Is there anyone living you would pay $16k to eat lunch with? [Archive]

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12-19-2005, 06:46 PM

I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

pryor15

12-19-2005, 06:48 PM

i think lunch with Kurt Vonnegut might be worth 16k

or Igmar Bergman. if Kieslowski was still alive, then he'd definitely be worth it.

istewart

12-19-2005, 06:49 PM

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i think lunch with Kurt Vonnegut might be worth 16k

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Christ, Hell no.

IronDragon1

12-19-2005, 06:54 PM

Haruki Murakami or Salman Rushdie

DcifrThs

12-19-2005, 06:56 PM

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

diebitter

12-19-2005, 06:57 PM

I wouldn't pay $16K to EAT them.

But how much for a foot?

Evan

12-19-2005, 07:00 PM

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

jba

12-19-2005, 07:03 PM

well this is pretty misleading, because the proceeds went to charity.

if I'm already giving 16k to charity anyways, I would change who I gave it to in order to have lunch with a lot of interesting people..

astroglide

12-19-2005, 07:07 PM

i would consider keira knightley, if the lunch was her ass

istewart

12-19-2005, 07:08 PM

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

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LOL

Evan

12-19-2005, 07:10 PM

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i would consider keira knightley, if the lunch was her ass

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Challah!

Blarg

12-19-2005, 07:11 PM

These questions are not meant for 99% of the population. For the rest, it's an easy yes, with all sorts of people.

Go Blue

12-19-2005, 07:18 PM

John Nash

gonores

12-19-2005, 07:25 PM

Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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12-19-2005, 07:29 PM

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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You really think you would learn more from him in one lunch then you would say spending $20 on The Intelligent Investor and reading it?

I just don't see what information he would and could give out that would be all that ground breaking. His basic investing outlook can be found in the above book. I guess if you got a few really good tips it could be worth it but from what I've read about him, this seems highly unlikely when it comes to information that is not already within the public domain.

eviljeff

12-19-2005, 07:31 PM

Clarkmeister.

DcifrThs

12-19-2005, 07:34 PM

Blarg

12-19-2005, 07:43 PM

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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I couldn't afford to buy even one share of Berkshire Hathaway. His advice would be of minimal use to me.

Blarg

12-19-2005, 07:45 PM

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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You really think you would learn more from him in one lunch then you would say spending $20 on The Intelligent Investor and reading it?

I just don't see what information he would and could give out that would be all that ground breaking. His basic investing outlook can be found in the above book. I guess if you got a few really good tips it could be worth it but from what I've read about him, this seems highly unlikely when it comes to information that is not already within the public domain.

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Once you get to this stage, you're more a cult than a man. It would be enough to sit in contemplation of the Lord.

gonores

12-19-2005, 07:45 PM

For me, it'd be a no-brainer. With the basic investing sense I already have and my current net worth, combined with future earnings potential, I'd know how to get my $16k worth out of that lunch.

I guess I may have overestimated how many people would be making a +EV decision by eating lunch with Buffett, but if you knew what to ask him and what to do with his answers, you don't need much in terms of assets to make him worth your while. There are a lot of smart people who work very hard to make sure Mr. Buffett's money is well-invested. I definitely think the work put into those decisions, combined with Buffett's knowledge and hard work is worth more than 16k.

gmrankin

12-19-2005, 07:47 PM

I'm going to go with the my porn corrupted/infested mind and say Pamala Anderson, but only if she was naked, i could eat off of her and recieve a happy ending for dessert?? You only live once

Alobar

12-19-2005, 07:49 PM

I was gunna start a whole new thread titled "Who would you pay $20 to have lunch with"? but then the list was way to long and my brain started hurting thinking of all the people id drop a jackson on to stare at while they ate.

so yeah, if I was rich, prolly a lot of people. Me being poor....nobody.

