Guess who's coming to dinner?


I think it was Jeff’s blog, I commented how I watched the CFL quarterback challenge and Kevin Eakin was winning. For most of you that don’t know (including me, until I just googled it) Eakin came in second. Not bad for a benchwarmer challenging first-string quarterbacks. For the 15 minutes that I watched it was a timed obstacle course where the QB ran and then had to throw for accuracy. Somewhere in my 15 minutes of viewing an on-site interviewer asked one of the players; If you could have any three people over for dinner who would they be?

What a cool question. So I’m giving it some thought.

Obviously they would have to be living so I’m not holding a plate open for John Lennon’s corpse. Which by the way would have been my first choice if it included dead people. Then my first easy choice would be Paul McCartney. I thought for a second maybe Ringo Starr. To me, he seems the type that once he got a few drinks into him you might get to hear the really really good Beatlemania stories. However I’m not using two plates on a Beatle, and come on… he was the drummer. He doesn’t come close to replacing Paul at my table. So who’s next? I’m really not big on the whole entertainment industry. The only person I even considered from television or movies is Mike Myer’s. He just seems like a regular guy that you might be able to relate to on some level. But I don’t know… if this dinner is like the Make a Wish Foundation and everyone that I invite comes and pretends to enjoy it, and me… does Mike Myer’s still qualify? I’m not big on politics. The only politician that I gave a second thought to was Bill Clinton. But sorry Bill I’ve heard your dirty secrets, no free dinner for you. I watch sports a lot. About the only active athlete I consider table-worthy is Tiger Woods. Maybe even get a few pointers. Muhammad Ali might be a good choice. But he would probably just drool on the tablecloth all through dinner. Maybe I should invite a woman. Someone should be there to clear the dishes when we’re done. But who??? Ohhhh noooooo Yoko. Not a chance!!! If a woman is invited to my fantasy dinner she has to be eye-candy for me and my other male guests. It’s probably even better if she’s not famous or an intellect… just super hot to look at. With that comment I just made up my mind. Howard Stern will be there with Paul and …. Tiger.