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Through the magic of SCIENCE! you can now bring people from far away places, from beyond the grave, or from the world of fiction to your neato New Years party. Who will you be bringing?



I, for one, plan to bring all of NSG, just to see how we interact in real life. I predict screaming and violence.


If all goes well then I'll produce assorted national leaders for people to yell at.

I, for one, plan to bring all of NSG, just to see how we interact in real life.

I've passed a lot of time when life was just too boring to accept it (like, say, my fourth mandatory statistics 101 class) imagining a get-together of all my, uh, favorite NSGers. 'twas always fun. The funnest part was being the only one who knew what was going on, and letting the rest figure out who the fuck the rest is and why they're there.

Yes, I can be one sad person.

I want to throw one giant party with everyone from both hell and heaven. Then spike the punch.

How about Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Nobel, Thomas Edison, Jacob? Tesla, etc.

The difficulty would lie in the language barriers then.
Or do we all understand each other anyway? The "magic" of science aspect perhaps?

I've passed a lot of time when life was just too boring to accept it (like, say, my fourth mandatory statistics 101 class) imagining a get-together of all my, uh, favorite NSGers. 'twas always fun. The funnest part was being the only one who knew what was going on, and letting the rest figure out who the fuck the rest is and why they're there.

Yes, I can be one sad person.

Was I there?

Was I there?

Stupid question. Look, I can even spell your handle without scrolling down to peek; that ought to tell you all you need to know.

Stupid question. Look, I can even spell your handle without scrolling down to peek; that ought to tell you all you need to know.

I'll take that as a "Yes, but I couldn't spell your name" :fluffle:

Through the magic of SCIENCE! you can now bring people from far away places, from beyond the grave, or from the world of fiction to your neato New Years party. Who will you be bringing?hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe...

Like I'd tell you!

I, for one, plan to bring all of NSG, just to see how we interact in real life. I predict screaming and violence.
I predict more incredulous looks and the phrase "YOU'RE [insert poster id]?!?" to be repeated often.

Ben Franklin is my date. With him by my side, it hardly matters who else is there. You could fill the room with nothing but the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG, and the party would still be rockin'.

Actually, to give the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG their due, I'd say add Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Lawrence Sterne and Dorothy Parker to the mix. That should do it.

Ben Franklin is my date. With him by my side, it hardly matters who else is there. You could fill the room with nothing but the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG, and the party would still be rockin'.

Actually, to give the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG their due, I'd say add Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Lawrence Sterne and Dorothy Parker to the mix. That should do it.

Nice guest list!

I'll add Charlie Chaplin, Lenny Bruce, Mozart and Billie Holiday from modern times (pun intended).

Ovid, Plato, Homer, Bill Shakespeare and the Curies.

I, for one, plan to bring all of NSG, just to see how we interact in real life.
It being my birthday on the 28th, I went into town with my pals and got absolutely smashed on absinthe-based cocktails - the dream I had that night was about NSG and such, utterly surreal, mind. But it would have been good in real life I tells ya.

I dunno... I would probably just invite everyone I regularly interact with online and in person and all my favorite historical figures.

Oh, and Captain Nemo.

Oh, and Captain Nemo.

James Mason? Good call! :)

Me, I'd bring Peter Lorre and Raymond Massey. Those two crack me up.

Oh, and Captain Nemo.
Oh, Captain Nemo. For a second, I thought you meant Little Nemo, and I was thinking, what, is this a kids' party now? But at least that kid is a trip and a half.

James Mason? Good call! :)

Me, I'd bring Peter Lorre and Raymond Massey. Those two crack me up.
Oh, James Mason the actor over Nemo the character, by all means, yes, please. There are few cooler people. And Peter Lorre, too. That is a man I would dearly have loved to get drunk with.

Nice guest list!

I'll add Charlie Chaplin, Lenny Bruce, Mozart and Billie Holiday from modern times (pun intended).

Ovid, Plato, Homer, Bill Shakespeare and the Curies.
I don't know how much fun Ovid and Plato would be, but by all means, yes, to Bill Shakespeare, absolutely. And hell, invite Kit Marlowe, too. Why not?

(Note: I'm planning my guest list not just for who I'd like to party with, but for who I think would offset and make up for the NSGers. ;))

pffft you guys are boring.

im bringing the bridge crew of the enterprise.

every enterprise that was on tv, every crew, in their prime, the crew not the actors.

James Mason? Good call! :)

Me, I'd bring Peter Lorre and Raymond Massey. Those two crack me up.

Oh, Captain Nemo. For a second, I thought you meant Little Nemo, and I was thinking, what, is this a kids' party now? But at least that kid is a trip and a half.