Ulysses

12-19-2005, 07:52 PM

gonores,

That's a pretty silly post. Makes you sound both arrogant and ignorant, imo.

You vastly overestimate how much you're going to take away from a lunch w/ Buffett.

You will get far more out of reading and studying his writings/actions than having lunch with him.

It's not like you're going to have lunch and he'll be like "well, gonores, here's my tip. My team has been working hard analyzing every company around and CRUNK!!! Energy Drink is definitely going to be the next Coca-Cola. Get in now!!!!!"

Edited to add: If this were something like 16k to be an intern/assistant to Buffett for a year, whole different ballgame.

DcifrThs

12-19-2005, 07:53 PM

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I was gunna start a whole new thread titled "Who would you pay $20 to have lunch with"? but then the list was way to long and my brain started hurting thinking of all the people id drop a jackson on to stare at while they ate.

so yeah, if I was rich, prolly a lot of people. Me being poor....nobody.

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im just being nit picky but the basic question is: who would you pay a meaningful amount of money to eat w/?

id love to have lunch with mark messier. id pay a pretty penny for that.

Barron

willie

12-19-2005, 08:00 PM

not a single person walking the planet.

willie

12-19-2005, 08:04 PM

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Haruki Murakami or Salman Rushdie

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this is really pretty funny since i turned down eating lunch with salman rushdie....

my gf's roomate in college was going to eat lunch at him since he was giving a speech at my school.

She and her aunt were going to have lunch with him since her aunt knew rushdie from somewhere in their past....

didn't want to be the 3rd wheel...(4th wheel in that case)

ddubois

12-19-2005, 08:11 PM

I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

Alobar

12-19-2005, 08:13 PM

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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there we go. The only person Id pay a significant amount of money to eat lunch with, was someone who had a price on their head worth more than the cost of the lunch

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12-19-2005, 08:14 PM

How about someone like Sadaam Hussien, or some other tyrant with translator. I think something like that would be really interesting.

Yeti

12-19-2005, 08:17 PM

There are probably a few people I would pay this for, and I am not that rich.

Ed Miller

12-19-2005, 08:20 PM

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Clarkmeister.

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I can broker this one for a mere 10% commission. PM me.

eviljeff

12-19-2005, 08:32 PM

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How about someone like Sadaam Hussien, or some other tyrant with translator. I think something like that would be really interesting.

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lol, I think this would be a very disruptive lunch.

LearnedfromTV

12-19-2005, 08:32 PM

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For me, it'd be a no-brainer. With the basic investing sense I already have and my current net worth, combined with future earnings potential, I'd know how to get my $16k worth out of that lunch.

I guess I may have overestimated how many people would be making a +EV decision by eating lunch with Buffett, but if you knew what to ask him and what to do with his answers, you don't need much in terms of assets to make him worth your while. There are a lot of smart people who work very hard to make sure Mr. Buffett's money is well-invested. I definitely think the work put into those decisions, combined with Buffett's knowledge and hard work is worth more than 16k.

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This was my first thought too. There was a charity auction a while back that got way more than 16K, by the way.

Also, whoever said "just read the Intelligent Investor, it has his whole investment philosophy" is *far* from correct

Which is not to say that the lunch would be worth 16K unless you have significantly more than 16K in investable assets. Like several hundred thousand at the minimum. I'm sure an hour conversation could make you a notch or two better as an investor, if you already know what you are doing and ask the right questions, but it's not like he's giving away a monster tip or a magic formula. Anyone who has followed his career should know that.

My answer to the OP is no one. If i had a couple million, there might be a few.

Ulysses

12-19-2005, 08:38 PM

L4TV,

What exactly are you going to get out of this lunch that will make it worth the 16k?

Edited to add: The reason people pay that much in a charity auction to have lunch w/ Buffett is to give to charity and get a tax deduction and have lunch w/ Buffett, not to get 16k+ worth of investment advice.

