If you could have lunch with just one fictitious character.....

[WILCO]

Who would it be? I would like to have lunch with Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian detective.

[btroj]

A fictitious character? Hmmmmm

Maybe the honest politician?

[Chicken Thief]

Beat me to it by a minute!

[Cactus Farmer]

Paladin,in San Fransisco, 1880s

[oldred]

Matthew Quigely!


Wait a second, what was I thinking? Make that Crazy Cora!!!! :mrgreen:

[possom813]

James West

[bbs70]

A woman that thinks logically.

[Stephen Cohen]

bbs70 he is a brave man and my hero. LOL

[gray wolf]

Not fictitious but---
Doc Holiday to see if he really has some huckle berries.
A ride on a covered wagon going West in the 1800,s
A duel to the finish between to politicians, with the rest in waiting.
To have lunch with Sargent York
Have a drink with Burt Gummer from the movie Tremors
To be able to flip Baseball cards and pitch pennies one more time
as a 10 year old at my old house.
To have dinner with my Mom and dad one more time, to hug them and thank them.
To see my brother more than once a year.
Sorry I got off track, but it got me thinking.

[farmerjim]

Mitch Rapp

[koehlerrk]

Ficticious character for lunch...

1. Earl Harbinger from the Monster Hunter International books
2. Sam Haven from same
3. Milo from same
4. Kevyn from Schlock Mercenary

[TheDoctor]

Darth Vader. He has bacon! I know its true, I have a t shirt that says so.

[429421Cowboy]

Straight up tie between Quigley, Hans Solo or Bob Lee Swagger!

[Kull]

Dr. Who.

[Ickisrulz]

Indiana Jones...only so my six-year-old could come and meet him.

[Edubya]

My yearnings would tend to not be fictitious souls but people that have been fictionalized. My mother was not too proud that in her family a man that made the history of Texas was an ancestor, James Bowie. I was an adult before I even found out that he was a great uncle. Mom was 1/4 Comanche and Jim was an Indian killer. He died a sick and wounded man in the Alamo. I would love to have visited with him prior to his death and maybe clear up some of the bad reputation that he had all across Louisiana an South Texas.

EW

[Kraschenbirn]

Lazarus Long (aka: Woodrow Wilson Smith; Ernest Gibbons; Captain Aaron Sheffield; Lazarus Long; "Happy" Daze; His Serenity Seraphin the Younger; Proscribed Prisoner No. 83M2742; Mr. Justice Lenox; Corporal Ted Bronson; Dr. Lafe Hubert; et al) so I could pick up recording his 'notebooks' from where Justin Foote left off.

[bbs70]

WHAT!
No Daryl Dixon.

[felix]

EW, you might vacation some around Mena AR and talk with some of the "historians" in that area. ... felix

[Artful]

Q from James Bond (the old Q - not the boy genius of latest one)

[hiram]

Wonder Woman

[dragonrider]

Captain Ahab of the Pequod

[Junior1942]

wonder womanyes!!!

[Don Purcell]

J.B. Books, I would like to get a good look at those engraved Colt's.

[alrighty]

Lets see , how about lunch with three characters. Ethan Edwards , Martin Pawley, and Mose Harper.That would be a hoot to just sit and listen.

[lightman]

Jack Reacher from the Lee Child book series. John Clark from the John Clancy book series. Any one of the Sackets from the Louie L'amour book series. Yeah, I'm a reader! Lightman

[429421Cowboy]

Jack Reacher from the Lee Child book series. John Clark from the John Clancy book series. Any one of the Sackets from the Louie L'amour book series. Yeah, I'm a reader! Lightman

OH DANG! I forgot about William Tell Sackett, or better yet, Echo Sackett! Now there are some people i'd like to meet, just have to remember that sawed down Dune pistol she carries in her handbag!

[cephas53]

Since fictitious means false, fake, fabricated, sham; bogus, I'll pick the Vice President.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Tom Good

[472x1B/A]

Lunch with; Frank Castle from the movie 'The Punisher' Have watched this 9 times and still learning.

[500MAG]

62797

Nuff Said!

[runfiverun]

it'd have to be the Doctor.
or the stooges.
either one would leave you speachless.

[45nut]

Henry Bowman.........

[Hardcast416taylor]

Dirk Pitt. Clive Cussler character and head of NUMA.Robert

[geargnasher]

Henry Rearden.

Gear

[shooterg]

Bob Lee Swagger or Tell Sackett.

Tom Cruise ruined Jack Reacher for me.

[Baja_Traveler]

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[hithard]

Josey Wales,

[Hickory]

I would like to have lunch with the 44th POTUS.
I suspect this is the person who has been
Putting the words on Barack Obama's teleprompter.

[hiram]

Lets see , how about lunch with three characters. Ethan Edwards , Martin Pawley, and Mose Harper.That would be a hoot to just sit and listen.

