Dream Chat

[poptart]

This thread has been done before, but it's been a number of years since I've seen it.
So here it is - circa 2012.

You have a dream week of chat.

You are allowed to sit down for drinks for one hour each day of the week with any person on earth.
A different category of interest each day.

Monday: Finance
Tuesday: Politics
Wednesday: Science and Technology
Thursday: Sports
Friday: Entertainment
Saturday: Sex
Sunday: Faith

Who do you chat with each day?

[Mikey]

Monday through Sunday:

[Wolfman]

Send this thread back where it belongs.

[Cyrus]

Send this thread back where it belongs.

Now you listen to me, old man. You wanna keep bagging on threads, you'd better step your game up. Keep pulling this shit and I'll make an example out of you. You understand me?

Remember what I said.

[Goober McTuber]

Monday: Finance – KC Scott
Tuesday: Politics - mvscal
Wednesday: Science and Technology - El Taco
Thursday: Sports - Mgo
Friday: Entertainment – bradhusker
Saturday: Sex - trev
Sunday: Faith - PopeTart

The weekend veers more towards Nightmare Chat.

[Truman]

Monday: Finance – KC Scott
Tuesday: Politics - mvscal
Wednesday: Science and Technology - El Taco
Thursday: Sports - Mgo
Friday: Entertainment – bradhusker
Saturday: Sex - trev
Sunday: Faith - PopeTart

The weekend veers more towards Nightmare Chat.

Almost took this approach to pop's question earlier. Good list, Goobs.

Mine:
Monday: Finance – KC Scott
Tuesday: Politics - Phibes
Wednesday: Science and Technology - Mikey, but we'd probably talk food.
Thursday: Sports - R-Jack
Friday: Entertainment – Smackie Chan
Saturday: Sex - Ana
Sunday: Faith - pops

[lovebuzz]

Monday: (finance) my Dad
Tuesday: (politics) my Grandfather or maybe Matt Taibbi
Wednesday: (science) Neil deGrasse Tyson
Thursday: (sports) Tommy Smyth
Friday: (entertainment) Augusten Burroughs
Saturday: (sex) nobody. talking about sex is overrated and anais nin is dead.
Sunday: (faith) since Christopher Hitchens is dead then Paulo Coelho

[mvscal]

You are allowed to sit down for drinks for one hour each day of the week with any person on earth.

Alive or dead?

[Van]

I'm guessing you'd at least want them to be alive at the time.

[lovebuzz]

I went with "alive" - if we're doing dead then i'll need a re-do.

[Van]

Monday: Finance—Karl Marx. That'd be a hoot.

Tuesday: Politics—Adolph Hitler. Knowing that he couldn't have me shot for asking questions and speaking my peace, I'd love to have a nice heart-to-whatever with him.

Wednesday: Science and Technology—The person responsible for my shitty internet connection.

Thursday: Sports—Jose Canseco. C'mon, that would be a riot.

Friday: Entertainment—Tie between Guthrie Govan and Jimmy Page

Saturday: Sex—Wilt Chamberlain

Sunday: Faith—Ilúvatar

[trev]

Monday: Finance—I'll pass on talking finance

Tuesday: Politics—John Stossel

Wednesday: Science and Technology—Stephen Hawking

Thursday: Sports—My dad

Friday: Entertainment—Robert Osborne

Saturday: Sex—Chris Christie

Sunday: Faith- The Dalai Lama

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Saturday: Sex—Chris Christie

:?

What could that dork possibly offer in the way of sex, other than a couple gallons of sweat poured down your back?

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Monday: Finance Paul Krugman
Tuesday: Politics Slavoj Zizek
Wednesday: Science and Technology Richard Stallman
Thursday: Sports Wag's Daughter...
Friday: Entertainment Bill Murray
Saturday: Sex missjo
Sunday: Faith Ayman al-Zawahiri

[mvscal]

Monday: Finance Paul Krugman

Good one, Marty. Funnier than trev talking to Chris Christie about sex which, now that I think about it, is more disturbing than funny.

[Van]

trev, considering your nic, shouldn't Trevor Hoffman at least be your pick for Sports, Entertainment or, especially, Sex?

[Bizzarofelice]

Monday: Finance--Ronald McDonald
Tuesday: Politics--Mayor McCheese
Wednesday: Science and Technology--The Professor
Thursday: Sports--Hamburglar
Friday: Entertainment--Captain Crook
Saturday: Sex--Birdie the Early Bird
Sunday: Faith--Grimace

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

Monday: Finance Paul Krugman

Good one, Marty. Funnier than trev talking to Chris Christie about sex which, now that I think about it, is more disturbing than funny.

I think Krugman is a liar and an apologist for finance capitalists, so yeah...it would make for a good chat.

[Bizzarofelice]

I think Krugman is a pussy and a coward who doesn't know how to put a finger in the chest of those who disagree with him.