Edited again after L4TV's edit to add: If an hour lunch makes you a notch or two better investor, then you were probably a pretty crappy investor to begin with and it is highly unlikely you would really be able to take advantage of whatever information he is discussing.

LearnedfromTV

12-19-2005, 08:40 PM

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L4TV,

What exactly are you going to get out of this lunch that will make it worth the 16k?

Edited to add: The reason people pay that much in a charity auction to have lunch w/ Buffett is to have lunch w/ Buffett, not to get 16k+ worth of investment advice.

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I agree. Edited my post while you were writing.

LearnedfromTV

12-19-2005, 08:48 PM

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Edited again after L4TV's edit to add: If an hour lunch makes you a notch or two better investor, then you were probably a pretty crappy investor to begin with and it is highly unlikely you would really be able to take advantage of whatever information he is discussing.

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Responding to be a nit: You really think someone with, oh, $1.6M in assets couldn't pay for the lunch within a year by improving his return by .1%? I said notch, not leap.

Getting off-topic though. I'll throw Joe Dumars out there, if 16K didn't affect me much. Favorite player growing up, architect of the best team in the NBA....

Ulysses

12-19-2005, 08:55 PM

L4TV,

That is not how investing works. That ".1% aha nugget" is just as likely to come from watching some imbecile like Jim Cramer on TV for an hour as it is to come from Buffett. In fact, for the educated investor, it's probably more likely to come from some moron than from Buffett.

MrMon

12-19-2005, 09:00 PM

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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there we go. The only person Id pay a significant amount of money to eat lunch with, was someone who had a price on their head worth more than the cost of the lunch

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Only if he told me in advance where we'd be meeting for lunch. Then I'd be fashionably late.

Hello $25 million.

12-19-2005, 09:26 PM

El Diablo,

Boo yah!

Perrier

westside_eh

12-19-2005, 09:37 PM

I would pay a significant amount of money (not even close to $16000) to have lunch with Wayne Gretzky or perhaps Daniel Negreanu.

"id love to have lunch with mark messier. id pay a pretty penny for that."

Why Mark Messier? Just so you can pull out the "Bet you cant eat just one?!?!"?

Sponger15SB

12-19-2005, 09:41 PM

My guess is you could probably email Daniel and have lunch with him for free, provided it was an incredibly nice meal or something.

Kissing optional though.

sublime

12-19-2005, 09:45 PM

a guy with an IQ of 156

lapoker17

12-19-2005, 09:52 PM

i think that it would be possible to have lunch with nearly any person in the world for free. 6 degrees of separation style.

but i choose rickey henderson.

sublime

12-19-2005, 09:54 PM

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i think that it would be possible to have lunch with nearly any person in the world for free. 6 degrees of separation style.

but i choose rickey henderson.

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not a bad choice. how about ted williams if he was alive (and sane)?

12-19-2005, 10:16 PM

Id pay that much to eat with bin laden, then try to kill him cuz the reward would be many mill.

Evan

12-19-2005, 10:31 PM

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For me, it'd be a no-brainer. With the basic investing sense I already have and my current net worth, combined with future earnings potential, I'd know how to get my $16k worth out of that lunch.

I guess I may have overestimated how many people would be making a +EV decision by eating lunch with Buffett, but if you knew what to ask him and what to do with his answers, you don't need much in terms of assets to make him worth your while. There are a lot of smart people who work very hard to make sure Mr. Buffett's money is well-invested. I definitely think the work put into those decisions, combined with Buffett's knowledge and hard work is worth more than 16k.

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This was my first thought too. There was a charity auction a while back that got way more than 16K, by the way.

Also, whoever said "just read the Intelligent Investor, it has his whole investment philosophy" is *far* from correct

Which is not to say that the lunch would be worth 16K unless you have significantly more than 16K in investable assets. Like several hundred thousand at the minimum. I'm sure an hour conversation could make you a notch or two better as an investor, if you already know what you are doing and ask the right questions, but it's not like he's giving away a monster tip or a magic formula. Anyone who has followed his career should know that.