Oh, James Mason the actor over Nemo the character, by all means, yes, please. There are few cooler people. And Peter Lorre, too. That is a man I would dearly have loved to get drunk with.

That's who I was meaning, James Mason. I couldn't think of his name.

I don't know how much fun Ovid and Plato would be, but by all means, yes, to Bill Shakespeare, absolutely. And hell, invite Kit Marlowe, too. Why not?

(Note: I'm planning my guest list not just for who I'd like to party with, but for who I think would offset and make up for the NSGers. ;))

Am I one of the annoying ones?

I think I'll bring Jesus

pffft you guys are boring.

im bringing the bridge crew of the enterprise.

every enterprise that was on tv, every crew, in their prime, the crew not the actors.
*thinks about spending new year's with those people*

*blasts self out of airlock*

Am I one of the annoying ones?

Of course not. You had the sense and taste to bring James Mason along. :D

I think I'll bring Jesus
Just for the chance to see him drunk?

Just for the chance to see him drunk?

Dude can turn water into wine he has to rock at parties.

Just for the chance to see him drunk?

I hadn't even thought about that. I suppose a drinking contest with Jesus would be quite a novelty, although he could cheat by turning all my chasers into wine...

Dude can turn water into wine he has to rock at parties.

I hadn't even thought about that. I suppose a drinking contest with Jesus would be quite a novelty, although he could cheat by turning all my chasers into wine...
Good points. *adds Jesus to list*

Good points. *adds Jesus to list*

Moses and Jesus would make quite the vintners- Moses draws water from a rock, Jesus turns it into Cabernet Sauvignon...

Moses and Jesus would make quite the vintners- Moses draws water from a rock, Jesus turns it into Cabernet Sauvignon...
Damn, those boys are useful. *adds Moses to list, too* As I think of it, Moses has some cool party tricks, too, doesn't he?

Damn, those boys are useful. *adds Moses to list, too* As I think of it, Moses has some cool party tricks, too, doesn't he?

Yeah, but Jesus definitely has him beat.

Damn, those boys are useful. *adds Moses to list, too* As I think of it, Moses has some cool party tricks, too, doesn't he?

He can turn a stick into a snake, and I also heard that he can part your hair from across the room.

He can turn a stick into a snake, and I also heard that he can part your hair from across the room.

And he can encounter and speak to burning bushes.

He can turn a stick into a snake, and I also heard that he can part your hair from across the room.
I thought that was Elijah or Elisha.

I thought that was Elijah or Elisha.
I thought it was Charlton Heston. Shows what I know. ;)

I thought it was Charlton Heston. Shows what I know. ;)
Goddamn. Good call. Charlton Heston, eh? Keep the guy away from a discussion about guns and that'd be a top guest.

Goddamn. Good call. Charlton Heston, eh? Keep the guy away from a discussion about guns and that'd be a top guest.
In fact, as I think of it, I'll steal a page from Ashmoria and say I'd invite the entire cast of "The Ten Commandments", but the actors IN CHARACTER. :D (and costume, too.)

My favorite Ten Commandments story was told on the Johnny Carson "Tonight Show" many moons ago, by the immortal Miss Charlton Heston himself. Seems, he got WAAAAYY too into character, and there's that whole scene where he comes down from Sinai and finds all the Israelites worshipping the golden calf in this huge Hollywood orgy scene (on account of they were misled by Edward G. Robinson), and he cracks a tablet upside their idolatrous heads. And then the director called "cut!", and Heston was strutting around being all Moses-y and humorless until this young girl who was one of the extras walks by him and gives him this dirty look and says, "Party-pooper!" :D

Are we allowed to bring Cowboy Ninja if we can throw shoes at him? :p

And Paul Newman (younger, not older) so I could talk with him about cars and not bore everyone else to death. :D

I'll bring a goth girl for a date.

Thomas Edison? Alfred Nobel?? William Shakespeare???
A guest list for a timeless dialogue between intellectuals, yes. But really now..
..what a bunk party.

I'd be bringing an entourage consisting of:

Tom Robbins (witty anecdotes)
Terrence McKenna ('party favours')
Jesus Christ (bartender/magician)
Max, as depicted in 'Where the Wild Things Are' (you just know this kid can mix it up)

Admittedly, there is a good chance that the last two individuals are fictitious, but I'd still risk putting them on my list in the name of a top notch mixer.

Thomas Edison? Alfred Nobel?? William Shakespeare???
A guest list for a timeless dialogue between intellectuals, yes. But really now..
..what a bunk party.

