Who In History Would You Most Like To Share A Bowl With?

[mawnansmiff]

I asked this question about four years ago and it elicited some very interesting replies so thought with the recent influx of new members, perhaps it was time to ask the question again.

The person can be real or fictional, so who would you choose to share a bowl (and perhaps a wee dram) with?

I would choose in no particular order Dr. Samuel Johnson, Sir Winston Churchill and Charles Darwin.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[prndl]

Thomas Jefferson.

But, I'm afraid the conversation would be a tad one-sided.

 

[ray47]

Arthur Conan Doyle (author of Sherlock Holmes novels).

 

[aquadoc]

Charles Darwin, Alexander Von Humboldt, and all of the framers of our now dead constitution.

 

[scloyd]

My grandfather who died 60 years ago when I was 1 year old. My mother always says l resemble him.

 

[Akousticplyr]

Any or all of America’s founding fathers, but upon reflection just my Dad. I lost him 11 years ago this week.

11 years of catching up to do!

 

[sandollars]

Most definitely Einstein, hands down.

 

[warren]

Col. Custer comes toi mind at this moment. "What the hell were you thinking? Leaving the Gatlings and then dividing your command, what were you thinking?"

 

[kcghost]

Einstein, Richard Feynstein, and Abe Lincoln.

 

[Bowie]

Great question. General Robert E. Lee, President Theodore Roosevelt, and G.K. Chesterton.

 

[seldom]

Leonardo (the one from Vinci), Abraham Lincoln, Alexander von Humbolt, Benjamin Franklin, really any of the great polymaths. Oh, and also Ötzi the iceman. Probably none of these smoked a pipe. So Bertrand Russell.

 

[davek]

Elementary

 

[Casual]

Cyrus, Thales, Aristotle, Mencius, Archimedes, Octavian, Charlemagne, Newton, Machiavelli, Rand, the list is endless. Theres something to learn from any deep thinker of any era.

Heck, I’d take anyone present during the heyday of Gobekli Tepe or the building of the great underground cities in Turkey at the end of the last glaciation.

I could spend a lifetime just chatting with Archimedes, the Tony Stark of Syracuse.

 

[BarrelProof]

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. And Charles Darwin.

 

[condorlover1]

Clarence Darrow, although he was a cigar smoker. Stanley Baldwin, Sir Oswald Mosley although I did meet him when he was live and he wasn't smoking in those days. Jefferson Davis would also be quite interesting along with 'Doc' Holliday.

 

[smokeyweb]

Peter K. Larson. A close friend of mine who I used to smoke cigars with in high school. Died our senior year.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Too much of a solitary smoker, no one comes to mind.

 

[magicpiper]

Rodney Dangerfield

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Dennes Dale “D” Boon

 

[mso489]

Any of the above -- I mean the posts list many candidates I'd be delighted to converse with, if they found me of sufficient substance. My late father, grandfathers, and any women of those generations who'd smoke a pipe! I would add Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain, since I know he actually smoked a pipe, and since his intellect went far beyond his humor. I'd actually feel intrigued by Dwight Eisenhower, because he was imaginative in his way while being burdened with specifics and detail, with which I can identify, and I think I would pose subjects and ask questions that most would not think to ask of him. I'd be interested in the various major religious figures, though I doubt any would smoke a pipe, and I don't want to name them for fear of sounding not religious. Charles Dickens of course. Thomas Carlyle and/or his wife Jane (smoking a pipe?). The poet Robert Lowell. Others, others, others.