mycalicocat

Winfrey, Anthony, Tuchman, Giovanni, Rice, Clinton, John Stuart, and Beau Weston. Life is too short not to sit with your husband, but I don't want Emily Dickenson anywhere near my salad bar.

I'd serve roast chicken, baked potatoes, baby peas, crescent rolls, spinach salad and lemon meringue pie. Decaf iced tea with lemon at dinner. A walk to the Hub Cafe later on (of course) for coffee.
 

Wonderful answer, although I would HAVE to have Abe Lincoln. I think I'd have Oprah too because she would be so good at drawing all the disparate folks together. which leaves me five. John Stewart, Nikki Giovanni, Albert Schweitzer, Jane Austen, and for my freebie - Adrienne Bond.
Meal: Sister Campbell's shrimp creole), Silver Queen corn on the cob, garlic bread, Harp's Beer with ice tea as alternate choice. Fresh strawberry shortcake with real whipped cream, coffee.
 

i know i got a bad dog the last time i noticed a double numbering, but this first tells me to pick 5 and then 7 plus a freebie and me, but neither will work out to 8, but i'll be quiet and pick 7 because i've been fretting about this since last night because i wanted them all but - mother teresa, jefferson, ghandi, emily dickinson (sorry sporc), schweitzer, susan b. anthony, and franklin. i finally decided to bring nelda rather than my husband because she enjoys dinner parties more than ben would.i would have potluck except i would bring an extra dish for mother teresa and myself. the bonaire church ladies would hear about it anyway and bring 23 courses of southern foods.
 

Hey, I never said I was good at numbers, since I misspelled both Ghandi's and Emily Dickinson's names, what do I know? Your comment about the church ladies made me laugh out loud. Mother Teresa would probably insist on washing the dishes. Did you know that one time she offered to work as a stewardess on a flight to Rome in order to save money for her missions work?
 

that's why i would bring a dish for her in addition to my own to the potluck. i would probably also have alot of ziploc bags so she could have all of the leftovers.
 

If I were to have seven fictional beings for dinner I would have my own creation Treacher, the ghost of Cluny the scourge, Rita Skeeter, an orc,Zeus, Bigfoot, and Jar Jar Binks all of whom I'd serve separately. I would
serve sushi to Jar Jar, soy cubes to big foot and the orc, Liver to Zeus,dead beetles to Rita, a large amount of delicious meats and other foods perfect for a warlord, and for Treacher and myself, a cheesed potato salad
with an overload of ketchup and hot dog slices. Yes, feel the wrath other
guests.
 

"A cheesed potato salad" caught my attention. The whole household tried to figure out what Joe (and Treacher) had been tasting. I was about to start calling parents of his friends when one of the girls said "church potluck?" and Beau said "potatoes au gratin?" Asked the right questions, Joe confirmed that the potatoes were sliced in a casserole that could have been in the oven. Joe has a third-child tendency to go along with "whatever," while secretly feeling pushed about, so I like finding things that count as specific attention to what he values. (With Betty Crocker's help, I think he could actually make the entire dish himself, which would probably suit him even better.)
 

Thomas Jefferson, John Stewart, Susan B. Anthony, Hillary Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I, Benjamin Franklin, plus Sporcupine to discuss American politics. We might have to bring Wibbish I up to speed.
 

why didn't i think of jar jar??? i was the only person in the theater who thought jar jar was the true star. i'm trading nelda for jar jar. (don't worry, no red, hat, i will tell nelda before you have a chance.)