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Postby rocklobster » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:37 pm

Like it says in the topic.
This was a question posed to me in the latest podcast. I answered with Osamu Tezuka (creator of Astroboy) and Mark Twain. What about the rest of you?
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sun Jan 28, 2007 6:54 pm

Do they have to be dead yet?

Hayao Miyazaki, Herge, C.S. Lewis, and Job
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Postby goldenspines » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:26 pm

Hmmm....I think either Marquis de La Fayette or Isaiah. Of course, I would love to meet Jesus in person too.
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Postby jon_jinn » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:22 pm

Paul
Solomon
Naoki Urasawa
J.R.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Leonardo Da Vinci
Vincent van Gogh
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:24 pm

Nikola Tesla or Teddy Roosevelt.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:25 pm

My great great great great great great grandparents.
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:07 pm

Solomon. I bet it would be mindblowing being able to converse with the wisest man who ever lived.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:19 pm

Oh yeah, that would be a real treat. Brain exhaustion would follow quickly though. You'd have to do it in small doses, light suppers or something, not a full blown feast.
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:25 pm

Monday: Learn the secret of life.

Tuesday: Have the Trinity explained.

Wednesday: Explain how God has no beginning.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:26 pm

Lincoln. Big guy, big reach. Skinny guys fight 'til they're burger.
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Postby Ashley » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:27 pm

C.S. Lewis, Tanemura Arina, Sandro Botticelli, Amy Carmichael.
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Postby Mi-Ru-Me » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:10 pm

Gangus Kahn Probably a good eatewr.
Sultan Marod(Murat) II of the outamans
Abe lincoln
Harison Ford

oh and Stalin and Hitler so I could poison there food.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 pm

Ghangus Kahn would probably eat you. Didn't he murder lots of people?
I guess it's your funeral. lol
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Postby K. Ayato » Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:53 pm

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Postby crossalchemist » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:50 pm

There are so many! If it were over the course of a week:

Sunday: C.S. Lewis, Niechtze face off.
Monday: Tolkien will explain to me the symbolism (if any) behind LOTR.
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Postby Stephen » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:08 am

Joshua Christopher wrote:Lincoln. Big guy, big reach. Skinny guys fight 'til they're burger.


Dang it! I was gonna make the Ghandi joke from that movie. Beat me to it.

Seriously though...I have a few I would love to talk to.

1. Mark Twain. I cannot help but thinking I would probably get into a fight with him though.

2. Andrew Jackson. If half the stuff I have read about this president is true, he was a pretty hardcore guy.

3. Elvis. I know, it sounds lame. But I would like to talk to the guy.

4. David Gilmore and Roger Waters. At the same time. *laughs* Any Floyd fans will see the humor there.

And I am sure there are a ton more I am forgetting. Good thread though.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:15 am

oh yeah johnny cash

lol

hes awesome

also i really like jack kirby
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:48 am

Johnny Cash, CS Lewis, Nikola Tesla, Charles Dickens, Dostoevsky, Vincent van Gogh, Napoleon Bonoparte, Paul Kruger, Rasputin the Mad Monk, Karl Marx. I'm sure all of these would make good, interesting conversation together. :)
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Postby Eaglestrike » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:52 am

Do they even have to be real people?

Hyuuga Hinata please.
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Postby termyt » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:20 am

If I only get to pick one, and assume the language barrier would not be a barrier, I would choose Hannibal (the Carthaginian general). I’ve always wanted to meet him.

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Regan would make a fantastic dinner party for an evening as well. I’d love to spend an evening discussing democracy and the role of government with four of the men who have had the greatest impact in that area. Teddy’s famous cousin can come, too, but only if he promises to answer truthfully the question “what’s up with the whole social security thing?â€
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Postby jon_jinn » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:31 pm

bigsleepj wrote:Charles Dickens and Napoleon Bonoparte


oh! i forgot to mention these two.
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Postby San_Hayashi » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:54 pm

Hmm, that's an intersting question. I keep trying to narrow it down to one in my mind. Probably Mark Twain or Aristotle because these guys have great quotes!
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Postby Raiden no Kishi » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:18 pm

Jesus. And no, I'm not answering that because it's the "Christian-sounding" answer. Seriously. Think about it.

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Postby Puritan » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:37 pm

Well, I would like to meet Anselm of Canterbury, Brother Lawrence, Edward Teller, Teddy Roosevelt, Otto von Bismark, Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Martin Luther, and Huges de Payens. Though not all at once, of course. I can't imagine what these people would do if put at the same table with each other.
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Postby Abassi » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:36 pm

Hmmm….<.< >.>

King Nebuchadnezzar
Joseph (the one from the Bible of course)
C.S. Lewis
St. Patrick
Herodotus

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Postby Stephen » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:39 am

How could I forget Johnny Cash. I am ashamed.
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Postby Eaglestrike » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:06 am

Raiden no Kishi wrote:Jesus. And no, I'm not answering that because it's the "Christian-sounding" answer. Seriously. Think about it.

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I have thought about it, but I'm going to talk to Him anyway in a few days/years/decades. I don't think it's 100% I'll be able to talk to past people as well, especially seeing how not everyone is getting into Heaven (and uhh, my person isn't real >.>;;)
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Postby bigsleepj » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:19 am

ShatterheartArk wrote:How could I forget Johnny Cash. I am ashamed.


Indeed. For shame. Go stand in the corner for the next few on-line sessions.
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Postby CreatureArt » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:29 am

I'd pick Jesus. ^^

But if that's not what you're going for I'd love to meet Martin Luther King Jr. Or the man he was named for. Any of the apostles from the New Testament. Or a German citizen from pre-world war II Germany. Oh the questions I would ask. :)
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