For dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would you invite?

Abigail Adams

Abraham Lincoln

Augustine of Hippo

Aristotle

Cleopatra

Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Johnny Carson

Leonardo da Vinci

Marianne Harper McConnell

Richard Feynman

Winston Churchill

Marianne would engage with everyone, making them feel welcome and valued. Johnny Carson would be the official host and humorist. Lincoln, Churchill, and Augustine would tell stories and clever jokes. Leonardo would sketch portraits and scenes from the evening. Feynman would tell bawdy jokes and play his bongo while explaining the quantum world. Newton would joust with Feynman about physics and all else. Augustine and Aristotle would argue religion and philosophy with all comers. Darwin would tell tales from the voyage of the Beagle and explain how he came to his conclusions. Cleopatra would demonstrate her gift for rhetoric by reciting Greek and Egyptian poems. Abigail Adams would match wits with anyone bold enough to dare and hold the men, especially Churchill, to strict account. Aristotle would be the recorder and editor.