Which Shakespeare are you talking about, because the one I know is not a boring intellectual:

Course jocosity catches the crowd,
Shakespeare and I are often low browed.

The fishwife curse, the laugh of the horse,
Shakespeare and I are frequently coarse.

Aesthetic excuses on Bill's behalf
Are adduced to refine big Bill's coarse laugh.

But Bill he would chuckle to hear such guff.
He pulled rough stuff; he liked rough stuff.

Hoping you're the same.
Archy


Reported by Don Marquis -- capitals are added. Archy (a cockroach) could not operate more than one key at a time, so he could not use the shift key to make capital letters.

Through the magic of SCIENCE! you can now bring people from far away places, from beyond the grave, or from the world of fiction to your neato New Years party. Who will you be bringing?



I, for one, plan to bring all of NSG, just to see how we interact in real life. I predict screaming and violence.


If all goes well then I'll produce assorted national leaders for people to yell at.

My guests would be George Bush, Kung Fu Panda, and a handle of vodka. We could make a party all by ourselves.

I hadn't even thought about that. I suppose a drinking contest with Jesus would be quite a novelty, although he could cheat by turning all my chasers into wine...

Jesus was quite the prankster at parties. Remember the Last Supper?

Jesus: Here Peter, try this.
Peter: Hmm. this is good, Jesus. What is it?
Jesus: Guess.
Peter: White Russian?
Jesus: Nope.
Peter: Manhattan?
Jesus: Uh-uh.
Peter: Well I don't know, Jesus. Tell me.
Jesus: Zing! It's my blood!
Peter: *sprays out drink* Ah, you old rascal!
Jesus: Ha ha! By the way, I'm going to be crucified tomorrow.
Peter: What?

Then, as we all know, Jesus and the Roman occupiers worked together for the greatest Candid Camera of all time. The expression on the apostles face was hysterical when they came to the tomb on the third day. Of course, they didn't have cameras back then, which sort of spoiled the joke. So they founded Christianity instead.

Ben Franklin is my date. With him by my side, it hardly matters who else is there. You could fill the room with nothing but the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG, and the party would still be rockin'.

Actually, to give the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG their due, I'd say add Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Lawrence Sterne and Dorothy Parker to the mix. That should do it.

Please add Robert Heinlein, Terry Pratchett, Isaac Azimov, Queen Elizabeth I, and Catherine the Great of Russia. And for a gritty touch, Vita Sackville-West and Captain Sir Richard Burton.

Ben Franklin is my date. With him by my side, it hardly matters who else is there. You could fill the room with nothing but the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG, and the party would still be rockin'.

Actually, to give the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG their due, I'd say add Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Lawrence Sterne and Dorothy Parker to the mix. That should do it.
Come, now you that you've said it, you have to tell us who the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG are. :p

Through the magic of SCIENCE! you can now bring people from far away places, from beyond the grave, or from the world of fiction to your neato New Years party. Who will you be bringing?



I, for one, plan to bring all of NSG, just to see how we interact in real life. I predict screaming and violence.


If all goes well then I'll produce assorted national leaders for people to yell at.

Then we could add... mh... Richard Feynman and Douglas Adams just for the sake of chaos. And Tsar Peter... just because he's got vodka.

absolutely pretty much everyone i've ever met online, in my dreams, and in my previous lives, along with this one. most of whome, like myself, could care less about getting wasted or any of that crap, but some of them are interesting people, and by people, i mean awairnessess, not neccessarily even occupying life forms of any kind, let alone humans ones or of this earth.

naming names, where would i start, well certainly elxtia, who is/was the lananaran tara/gia, possibly, though historically also a revealer of organized belief, the current lananarn nalanuthu. definately a whole lot of furry/anthro people, and then definately some very interesting nonhuman people.

hmmm, a lot of the charicters in the stories of r.a.lafferty of course. dusty scroggins, audifax o' hanlon, focault ogg, valery mok and her verious equivelents.

i'm not for making asumptions about actors or writers either one as people in real life, but the several i've met and or related to seem pretty cool. of course the conigsbergs, and whatever indiginous 'brother's in law' so to speak, i mean, heck, honored elders are honored elders.

actually i guess it would be pretty much a matter of other people setting it up as i'm not much of a people person/organizer. i'm just not there at all. my wife is more then i am, and my father was. and then some of the people i've met through the furry stuff are. and the skiffy back when i was in PorSFiS.

i've really, i don't generally ever, think in terms of such a thing like this. but yah, there are certainly a few people i wouldn't mind saying high, maybe just to meet eyeball to eyeball. well of course all my spirit critter friends would be there anyway. that's sort of a given.

