Dinner with a famous person

[CalliopeDVM]

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I've been a vet for a dozen years and didn't know who Alf Wight was......I'm the only vet I know who has never read any of the James Herriot books.

I agree that if you can write a good essay about your reasons, it doesn't matter that much who you choose. I think Bob Dylan could be an interesting guy to talk to, and he certainly has left his mark on history. Personally, I've always wanted to chat with neurologist Oliver Sacks; he would be my choice for a dinner companion.

 

[485501]

I've been a vet for a dozen years and didn't know who Alf Wight was......I'm the only vet I know who has never read any of the James Herriot books.

I'd barely heard of Harriot until this summer. I asked my mom why she hadn't given me those books when it became obvious I wanted to be a vet, and she thought she had! We finally figured out that what had happened was my older sister hated the books so much (she thinks biology is icky) that she made my mom get rid of them, and then my mom forgot to get new copies when I started reading at that level.

 

[nyanko]

See I must be weird, but I DONT think bob dylan is a unique answer, I actually see it as a very run of the mill one? 😕 Because I guess the way I think about the question:

"Right, gotta invite someone to dinner. They want me to prove that I'm an intelligent, free-thinking, worldly person who has interests outside of vet med. So CLEARLY I'm not going to invite someone vet-related. I need someone who is famous enough that they'll probably know him, and most likely someone in the humanities, or someone well known for being philosophical... oh *I* know, BOB DYLAN!"

Lol, maybe I think weird?

If you apply this sort of analysis you can deconstruct literally any answer to the question as "not unique."