I am on the road today. Here’s the second part of a Twitter Q&A.

Wait do you mean have dinner with people from history or in history? Because if I could have dinner with three people in history, I’d bring three of my buddies back to the Jurassic with some sort of large firearm and feast on some dinosaur.

But then I guess that’s pre-history, plus I’m being a jackass. I know what you mean, and despite how often I’ve heard this question asked I’m not sure I’ve ever come up with a set answer. So let’s think about this.

For one thing, if this isn’t just about bragging rights (I had dinner with Moses, bro!) and I want the conversation to be at all interesting, everyone at that table is going to have to speak modern English. That narrows the field.

Plus it’s a big guessing game, basically picking people based on their public legacies without having known them privately. Little did you know before you sat down for a meal with him that Abe Lincoln had an atrocious, uncontrollable gas problem. It could be!

So with that caveat stated, I’ll say Charles Darwin, Miles Davis and Kurt Vonnegut. How could that be boring? Worse came to worse we could talk about Darwin’s beard.

Well, duh. Especially, Colbert even if he doesn’t know as much about the Mets or baseball. But R.A. Dickey being interviewed by just about anybody is awesome to watch. The guy has interesting things to say.