Dinner for two

[gallahadesquire]

The most beautiful woman, I think, who ever lived--the young Elizabeth Taylor. Or the most talented--Julie Andrews. Historically, how about Augustus or Machiavelli?

 

Cleopatra, perhaps, and I don't mean Elizabeth Taylor channeling her!

[+ FreshFluff]

He probably largely went along to get along (politically speaking) but also likely did not turn down "slave labor" when his factories needed more workers. In other words, like most folks, he was a mixture of good and evil, but "most" do not have the opportunity to do things on this scale.

 

True, but he also lied to the Nuremberg Tribunal--and later, to historians--about what he knew about the Holocaust. Had the NMT known that he had been present during the Posen speech (which Speer admitted in a letter to the wife of a resistance member), he'd have been hanged.

 

Also, he not only didn't turn down slave labor; he specifically sought it out, though he managed to pin the blame on his subordinate. Also, he told Himmler in a letter that he (Himmler) should spend even less money than he already had on the primitive housing structures for the slave workers.) But as you say, I don't see him as particularly evil, just an opportunist.

[+ FreshFluff]

Without a doubt, dinner with Jesus

 

But would you pay his fee, or just cover the cost of the dinner?

[nate_sf]

But would you pay his fee, or just cover the cost of the dinner?

 

LOL! Presumably not at Mickey D's, but who knows, maybe he has simple tastes.

[seeker630]

LOL! Presumably not at Mickey D's, but who knows, maybe he has simple tastes.

 

Well, you could order one fish sandwich and then....

[Rick Munroe]

Francois Sagat. I want to see that freaky head tattoo up close and then I want to eat dinner off of his ass. (I know you said it wasn't dinner and sex but I have trouble separating the two).

 

http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/2s/bv/ly/francois1.jpg

[leigh.bess.toad]

My opera geek is showing. For me, it'd have to be Leontyne Price. Actually a dinner for 3 -- throw in Renata Scotto too. Dinner with my 2 favorite divas of all time wouldn't be bad.

[Phil_musc]

How about - and I'm just throwing this out for consideration - Alma Schindler? During her long life, she was married to Gustave Mahler, Walther Gropius and Franz Werfel. "Alma, tell us, all modern women are jealous. Which of your magical charms got you Gustave, Walther, and Franz? And that's just the list of genius/guys she got to the alter. It doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility that she might have dallied with a few more. I think a dinner with her would be an interesting evening.