# Artists -- art lovers -- MADS -- eccentrics of all stripes... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943 "2005-01-16T01:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/41 "2005-01-19T17:24:35Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > Well, I’m in Bolton Hill- I can meet someone at a landmark here… > Thanks! How about the alley where I got arrested in 1984? ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/42 "2005-01-19T18:59:14Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > How about the alley where I got arrested in 1984? I’m almost afraid to ask… ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/43 "2005-01-19T19:15:16Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > Well, I’m in Bolton Hill- I can meet someone at a landmark here… Fortunately, both **moi** and myself (and a few others) live in Baltimore City, so getting a ride shouldn’t be a big problem. If the weather is nice enough, though, I may just end up walking! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/44 "2005-01-20T03:10:56Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > Well, I’m in Bolton Hill- I can meet someone at a landmark here… > Thanks! From what I see, Bolton Hill is immediately adjacent to and West of 83, so if you name a landmark or preferably an intersection, I’ll find you. No email in your profile, so you’ve gotta write to me, first. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/45 "2005-01-20T15:51:49Z")
So… What time do we meet? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/46 "2005-01-20T16:01:33Z")
**FCM** suggested 1:00 PM, and no one said “ewwwwwww,” so let’s go for that. Then them’s as want to can go catch an early supper somewhere before we all get back on the road. Woo hoo! I’m so psyched about this! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/47 "2005-01-21T01:02:53Z")
OK, meet at 1 in front of the museum - or in the lobby, since it’ll be cold outside. I’ll try to remember to call tomorrow and find out the skinny on group rates. As for dining afterwards, I suggest we just wing that at the time - we may get sick to death of each other after a few cultured hours… So, shall we have a dress code? Afternoon formal? Tuxes and sneakers for the gentlemen, fuzzy slippers and hair curlers for the ladies?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/48 "2005-01-21T02:51:57Z")
Put me and Mrs Geek down as a definate maybe. We’ll have to see how things work out. As for dress code, the closest thing to a tux I have is a black T shirt that says \ on the front and \ on the back. Seriously, I don’t own any dress pants at all. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/49 "2005-01-21T03:52:05Z")
I think for a dress code, we should all wear something that says – yup, this here is a Doper. **engineer\_cop\_geek** is clearly set – and I think we can all come up with a T-shirt (or whatever) that will clearly identify us as the few, the proud, the nerds. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/50 "2005-01-21T15:00:43Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > And that we never get together aside from dopefests. I have this baby, see, and that means you never, ever have to have one. Hey, I threw something out there. It’s you with the crazy social life. Seriously, I swear we’ll get together and do something before my birthday. Which is less than seventy days away, so I’m sure we can make it work. 😉 Also, for those of you coordinating dress: I have a James Joyce t-shirt. And I enjoyed “Ulysses.” Is that geeky enough? If not, maybe I’ll make a shirt with our li’l ;j guy on it. Or **DNFT** or some other Doperism. What if I cross-stitch the ;j ? Isn’t even having these ideas geeky enough? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/51 "2005-01-21T15:09:25Z")
> [@moi](#): > > Hey, I threw something out there. It’s you with the crazy social life. Surgery does not a crazy social life make. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/52 "2005-01-21T17:32:28Z")
Sorry to be late to this thread. Actually, i wouldn’t have seen it at all if **weirddave** hadn’t given me a heads up. It looks like i can make it. February 12, 1pm, in front of the museum. Do i have it right? Look forward to seeing you all there. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/53 "2005-01-21T18:08:11Z")
Kinda cold for T-shirts, but I’m game! I’ll wear my YoYoDyne Industries shirt (a growing, excited company!). Now, who can tell what geeky movie that is from? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/54 "2005-01-21T18:16:46Z")
Buckaroo Bonzai, isn’t it? Remember, wherever you go, there you are. (I’ll save the doomed is your soul and damned is your life rant for later) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/55 "2005-01-21T21:23:21Z")
All righty, then. I talked to a nice man at the museum. As long as at least 10 of us show up and buy tickets at the same time, we get the group rate. So be prompt, dammit!!! 😛 I have a Teemings T-shirt, but it will be a tad chilly, I fear, to have it visible. But for those who don’t know me, I’ll be in red - red fleece jacket, red hat, red gloves, possibly a red scarf, and I’ll be accompanied by a mostly-white-bearded fellow who isn’t my father. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/56 "2005-01-21T21:34:06Z")
Hmm, yeah, I may not have thought the “damn, it’s gonna be cold” thing through when I suggested we go full-tilt geeky. Of course, you can wear a t-shirt over a turtleneck or something for warmth – which, of course, is a whole additional level of geekiness. Sounds like we’ve got a good crowd interested – we can wait till the week before to get a better count on actual attendance. This is still a few weeks away… so hopefully we’ll get some additional recruits by then as well. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/57 "2005-01-22T01:37:38Z")
We just need to keep the conversation going, and the thread bumped! We gotta make sure there’s at least 10 of us! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/58 "2005-01-30T03:34:29Z")
Count me in provisionally. **supervenusfreak** will probably have to work, so I’ll most likely be flying solo. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/59 "2005-01-30T07:01:16Z")
OK, I just saw this thread, and it looks like fun. I F’d up on Dope the Halls, so I’ve been hoping for a chance to redeem myself. Any chance of a ride, **BlueKangaroo**? Will **KiB** be there? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943/60 "2005-01-30T14:09:55Z")
Okay – current roll-call: **FairyChatMom** and FairyChatDad **twicks** (whose friend _still_ doesn’t know if that weekend works for him or not) **danceswithcats GingerOfTheNorth, Weirddave** and the weirdlets **av8rmike BlueKangaroo AnitaVacation TwoTrouts finette6 moi engineer\_comp\_geek** and the lovely Mrs. Geek **Scuba Ben mhendo jayjay Alan Smithee** Did I miss anyone? And would anyone else like to join us? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-art-lovers-mads-eccentrics-of-all-stripes/284943.md?page=4)