# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/41 "2003-07-18T03:58:26Z")
I’ll do my level best to attend. But keep your damn aardvarks to yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/42 "2003-07-18T04:34:31Z")
**Dave** , you weren’t wearing your belly button ring, that’s what threw me off. Alright, **Lux**. Send out a hello so we can obnoxiously say things back to you. Or at least I can, the rest of the group is really very nice. Oh, **Quasi** , you sweet thing, being able to get past the physical characteristics and all. You’re just looking at **lorene’s** personality, aren’t you? 😛 Now, **Andygirl** , what could you possibly have against the poor aardvark? Are you staying in NH over the summer? You could always bring a possum to trade with **Wyatt**. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/43 "2003-07-18T06:21:52Z")
I am indeed in NH over the summer. It beats Delaware any day. Also, upon checking my calendar, I realize that weekend is one in which I will be in a wedding. Sheesh.I shall have to raincheck, alas. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/44 "2003-07-18T13:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \* > \*\*Done. \*\* Only once? 😉 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*I want “fixed up” with Lorene! I can get used to that schnozz, no prob! \*\* Who doesn’t? 😃 [sub]Oops! Did say that out loud?[/sub] :o > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > \*\*Dave, you weren’t wearing your belly button ring, that’s what threw me off. \*\* Ah! Well, I was going for a more casual look, that night. I usually save the belly button ring for more formal bashes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/45 "2003-07-18T21:45:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Salem \* > \*\ ***You’re just looking at lorene’s personality, aren’t you? 😛** Well, _yeah_! What did you _thinks_ I was looking ats? 😉 Q ---
**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 18, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/46 "2003-07-18T21:55:51Z")
Do you ever find your brain just gets in a certain [groove](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=198616)? Biggity diggity   The next Boston Dopefest,   be there or be square, there’s   no in-between. Come meet fellow aardvark   aficionados,   shoot pool and drink beer and   see and be seen. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/47 "2003-07-19T03:07:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > **Do you ever find your brain just gets in a certain [groove](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=198616)?** I can honestly, and with some relief, say that my mind has never gotten in _that_ groove. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/48 "2003-07-19T16:51:31Z")
I’ll try to be there…it’s right after I get back from vacation though, so I may be stuck on weekend closes to make up for my time off…my boss sucks like that. (For example, I took a personal day combined with my days off this week to go down to New York to meet a friend, and in return, I got to open Thursday, close Friday AND Saturday, and work 11-8 on Sunday. Slave labor much?) For what it’s worth, I still suck at pool. And am I really that shaggy? _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/49 "2003-07-19T18:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*And am I really that shaggy? _sigh_ \*\* Nah! You’re much more attractive, in person. Some of us photograph well (like me!), some don’t. Actually, I’m so _not_ photogenic! There have only been two pictures taken of me that I was (reasonably) happy with; my high school graduation picture and, believe it or not, my most recent license photo. ---
**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 19, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/50 "2003-07-19T23:55:32Z")
Yes, Dave, I think we know which groove your mind has been in lately. And keep it up, actually. Posting in obscure verse forms is not the babe magnet you’d think it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/51 "2003-07-21T01:25:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robot Arm \* > \*\*Yes, Dave, I think we know which groove your mind has been in lately. > > And keep it up, actually. Posting in obscure verse forms is not the babe magnet you’d think it would be. \*\* No shit? Huh. Who’da thunk it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/52 "2003-07-21T08:03:28Z")
Uh… \*\* DaveBear\*\* … your recent license photo??? _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/53 "2003-07-21T11:07:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wyatt \* > **Uh… \*\* DaveBear** … > your recent license photo??? > _sigh_ \*\* Yeah. Seriously. The latest one is way better than the mug shots they used to take. Of course, you also have to bear in mind that there’s not much competition with which to compare it, since I normally don’t allow my picture to be taken. There are only four others, that I know about, though I suspect my friend, the photographer, has some I _don’t_ know about. Well, not counting the wedding photos from my last marriage, but I suspect those got burned, some time ago. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/54 "2003-07-22T18:13:20Z")
Hey did any of you aardvark lovers feel that earthquake this morning? ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/55 "2003-07-24T18:17:32Z")
No. Who notices such things? They’re always piddly little ones. But, I noticed this thread was sinking just as the time approaches. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/56 "2003-07-24T18:24:43Z")
Hey Parallax and I both felt the quake 🙂 We just didn’t realize what it was until we saw it on the news. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/57 "2003-07-24T19:01:05Z")
No earth shaking here in North Central MA. But I do remember those pregnancy hormones being in overdrive. 😃 Any other Boston area dopers out there, feel free to join us on the 16th. I’ve heard something about **tanookie** showing up in maternity leather. Could be just a rumor, though. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/58 "2003-07-24T19:06:40Z")
Any pics of Nomaardvark? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/59 "2003-07-25T15:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*Any pics of Nomaardvark? \*\* Given the many different sub-plots of this thread (and related threads), all I can think of is that we need a picture of the 6-month pregnant **tanookie** with the aardvark snout and the ‘Garciaparra’ shirt on. Hey! She was the one who wanted to know if I was **sure** people wouldn’t mistake her for Nomaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414/60 "2003-07-25T22:49:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*Any pics of Nomaardvark? \*\* Nope, not yet. But, did you see [this little cutie?](http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/pretemp4.asp?pageid=961&template=4&title=Aangelina%20Aardvark&bgtype=BgColor&bg=&uni=0&motifid=7&form=0&nsection=&nlinkid=&anchor=#) Aaaaawwww! How could anyone _not_ love that face! 🙂 BTW, I like the sig. I think that’s the first one I inspired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-area-dopers-unite-and-fest/188414.md?page=4)