Linda Carter -- Wonder Woman
Tina Turner
Adrienne Barbeau

[felix]

Hickory, both of us feel the same, unfortunately. Should we meet the "boss" in conversation (not the writer, per se) I think we would not make it home in one piece if we had to speak. ... felix

[Boz330]

Dirk Pitt for fiction. Jim Bridger or Kit Carson who were fictionalized.

Bob

[Stonecrusher]

Sgt. Quincannon as played by Victor McLaglen.

"It's time for to take me medicine. It tastes HORRIBLE!"

[JeffinNZ]

Dirk Pitt. Clive Cussler character and head of NUMA.Robert

Agree. Maj Drake got me into that series.

However......Foghorn Leghorn would be fun.

[imashooter2]

Henry Bowman.........

Beat me to it. I guess that puts us on another list, eh?

[P.K.]

Gotta go with Mitchell Rapp, or any of The Athena Project by Brad Thor.

[hiram1]

oooooooooooo not good to talk about Mena AR no no no folks get killed doing that.or run over by a train if your a kid.Bad ju ju.or you could have a bad car crash.or kill your self in the park.or you could die of old age at 35.or you could die in a plane crash.not a good thing to do.Never say c130 and Mena AR.airport at all...

[Love Life]

John Galt or maybe Midas Mulligan.

[Dale in Louisiana]

Lazarus Long (aka: Woodrow Wilson Smith; Ernest Gibbons; Captain Aaron Sheffield; Lazarus Long; "Happy" Daze; His Serenity Seraphin the Younger; Proscribed Prisoner No. 83M2742; Mr. Justice Lenox; Corporal Ted Bronson; Dr. Lafe Hubert; et al) so could pick up recording his 'notebooks' from where Justin Foote left off.

Yep! I knew I arrived too late to be the first to chose a Heinlein character.

dale in Louisiana

[grimace1]

Santiago the fisherman from The Old Man and the Sea.

[bbs70]

He was real, but fictionalized in the movies.
Chief Crazy Horse

[shooterg]

Henry Bowman, maybeso - if it's at his place and I get to shoot the Solothern 20mm....

[HangFireW8]

Sherlock Holmes.

[MT Gianni]

Lando Sackett from the Louis LaMour novels or Thomas of Hookton from Bernard Cromwells' "Grail" series. There are no flies on the princess from John Carter either, she could sit at my lunch table.

[Kraschenbirn]

Yep! I knew I arrived too late to be the first to chose a Heinlein character.

dale in Louisiana

If someone had beat me to LL, Evelyn Cyril ('Oscar') Gordon - from "Glory Road" - would've been my next choice.

Bill

[drklynoon]

John Milner, Harry Hogg, Hoppalong Cassidy

[AnthonyB]

Can't believe no one mentioned Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter.
Tony

[Philngruvy]

Henry Bowman.........

Not only would I like to have lunch with him, I wouldn't mind having an afternoon at the range with him!

[avogunner]

#1 - Woodrow Call and Gus McCrea
#2 - Sgt John Stryker
#3 - Richard Sharpe

[292]

Yoda all the way

[Taylor]

Sherlock Holmes would be good,but the girl from the zombie apocalylps movies would be better

[backroad]

Gus mccrae

[grampa243]

i would have to say.

"Juba Sacket" first off then any of his family.

would love to hang out with and shoot with "Matthew Quigely!"

and "Paladin"(my alter ego)

then "Sherlock Holmes" and "Hercule Poirot", two great detectives.

and for Si-Fi it would be "The Doctor."

[Dutch4122]

Sgt. Rock, my favorite comic book as a kid.

Captain America, a close second.

Woodrow F. Call & Augustus McRae, as well as Deats & Pea Eye. Would've loved to have been present at Jake Spoon's hanging.

William Munny, "We all got it comin' in the end, kid"

Charlie Wade & Boss Spearman, maybe they'd let me back 'em up in the mud at the low end of the street.

Last but definately not least, Trinity from "The Matrix." Need I say why?:mrgreen:

[scottiemom]

Sherlock Holmes for sure- followed by Hercule Poirot and Leroy Jethro Gibbs

[LUCKYDAWG13]

dirty Harry i feel lucky

[km101]

James Bond! The original, not the subs!

[Floydster]

Superman or Batman:)

[Errokk]

Garfield... he usually has a nice dinner plate.

[462]

To discuss doing right for America: John Clark.
To discuss the codes of the Old West: The Lone Ranger, Woodrow Call, Agustus McRae, and Hondo Lane.
To discuss shooting: Matthew Quigley
To discuss America's movement West: Any of the Sacketts.
To discuss survival: Jerimiah Johnson

[SlippShodd]

To discuss doing right for America: John Clark.
To discuss the codes of the Old West: The Lone Ranger, Woodrow Call, Agustus McRae, and Hondo Lane.
To discuss shooting: Matthew Quigley
To discuss America's movement West: Any of the Sacketts.
To discuss survival: Jerimiah Johnson

Nice!

