Who would be your 12?

[Trajan88]

Texas aTm's 12th Man.

Gig 'Em Texas aTm Aggies!

Trajan88 TAMU Class of '88

[stands2reason]

1. Marvin Gardner

2. James "The Amazing" Randi

3. Buddha

4. Alexander the Great

5. Martialis

6. Umberto Eco

7. H.L. Mencken

8. Shelly Shaw (old friend from school I haven't seen in years)

9. Sergei Prokofiev

10. George W. Bush

11. Laura Bush

12. Louie Armstrong

[Pokey78]

1. George W. Bush
2. John Wayne
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Coach Paul W. Bryant
5. Jackie Gleason
6. Grace Kelly
7. Jack Benny
8. Gen. Robert E. Lee
9. Ben Franklin
10. Mark Steyn (Happy now, Howlin?)
11. Peggy Noonan
12. My Father

[boris]

OOooh, I thought of another 12, so I am cheating:

Stephen Hawking
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Charles Babbage
Neal Stephenson
Ludwig Beethoven
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Ludwig Von Mises
Jack Vance
G. K. Chesterson
Nicola Tesla
Srinivasa Ramanujan

--Boris

[Huck]

This looks like fun. Limiting myself to the living, here we go, with very little thought put into it:

1. Willie Nelson
2. William Buckley Jr.
3. Bob Dylan
4. Martin Scorcese
5. Don Zimmer
6. Joe Morgan
7. Dolly Parton
8. Allison Krauss
9. Enya
10. Joan Rivers
11. Annie Dillard
12. Tony Rice

(by the way, Gipsy Kings are very good live--seen 'em 3 times. Their audience is about 50% beautiful women, too, which is nice.

[Huck]

Oh what the heck, here's my all-dead top 12:

1. Kit Carson
2. Abe Lincoln
3. John Adams
4. John Sutter
5. Jim Bridger
6. James Madison
7. John Quincy Adams
8. Django Reinhardt
9. Jimi Hendrix
10. Stanley Kubrick
11. John C. Calhoun (to argue with)
12. Julius Caesar

[stands2reason]

Yeesh! Make that 1. Martin Gardner not Marvin Gardner!

[Norn Iron]

The boozy blokes were delaying my encounter with the beautiful bird :) We were stopped by the Guards as we entered Dublin. One of my passengers had to be muffled until we got through the check point. He was overcome by the effects of Ballyclare damson home brew and had begun to bellow "Blue bastards" when he spotted the uniforms. Some years later he became a highly respected international rugby referee!

[Jakarta ex-pat]

For those who have President Bush on their lists, don't forget.

NO PRETZELS!

[Prodigal Daughter]

I'm not the best cook either, but alas, I'm always trying. I think that's why his show is popular. He just adds things that would taste good: Just chop the gingerroot and the coriander, throw it in, and voila! I mean pukka! Off the Foodtv website forum, I see a dessert recipe he made with crushed malted milk balls and crushed meringue cookies. You can't beat that!

[Prodigal Daughter]

Correction: I should have said, "I think that's why his show is popular" in addition to the reason you pointed out.