# Boston Area Dopers Unite and Fest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414 "2003-07-14T16:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/1 "2003-07-14T16:40:15Z")
The Boston Dopers (although you don’t have to live in Boston Propah to attend ;)) are getting together and wanted to alert anyone in the area to join us. Saturday, August 16, 7:00pm. The tentative location is Boston Billiards in Kenmore Square near Fenway Park. It’s accessible by the T and there is free parking in back as well. (No Red Sox game that day.) The group went there last time and all reports were positive. In order to facilitate nailing down plans, we’re asking folks to send suggestions for alternate locations by this Saturday, June 19, 6:00pm. People are welcome to respond here or to join Boston Dopers (bostondopers) at Yahoo Groups. From what I understand, attendance does not imply or require pool playing skills 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/2 "2003-07-14T16:49:22Z")
Well it better not require pool playing skills as whatever skills I may have had a decade ago got lost in one (or all) of the three moves since then 🙂 Sounds fun to me… ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/3 "2003-07-14T23:39:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > \*\*From what I understand, attendance does not imply or require pool playing skills 😃 \*\* No, not if the last one was any indication. 😉 But, I’m sure **RobotArm** would relish a challenge, if anyone happens to have any such skills. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/4 "2003-07-15T00:39:17Z")
Really, you owe it to yourself to come, if only for the joy of being in the Fenway area on a non-game day. No massive crowds on the T! Parking a-plenty! No fears of running down throngs of people who are all wearing shirts which say “Garciaparra” on the back (as if anyone’s going to really mistake them for Nomar…)! And, just 'cause it was **fun**. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/5 "2003-07-15T00:55:10Z")
Hey I’m in the fenway area on a non-game day about once a month! Soon to be once every two weeks. Then once a week. Then for a whole week! (But I will be stuck on the maternity floor of Beth Israel hospital) Are you sure they won’t think I’m Nomar? _aww shucks_ ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/6 "2003-07-15T00:57:54Z")
I like aardvarks. _ **Whaaat?** _ You _said_ I could. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/7 "2003-07-15T10:06:16Z")
Oh, that’s right—the other reason for ttending the Boston Dopefest! No, not the aardvarks…to make all the SDMB **tanookiewacthers** jealous! And the aardvarks? Well, we ain’t sayin’, but… ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/8 "2003-07-15T10:08:08Z")
‘attending’ and ‘ **tanookiewatchers** ’, that is. When will I learn never to post before having coffee?! ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/9 "2003-07-15T13:05:06Z")
Aaah caffiene… the forbidden elixir of energy! October 28 gets closer every day 🙂 I think the tanookiewatcher’s club needs T Shirts! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/10 "2003-07-15T17:35:55Z")
I hope y’all have better luck organizing **yours** than I’m having trying to get mine together. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3706812#post3706812](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3706812#post3706812) Anyway, have a great time. Wish I could join ya’s. 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/11 "2003-07-16T01:16:21Z")
Aardvarks aare uunderrated. ---
**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 16, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/12 "2003-07-16T01:28:39Z")
How do you feel about llamas? ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/13 "2003-07-16T01:32:38Z")
I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/14 "2003-07-16T01:32:42Z")
Llama rhymes with mama. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/15 "2003-07-16T01:42:16Z")
I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/16 "2003-07-16T01:43:48Z")
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bostondopers/](http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bostondopers/) Intriguing ideas await you, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/17 "2003-07-16T02:10:27Z")
Am I really posting? Will this actually go through? Will my dog unplug the computer half way into the process? Are aardvarks really our friends? Is **lux fiat** really, really intrigued? Is **tanookie** really Nomar? Have you ever seen them in the same room together? Will I snort again if I reread **Davebear’s** post? Will **Quasi** really join us if we promise to send an aardvark to Georgia in exchange? And how exactly did **lorene** make the llama-mama connection? For the answers to these and other questions… ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/18 "2003-07-16T02:54:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*I hope y’all have better luck organizing **yours** than I’m having trying to get mine together. \*\* Dude! Three pages, and no consensus! I feel your pain. You shoulda seen the scrambling to get the Cambidgeside Dopefest settled. Maybe we could arrange some sort of Aardvarks For Armadillos swap. Ya’ll have armadillos down there, doncha? Maybe the knowledge that they’d be in the presence of such a noble beast would rouse some interest. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by lorene_ > \*\*Llama rhymes with mama. \*\* Don’t you be callin’ my mama no llama! > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Salem_ > \*\*For the answers to these and other questions… \*\* Send $39.95 to: Answers from the Aardvark PO Box 27 Antstown, MA 12345 ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/19 "2003-07-16T06:26:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > Is **lux fiat** really, really intrigued? Dude, how many times must I post the same message before I am believed? Are even the hamsters not corroboration enough? I weep for the republic. Also, I resolve to attend the next Boston Dopefest that falls on a Saturday, for I have Saturdays off. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/20 "2003-07-16T11:31:56Z")
No armadillos, **Davebear**. Possums. 😃 Q [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414.md?page=2)