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Who is your candidate for evening dinner contest with the most vile and repugnant?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) January 30th, 2014

disclaimer There is no real contest like it, so let’s not go there. If you can’t imagine who you’d invite if there was such a contest perhaps a question on what color doilies would look best with china would be more your speed. If you can imagine yourself as a contestant then please answer. When it comes to vile and repugnant I understand it is quite suggestive and open to interpretation, in the context of this question it is what mainstream society has traditionally considered the lease desirable people, I.E. prostitutes, murderers, worse, etc.

Say there was a contest where you had to invite someone, (if you knew them or not, doesn’t matter) to dinner in your home, and it had to be your best steak dish (pasta if vegetarian). The person you chose had to be deemed socially repugnant or vile, akin to a modern day leper. To beat out the other contestants you had to bid the lowest amount of money that it would take for you to entertain someone deemed heinous or vile for dinner (three hour minimum). Who would you invite and what would you bid as your minimum that you think you would hope to win with? If your bid was the winning bid, you won equal cash to your bid. At what money would you entertain a modern day leper for three hours?

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WestRiverrat's avatar

I have invited homeless into my house to eat. I never thought of being paid for it, so even if I won I wouldn’t get anything back. They would have to eat what I am eating, regardless of whether or not it is my best dish.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

^ So. a zero bid you would put in? And you really think the homeless are the most repugnant?

WestRiverrat's avatar

@Hypocrisy_Central when they are wearing the same clothes they were wearing 6 months ago and have not washed them, they can get very repugnant.

johnpowell's avatar

@WestRiverrat :: What have you done to help them not wear the same clothes? Yeah, disdain, that is what I thought.

WestRiverrat's avatar

@johnpowell I offered him my new suit which was refused. We offered to let him use the washer/dryer that was also refused. Offered to let him use the bathroom, that was refused. The only thing he wants from us is a meal.

I suppose the next time he comes by I should refuse to feed him, or hold him at gunpoint and make him accept my offerings?

ragingloli's avatar

I can give you my top 5 :

5. An american. I just tell him there is something a lot to eat.
4. A christian extremist: I just tell him one of the guests is a prolific abortion doctor in need of being killed.
3. A gun nut. I just tell him that a black boy with skittles is sneaking around the neighbourhood.
2. A muslim: I just tell him there are some infidels to kill.
1. A christian priest: I just tell him there are a few little boys in need of some “holy water”.

SwanSwanHummingbird's avatar

Ann Coulter
I wouldn’t pay for it, but she is the most vile, disgusting person I can think of.

ibstubro's avatar

I’m going to cheat, and say that I suspect if I had to entertain Roseanne Barr for more than 50 minutes, one of us would be flat against the dirt.

I hate to bet against hefty women, but then again, she’s an _older, hefty woman._

Seek's avatar

My mother.

$1,000.

I wouldn’t do it for less. That or nothing.

Cruiser's avatar

My son was faced with dilemma when he was 9…he got to choose a friend to have lunch with the principal and he chose the bully on the bus. When we asked why….he said he wanted to show this boy what it was like to be nice to someone.

That said I would invite Bashar al-Assad and I bid a nickle.

johnpowell's avatar

@WestRiverrat :: I don’t believe you. I think you are making shit up to prove a political point.

Berserker's avatar

I don’t really understand all the details here, but I do know what street I live on. I’m inviting Adolf Hitler.
Fuck you guys, I win.

stanleybmanly's avatar

It would be much more interesting to host a dinner party with a gallery of the vile as guests. Let’s say, my list for the top 10. Since it’s your idea, I feel justified on insisting that the banquet be held at your place.

Pachy's avatar

I’d have to rent a football stadium to host everybody I wouldn’t want to dine with, but here are a few:

1. Ann Coulter
2. Dennis Rodman
4. Kim Jong-il
5. Sarah Palin
6. Michelle Bachmann
7. Flo, that obnoxious spokesperson for Progressive Auto Insurance

rojo's avatar

Oh sure @Symbeline Play the Hitler card.

I would go with Hitler and Pol Pot and invite Stalin over for dessert.

Ha! beat that

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

@WestRiverrat I offered him my new suit which was refused. We offered to let him use the washer/dryer that was also refused. Offered to let him use the bathroom, that was refused. The only thing he wants from us is a meal.
Psst…… He may be mentally ill. There is someone here in town that is almost like that to a tee but he is a few tacos short of a Mexican salad. All the other homeless would take you up on the use of the shower and expect you to provide shampoo, slippers, fluffy towel, and a bathrobe. You would have no problem getting them to take your stuff

GloPro's avatar

@WestRiverrat I believe you. I have a homeless friend, too. His name is Charlie. He’s a vegetarian, which I think is kinda funny. I take him to get a meal whenever I run into him. I have actually tipped heavily a few times when I wasn’t able to stay, making it clear that my tip is to ensure he is treated like every other patron while he eats. Some days when we talk he’s pretty normal. Others he is an alien, over 600 years old, and he makes no sense. I talk to him anyway. Last winter i worried his hand was literally going to rot off. He allowed me to tend his infection (babbling about weird home remedies he swears by) and replace his bandages for about a week. he smelled like rotting flesh, but he pulled through. Others in my town have provided him with a new winter coat, a belt, new shoes, etc. I don’t know why we take care of Charlie, but we do. I would not consider him the most vile, because I believe that comes from the inside and is easier to hide. I would much rather have Charlie at my table for free than an insufferable asshole, no matter the bid.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

^ GOOD FOR YOU!!!

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