# Amsterdope! (Psssst...BoomFly) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132 "2001-01-09T08:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/61 "2001-01-10T16:38:59Z")
Coldfire: No, It was something like Boom something or ???, hhmmm, hold on, let me do a quick Google and see if it comes up… Yep- Boom Chicago! [http://www.boomchicago.nl/](http://www.boomchicago.nl/) I had a really good night there last February. OK food, but some funny acts. And their guide to Amsterdam was the BEST tourist guide I have ever seen! Really! It even tells you how to fold those darned transport tickets you use! ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/62 "2001-01-10T16:41:59Z")
I would take you up on that offer, but husband wants me to have as little to do with you perverted Dutch people as possible. 🙂 However, if you have a bread basket with napkin liner, I will have to over-rule him… P.S. May be a snag in me coming, I’ll explain on ICQ tonight, kay? For now we’ll act as if I am, but situations have arisen. DO NOT WORRY. We’ll talk tonight, okay Cloggie-Woggie? The rest of y’all suckers can talk to me tonight to, if you wish. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/63 "2001-01-10T16:42:47Z")
_“Strippenkaarten”_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/64 "2001-01-10T16:47:14Z")
In fact folks- go check out the website, they have their guide to Amsterdam on it- [http://www.boomchicago.nl/](http://www.boomchicago.nl/) It really is the best guide I’ve ever used- much better than any Fodor’s or Lonely Planet book. It talks about changing money, getting around, what to do, customs, ordering and smoking pot, etc. I highly recommend it! Take care- -T ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/65 "2001-01-10T16:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Yojimbo’s one of them - are there any more takers? \*\* I wouldn’t mind sleeping on your floor/spare bed, but ONLY IF I wouldn’t be usurping a more deserving case. I would be quite happy in a hotel/hostel also (I’m really good at sleeping; comfort isn’t an issue). ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/66 "2001-01-10T17:05:51Z")
Basically, I have one spare bed (hell, an entire spare bedROOM) and two 3-seater couches in the living. On which I fall asleep routinely during the 8 o’clock news 😃 All you’d need is a sleeping bag and a pillow, although I do have one sleeping bag myself. I don’t know if there’s a more deserving case - we’ll see who applies. Maybe Spiny is interested as well? ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/67 "2001-01-10T17:24:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe Spiny is interested as well? Hey, that would be seriously cool - thanks, I sure am! I’ll bring a sleeping-bag, no problems there. Are there any specific German goods you’d like me to take along - apart from inflatable animals, that is ? I might even be talked into watching F1, although I normally hold the view that proper motorsports are based on two-wheeled vehicles 😃 **tater** , you do what you need to do and we’ll see, OK ? {{{{tatertot}}}} S. Norman BTW: If I make no sense, it’s probably because I’m posting from bed, trying to get rid of the sort of cold that would have flattened a polar bear. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/68 "2001-01-10T17:47:18Z")
ClogMod & Snormy, check your mailboxes. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/69 "2001-01-10T18:48:30Z")
tater - Why haven’t I been informed of your Euro-Matchmaking service? :::Pout::: Let me know if I should make plans to ditch the boyfriend (the one I am bringing to Europe) for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/70 "2001-01-10T21:17:47Z")
Opps, wrong room ! – where’s ruadh’s thread BTW, happy in a hotel/hostel is me. Can’t cope with furniture sucking snorers anymore – one’s enough :eek: Diane, how you planning to explain your potential 3 day absence – “sorry darling, must have taken a wrong turn out of Frankfurt Airport” “To Amsterdam ?” ? Hope you can make it, it will be seriously different from SLC. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/71 "2001-01-10T21:31:13Z")
Diane, I don’t know what to say. Somebody _wants_ me to set them up? This has never happened to me before! And I pick good guys! Guys who run pubs and are Irish! Okay, what you do is you talk your Dad into taking him to, um, Chiemsee to go um, SCUBA diving as a male bonding exercise. You know Dads, wanting to get to know the guys who are banging their baby girls. Or, you bring him, and I’ll distract him with my extensive collection of knock knock jokes, while you get to know my selections. :::rubbing hands gleefully::: Speaking of gleefully, where’s Glee?? I’m going to try and track him down now. ---
**Author:** ![Boomfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Boomfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boomfly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/72 "2001-01-10T23:11:35Z")
::stumbles into the room and instantly boots up his computer:: Ah \*\*Tatertot, sorry {stop} been out of town for a wile {stop} will attend {stop} will email you asap {stop} ---
**Author:** ![Boomfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Boomfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boomfly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/73 "2001-01-10T23:21:20Z")
thats what happens when you forget the end bold thingy ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/74 "2001-01-11T00:11:11Z")
Snormy, you’re more than welcome to crash. German goods, eh? Well, other than one of them lovely well-endowed Bavarian beauties that can carry 6 one-liter mugs of beer at a time, there’s nothing that I can think of. Although 200 liters of Euro 95 wouldn’t hurt. 😃 OK, so sleeping at my place seem to be: **yojimbo, Spiny Norman, and hibernicus**. Two Paddies and a Viking. Just try to keep the Medieval War Reenactments in the living room to a bare minimum, OK? 😉 **Boomfly** , where do you live? ---
**Author:** ![Boomfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Boomfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boomfly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/75 "2001-01-11T08:51:37Z")
Irecently moved to aalsmeer ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/76 "2001-01-11T09:04:36Z")
You know Clogster, 200 liters of 95 costs me less than 225 guilders? Just thought I’d let you know. \<----if we had a self-satisfied smirk smilie, I’d use it there. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/77 "2001-01-11T12:18:49Z")
It would cost me twice that, you Yankee Scum 😃 Boomfly, I used to work in Aalsmeer. Close enough to A’dam alright. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/78 "2001-01-11T12:26:26Z")
You know, sometimes I just go out to my car at night and let it run for a good 20-30 minutes, just because my gas is cheap and I can afford it. 😃 Okay guys, we really need to find a place to stay! Tell me what places you found appealing on my lists, or I _will_ book us all into the Young Christian Woman and Men’s Hostel. They play readings of famous sermons all night long! Oooh & I forgot to ask for those of us who are rooming together, we should probably find out who smokes & who doesn’t and bunk up accordingly. I am so looking forward to meeting each and every one of you! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/79 "2001-01-11T12:29:37Z")
Christian Hostels? Aren’t they against the Dutch Constitution?? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132/80 "2001-01-11T12:55:32Z")
Everybody do the dance. YMCA 😃 I smoke and snore BTW. A good kick in the head usually does the trick (with the snoring that is 😉 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amsterdope-psssst-boomfly/49132.md?page=5)