[grimupnorth]

(or, alternatively, a night down the pub, which is more my style than a dinner party.)<br><br>
One of my students asked me this question today, and I was stumped. ANy thoughts?

 

[merigayle]

Odysseus<br>
Holden Caulfield (duh)<br>
Owen Meany<br>
Duane Jackson (from Last Picture Show series)<br>
Dumbledore<br><br>
hmmmm let me think up some more!

 

[Lincoln]

Dinner Party<br><br>
Atticus Finch<br>
Howard Rourk<br>
Captain Nemo<br>
Sherlock Holmes

 

[Tim]

Dinner Party<br><br>
Moses<br>
Noah<br>
Mary Magdeline<br>
Gregor Samsa

 

[grimupnorth]

Lear's Fool<br>
Hamlet<br>
Gatsby<br>
Sam Vimes<br>
Death<br>
Frank Owen<br>
Fermín Romero de Torres<br>
Tom Bombadil<br>
J Alfred Prufrock

 

[grimupnorth]

As he leaves at the end of the night, I can imagine you saying:<br><br><i>don't you go changin'</i>

 

[Tim]

I love you just the way you are. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[merigayle]

oooh Gatsby would be a good one!

 

[grimupnorth]

Tristram Shandy<br>
Molly Bloom<br>
The Miller from The Canterbury Tales<br>
Ford Prefect<br>
Danny the Champion of the World's Dad

 

[Hanging Jury]

And Danny's Dad.<br><br>
Ford Prefect would be awesome!<br><br>
Ignatius P. Reilly

 

[dg1]

Dude!

 

[DEturtle]

Charles Asher<br>
Dr. "Mac" Connor and Byrmm<br>
Sirius Black<br>
Dirk Gently<br>
The Ya-Yas<br>
Fox in Socks

 

[Durt]

Lolita

 

[merigayle]

oh yes!!!!!!!!<br>
i still get teary eyed that he died <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif">

 

[sophielarue]

Augustus McCrea from Lonesome Dove<br>
Jonathon Strange from Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell<br>
Jo March from Little Women<br>
Francie from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn<br>
Hester Pryn from The Scarlet Letter

 

[Tim]

I'd love to have tea wth Hester.

 

[grimupnorth]

Sherlock Holmes

 

[merigayle]

Newt would be a good one too! Have you read all the books in the series? I absolutely was entralled with them. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[Tim]

Satan<br>
Moe Sizlack

 

[grimupnorth]

The Satan of Paradise Lost? He'd be a great guest.<br><br>
I know who I wouldn't invite: Lord Henry Wotton from <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>. I'd end up stabbing him in the eye with my fork.