Fly With Me X An Empty Seat in First Class

Several years ago, my wife was travelling to meet me on a layover.  She passed through Salt Lake City ...  at the last minute she was upgraded to first class ...  so  she boarded the flight, sat down , and nobody was sitting next to her.  But then the agent came and told her they were going to hold the flight and  wait for one last passenger to take that seat next to her. He said "normally we wouldn't hold a flight past departure like this, but they were going to make an exception ... for Robert Redford.  So there she was -- sitting in first class, waiting for Robert Redford to join her for dinner, maybe a glass of wine, and stimulating conversation over the next three hours or so.  She played it cool.  she just sat there quietly and freshened up her makeup while she waited.

Well, Robert Redford never showed up.  But ever since that day, I've kind of played a little game in my mind -- you know like those little parlor games you play  where you ask people what books they would want on a deserted island, or where you ask "if you could invite five famous people to dinner living or dead, who would it be" ?  Well i always though it would be more telling to ask "if you could sit in first class next to anyone -- currently living -- who would that be? And what would you say to them?"  This question has the advantage that it could really happen.  You might realistically in your lifetime have that happen. 

Well, for me -- if anyone ever bothered to ask me that question "who would you want to sit next to?"-- the answer has always been - without hesitation ...