Saturday, January 16, 2010

My Dinner Party

I have the most creative friends. This idea came from Denalee and was also done by Ashley, who have inspired me to follow in their footsteps.

If I could invite anyone, TV or book character or celebrity to dinner, my top 10 invitees would be . . .

1. Paula Deen--to teach me how to cook like she does.



2. Jillian Michaels--to kick my butt after eating Paula Deen's food.



3. e. e. cummings--to whistle far and wee. And write the place cards scrolly-wonderful.




4. Silas Marner, the title character from the book by George Eliot--to weave a table cloth for the occasion. Such a gentle, misunderstood soul could benefit from company.



5. Dumbledore--to make cryptic, wise observations during the awkward silences.



6. Mr. Humphries from "Are You Being Served?"--to inject a high dose of FABULOUS into the night, and to stage an dinner-guest fashion show / musical number!



7. Hyacinth Bucket (Boo-kay) from "Keeping Up Appearances"--just to get an invite for one of HER candlelight suppers with riparian entertainment.



8. Alicia Keys--to sing and play the piano at the same time. No one's ever draped themselves over my baby grand like that.




9. Napoleon Dynamite--to appreciate that "tots" would be on the menu, GOSH.



10. Hurley from LOST--Dude. Do I have to explain this one? To bring us all back to the island!


7 comments:

Mopsie said...

And how does one obtain an invite to this awesome soiree? I'm in! Love your choices.
Unrelated question: How did you become familiar with "ennui"? My Regency Romance characters battle it often. [sigh]

Rebecca and Co. said...

Mom, you're ALWAYS invited to my soirees!

When I was in 7th grade we had a spelling unit on foreign words we use in English; the only two I remember are ennui and genre. And like your heroines, I too often battle ennui. [sigh]

:)

Emmy said...

Awesome awesome list! I think you have every aspect covered. Man I want to be there too!

Denalee said...

What-Ho Rebecca! LOVE your invitees! And it's always fun to hear of a Jeeves & Wooster fan ... have you read the books? As always, they're even better than the shows.

Ashley said...

Hahaha! I love your dinner guests!

Aranne and Dan said...

so fun... I might play along with this and let you know who I would invite... probably not as entertaining as your group though!!!!

The Hardy's said...

I thought my mom was the only one who watches "Keeping Up Appearances". Hyacinth is one of her favorite characters of all time.