feelings at times.

Edited by Dave Bishopstone, 30 August 2008 - 04:22 PM.

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 04:20 PM

Albert Einstein, to find out what drugs he was on when he came up with E=MC2........

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 04:53 PM

Id like a martini with Franklin Roosevelt, just because I find him very interesting.
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 05:31 PM

My grandfather. Hear stories of how simple things use to be
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 06:02 PM

View PostBobo1974, on Aug 30 2008, 06:31 PM, said:

My grandfather. Hear stories of how simple things use to be


I'm sure it would be nice to talk to your Grandfather Bobo, but Diphtheria, Whooping-Cough and Tuberculosis weren’t simple.... :crash:
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Posted 31 August 2008 - 06:17 AM

I was thinking it'd be nice to have a chin wag and check a few pointers with Jesus and Buddha but neither of them spoke English so I wouldn't be able to understand what it was they told me! Maybe that's the answer.
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Posted 17 September 2008 - 04:24 AM

The other night my sister and I were watching some old TWILLIGHT ZONE videos. While watching them, I began to think, "WOW, Rod Serling would be one interesting person to speak with!" I have always loved those shows and it has always made me think what the heck was going through his head that he could write such interesting shows and this was almost 50 years ago that he had written these shows. A man who was WAY before his time.

Here's to you, Rod Serling! :ph34r:
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Posted 28 September 2008 - 03:31 AM

I would have to say Janis Joplin, I love her music,and I think she was a very beautiful person.

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Posted 28 September 2008 - 06:39 AM

Elvis just want to party with him
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Posted 28 September 2008 - 09:07 AM

God. I'd ask him why he made all animals equal, but some more equal than others.

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Posted 28 September 2008 - 12:40 PM

I'd like to chat with Nomis, to give him advice on growing Sunflowers.... :)
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Posted 28 September 2008 - 05:22 PM

kriss akabusi.
if unavailable, stephen fry. he is so very amusing.

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Posted 06 October 2008 - 06:05 AM

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi...would not talk, just sit and listen, what a wonderful human being!
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Posted 06 October 2008 - 11:40 PM

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Posted 07 October 2008 - 04:08 AM

wow that hurt my eyes
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Posted 07 October 2008 - 04:20 AM

nomis they look familiar who are they?

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Posted 07 October 2008 - 02:01 PM

Love to talk with Jesus. Get the real story.
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 07:44 PM

I'd meet with Trinity. Have you seen her pics?

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Posted 20 October 2008 - 05:32 AM

Probably most of the people on this site at some stage after reading the great posts on here. Famous people (as opposed to infamous) though, probably Douglas Bader (WWII amputee fighter pilot) or Sir Edmund Hillary (NZ mountain climber and adventurer who climbed Everest)

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Posted 11 April 2009 - 08:49 PM

jimmy hendrix, elvis, john lennon,george harrison,cliff burton or kurt cubain

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Posted 11 April 2009 - 10:28 PM

Elizabeth I. Marie Antoinette. Maybe Mary Magdalene to get the real story, as Carole said. Alive? Tori Amos.
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