Who Is Your Dinner Date?

[naomi24]

Following on from the handsome man/beautiful woman thread, more light-hearted musings on famous people.  
 

You're invited to dine with your idea of a perfect dinner partner.  Who is it?

 

David Niven for me.  I would love to have spent an evening dining with him.   Suave, well-mannered, educated, witty and good looking.  The epitome of the perfect English gentleman.  Just my type.  ;o)

[jno]

a dinner I wouldn't want to be at was with Alfred Hitchcock, who had friends round but dyed all the main course blue. Nobody could touch a morsel.

Which is odd because the taste wasn't affected, he was just showing he knew how to mess with people's minds. Apart from some cheese and blueberries we're just not programmed to eat blue.

[Countrylover]

Its gotta be James Norton again.  Not just for looks but for personality, talent and intelligence too.

And then Boris for a very entertaining  evening with an intelligent man who's also a lotta laughs and a complete buffoon.

[Vagus]

David Tennant

[Vagus]

Or Chris Packham

[pastafreak]

Does it have to be a date in the usual sense of the word? Because most of my current favourite interesting people are female. How about dinner companion? 

[Countrylover]

The surgeon that replaced my shoulder waxs taller but ghe splitting image of Davd Tennant, Vagus.  He was gorgeous and lovely with it.  A real laugh.  But he didn't meet me at my best!!

[Countrylover]

Was not wax

[naomi24]

Whatever floats your boat, pasta.

[Vagus]

I like people with a bit of an edge and a twinkle in their eye, David Tennant has both, Lottie. I don't suppose your surgeon cared 😁

[Vagus]

I don't see dinner date as a date, just someone whose company you'd enjoy while having dinner, Pasta.

[Countrylover]

If  a female companion, probably Maureen Lipman.  I dated lots of blokes in my younger dates that I just liked, tall short fat and thin.  Just for the pleasure of their company.  I don't fancy Boris!  

[Countrylover]

Vagus I didn't see your post before I posted.

[Countrylover]

Younger days!

[Countrylover]

I have blueberries every morning with my mixed up breakfast jno.!

[DTCwordfan]

Claudia Winkelman, Emilia Fox, Nigella or Emma Watson, then there's a few ABers....

As to politicians, forget it, perhaps Penny Mordant, but the rest such as Sir Beer Warmer, that Liberal tit or the rabid, lush, and dripping Rachel Reeves can remain outside or go off to Maccie D's.

 

[retrocop]

David Niven is alive and well and living in Surrey . My hair is not so crinkly and tach not so clipped.

Lauren Bacall would excite my taste buds as a dinner date. Not sure I can still whistle so well now.😃

[Canary42]

My Dad. Last seen when I was 5 weeks old. Killed 14th February 1945. It would be priceless to discover what sort of guy he was. 

[Barsel]

Peter Sellers would have kept me amused.

[Barmaid]

I was only reading the other day about  the sad death of Niven's first wife.

I think it would have to be Daniel Craig (although he would probably have to be in character as James Bond).  That twinkle in his eye....  

Talking of which, some years ago I was lucky enough to regularly dine with a gentleman who was even older than my grandfather but was a colleague and good friend.  He was the epitome of absolute charm.  He would rise if I went to the loo, he would always walk on the outside of the pavement, he would insist on hailing a cab, he was always impeccably dressed and he was a witty and charming raconteur and a terrible flirt.  I do not think anyone (famous or otherwise) could ever exceed the fabulous evenings I spent with my old friend and I always parted from him feeling like I had had the most wonderful evening.

[Canary42]

What a character, that's lovely Barmaid.