My answer to the OP is no one. If i had a couple million, there might be a few.

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The things Buffett would tell you wouldn't be anything ground breaking. I think a good analogy would be if you wanted to have lunch with Barry Bonds and thought it would make you a great hitter. There's no secret to how you hit a baseball, it's just a matter of how good you are at doing those things.

LearnedfromTV

12-19-2005, 10:39 PM

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L4TV,

That is not how investing works. That ".1% aha nugget" is just as likely to come from watching some imbecile like Jim Cramer on TV for an hour as it is to come from Buffett. In fact, for the educated investor, it's probably more likely to come from some moron than from Buffett.

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"That's not how investing works" - Thanks coach. I'm not Buffett but I'm not a two year old.

I'm not talking about a hot tip. I only used the .1% (I was off by a factor of 10, i'm surprised you didn't notice) to make the point that it wouldn't take much additional insight to make the conversation worthwhile for someone with enough money, especially when you consider that whatever you learn can be applied for many years, not just one. Insight into the process, not a special valuation trick. An hour or two is not a long time, but it's not a short time either, for a one-on-one.

MrMon

12-19-2005, 10:45 PM

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I think a good analogy would be if you wanted to have lunch with Barry Bonds and thought it would make you a great hitter. He'd tell you he doesn't eat lunch with white boys and no honky mother******* can play baseball anyway.

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LearnedfromTV

12-19-2005, 10:45 PM

The things Buffett would tell you wouldn't be anything ground breaking. I think a good analogy would be if you wanted to have lunch with Barry Bonds and thought it would make you a great hitter. There's no secret to how you hit a baseball, it's just a matter of how good you are at doing those things.

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Except hitting a baseball is a physical skill, investing is mental. Time with a great hitting coach (not necessarily Bonds) at the batting cages, for a very good hitter, could make for a tiny improvement in approach that he would use on his own over time to make for a meaningful improvement in results. Or a week at a good basketball camp. Or a conversation with a great thinker who is expert in a subject you know a lot about.

Leaky Eye

12-19-2005, 10:59 PM

I am available for lunches at 1K per.

I would pay to have lunch with a President, or king or queen in their palace.

Clarkmeister

12-19-2005, 11:02 PM

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Clarkmeister.

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I can broker this one for a mere 10% commission. PM me.

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Ed,

He seems like a nice guy. Let's give him a 15% discount.

Clarkmeister

Ulysses

12-19-2005, 11:03 PM

L4TV,

I didn't say you are a two-year-old, just that you seem to have little realistic concept about what you would gain from a one to two hour conversation with Warren Buffett.

Let's say you are Julian Robertson and you are talking to George Soros about certain global macroeconomic factors or currency arbitrage strategies, that's one thing. But if you sit down w/ George for an hour and are like "yo, George, let's chat a little bit about leveraging global macroeconomic factors in trading decsions" you're likely to get a helluva lot less out of that than poring over his writings and strategies.

The same goes for Buffett. To think that you as an individual investor are going to get insights into investing that are different or deeper than what you'd get out of his books/articles/strategies from a single lunch with him is just plain silly.

Brain

12-19-2005, 11:04 PM

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a guy with an IQ of 156

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Hopefully he's not cooking.

Skip Brutale

12-19-2005, 11:07 PM

If I had the money I would pay it to have lunch with Fiona Apple.

astarck

12-19-2005, 11:09 PM

Step 1: Bet my friends I wouldn't be able to eat lunch with XXXXX.
Step 2: Make sure amount from step 1 is >= 16,000.
Step 2 note: Amount can be lower than 16,000 if deemed lunch with XXXXX is worth a lesser amount than 16,000 but greater than 0.
Step 3: Pay 16,000 and enjoy a great lunch with XXXXX.
Step 4: Collect 16,000+ from friends.

