Like many others, when I first read this question, my mind went totally blank. I was like, "WTF? Is there nobody I would toss back a pint or three with?" Then my mind went on a tirade of listing out all of the people I would love to spend time just listening to, not to mention conversing with. The list is entirely too long, and there is no way I could possibly pick just one person. How does one choose? Do I list it out in reverse chronological order? Alphabetical? Random Lottery? Of course, the longer I ponder this query, the longer the list gets . . . and all the more difficult the choice becomes. Choosing one's family is an obvious choice, hence I will not add them to the list. Screw it, why not a short list? So, here goes, in no particular order . . .
1. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. William H. Bonney
4. Socrates
5. Ghengis Khan
6. Tutankhamen
7. Martinus Dom, the first abbot of the Trappist Abbey in Westmalle
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Louis Pasteur
10. Leonardo di ser Piero daVinci
11. Mahatma Gandhi
12. Gaius Julius Ceasar
13. Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin
. . . 13 is enough . . . and my favorite number.