[Closed] Famous Folk - who would you want be pals with?

david attenborough

stephen fry

guy martin

Stephen Morris - drummer for NO/JD. Man as. Used to live on the farm up the road, spent some of his fortune of tanks as we all would

Man as? Mad?

+1 Stephen Morris
Also Nancy Dell'olio I think she would mesmerise me!
PJ.

Robert Smith (The Cure)
Tim Roth

phil jupitus and steve wright......from in the afrternoon.

cos i reckon they would be good fun in drink.

Ton. For cuddles and maybe more.

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Leonard Cohen.

I agree with Radcliffe and Maconie, too.

This may sound ridiculous... but Charley Boorman.

Ton. For cuddles and maybe more.

i thought you was in the slammer? 😆

Lance Armstrong

Keith Richards, i bet even now parties at his place are probably awesome.

Valentino Rossi..

Silvio Berlesconi

Seasick Steve

I'll be number 47, you be number 3, ton. 🙂

Since this is a mountain bike forum, can I say Steve Peat? Is he famous enough? He seems a genuinely top bloke, enjoys a beer and can no doubt teach me a thing or two about riding bikes.

I reckon, almost without exception, they'd be insufferably dull and self absorbed. However, I would very much like to have a long chat with David Attenborough before he shuffles off this mortal coil 😀

George Bush Snr & Jnr, all the Dear Leaders ...

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Professor Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain seem like good lads

My perfect dinner party:
In a purely intellectual way of course, Brian Cox. With Robin Ince, Dara O'Brein, Sir Ranulph, Victoria Wood & Sandy Toksvig. With Keely Hawes sitting opposite, as I hear she has a quiet voice and I would hate to miss her bon mots.

EDIT: damn too slow on the Cox!

Paddy Mayne

Or Hitler

Apparently he's a bit of a see you next tuesday but I'm sure he has some good stories

Hunter S Thomson. Apart from the slight problem of him being dead.

Maybe Ray Mears too. Loads of interesting stories.

slammer?

What he was hit with sounds like this. 🙂

I'd like to meet Jan Hammer.

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Andrew Graham-Dixon and Georgo Locatelli.

Socrates.

Lisa Loeb.

Racheal Khoo.

Paddy Mayne

So standing at the bar with me would be... Noel Coward, Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Dustin Hoffman, Bob Mortimer and Chris Boardman. The ladies joining us would be... Ingrid Bergman, Jodie Kidd and Kimberley Walch (she seems a really nice lass) and if anyone gave us any touble I'd set Richard Burton on to 'em

Bill Bryson

Maybe Ray Mears too. Loads of interesting stories.

I dunno, whenever the camera pans away from him and whichever local guest he's sat round the camp fire with, the conversation looks awkward as f***.. am sure he's a nice guy tho..

Personally I'd go for any celebrity that

A) I like their work.
B) They're passionate about what they do.
C) They're intelligent.
D) Up for a few beers.

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In a purely intellectual way of course, Brian Cox. With Robin Ince, Dara O'Brein, Sir Ranulph, Victoria Wood & Sandy Toksvig. With Keely Hawes sitting opposite, as I hear she has a quiet voice and I would hate to miss her bon mots.
EDIT: damn too slow on the Cox!

I've had a few pints with Robin Ince (back in the 90s, mutual friend). He is a nice bloke and the same in real life as on stage/ the radio

oh and Bill Bailey.

This might sound a bit weird, as I'm not an admirer, but the Queen.

Bear with me on this, not due to any Royalist fan-boi stuff, just because it would be really interesting to have a proper conversation (without Royal protocol etc) with someone from such a different background, brought up with that sense of duty etc.

Or maybe Ian Mackaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Discord etc).

I've had a few pints with Robin Ince (back in the 90s, mutual friend). He is a nice bloke and the same in real life as on stage/ the radio

I cooked him and his wife a curry on New Years eve.

I'd choose Dave Grohl.

Jens Voigt interesting perspective on cycling, seems like a nice chap.

This might sound a bit weird, as I'm not an admirer, but the Queen.

You do that, I'll hang out with her husband for a bit. I bet he's a proper laugh after six pints of Stella and a kebab.

Jamie Whitham, Nial MacKenzie, John Hogan - Oh that was yesterday 😀
Ranulph Fiennes would be a laugh and some cracking stories no doubt, Agostini for the history.

Kylie 😛

could do sleepovers and stuff too, right ?

or if she is taken by OP, then probably Sandra Bullock, who I had kinda forgotten about, till the kids were watching Speed 2 yesterday !

For a chat: Danny Baker - Football [b][i]and[/i][/b] Music!!

For a laugh: Rory McGarth

For a bike ride: Gary Fischer

Shane MacGowan

Pippa...? (mrs_oab will kill me though...)

James May.

Tom Waits
Randy Mosher (is he famous enough?)
Dr John

Eddie Mair, Tony Benn

Mani from the Stone roses
Shaun Ryder
Mark Oliver Everett
Bradley Wiggins

Do they have to be alive?

I bet Martin Luther King would have been an inspirational person to know.
Chuck D - Do I need to explain?
Brad Pitt - He actually seems quite a nice bloke.
Dave Grohl
Brian Cox
Barack Obama

Oh, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Probably shouldn't invite Brad on those nights out though.

Billy Bragg, Danny Baker, Charly Boorman .

Steve Parrish

John Lydon

Boorman and MacGregor in the Cluanie Lodge hotel after riding up the A87 from Kyle the for the crack, and Rutger Hauer - apparently another top bloke.

watsontony - here's GM and me t'other week. What a nice fella.
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For me probably Izzard.

Flaperon - Member
James May.

Went to school with him, what you see on TV is exactly what he was like then, hasn't changed a bit.

Bill Hicks
Richard E Grant
Paul Whitehouse
Colin Murray (I know most people detest the bloke but I quite like him!)

Rachel Weisz, but only if I had a surefire way to get out of the "friendzone" and into the "pantszone".

Phil Jupitus, James May, Bill Bryson, Prof. Brian Cox, Kate Humble, (gotta have female input too), Radcliffe and Mackonie, Mary Ann Hobgoblin, and Stephen Fry.

Wendell Berry
Slavoj Zizek
Kate Bush

Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Jess Ennis, Maria Sharapova, Emily Batty and Kimberley Walsh...for hanging out relaxing in the sauna, on the beach etc.

Sir Ranulph for general adventures, Sir Brad and Tim Gould for biking (is Chipps worth hanging out with?), Mark and Lard for music banter and gig going, Sir David Attenborough for wildlife and nature chat,Charles Kennedy for political banter (he's the only politician I can stand),can't think of a footballer I'd like to hang out with, I play tennis but perhaps Fed might be too dull and Andy Murray too dour...good question!

Guy Martin and Holly Willoughby

I reckon Federer would be a great guy to hang with.

The only person of the Gilette trio to not dump his wife and kids and/or cheat on them.

Mickey Quinn always seems like a good laugh.

David Mitchell would be interesting in a nerdy way.

Shakira would work well on many levels.