Enjoy!

ClaytonN

12-19-2005, 11:09 PM

This question is loaded because 16k is just a figure of money, it can be worth different things to different people, especially when you consider how much some people have compared to others.

LearnedfromTV

12-19-2005, 11:11 PM

All I'm saying is that somewhere in between Julian Robertson and "yo lets talk about stocks and [censored]" there are individual investors with enough money and knowledge to get something out of a conversation. I couldn't, but that doesn't mean someone couldn't.

I still vote for Joe D. tho.

KingDan

12-19-2005, 11:11 PM

If these people were forced to answer your questions honestly this would be a lot better.

As is, hell no.

college kid

12-19-2005, 11:55 PM

Riverman

12-20-2005, 12:19 AM

I would pay it for Bill Clinton or Jack Welch

Maulik

12-20-2005, 12:39 AM

Any of the Beatles, President Kennedy, Warren Buffett, Adrianna Lima.

Klepton

12-20-2005, 12:53 AM

J.J. Abrams, then i'd take him hostage and make him tell me the end of LOST.

J.A.Sucker

12-20-2005, 12:57 AM

El Diablo,

Please don't underestimate the power or potential of Crunk!!! Energy drink. You obviously haven't seen the website, which is even more persuasive than those dudes on the radio telling you to buy lots of gold.

http://www.crunkenergydrink.com

I don't want you to miss the boat.

Best,

Sucker

12-20-2005, 01:26 AM

Sucker,

El Diablo is so opposed to this thread because he is thinking about how much Party Blackjack he could play with 16k. Didn't you hear? He went busto recently. Doo dooo deeee doooo Party Blackjack!

Perrier

J.A.Sucker

12-20-2005, 01:32 AM

Perrier,

I'm putting El D back in the game. I have 0.98 on my party account. He'll be livin' the high life in no time!

I've known about the Crunk!!! for a long time, and only now do I feel kind enough to share it with all of you.

Caringly,

Sucker

Maulik

12-20-2005, 01:42 AM

Sucker,

Min BJ bet is $1.

good luck.

FoxwoodsFiend

12-20-2005, 01:49 AM

Bill Clinton. Everybody I know who's met him says he's the most engaging and brilliant person they've ever met.

Ulysses

12-20-2005, 03:55 AM

Sucker,

I have 80 cents in my Party acct. We're back in business, baby!

timprov

12-20-2005, 04:13 AM

I can think of several people off the top of my head, but not anyone people would know. If I had the money, I'd pay that to have a chance at convincing some of my favorite restaurateurs to reopen/relocate.

Fortunately, I can dine with most of the authors I really like just by promising to feed them well.

renodoc

12-20-2005, 05:21 AM

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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This was my easy answer. Definately +EV given the price on his head is $25M.

12-20-2005, 05:48 AM

Sucker,

Nice work acquiring the #1 rated available busto blackjack horse. I wish I had gotten a piece of that action.

Diablo,

Must be nice to be so close to the top of the ladder.

1. Acquire Sucker
2. Party Blackjack
3. Profit

Jealously,

Perrier

ohnonotthat

12-20-2005, 05:56 AM

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Fortunately, I can dine with most of the authors I really like just by promising to feed them well.

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Nh - somewhat sad but in many cases true.

adsman

12-20-2005, 05:56 AM

All these people saying Warren Buffett. What do they know? They got the answer half right though. Obviously the person to have this lunch with is Jimmy Buffett.

ohnonotthat

12-20-2005, 06:38 AM

had high hopes for this thread.

I missed the TV report that began all this but I think it's safe to say that the OP was asking whether there was anyone so INTERESTING you'd pay 16k for an hour of his/her time. Correct me if I'm wrong here but I don't think this was intended to become a "who could I PROFIT ($$$) from enough in an hour to make a 16k expenditure +EV".

