# Any interest in a spring Chicago Dopefest?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-spring-chicago-dopefest/651288>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-spring-chicago-dopefest/651288 "2013-02-24T22:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-spring-chicago-dopefest/651288/124 "2013-08-07T14:57:01Z")

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> [@jnglmassiv](#):
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> The sting is especially sharp in a post with intentional typos.  
> Mine isn’t so bad when you learn the missing vowels are UE&E. What can I say, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Well, that’s kind of funny. I always read it as a missing _ **I** _ E&E

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> But the important question is, again, how are we up to 8600, almost 8700 views here? That’s like 900 in the 30 hours since I first noticed this. Something is going on…

That IS a little strange.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-spring-chicago-dopefest/651288/125 "2013-08-07T16:47:58Z")

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Maybe thousands of internet stalkers come here to figure out if it’s \*Jingle \*or _Jungle_.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-spring-chicago-dopefest/651288/126 "2013-08-07T19:40:46Z")

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Maybe people are Google searching for “Chicago” and “Dope”

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-spring-chicago-dopefest/651288/127 "2013-08-07T23:05:35Z")

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It’s the NSA bots, watching our every move.

You may not have realized it, but the roaring drunk guy was actually a cunningly-designed surveillance device. It catches people off guard by being as obtrusive as possible.

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