Gift giving

Im feeling quite isolated this evening and wanted to come up with something positive to post on the forum.

So I was thinking of a fun question, in relation to the idea of gift giving. I think its always nice to give.

What famous persons birthday party would you go to and why?, they could be a historical figure, movie star ect, living or not.
Why would you be at their birthday party and what gift would you bring them? Max 50 dollar budget.

I would be at the actor Gene Wilders birthday party, as I think that would be really fun, I've always loved the films he's made, especially 'hear no evil, see no evil with Richard Pryor. Id bring him a silly jumper.

Sometimes check out Jim's Cafe where we post such fun questions.

i love Gene Wilder but not sure I'd go to his birthday party. In fact there are a very few people I would go to a birthday party even famous people. But here are a few others that might respond
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Sorry you are feeling isolated, this is a sweet idea.

I think it would be Stephen King as I've spent so much time in his head reading his books over the years. I'd get him one of those spooky moneybox things where a skeleton or something grabs the coins and pulls them in (I had one like it as a kid and was fascinated, this skeletal hand came out and grabbed the coins) 😂 But a silly jumper could work as well. 😊

Then he'd get inspired and write a novel about a haunted spooky moneybox, which would then be made into a movie, and he'd make $50 million from it, and not give you anything.

You read enough of his books and it feels like you know him. Never met him, but he feels like a real person in ways other authors don’t. I promise I’m not a crazy stalker who thinks I actually know him.

Thanks for tagging me @cymbele.
Neat idea for a thread @Inastorm, and hopefully all of us showing up here and mouthing off about our silly thoughts helps you feel less isolated.

I'd probably want to go to Bryan Cranston's birthday, because he seems like a genuinely funny, decent bloke.
As for what gift i'd get him, i'm honestly not sure, even after reflecting on my answer for hours, because despite how gift-giving gets treated as the default superior form of emotional expression, it's not the way i tend to express things.

So i'll go with a decent, reasonably-priced bottle of whisky as my answer.
Bryan Cranston probably drinks much better whisky if he drinks it, but it's supposed to be the thought that counts.

Jules Verne for me, mainly because he is one of my favorite writers and I have always been fascinated by his knowledge of sciences and how much of what he wrote came to pass in one form or another and more so because of the technology when he wrote. Fifty dollars, I would probably take him out catting around town for whatever he wanted to do. It may be interesting to view. LOL

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I would want to attend two birthday parties. One for each of my parents. I want to tell them how much I love them and how much I miss them. And how much I look forward to reuniting them when my turn comes to shed these mortal coils.

my wife met him a few times when she used to run a table at the flea market, and i met him a couple of times. my wife recognized him even though he tried to not be noticed, he asked us not to say anything because he was trying to have a regular day out lol. he is a very nice person in real life

mike....

i would love to be at gene Roddenberry's bday party. he may not like me there because i would probably try to find out how his mind works. i would give him two gifts, 1. a gag gift of a star wars model and 2. a big plaque with all his achievements on it

mike....

One of the best actors of all time based on his Breaking Bad performance alone
I also liked his role in the x files episode he was in
Malcolm in the Middle was fun too ☺️

i would love Togo to a bday party for Jim Henson. i could learn soooo much from him... both with puppetry and most importantly.... how to enjoy life. i would want to make n give him a new type of puppet he has never seen before.

I would go to baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan's birthday. He is a role model a player l emulate growing up and an inspiration. Watching him pitch and his work ethic always motivated me to work hard and be the best player I could be. The birthday guests would be many of baseball greatest players to ever play the game. He lives in Texas has three ranches and is a cattle rancher. The gift I would buy would be a cowboy hat. I would ask Nolan Ryan and other Hall of Fame baseball players for there signature.

Okay that's very interesting!
Hmm I would attend Shams of Tabriz 's birthday party. He isn't well known I guess or he is , depends. If you don't know him then lemme just give you a little brief intro of him , he inspired Rumi (the poet) he was a mystic figure and a very intelligent man. I would be in his birthday party because I admire him a lot and I would consider myself extremely lucky to be able to meet him in person. He fascinates me with his thoughts and ideas and the persona he carries. I would brought him a small bouquet of real lilies , some handmade letters / cards and a shawl (it's like a thick warm long scarf) that I would handpaint. So yea

A good question... I don't usually do birthday parties, but perhaps Adam would be interesting. I'd get him a fig leaf or two.

That's a cool answer 😆