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Richard Dawkins has asked me to dinner.

Post by mistermack » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:58 pm

Got an invite to a small intimate dinner with Richard Dawkins, in California, where he is doing publicity for his new autobiography.

I can't afford to go. Well, I can, but wouldn't think it worth the air fare. It's 500 dollars for the dinner too. I guess I'll just have to nip to the chip shop.
Anybody else get an invite?
I don't blame him, I wouldn't mind a bit of that sort of cash myself. And Americans love to name-drop a celebrity.
Apparently the first one sold out, because I got a second offer, they are having a second dinner, as demand was so high for the first one.

I do like Dawkins, I'm sure he can be entertaining. But I'd feel a bit like a hooker's ''John'', paying cash for his company.
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Post by Svartalf » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:02 pm

I bet LP would just love an occasion to see the Dawk face to face :demon: :plot:
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:14 pm

I got that too. Apparently they're whoring him out.
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Post by klr » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:30 pm

Bella Fortuna wrote:I got that too. Apparently they're whoring him out.
Ah, but does RD know? :ask:
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Post by cronus » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:46 pm

klr wrote:
Bella Fortuna wrote:I got that too. Apparently they're whoring him out.
Ah, but does RD know? :ask:
Not very likely. :hehe:
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:57 pm

He'll think he's just going out for a meal.... "What the deuce are all these people doing here?!"
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Post by JimC » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:23 pm

Invite him back to your room for coffee... :coffee:
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Post by klr » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:43 pm

JimC wrote:Invite him back to your room for coffee... :coffee:
What about the tried and trusted etchings?
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Re: Richard Dawkins has asked me to dinner.

Post by Svartalf » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:45 pm

That's sooo XIXth century...
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Post by klr » Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:47 pm

Svartalf wrote:That's sooo XIXth century...
Ah, but Richard is Old World in many matters ...
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Re: Richard Dawkins has asked me to dinner.

Post by JimC » Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:49 am

klr wrote:
JimC wrote:Invite him back to your room for coffee... :coffee:
What about the tried and trusted etchings?
As long as an elevator is involved somewhere along the line...
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Post by piscator » Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:57 am

Dawk's selling indulgences?
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Re: Richard Dawkins has asked me to dinner.

Post by JimC » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:04 am

piscator wrote:Dawk's selling indulgences?
"Say 3 Hail Darwins and read a passage of The Selfish Gene out aloud before bedtime" :tea:
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Re: Richard Dawkins has asked me to dinner.

Post by piscator » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:12 am

"The High Priest of the New Atheists has spoken."


Jokes aside, I wish him success. Were RD to do this here, I'd probably make an evening of it. I imagine the local clergy would be represented at the table as well as his fanbase... I love fuckin' with the clergy.
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Re: Richard Dawkins has asked me to dinner.

Post by Tero » Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:44 am

I traded in Selfish Gene. Now I have to carry around Ancetor's Tale in case I run into him so he can autograph it. For free.
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