# August Londope -- plan now, and avoid the rush **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136 "2003-04-30T13:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/81 "2003-05-02T14:55:52Z")
Just thought I’d add **Grimpixie** and **Jayceebee** to the vanity search list, I’m pretty sure they’re in or around London? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/82 "2003-05-02T15:13:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*About ten minutes away then 😉 \*\* Wow, is that all? 🙂 Maybe I should just go out there and prod it to find out what’s going on then 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/83 "2003-05-02T15:35:35Z")
be careful - they bite. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/84 "2003-05-02T15:36:52Z")
**garius and angua** , do the two of you need a private room? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/85 "2003-05-02T16:10:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*be careful - they bite. \*\* Oh. I guess they’ll probably be hot as well then. And hot! Lots of fire! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/86 "2003-05-02T16:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\ ***garius and angua** , do the two of you need a private room? > > 🙂 \*\* No… not at all. Besides, I think **Brainfizz** would get jealous 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/87 "2003-05-02T16:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\ ***garius and angua** , do the two of you need a private room? > > 🙂 \*\* you paying for it? ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/88 "2003-05-02T16:30:22Z")
Not likely. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/89 "2003-05-02T16:44:28Z")
Can’t imagine **Anahita** has ever needed to pay for it. Me? I can’t even give it away ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/90 "2003-05-02T17:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*Not likely. \*\* then nah… 🙂 besides i think our respective partners would object 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/91 "2003-05-02T17:03:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\* > besides i think our respective partners would object 😃 \*\* Well quite 🙂 Has the **garigirl** recovered from her tonsilitis then? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/92 "2003-05-02T19:21:37Z")
don’t know yet - have been stuck “visiting the parents” most of this week - hopefully by the time i get home she will be cured. woohoo! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/93 "2003-05-02T22:21:34Z")
[Monty Python] Aren’t you lucky [/Monty Python] 🙂 Well, the SO’s coming over tonight, so I guess I’m a very lucky girl 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/94 "2003-05-03T16:58:06Z")
The word from **Dex** is that the travel plans aren’t confirmed yet, but “we’re almost certainly looking at the last half of August”. FYI. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/95 "2003-05-03T21:25:31Z")
As it happens, I’m planning to be in London myself sometime in late August, (and Amsterdam shortly thereafter). I’d love to meet up with you folks, and haven’t finalized my travel plans yet, so I can set things up to make any meeting after the twentieth or so. Earlier than that, and I’ll have to miss it. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/96 "2003-05-04T12:54:32Z")
Any chance we can make progress on the date? I have to finalise the dates of my trip to Australia and I don’t want to miss the Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/97 "2003-05-04T14:17:48Z")
::watching thread closely:: ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/98 "2003-05-04T15:36:54Z")
So. We’re looking for the end of the month, so our American friends can join us (and **Miller** , I’d like to meet you very much). **Angua** and **Ianzin** can’t make the weekend of the 23rd, plus that’s bank holiday weekend and prices will be high, so shall we say the weekend of the 30/31st? Any objections to that? ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/99 "2003-05-04T16:17:00Z")
Well, I’m in Amsterdam then (29-31st), but if that suits other people best, then as long as someone sticks a pint down their pants in honour of me… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/100 "2003-05-04T16:20:40Z")
If you make it the weekend of August 30th/31st, there’s a fairly good chance that **Spiny Norman** and I would be able to join you (depending on cost and if Thomas can take vacation that week)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136.md?page=6)