# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/161 "2003-05-12T13:01:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tir Tinuviel \* > \*\*I was down the Silver Cross on Saturday… I am pleased to inform you that the Guinness is really rather nice and goes down remarkably easily. > 😉 \*\* Fantastic! How’s the bitter there then? ---
**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 12, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/162 "2003-05-12T13:04:38Z")
I have no idea **Angua** … but other people seemed to like the Newkie Brown and red wine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/163 "2003-05-13T07:44:51Z")
Fair enough. Sounds like a great place to hold a DopeFest then. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/164 "2003-05-13T09:18:14Z")
ISTR the beer being AOK last time. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/165 "2003-05-13T09:42:35Z")
This time I hope to get more than a running tour through London and into the pubs in various areas. I’d like to make it to a few museums and for a bit of a shop ( **miclin** ’s wife may wish to join me, as I’m in the market for SHOES. But not Jimmy Choos shoes. Are we all decided that August 23rd is the definate date? Just so I can plan accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/166 "2003-05-13T09:48:01Z")
Museums and shopping, you say? :)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/167 "2003-05-13T09:52:34Z")
**Tansu** , as it happens, I will, by August 23rd be ready to buy many new clothes! In fact, if possible, I’d like to buy something to wear to the DopeFest itself. Maybe if we all buy cool new gear, the lads and lassies will post hornified wrap-up posts about us, like the Yanks do after big DopeFests there. D’ya think? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/168 "2003-05-13T09:57:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*Maybe if we all buy cool new gear, the lads and lassies will post hornified wrap-up posts about us, like the Yanks do after big DopeFests there. D’ya think? \*\* i have a “how you doin? ;)” all typed and ready to use. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/169 "2003-05-13T10:09:29Z")
Ooh! New clothes shopping! 😃 ::shakes head at **garius** :: All typed up, with no place to go… 🙂 OK, I’ll stop misquoting very old rock songs now ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/170 "2003-05-13T10:15:42Z")
but if you gals are all clothes shopping does that mean no girls vs boys rounders match?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/171 "2003-05-13T10:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*but if you gals are all clothes shopping does that mean no girls vs boys rounders match?! 😃 \*\* No, we’ll be back in time to whoop your arses playing rounders if you like! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/172 "2003-05-13T10:22:07Z")
in your new shoes? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/173 "2003-05-13T10:23:18Z")
back on topic so the 23rd is pretty much definite then? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/174 "2003-05-13T10:23:54Z")
Nah, stillettos will give me blisters. 😉 Good old fashioned trainers’ll do to whoop your arse. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/175 "2003-05-13T10:26:10Z")
only because you’ll insist on wussy rules like no overarm bowling or pea-rollers. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/176 "2003-05-13T10:28:05Z")
They’re not wussy rules. They’re they rules that you’re _supposed_ to play rounders with. 🙂 Besides, all we really have to do is distract you by wearing short gym skirts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/177 "2003-05-13T10:30:14Z")
pea-rollers in rounders? The mind boggles. Now back to the power tools. Mmmmm power tools. (I just relaid my floorboards, me. With new joists and everything. Sadly, this necessitated the purchasing of new power tools. But, as I said to the **kabbess** , whatcha gonna do?) pan ---
**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 13, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/178 "2003-05-13T10:33:50Z")
Stillettoes and short gym skirts? Sounds to me if we have the hornified Yank post mortems we will all end up getting BANNED like that guy was this morning. Anyway, 23rd August sounds fine and dandy. Off to the Ryanair website for me. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/179 "2003-05-13T10:34:48Z")
And **Angua** , all _I_ have to do is distract you by wearing a t-shirt that is too short to go round my belly. Unfortunately, that would distract my team just as much. I can fit £2.74 in my belly button, you know. Where was I again? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136/180 "2003-05-13T10:37:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by curly chick \* > \*\*Stillettoes and short gym skirts? > \*\* That’s just a silly idea. I already said that I’d rather play in trainers. 🙂 Oh, and **Kabbes** , the sight of me in a gym skirt will have anyone running for the hills… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-londope-plan-now-and-avoid-the-rush/172136.md?page=10)