# Brit Dope Winter 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981 "2003-10-01T21:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/821 "2003-11-19T08:52:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*No but she does! > > Boom-tsh! > \*\* **garius** , I’d just like to point out that there is just over a week and a half until the DopeFest… I will be in groin kicking, knee biting, ear twisting range then… Oh, and in a position to deny you baked goods… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/822 "2003-11-19T08:56:31Z")
Sorry. Its nine in the morning so i’m not thinking straight. 😛 i’d forgotten this hour even existed. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/823 "2003-11-19T09:26:35Z")
55 posts? (now 56). Hellfire Leonard! I need to find something more constructive to do with my time. I thought it would have been about 25-30. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/824 "2003-11-19T11:41:54Z")
I’m still not dead. But it seems I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/825 "2003-11-19T17:49:11Z")
Hey, not to be pragmatic or anything, but did anyone ever decide on a meeting time/place for a) the initial round and b) for those of us who may be too sleep-deprived to make the initial round, any subsequent rounds? If y’all still aren’t sure and think you may not know precise details until the day of, whom should I e-mail for a mobile phone number, so I can call when I regain consciousness? ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/826 "2003-11-19T19:15:33Z")
**Eva** and anyone else… trust me, the full details are going to be posted here in good time. There’s no point in my doing this yet because the msg will just get swamped and lost amidst all the extraneous content. But it **will** be here, relax. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/827 "2003-11-19T19:19:42Z")
Sorry, I’m just being my legalistic, anal-retentive work self. I promise I’m more relaxed when I’m six time zones away from my office! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/828 "2003-11-19T21:02:15Z")
As long as its posted before next Friday evening, so I can read it before my bake-athon, with added white chocolate chip cookies to be sent to my brother. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/829 "2003-11-19T21:32:18Z")
how is your brother doing? have they got any further with prosecuting (i have very little experience of this sort of thing so im not sure on time scales etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/830 "2003-11-19T21:34:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BigDaiv \* > \*\*how is your brother doing? have they got any further with prosecuting (i have very little experience of this sort of thing so im not sure on time scales etc.)? \*\* I’ve posted updates as/when I know in the thread in the Pit. I’m not hijacking this one! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/831 "2003-11-19T21:48:31Z")
sorry ---
**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:** [November 20, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/832 "2003-11-20T20:27:25Z")
For those of you coming in from the southeast, apparently there’s going to be railway engineering work going on between London Bridge and Charing Cross on the 29th. Just so’s ya know. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/833 "2003-11-21T11:14:45Z")
I’ll be driving in, so rail shouldn’t be a problem. God, I’m looking forward to this - I’ve had a hellacious week at work, and I don’t expect next week to be any better. **Angua** , please give my deepest salaams to your brother, and my best wishes for his speedy recovery. Looking forward to some great company and oodles of baked goods, and I’ll be brushing up on my trivial knowledge ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/834 "2003-11-21T15:53:25Z")
Thanks **Bib**. I will. Now, slightly related to the day, can you imagine what would happen if we all turned up [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3271681.stm) ? It could be rather hillarious! Oh, and with T-8 days to beer, AnguaCookies, mine pies, more beer, and lots of fun stuff (can we have Kaboom! paper **ianzin**?) All I can say is hurrah! Hopefully my brother will be out of hospital, I won’t be quite so sleep deprived as I am now, and my throat won’t be hurting either. It’ll be fun! Wheeeeeee!!! Yes, I need a break, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/835 "2003-11-21T16:17:29Z")
Hey, that Dana Centre actually looks pretty good, despite the manager calling it ‘funky.’ Do you think they named it after Dana Scully? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/836 "2003-11-21T16:22:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SciFiSam \* > **Hey, that Dana Centre actually looks pretty good, despite the manager calling it 'funky.'** It does, doesn’t it. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*\*Do you think they named it after Dana Scully? \*\* Dunno. But on their [website](http://193.62.111.15/?DanaAction=ARTICLE&ArticleID=%7BC6DF08CD-10D3-422A-A70C-C89ABF8F9439%7D) , they give more information, and it sounds like just the place that would appeal to the BritDopers. And its even got a bar. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/837 "2003-11-21T16:36:22Z")
I see they have a contortionist on the Friday evening. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/838 "2003-11-21T17:18:06Z")
Hmm, I might have a word about the Dana centre. I do quite a lot of stuff for the science museum and know people there. free tickets! because i’m people what knows people! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/839 "2003-11-21T19:11:39Z")
Woohoo! One week from right this minute, I will be leaving for the airport! Heavily laden with rugelach, various Latin grocery items for my homesick Salvadoran friend in Kent (anyone think I should try to sneak fresh plntains through Customs?), various kiddie gifts for other munchkins to be visited later in the trip, and other stuff. Oh yeah, and clean clothes and my passport… See y’all soon! Apricot/walnut rugelach? Raspberry? Chocolate? Or all of the above, time permitting? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981/840 "2003-11-21T23:38:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Now, slightly related to the day, can you imagine what would happen if we all turned up [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3271681.stm) ? It could be rather hillarious! \*\* Are you sure we’re not expected? > [@](#): > > **The venue will also play host to adult stand-up comedy, theatre performances and pub quizzes.** Adult humour, theatrics, pub quizzes: sounds like a standard Londope to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dope-winter-2003/204981.md?page=43)