Come, now you that you've said it, you have to tell us who the most blood-boilingly idiotic posters on all NSG are. :p

Nice try, pal. Not a chance. :p :D

I don't know how much fun Ovid and Plato would be, but by all means, yes, to Bill Shakespeare, absolutely. And hell, invite Kit Marlowe, too. Why not?

(Note: I'm planning my guest list not just for who I'd like to party with, but for who I think would offset and make up for the NSGers. ;))

Oh, well, in that case, we better invite Eddie Izzard.

I would like to bring Dorothy Parker, Mae West, W. C. Fields, and George Sanders

I would like to bring Dorothy Parker, Mae West, W. C. Fields, and George Sanders
Ms Parker's already on the list, and I agree to the rest of your list as well.

Also yes-please to Eddie Izzard (per Intangelon).

I think I'll bring Jesus

If you're bringing Jesus I'm bringing Judas. Oh, and Hitler. I want some antagonizing on the party! :D

I'll just bring God and Satan.

Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes,

Charles Dickens, C.S Lewis, Dante, J.R.R. Tolkien

Jim Morrison, Elvis

Ok, the guest list so far ...

All of NS
Albert Einstein
Leonardo Da Vinci
Ben Franklin
Nobel
Edison
Tesla
Jonathan Swift
Alexander Pope
Lawrence Sterne
Dorothy Parker
Charlie Chaplin
Lennie Bruce
Mozart
Billie Holliday
Ovid
Plato
Shakespeare
the Curies
James Mason
Peter Lorre
Raymond Massey
Christopher Marlow
Eddie Izzard
Mae West
W.C. Fields
George Sanders
Judas
Hitler
God
Satan
The Bridge Crews from all the Enterprises
Jesus
Moses
Charleton Heston
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Newman
Cowboy Ninja
Tim Robbins
Terrence McKenna
Max from Where the Wild Things Are
George Bush
Kung Fu Panda
Robert Heinlein
Terry Pratchett
Isaac Azimov
Elizabeth I
Catherine the Great
Vita Sackville-West
Captain Sir Richard Burton (not the actor)
Peter the Great
Richard Feynman
Douglas Adams
and I'd like to add
Jack Kerouac
Dorothy Dandridge
Jules Verne
Marilyn Monroe
Ethel Merman
Bob Hope

Any more?

Oops. Forgot

Elvis Presely
Adam Smith
John Keynes
Charles Dickens
C.S. Lewis
Dante
Tolkein
Jim Morrison

Damn, there are some stiffs on that list -- and some of them are still alive.

And who brought that damned kid? (detests people who bring kids to parties)

Also, not enough women. I realize there are no girls on the internet, but really. I don't care how brilliant and amazing they might be, when you get that many males in a room together, the evening will consist of nothing but fart jokes (especially with Mozart and Franklin present) and a bunch of drunks sleeping in front of a tv with a football game on. Or worse yet -- golf.

Ok, we can have Marina Sirtis, Nichelle Nichols, Jeri Ryan, Kate Mulgrew etc in addition to their characters. Oops, Voyager isn't an Enterprise, and we'd have Christine Chapel and the computer, but not Lwksana Troi, which would be a bit of a disappointment.

Maybe Christine Chapel could dress up as Lwaxana Troi.

Gunpei Yokoi, Douglas Adams, Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz, Walter Matthau, and whoever is currently the fattest person in the world.

I would bring Rush Limbaugh and a truckload of pies....

Gunpei Yokoi, Douglas Adams, Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz, Walter Matthau, and whoever is currently the fattest person in the world.

if he came maybe he would finish writing the salmon of doubt.

We're gonna need a bigger ballroom.

We're gonna need a bigger ballroom.
Pfft, nah. I fit almost 80 people into a small 4-room (really 3.5) NYC apartment for our annual Halloween party when I lived there, and my friend who was in charge of New Year's could fit upwards of 200 into a moderately sized 5-room apartment.

You have to dance small, but you can still dance. :D

A few more: Liz Williams, Molly Brown (the writer, not the Titanic survivor. She was at the BSFA 5Oth party, which I attended), Harry Harrison, and, leading the gay contingent, Gilgamesh and Oscar Wilde.

Pfft, nah. I fit almost 80 people into a small 4-room (really 3.5) NYC apartment for our annual Halloween party when I lived there, and my friend who was in charge of New Year's could fit upwards of 200 into a moderately sized 5-room apartment.

You have to dance small, but you can still dance. :D

Dancing small is, according to my probation agreement, the only way I'm allowed to dance in public.

I don't dance at all, unless if completely intoxicated.