You, a table, 2 beverages of your choice....

[1yesfan]

and a empty chair. Who would you want in that chair to sit with and chat about what ever! It can be anyone, dead or alive.

[therifferoo]

First choice : Jesus.

Second choice : Duke Ellington.

[Tanbar]

hmmm...

well, beverages first i guess~~

mine: jones juice limes with orange

my guest: i dunno ask him/her

who would i want to chat with... hm... someone i don't normally chat with obviously so that knocks a few ppl off my list...

**thinking**

my great granpa walt abplaunalp

so his drink would be a manhattan, my mum told me he always made those for him and my grandpa at christmas time

sooner,
*tink*

[Yes Oz]

One bottle of the best red on the table and Jon to fill the seat. If Jon couldn't make it then Alan would be my next choice.

Dreams are free.....................But thats all we've got in Oz.

[Yes Oz]

I could have two beverages of my choice.........so make that 2 bottles of the best red.

[Neverthirst]

My Father's Father.

He passed when I was 9. To sit with him, as I am now, many years later ... would be so choice.

Second Choice:

Judas Iscariot ... there has to be so much more to it than what's been handed down.

Third Choice:

Jubal E. Harshaw ...

[OB1kenOB]

Salvador Dali

[Martin Riley]

William Shakespeare - to find out the true authorship of those plays

[OB1kenOB]

suprise guest....

the person who really shot Kennedy.

D.B. Cooper (alias of the vanishing hijacker).

Deep Throat.

[bataisflow]

Two bottles of Red - great choice! I concur. The person - my father.

[ycantibu]

Amaretto sours...mmmm, tastes like kool-aid

the person? sheesh, there are so many...Robert Smith, Stephen Fry, Robert Downey Jr, Oscar Wilde, Trevor Rabin....how do I pick just one?

[Devotee]

beverages? I do like the bottle of Red, but I'm a light weight, so it'll only be one. Second beverage would be water. I know it's dull, but I don't want to get dehydrated. Guest? Well first choice is Jon - duh, but #2 would probably be Gandhi.

[donner]

1. Ian Anderson
2. Jon Anderson
3. Gillian Anderson
4. Erwin Rommel
5. Edward III

I'm willing to offer Gillian the number one spot if she wants it. : )

[jcostello]

"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man who can kick back and party."

-- Dennis Quaid's character in the movie "Innerspace," also starring Martin Short, which I'm watching right now.

Peace, Love, and Just Thought I'd Share That With Y'all,

John C.

Oh, almost forgot: My choice of beverage would be grape juice, ginger ale or chai tea, depending on my mood at the time, and I'd like to chat with Jon Anderson and the Dalai Lama.

[Earl Grey]

Great thread idea!

The person in the other chair...

(I would say my grandfather Earl, who I never met. But what if I was disappointed?! Hmmmm. I've already changed my last name... Naw).

John Steinbeck.

Or Arthur C. Clarke.

Or Robert Heinlein (I know his granddaughter, Robin Heinlein: a nice gal, but she's only read two of her grandfather's books...).

Earl Grey:ele:

[HighTheMemory]

First Scenario

Two bottles of Guiness Stout and David Gilmour across from me. Mainly to teach me the solo from comfortable numb, and tell him that I enjoyed his version of Pink Floyd.

Second Scenario

Two bottles of 1940 wine (any kind) and the ghost of Judy Garland across from me. I would love to hear her tall tales about what went on behind the scenes of the Wizard of Oz, and go haunting with her at midnight, scaring the living and dance in cornfields. Dont ask, I had a dream about this once. (nothing erotic)

Third Scenario

Two Bottles of green tea and Bill Bruford across from me. First, I want to take lessons from him (he is my mentor), and give him guilt trips for leaving YES. (grr, they were never the sameee!!)

[Earl Grey]

How about three bottles of wine, Alan and Bill at the table. And a referee maybe??? :)
:ele:

[Martin Riley]

I don't think we'll need a referee. Alan's a laid back, peaceable sort of guy and Bill is the consummate professional, there's no need for any animosity toward the bloke who got the job he didn't want anyway

[Earl Grey]

There couldn't be two more different drummers! (Different drummers, huh! I just coined a cliche!).

I would say Bill is the best jazz drummer, Alan the best rock player. And they WOULD get along: just goofing around here.

OK. I would like two 'brandy with milks' and John Lennon please!

Brandy with Milk (A Brandy Alexander): Lennon's favorite drink, though a little rancid tasting. And I would love to visit with John.
My first real hero. Much comes back to John in my tastes, spirituality, politics..... etc.

:yesbird:

[Martin Riley]

You another Working Class Hero, Earl???

[Earl Grey]

I'm not quite sure WHAT exactly, but when I figure it out I'll let you know! Haha! :)

:ele:

[Silent_wings]

Make mine a Jack & Coke

I love to talk to
Joan of Arc
Elizabeth I
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Catherine the Great (my name sake)
Alice Mary Norton (Andre Norton) first woman to win The Gandalf Grand Master Award for life achievement in fantasy writing

Well behaved women rarely make history!

