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24 February 2008, 05:39
MJinesDinner Party Participants
I know this is a little off the wall, but I have been doing a fair amount of reading this week and am laboring under the effects of painkillers, so I have an excuse.
If you could invite six of the dear departed (needs to be a nexus to African hunting to keep it relevant) for a dinner party/brai/Sundowner, who would they be? My list:
1. Selous
2. Cedergren
3. Pondoro
4. Hunter
5. Bvekenya
6. Hemingway
I think the mix of pre-1900's and post 1900's, some more characters than others, some playing more on the right side of the law, others doing their best to skirt the law, would make for an interesting way to drain a couple of bottles of Scotch.
Mike
24 February 2008, 06:00
RBHuntOK, my African party of 6:
Teddy Roosevelt
CJP Ionides
Carl Ackley
Elmer Keith
John Henry Patterson
Robert Ruark
24 February 2008, 06:03
JTEXFor me it would be:
Pretorious
Selous
Stigand
Hunter
Ruark
Capstick ( Is he Dead ??? )
And I would have to set another place for Patterson, just to hear about the Lions first hand.
I'm more into Bourbon. But I hope your pain killers are working for you.
24 February 2008, 06:20
WPNSelous, Pondoro, Hemingway, Ruark, Capstick and O'Connor would make things lively.
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24 February 2008, 06:24
Safari-HuntSelous,
Harry Manners,
Capstick,
Cornwallis,
John Taylor,
Ruark.
Frederik Cocquyt
I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good.
24 February 2008, 06:31
Use Enough GunLet's see, for me it would have to be an even dozen, as I have a table big enough for that many:
1. Wally Johnson
2. Robert Ruark
3. Frederick Courtney Selous
4. Teddy Roosevelt
6. Peter H. Capstick
7. C. J. P. Ionides
8. J. H. Patterson
9. Pondoro Taylor
10. J. A. Hunter
11. E. Hemmingway
12. Cecil J. Rhodes
This group would surely remind me of the movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
24 February 2008, 06:45
yukon deltaNo Richard Harland or Paul Grobler? No Harry Selby or Ian Nyschens? No Brian Marsh or Craig Boddington? Come on guys...
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24 February 2008, 06:48
WPNMark Sullivan?
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24 February 2008, 07:02
MJinesquote:
Originally posted by MJines:
. . . six of the dear departed . . .
C'mon, stick to the rules.
Mike
24 February 2008, 07:14
L. David Keith1. Roosevelt (he did a lot for conservation and hunting)
2. Hemingway (good story teller)
3. Rhodes (for his early exploits in Africa and to pick his military mind on his strategy in Africa)
4. Selous (out of respect for his courage)
5. Roland Ward (he's a fellow Taxidermist and record keeper)
6. Jesus (to explain to me why I'm having dinner and drinks with dead men)
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24 February 2008, 07:26
MacD37quote:
Originally posted by WPN:
Mark Sullivan?
Take your ear plugs, and antiacid!
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24 February 2008, 07:33
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24 February 2008, 07:47
adrookThis is fun
1. F.C. Selous
2. C.H. Stigand
3. Jim Corbett (more of an Indian hunter, but come on, he would be a damned bloody interesting dinner guest).
4. Pondoro
5. Sir Samuel Baker
6. R.G. Cumming
And if I can buy another table:
Carl Akeley
D.D. Lyell
P.H. Capstick
Tony Sanchez-Arino
J.A Hunter
Elgin Gates
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24 February 2008, 08:30
kududeI don't know that I could stop with just six. I think I'd like to invite:
T.R. Roosevelt
Fredrick Selous
WDM Bell
J.A. Hunter
Finn Aagaard
Ernest Hemmingway
Karen Blixen
TR and Selous knew one another well. Hunter was a good friend of Karen Blixen's husband, Bror, and she would keep things from coming "uncivilized." It hard to believe that Bell and Selous did not cross paths. And I'd just like to visit with Finn Aagaard, who in my opinion, was one of the best writers about Africa, hunting and firearms. He, Hunter and Hemmingway would be an interesting threesome. Kudude
24 February 2008, 08:47
RBHuntquote:
Originally posted by MJines:
quote:
Originally posted by MJines:
. . . six of the dear departed . . .
C'mon, stick to the rules.
Well...if we get to bend the rules....I want to add Wally Johnson and Peter Capstick for sure, and to make things interesting how about Karen Blixen and Bunny Allen too.
Oh, and Elgin Gates and Herb Klein (that's twelve). I guess I will just have to stand up and bring the drinks!
Should be one heck of a party!
24 February 2008, 09:07
yukon deltaOops...didn't see the part about them being...well, dead.
Finn Aagaard is a good one.
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24 February 2008, 10:01
ForrestBI don't remember any names off-hand, but I'd like to invite six guys from the golden era that were stomped, gored or clawed to death. A lot of stories never got told because the would-be authors died before the books were written.
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24 February 2008, 10:14
PeglegJohn Taylor
Fletcher Jamieson
Jim Corbett
Bill Judd
WDM Bell
Eric Rundgren
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24 February 2008, 10:59
JefffiveCarl Akeley
C.J.P. Ionides
Ruark
Harry Selby
Selous
Charlize Theron
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24 February 2008, 11:57
KarooPJ Pretorius needs more votes. He experienced some incredible things, problem is he is (was) a bit understated about his adventures.
24 February 2008, 13:25
WillFun post. A tough choice. The elephant hunters:
Jimmy Sutherland
Denis Lyell
John Taylor
WDN Bell
Robert Foran
Ian Nyschens
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24 February 2008, 15:37
Bo RichI would enjoy the company with any of the above. I would also include Sir Alfred Pease.
24 February 2008, 22:44
LRH270Ruark
(Col.) Charles Askins
John Speke
Patterson
Denys Finch-Hatton
I, of course, would be accompanied by Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner.......
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24 February 2008, 23:23
EXPRESSI'm surprised Ritchard Meinertzhagen hasn't been mentioned, my list would look something like this:
Hemingway
Meinertzhagen
Ruarak
Taylor
Ionides
Roosevelt
25 February 2008, 00:07
tsibindiJefffive:
...Charlize Theron???
25 February 2008, 00:25
Jefffivetsibindi,
No dinner party is complete without scenery, and scenery doesn't get any better than Charlize, and she's from South Africa (I think), and in any situation where I can invite anyone I choose to dinner, one invite will have her name on it
"If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump
25 February 2008, 00:50
Bo RichI would add Joseph Conrad to the list.
25 February 2008, 05:11
BFaucettquote:
Originally posted by Jefffive:
tsibindi,
No dinner party is complete without scenery, and scenery doesn't get any better than Charlize, and she's from South Africa (I think), and in any situation where I can invite anyone I choose to dinner, one invite will have her name on it
Just FYI: Charlize Theron is a
PETA supporter.
http://www.furisdead.com/feat/charlize/
"Charlize has helped PETA in numerous ways over the years, most notably by narrating a puppy mill exposé and posing for this beautiful anti-fur ad."
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/02/-Bob F.
25 February 2008, 05:19
dogcatJohn Boyes would be one.
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25 February 2008, 05:21
JefffiveBob,
I didn't say she's brilliant, just goegeous
And that may be the worst picture I've ever seen of her. What were they thinking??
"If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump
25 February 2008, 05:22
Alaska HunterCorbett
Bell
Roosevelt
Bror Blixen
And to mix the drinks and to keep everyone talking,
P.H. Capstick