Assuming my lunch companion were to be 99.9% forthcoming in his/her responses (assuming my questions were appropriate) I would - in no particular order - cough up the fee for the following . . .

Peter Kramer (Author of Listening to Prozac + at least one other book)

My fiance's grandmother (You would too if you knew her)

Doyle Brunson (This adheres to the rules since IMHO he has little to offer these days re. strategy)

The Dalai Lama (I only inserted this name in the middle of the list so as not to have it sound as if I were [obnoxiously] saying, "do any of you imbeciles ever have a thought that is deeper than a puddle" ?)

Tony Blair (brilliant man whether you agree with his politics or think him a freak in this arena)

Bill OR Hillary Clinton (in the case of the latter it would be worth the fee just to see what it's like for a nose to grow right before my eyes - that said, both are obscenely brilliant, inciteful individuals)

David S. (noted poker author though it's unlikely the conversation would ever touch on poker)

- Killed me to add that one, I REALLY dislike being viewed as a suck-up.

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I suddenly realize there are far too many to name; if you'll all excuse me I need to run out and buy some lottery tickets. At 16k/per I'll never earn enough money to dine with all those whom I'd like to spend an hour with.

Note that there are several people on this list with whom I can dine anytime I wish (most will even grab the check). I chose to answer the question in terms of whose company/insight is WORTH 16k for an hour's worth - even if I can (and do) get said company for free whenever I want it.

dblgutshot

12-20-2005, 07:04 AM

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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This was my choice as well, but instead of lead it was sandwiches.

Sephus

12-20-2005, 07:09 AM

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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This was my choice as well, but instead of lead it was sandwiches.

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[censored] you hoser.

dblgutshot

12-20-2005, 07:15 AM

Sorry should have said lead sandwiches.

Gunny Highway

12-20-2005, 09:16 AM

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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They auction off lunch with him for charity every year, and it goes for a a bit more than $16k. $250k if I remember right.

Gunny Highway

12-20-2005, 09:26 AM

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You vastly overestimate how much you're going to take away from a lunch w/ Buffett.

You will get far more out of reading and studying his writings/actions than having lunch with him.

It's not like you're going to have lunch and he'll be like "well, gonores, here's my tip.

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You might be underestimating what you can learn from him in an hour or two, El D. Also, i think a stock tip is part of the lunch thing. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Atropos

12-20-2005, 09:43 AM

El Diablo

Gunny Highway

12-20-2005, 09:49 AM

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Let's say you are Julian Robertson...

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That's who I'd like lunch with. I've met a couple of the cubs, but not Robertson. I think he'd easily be more interesting than Buffett.

TheHip41

12-20-2005, 12:49 PM

Sponger15SB

12-20-2005, 01:08 PM

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J.J. Abrams, then i'd take him hostage and make him tell me the end of LOST.

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SPOILERS! - Lost-Forum.com (http://www.lost-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?s=2555e06ece82f1bdee5ec575024383e 8&f=67)

mrkilla

12-20-2005, 01:20 PM

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Btw [] dies in the next episode.

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DICK! /images/graemlins/mad.gif

samjjones

12-20-2005, 02:48 PM

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just as likely to come from watching some imbecile like Jim Cramer on TV for an hour as it is to come from Buffett.

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I hadn't seen Cramer in a couple of years until I channel surfed onto his show the other day. When did Jim Cramer become Champ Kind from "Anchorman"?

SackUp

12-20-2005, 03:05 PM

There is no one I would pay $16k for lunch with b/c I don't have $16k to spend. And if I did have $16k to spend then I would hope I could manuever my way to not have to pay $16k to eat with someone.

With that said. I would imagine there are quite a few people who would pay serious cash to eat lunch with someone. So many people have HUGE speaking fees for large groups, so you would think a 1on1 would be ideal for a lot of people. Granted the speaking appearance can be mitigated among multiple people typically, but I can definitely see many people justifying it.