[bruce drake]

3 men.
John Galt
Dirk Pitt (you are welcome JeffNZ)
And since I'm a Mustang Officer - Richard Sharpe.

Bruce

[Artful]

I asked my wife this question -

Who is Pippi Longstocking?

[waksupi]

Ishmael, from Moby Dick. Although the original would also be an interesting visit, I'm sure.

[TheDoctor]

No ones thought of Mack Bolan or Doc Savage!

[geargnasher]

John Galt or maybe Midas Mulligan.

That would be a very long lunch.

Gear

[plmitch]

Marvin the Martian

[TXGunNut]

I'd spring for a banquet with all the major characters from Lonesome Dove. If it had to be one I'd settle for Augustus.
Can we start a thread about real folks? I think I will, if OP doesn't mind.

[Kull]

Milo Talon.

[nvbirdman]

Travis McGee and Meyer too of course.

[badbob454]

jessica rabbit! 62834

[bglz42]

+1 on Jessica Rabbit! You beat me to it!!

[rush1886]

Wow! Kinda hard to follow Jessica Rabbit with this one: George Hayduke! Fact, I'd nominate him for thr next potus!

[dr_reloader]

Donald Duck

[pmeisel]

Travis McGee -- or maybe Doc Ford from Randy Wayne White's books -- or maybe V. I. Warshawski -- I think I've been reading too many detective books....

[Bent Ramrod]

I asked Gordon Gekko but he told me lunch was for wimps.:mrgreen:

[mwk1975]

Chiun and Remo.

[wildwilly]

Rooster Cogburn.

[WILCO]

Yep. Put me down for that one too!

[Aces an Eights]

Al Bundy, Sledge Hammer or American Dad.

[Beerd]

John Clayton, Lord Greystoke.
..

[nanuk]

jessica rabbit! 62834

This one has my vote

She's not REEEEALY Bad, she's just Drawn that way!


for a man, I'd choose The Grim Reaper!

[KinkBreaker]

Henry Rearden.

Gear

id like to join you at that lunch

[tomme boy]

jessica rabbit! 62834

This or the woman on the cartoon movie Heavy Metal.

[gnoahhh]

Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcell from the James Lee Burke novels. If they can't make it, then perhaps Virgil Flowers, a recurring character in John Sandford's novels. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan would make for an interesting lunch too.

[BLTsandwedge]

Basil Fawlty, hotelier extraordinaire

[Springfield0612]

Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) from ZOMBIELAND. Enough said!

[Area Man]

Dr. Who.

Brave soul you have. Dude ruins his traveling companions.

Don Juan Matus.

[Area Man]

Rooster Cogburn.

I thought he was dead!

[SlippShodd]

I thought he was dead!

You must be thinking of Jacob McCandles.

[GL49]

Monte Walsh or Boss (Bluebonnet) Spearman

[MT Gianni]

Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcell from the James Lee Burke novels. If they can't make it, then perhaps Virgil Flowers, a recurring character in John Sandford's novels. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan would make for an interesting lunch too.

We read the same books, I have always found Clete Purcell a fascinating charachter. "Tell my ex I left my toothbrush in the bathroom. I really want her to have it". Ya gotta love Clete.

[Reverend Al]

"Fearless Fosdick"! (They MUST have been shooting "Boolits" to get holes THAT big in everyone!)
:)
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[horsesoldier]

John Galt

[WECSOG]

After todays speech by our Commander In Chief, where is John Galt?

[AlaskanGuy]

Fictitious he said...... I would love to have Betty Boop for lunch.... And for desert.... He he. That short skirt made for easy dining.. Opps. :not listening:

[bikerbeans]

Samurai Jack.

[ballistim]

Just one? I was going to say the guys in the cell in Goodfellas, I get hungry anytime I see that scene with the steak, lobster, and Paulie cutting the garlic with a razor. I'd only like to stay for lunch and have the freedom to leave immediately thereafter :-)

[redneckdan]

I would have to say John Kelly (who would be come John Clark). Less of an age gap and probably relate to each other better.

As for real world people I would say a river side lunch with Norman Maclean. I'd even row the drift boat.

[shdwlkr]

The fictitious character I would like to have lunch with would be a President that really cared about America and her people. That would be a most interesting lunch.

[Janoosh]

+1 Thomas of Hookton
+1 Richard Sharpe
"Lucky" Jack Aubrey.....Master and Commander
and, last but not least, Alice.
Not THAT Alice.....the gun slingin, zombie shootin, all around bad-***, Alice!

[Janoosh]

Oooops.....I forgot....
Ivanhoe
Henry V.......from Shakespeare...."We band of brothers"...from the St. Crispins Day speech.

