John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Dinner Companions

Finally!

2 years ago I was with a group of businesspeople and we were asked to respond to some questions.

One was “If you could go out to dinner with anyone in the world, who would it be?”

Most people wrote down people like Bill Gates and Donald Trump.

I didn’t. Nothing about either of those men makes me hungry.

I wrote down Nelson Mandela but didn’t mean it. In fact, it had never once crossed my mind that I’d like to have dinner with Nelson Mandela. And hasn’t since. I was just trying to impress the moderator.

In fact, no one came to mind and that bothered me.

But now I know the answer. Donald Fagen (formerly of Steely Dan). I’d genuinely like to hang out with him for a night–have dinner and pick his mind and experience his rich imagination. Even more so than Nelson Mandela. A lot more.

Now….where would I like to eat? Hope this doesn’t take me another 2 years to figure out?