[neilius]

A large glass of Hobgoblin real ale, followed by a large glass of Black Sheep Bitter and a chat with Mozart.

[Mostly Harmless]

For me, any really good brown ale and Galileo. Ben Franklin would be a close second.

[JaneEyre]

Dr. Pepper and my favorite Dr. Pepper drinker

[Albedo]

I'm fascinated by Michaelangelo, but I am afraid he might not talk much. We could knock off a bottle of Brunello Di Montalcino together.

[Silent_wings]

For me, any really good brown ale and Galileo. Ben Franklin would be a close second.
You would have to watch Ben like a hawk. He was very much the ladies man in his day.

[yesiam]

A nice Italian red and Artemisia Gentileschi

[BrianD]

A bottle of shiraz and Henry Miller

A literary scallywag full of interesting stories

[TNyesfan]

Can I have 2 drinks and no guests? :lmao:

[mpoppe]

I'd have 2 bottles of red wine and my choice to talk to would be Keith Richards.He's both dead and alive so that would be cool.

[Internaut]

with two cups of coffee on the table, it would have to be my father.. he died when I was a baby, so we never had the chance to talk....

[yesiam]

Ben Franklin would be a close second.

We got one. Want me to hook y'up?

http://www.ben1776.com/

[Sheerah]

My mother's father or my father's mother, neither of whom I've met, or Winston Churchill or perhaps the great Leonardo DaVinci.fd

[PhaseDance]

The beverages: one ice-cold Coke (no ice) and one glass of Vodka. The guest: Carrot Top (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_Top).

I plan to throw the Vodka in his eyes and then break the second chair over his head. The Coke is for me.




Not in keeping with the spirit of the thread? I hereby cheerfully withdraw my suggestion.

[Close to Loch Ness]

For drinks I would have 2 fine reds and for conversation Osama bin laden.
I get to drink all the wine and pick up a substantial reward at the same time.

[Hill St.]

Some martini's and a seat at the Algonquin round table.

[inside_out]

2 glasses of water and myself. I would make sure my guest has comfortable seating and access to everything.

[Silent_wings]

Some martini's and a seat at the Algonquin round table.

The mind is the first thing to go
I had to look this one up

The Algonquin Round Table was a group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits that met from 1919 until about 1929, though its legacy endured long afterward.

They met for lunch every day at a round table at the Algonquin Hotel and traded quips, many of them still repeated today. The group began meeting in June 1919 when several of its members returned from World War I where they met on the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes.

There was no formal membership, so people came and went, but the primary members included:

Critic, poet, short-story writer, and screenwriter Dorothy Parker
Humorist and actor Robert Benchley
The New Yorker editor Harold Ross
Journalist and feminist Jane Grant (married to Ross)
Author and playwright Edna Ferber
Composer Deems Taylor
Author and playwright Robert Sherwood
Playwright and director George S. Kaufman
Critic and journalist Alexander Woollcott
Columnist Franklin Pierce Adams
Columnist and sportswriter Heywood Broun (married to Hale)
Journalist and feminist Ruth Hale
Playwright Marc Connelly
Magazine illustrator Neysa McMein Publicist John Peter Toohey
Playwright and screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart
Editor and playwright Beatrice Kaufman (married to George S. Kaufman)
Actor, comedian, and musician Harpo Marx

[The Whale]

any old beer and my Jim Jackson, thats my so called "dad". We havent spoke to each other in about 10 years and he lives 2 minutes away from me. He has never met his two grandchildren, we go to some of the same bares and know muteual freinds, yet don't speek to each other. The man is a looser that has made countless mistakes in life, and worse he denise that he did any thing wrong and will not apoligize for things or even pick up a phone. He likes to talk about me and my brothers to every one in town almost like he wants it to get back to us?

So I wish I could sit at a bare not as my self but just some other person and have a beer so I could really hear his uncandid view of how things whent wrong. From what I here when he drinks he carries on about the past? I don't know this is all more personal then I should really talke about on Yesfans but hay I share every thing else with you guys! Maybe I'm just lookin' for advice?

[GoD57]

Two cold beers and my mom who died in 1971 just 10 days after my 14th birthday. I'd ask her if she's been watching me all these years although I'm not sure I want to know.


Bill

[RickyG]

any old beer and my Jim Jackson, thats my so called "dad". We havent spoke to each other in about 10 years and he lives 2 minutes away from me. He has never met his two grandchildren, we go to some of the same bares and know muteual freinds, yet don't speek to each other. The man is a looser that has made countless mistakes in life, and worse he denise that he did any thing wrong and will not apoligize for things or even pick up a phone. He likes to talk about me and my brothers to every one in town almost like he wants it to get back to us?

So I wish I could sit at a bare not as my self but just some other person and have a beer so I could really hear his uncandid view of how things whent wrong. From what I here when he drinks he carries on about the past? I don't know this is all more personal then I should really talke about on Yesfans but hay I share every thing else with you guys! Maybe I'm just lookin' for advice?

Dear Jeramie,

Too personal for YESFANS??? Sh!t no!!!

He almost certainly DOES want it to get back to you and your brothers.