[Bohica793]

Dagney Taggart

[Garyshome]

Dr Who! Of course.

[Rick R]

Dirk Pitt. Clive Cussler character and head of NUMA.Robert

+1 Though seeing as he's always in some kind of trouble and saving the world you might not survive lunch...

[brtelec]

We read the same books, I have always found Clete Purcell a fascinating charachter. "Tell my ex I left my toothbrush in the bathroom. I really want her to have it". Ya gotta love Clete.

I lived in New Iberia for 14 years and have read all the Robicheaux novels. I can not stand Dave Robicheaux. The only thing that had me read all the novels was Clete Pucell. Great character. I also agree that Virgil Flowers would be a great person to actually meet. I would however, rather meet C. W. Shugrue from the James Crumley Novels.

[labdwakin]

mine would be Nimitz the Treecat fromt he Honor Harrington novels by David Weber

[Rangefinder]

Mitch Rapp

Yup, but Scott Harveth would be as interesting. Actually, Scott Coleman wouldn't even be a bad option, probably has a few stories Rapp wouldn't likely share willingly. ;)

[archmaker]

Rick Schumann, the bartender from Larry Niven's Draco Tavern book. I thought Mr. Clark (John Kelly) and that would be cool, but I don't think he would tell all that I would want to hear, whereas Rick . . . . the stories would be told, and hard to believe. :)

[dragonrider]

mine would be Nimitz the Treecat fromt he Honor Harrington novels by David Weber

Wow I can't believe someone else read the Honor Harrington novels. I thought they were awesome. But I still think Captain Ahab, what stories he could tell.

[adrians]

Basil Fawlty, his wife Cybil and of course Manuel,.

oh and the little piggy that lived in the brick house,,, that's some smart bacon right there, you can tell-em..[smilie=w:

[dragon813gt]

Mara Jade Skywalker

[dbosman]

Irene Adler

[varmintpopper]

This may have been said already because I didn't read all the responses. the most fictitious person I can think of would be "Obummer" himself.

Good Shooting

Lindy

[quilbilly]

Lucky Jack Aubrey's good friend, Stephen Maturin, over a fine meal of venison and sautéed bolete mushrooms.

[waksupi]

Oracle Jones, from The Hallelujah Trail. I also have visions when drinking whiskey.

[mtnman31]

Atticus Finch
Yoda
Jack Ryan Sr (after he was the President)

[Alan in Vermont]

I wonder if anybody will recognize these, any one of the three;

Craig Lowell

Cletus Frade

"Killer" McKoy

[Janoosh]

+1 quilbilly...oh yes....the Doctor...

[DeanWinchester]

Raistlin Majere or Darth Bane.

[bob208]

a fun afternoon in d.c. with wonder woman and her golden lariat of truth. maybe then we could get some answers.

[BruceB]

I wonder if anybody will recognize these, any one of the three;

Craig Lowell

Cletus Frade

"Killer" McKoy (It's "McCoy", incidentally.)

Ah, yes.... ol' W.E.B.'s books are like popcorn. I just CAN'T stop reading them, in spite of some visible flaws. How about Peter Wohl and the gang in the "Badge of Honor" series?

Quilbilly.... the next time we get together with NVCurmudgeon, you'll find that he (and I) admire the good Doctor quite a bit. When I was released from hospital last year, he loaned me ALL FIFTEEN of the Aubrey books (in a box that originally contained twenty cans of #2400 powder... nice touch, I thought.) It was the first time I'd ever had the opportunity to follow Jack's career all the way through, along with the time to do it.

[bandit7.5]

Rooster Cogburn

[TES]

any religions deity....Only to ask them two questions.....

1 _ Why do I have to sit in mass and be told what a bad person I am and then be asked to put some money on the plate?

2 _ If all religions and their people are sooooo peaceful then why do we end up killing each other over our opinions and the deities beliefs?

[WILCO]

Atticus Finch

I'd love to ask him about that long range shot, where he put the rabid dog down.

[Alan in Vermont]

(It's "McCoy", incidentally.)

I knew that! Or should have caught it.

I just finished re-reading the entire Badge of Honor series as well as The Corps and Brotherhood of War plus all of the Clancy (his own, as opposed to the ones he has his name on "with some unknown author", which are mostly junk) titles that I have here.

[Echo]

Linda Carter -- Wonder Woman
Tina Turner
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne provided high quality jiggle in 'Swamp Monster'...

[Para82]

Bob Lee Swagger,Mitch Rapp

[abunaitoo]

Earl Swagger, Bob Lee Swagger, Henry Bowman.
Are not Quigley and Mr. Selleck one and the same????

[waksupi]

Red Green would also be a top contender for a place at the dinner table.

[texassako]

Roland of Gilead, or maybe The Man in Black. Either one would be interesting depending on my mood.