I think Paul Krugman knows a lot more about economics than any of us. Including tantrum boy.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Birdie the Early Bird

There are rules, dammit.



(pm me for naked pics)

[trev]

trev, considering your nic, shouldn't Trevor Hoffman at least be your pick for Sports, Entertainment or, especially, Sex?

nope

[mvscal]

Monday: Finance - Adam Smith

Tuesday: Politics - Abe Lincoln

Wednesday: Science and Technology - Leonardo da Vinci

Thursday: Sports - Flamma. A Syrian slave gladiator in Rome who won the rudis four times and still kept fighting. Died in the arena during his 22nd match.

Friday: Entertainment - shutyomouth

Saturday: Sex - Would something such as, "I like it when you lick my balls," count as talking about sex?

Sunday: Faith - Thomas Aquinas

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Monday: Finance - Matthew Lesko
Tuesday: Politics - Mayor McCheese, fer sure
Wednesday: Science and Technology - Doc from Back to the Future
Thursday: Sports - Jim Rome
Friday: Entertainment - Terry in Crapchester
Saturday: Sex - The World's Fattest Woman
Sunday: Faith - God (face to face. none of this "in my heart and soul" faggy bullshit).

[poptart]

Friday: Entertainment - Terry in Crapchester

RACK!

[trev]

Monday: Finance - Matthew Lesko
Tuesday: Politics - Mayor McCheese, fer sure
Wednesday: Science and Technology - Doc from Back to the Future
Thursday: Sports - Jim Rome
Friday: Entertainment - Terry in Crapchester
Saturday: Sex - The World's Fattest Woman
Sunday: Faith - God (face to face. none of this "in my heart and soul" faggy bullshit).

OH, SNAP

[poptart]

Tuesday: Politics - Abe Lincoln

Why?

Sunday: Faith - Thomas Aquinas

Why?

Thursday: (sports) Tommy Smyth

Why?

Sunday: (faith) since Christopher Hitchens is dead then Paulo Coelho

Why?

Friday: Entertainment—Tie between Guthrie Govan and Jimmy Page

Why?

Wednesday: Science and Technology Richard Stallman

Why?

[Van]

Why ask why?

[poptart]

I'm interested to know what you (buzzer, mvscal) would be seeking to learn or enjoy from being with the person you chose.
Why of all people in the entertainment field, are Govan and Page compelling to you?

[poptart]

Carla Sarkozy, Erin Andrews, Tina Fey.

KC Scott's got a boner. :)

[Van]

I'm interested to know what you (buzzer, mvscal) would be seeking to learn or enjoy from being with the person you chose.
Why of all people in the entertainment field, are Govan and Page compelling to you?

Govan, because he's not only an off-the-charts genius but also one of the most down-to-earth and easy-to-talk-to freaks of nature I've ever encountered. He's infinitely gracious, humble and accommodating while also possessing an uncanny ability to translate the seemingly unfathomable into something simpler. His enormous intellect and love for the English language would also make him a delight to chat with over dinner or whatever. I'd be curious to hear his take on practically any subject under the sun, music-related or otherwise.

Page? I'd want to talk with him during one of those rare lucid moments he had during the '70s, but then I'd also want to talk with him post-Zeppelin and even now. Because he's such a seemingly isolated player, I'd want to get his take on a million different players and music-related subjects.

Seriously, I've always wondered just how aware he is of the world around him. What did he think when he first heard Hendrix, McLaughlin, Van Halen, SRV, Yngwie, Vai...Govan? As the yardstick continued to move, what were his thoughts? Why didn't he ever incorporate more gain and compression to make soloing easier, the way nearly everyone else in rock does? Did he really even give a shit about his famous sloppiness, especially later in his career? At the time, was he fighting it, or was he still happy with what he was playing?

The way bradhusker talks about having "studied" Elvis, well, Page has been a huge part of my life for pushing forty years now, yet he still remains mostly a mystery to me.

Again, though, the key would be in catching him sober (no longer a problem, but it sure was in the '70s and '80s), and not just sober but willing to open up. He's notorious for being quite reticent in conversation despite his undeniable brilliance. He doesn't say much, but when he does decide to speak up he's usually got something more than a little worthwhile to say.

Also, my god, the stories he could tell....

[Ken]

Monday: Finance - Matthew Lesko
Tuesday: Politics - Mayor McCheese, fer sure
Wednesday: Science and Technology - Doc from Back to the Future
Thursday: Sports - Jim Rome
Friday: Entertainment - Terry in Crapchester
Saturday: Sex - The World's Fattest Woman
Sunday: Faith - God (face to face. none of this "in my heart and soul" faggy bullshit).

Well played.

[mvscal]

Carla Sarkozy, Erin Andrews, Tina Fey.

KC Scott's got a boner. :)

More likely some deeply closeted need to project an image of heterosexuality.

[mvscal]

I just really like attractive women

Sure you do. We're all convinced.