He almost certainly is hurting, is so wounded inside with regret over past mistakes, that he doesn't know how to move forward. He must be so afraid.
His talking about you to everyone else is his crippled, desparate attempt to reach out.

You want advice? Find him in the bar and buy him a beer. Or go to his house and bring a beer. You are the wise one. You are the more whole one.
It's Your Move.
You must take the straight and stronger course.

Sit with him in total non-judgement. In total compassion.
Completely drop the notion that he is a "loser".
He will know, will be expecting you to judge him harshly. As he is judging himself. So don't. Total compassion.

Do it sooner, rather than later. What you don't want is to wake up one day and see his name in the obituaries. Then you will know regret.

The more you can stay in non-judgement and compassion, the better the chances of an opening and a healing between you two. And that is what you want, what really matters, yes??

And if it all goes not as well as you wished for, at least you reached out, you made the heart centered gesture, and that is all you can really do.


PS - Obviously I am speaking in general terms here since I know nothing of the real details between you two.

[RickyG]

So... two drinks and...?

The two drinks would be two nice cool glasses of really great water!!!! But two different great waters, for the variety of it. Boring??? Nothing turns on and satisfies my liquid thirst like really great water. Everything else doesn't even come close. Seriously!!!

Who to sit with??

Today's choices:

George Harrison
John Lennon (though I imagine he could be difficult!)
Leonardo DaVinci
Jesus
Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Michelle Pfeiffer!! http://www.yesfans.com/showthread.php?p=828936#post828936
Daevid Allen (actually I've already manifested that one!)
Ben Franklin
Don Juan (The Castaneda one...)
Both of my grandfathers

[Dances w/PURPLE]

any old beer and my Jim Jackson, thats my so called "dad". We havent spoke to each other in about 10 years and he lives 2 minutes away from me. He has never met his two grandchildren, we go to some of the same bares and know muteual freinds, yet don't speek to each other. The man is a looser that has made countless mistakes in life, and worse he denise that he did any thing wrong and will not apoligize for things or even pick up a phone. He likes to talk about me and my brothers to every one in town almost like he wants it to get back to us?

So I wish I could sit at a bare not as my self but just some other person and have a beer so I could really hear his uncandid view of how things whent wrong. From what I here when he drinks he carries on about the past? I don't know this is all more personal then I should really talke about on Yesfans but hay I share every thing else with you guys! Maybe I'm just lookin' for advice?


Whale and Jim Jackson can have both of my seats, I'll stand for this one.
It is so important to close out stupid, moronic, what-were-we-fighting-about-anyway?? arguments before it is too late.

If it's a beer, It'll be as cold as it comes Coor's Light or a Mic.

If it's a cocktail, strawberry daq.

If we're shooting, ALWAYS Sambuca.

[The Whale]

It is so important to close out stupid, moronic, what-were-we-fighting-about-anyway?? arguments before it is too late.


Sit with him in total non-judgement. In total compassion.
Completely drop the notion that he is a "loser".
He will know, will be expecting you to judge him harshly. As he is judging himself. So don't. Total compassion.

Hay guys thanks for responding to my out cry I don't know what came over me that night when I typed that? I never talk about my "father". To be honest there is no posibility of fixing what was, the man is sick and has no morals. And to be honest I wouldn't trust him around my kids any way if ya konw what I mean. Any way, thanks but I'm going to forget I ever mentiond him.

[fovman]

Me: nothing (standing)
Jesus: Kamikazi
Rick Wakeman: milk

[TNyesfan]

Me: nothing (standing)
Jesus: Kamikazi
Rick Wakeman: milk
:lmao:

[Earl Grey]

For today I guess I'd like to hang-out with Timothy Leary and HUnter Thompson...

Drinks? Absinthe, with a sidecar of Psilocybin...

That could be interesting! But what is this two-drink minimum?!?!?!?!

Bartender! Absinthe and shrooms for everyone!

:ele:

[RickyG]

For today I guess I'd like to hang-out with Timothy Leary and HUnter Thompson...

Drinks? Absinthe, with a sidecar of Psilocybin...

That could be interesting! But what is this two-drink minimum?!?!?!?!

Bartender! Absinthe and shrooms for everyone!

:ele:


Yikes Earl!! Give me the Psilocybin Tea, but keep the Absinthe!! I'd never mix the two!!!


Today, for me:

Henry David Thoreau
Osho
The aforementioned Timothy Leary
That 12,000 year old dude they found frozen in ice a few years ago
Hazrat Inayat Khan

Drinks:

An array of fresh squeezed mango, papaya, peach, grape, lime, ginger and lemon juices, with a supplemental of that mushroom tea, filtered and appropriately chilled.

(Sorry everyone, no alcohol desired for this boy. ;) )

[brotherofmine]

Jon Anderson and Myself ....I'd have a mango lassi and Mark Poppe told me that Jon has a particular fancy for a certain bottled beer but unfortunately I forget what it's called.
But...we would talk for hours...that would be TWO of us trying to save this planet whilst living on a completely different one...LOL!

[mmmYes]

My grandmother, Geneva, who died in 1976.

We would be drinking martinis...lots of them!