# Anyone up for a Boston Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946 "2000-07-18T04:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/61 "2000-07-21T19:45:03Z")
Now that, my friends, sounds like a party! I’m good to go. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/62 "2000-07-22T03:34:00Z")
Fuck. This was on the second page. How did you guys let that happen? I’m in for the 12th at the Northeast Brewing Company, at 1900. It looks like Nen, myself, TMR, Tymp, CalMeacham, and Robot Arm are committed. That’s only six. Certainly enough for a good time, but not enough to be a true DopeFest. Where are the others? Sign up now! ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/63 "2000-07-22T03:49:21Z")
Probably me but I’m not sure yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/64 "2000-07-24T13:34:14Z")
Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/65 "2000-07-24T16:54:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by waterj2 \* > \*\*It looks like Nen, myself, TMR, Tymp, CalMeacham, and Robot Arm are committed. \*\* Or we ought to be. ba-dum- BUMP ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/66 "2000-07-24T18:17:15Z")
How will we know who the SDMB people are? Not that the place is exceptionally crowded at 7 on a Saturday, but… I’ve never been to one of these. Is there a dress code or something? ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/67 "2000-07-24T18:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Motorgirl \* > Is there a dress code or something? For you: saran wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/68 "2000-07-24T18:51:42Z")
Shouldn’t be too difficult. I will be the tall, skinny guy with a ponytail dressed in black. **Nen** will be the tall, skinny, blonde guy with all the metal stuff stuck in his head. We will probably be the first there because we like to get a head start on the drinking, thus hiding our apparent alcoholism. If you feel the need to stand out, though, I will buy all your drinks for the evening if you do show up wearing nothing but saran wrap as **Nen** has suggested. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/69 "2000-07-24T20:51:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tymp \* > \*\*If you feel the need to stand out, though, I will buy all your drinks for the evening if you do show up wearing nothing but saran wrap as **Nen** has suggested. > > \*\* Cling Film?!? I’m not a chicken drumstick, Tymp! If only this were 1991. Might have taken you up on this one. I certainly let my across-the-hall neighbors pick out some equally skimpy outfits for me in college. Ah, the joys of a co-ed dorm. ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/70 "2000-07-25T17:37:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by waterj2 \* > I’m in for the 12th at the Northeast Brewing Company, at 1900. It looks like Nen, myself, TMR, Tymp, CalMeacham, and Robot Arm are committed. **Falcon, Swiddles, missbunny, Stephe96, Trion, Grende69, APB9999, Merlot** , can you all make it? **Motorgirl** , are you committed? Do you need help breaking out of the asylum? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/71 "2000-07-25T18:12:03Z")
I am pretty sure I will be in town. This might not work out (if it ends up that I can’t go) but if I do go, I volunteer to make lovely poster-name labels for everyone. I plan to steal Avery labels from work and make them on company time. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/72 "2000-07-25T19:02:47Z")
Cool! Will you paint racing stripes and flames on mine? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/73 "2000-07-25T21:55:27Z")
Tymp, we’re talking stick-on labels and MSWord. If I get really ambitious, I might use WordArt. These aren’t going to be masterpieces suitable for framing or anything! However, I am happy to try to make each label pretty. I could, for example, put a bunny picture on mine. Some people already have an obvious tie-in (Falcon, Motorgirl, Merlot) or I have a mental image of their name as art (SwimmingRiddles: little wavelike things with bubbles swirling around) and I guess you want fire on yours but the rest are a mystery. If everyone provides a brief description of what their username means or stands for, I will try and find an appropriate image to use. So if you plan to go, please let me know what type of graphic image you want! ---
**Author:** ![jmullaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/74 "2000-07-25T22:17:25Z")
Gee, my first foray into MPSIMS and I find out there is a party in Beantown. August 12th? Why sure, I’d love to go ;)! ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/75 "2000-07-26T13:53:27Z")
Good to have you in the posse, **jmullaney**. I was just kidding about the racing stripes and flames, **missbunny**. You don’t need to go out of your way to do anything special for little ol’ me. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/76 "2000-07-26T16:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nen \* > > **Motorgirl** , are you committed? Do you need help breaking out of the asylum? \*\* Potentially. The pigeons keep a close eye on me, and I’m low on duct tape. Got plenty of mayo, though. The BF says we can come if he can be incognito. Is someone going to bump this thread up to the top on or near the 11th? ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/77 "2000-07-26T16:18:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Motorgirl \* > Potentially. The pigeons keep a close eye on me, > and I’m low on duct tape. Got plenty of > mayo, though. I smuggle in some duct tape for you. It’ll be inside the cake. _wink, wink?_ > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Motorgirl \* > The BF says we can come if he can be incognito. I thought you broke him of that hiding under the table routine. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Motorgirl \* > Is someone going to bump this thread up to the top on or near the 11th? \*\* I’ll be in New Hampshire from the 6th to the 11th without internet access. I may just wither away and die without my SDMB. I can give it a bump when I return that night, but I’d bet **Tymp** would be willing to give it a bump a day or two in advance (if it has slipped back a few pages). ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/78 "2000-07-29T05:40:55Z")
Just about two weeks left. Still enough time to get in on this if you’re interested. It looks like the crowd’s getting to be a decent size. Here’s the updated list of who it looks like will be there: waterj2 Robot Arm CalMeacham Trout Mask Replica Tymp Nen missbunny jmullaney Motorgirl Motorgirl’s BF That’s ten. Let’s make it twenty. Waddaya say? Missbunny is gonna make us nametags with MS Word Art. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/79 "2000-07-29T05:47:42Z")
Oh, and I’ve put this thread in my sig to direct people in other forums over here. Look: ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946/80 "2000-07-29T05:50:01Z")
Alas, the East Coast Traveling Falcon Show will not be able to make it up that weekend. Perhaps some other time, y’all…Boston isn’t THAT far away from me, and I haven’t been up there since…hell, since I was 13. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-up-for-a-boston-dopefest/25946.md?page=5)