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To ask for you 6 dream dinner guests

77 replies

MyKingdomForACaramel · 12/04/2019 21:55

So me and dh have this conversation on a regular basis. If we wanted a great dinner party who should be around the table.

Mine change frequently but right now are - Tim shipman, one of the siddiquis from goggle box, malala, Dorothy Parker, michel roux and Peter crouch Grin

Who are yours?

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Sallycinammonbangsthedruminthe · 12/04/2019 22:02

Johnny Vegas...Frankie Boyle...Jacob Rees Mogg...Jeremy Paxman...Frank Sinattra and Louis Theroux ....would be mine!If two dropped out I would replace with Giles and Nutty from Gogglebox!

MyKingdomForACaramel · 12/04/2019 22:07

@sally - can I get on the guest list please?! How did I forget Louis!

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morefoolyou · 12/04/2019 22:08

My lovely granny
Freddie Mercury
George Michael
Michael Collins
Princess Diana
Mo Mowlam

MyKingdomForACaramel · 12/04/2019 22:08

Though Jrm would have desert thrown over him from me I’m afraid

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redexpat · 12/04/2019 22:09

Ooh Dorothy Parker is a good choice. I feel like Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig would be good. And then another interesting woman but I dont know who. Theres so many.

HBStowe · 12/04/2019 22:09

Brandi Carlile
Sir David Attenborough
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Lin Manuel Miranda
Jameela Jamil
Sally Rooney

morefoolyou · 12/04/2019 22:09

I've just realised mine are all dead!

Stravapalava · 12/04/2019 22:10

Levison Wood
Simon Reeve
Noel Fielding
Michelle Obama
Stacey Solomon
Freddie Mercury or Elton John

Eclectic mix!

morefoolyou · 12/04/2019 22:10

@Sallycinammonbangsthedruminthe why Jacob Rees mogg?

nordstrom · 12/04/2019 22:11

Current:

Simon Reeve, Romesh Ranganathan, Michel Roux Junior, Alice Roberts, Russell Kane and Ellen Degeneres

Ohtherewearethen · 12/04/2019 22:12

David Attenborough - I just want to sit on his lap and listen to stories; Jesus to prove or disprove the whole thing; Emmeline Pankhurst - amazing woman; Giles and Mary from Goggle box and my husband.

FourEyesGood · 12/04/2019 22:12

Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Richard Ayoade

Do I have to have six or can I leave it at those two? I love a bit of awkwardness.

Pinkarsedfly · 12/04/2019 22:13

William Shakespeare
Hilary Mantel
Victoria Wood
David Bowie
Louis Theroux
Graham Norton

NotMyUsualTopBilling · 12/04/2019 22:13

Freddie Mercury because I'd love to get an insight into his real character.

Brian May because he's a pretty interesting bloke.

Sarah Millican because I think we'd have a good laugh.

Louis Theroux because he'd have some pretty interesting shit to talk about.

The Kray twins because I am fascinated by their story and would actually quite like to get to know more about them on a personal level.

Cocolapew · 12/04/2019 22:15

Prince
Debbie Harry
Doris Day
Harlan Coben
Robert Crais
Stevie Nicks

BikeRunSki · 12/04/2019 22:15

My dad (died when I was 23 after a decade of illness, I never really knew him as an adult)
Adam Hills
Ruth Jones
Mo Mowlem
Andy Kirkpatrick (climber, nuts)
Alan Turing

happyhillock · 12/04/2019 22:16

Piers Morgan
Frank Sinatra
Nicola sturgeon
Kevin McGuire
Storm Huntley
Carole Malone

CherryPavlova · 12/04/2019 22:18

Mandela
Bill Clinton
Florence Nightingale
Christabel Pankhurst
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Winton

MyKingdomForACaramel · 12/04/2019 22:18

@bikerinski - so sorry for your loss x

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MyKingdomForACaramel · 12/04/2019 22:23

And dare I ask ... what would you serve them?

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morefoolyou · 12/04/2019 22:25

Lots of very expensive, lavish food and champagne. Freddie would be horrified at anything else

jessicawessica · 12/04/2019 22:25

Joseph Merrick
Agatha Christie
Albert Pierrepoint
Michelangelo
Theresa May
Albert Speer

AragonsGirl · 12/04/2019 22:28

Will Young (because I love him!)
Hugh Jackman (as above, and I could get him to sing as well!)
Morgan Freeman (if he wasn’t any good at conversation I’d just get him to read aloud to me!)
Stuart Macbride (fantastic author, writes crime novels set in my local area)
Mary Berry (so I could bitch to her about the abomination that is c4 gbbo! Who has ever made a biscuit selfie?!)
Eddie Izzard (for the random chat, not the politics!)

JustAnotherMNUserPassing · 12/04/2019 22:29

Lin Manuel Miranda
Noel Fielding
Louis Theroux
Josh Widdicombe
Joe Lycett
Adam Hills

Quite a few comedians on mine haha

Sarahlou63 · 12/04/2019 22:30

JFK
Elizabeth 2
Billy Connolly
Edgar Hoover
Jack the Ripper
Dalai Lama

Lots of conspiracy theories sorted.

I'd cook a roast and apple crumble.

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