# Central PA Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935 "2004-04-02T18:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/161 "2004-05-04T17:15:14Z")
Ah. Somehow, **Frank #2** , I thought you were part of the University City denizens. How many Philly Dopers are going, and with how many cars? My count is 4 people, 3 cars. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/162 "2004-05-09T00:55:01Z")
Updated _Who is Bringing What List_ and Dopercount **AntaresJB** - chocolate chip cookies **Casey1505** - German potato salad, 5# bean-free chili, beer-on-the-sly, Tabasco **danceswithcats** – 5# chili with a 😉 to other chili folk (warning-contains beans!) **Doktor Fluff** - chili-part deux :eek: **FairyChatMom** - cucumber-onion salad **Frank #2** - utensils **GingerOfTheNorth** – pie **iampunha** – ice cream ice cooler surprise? **jayjay** - pasta salad & homemade brownies **Medea’s Child** - veggie dip & veggies **MsRobyn & Airman Doors** – crackers & cheese **norinew** - whole wheat mac & chee **nyctea scandiaca** – mini-sammitch variety **Scuba\_Ben** - gazpacho soup, soda, and ice **Shirt Ninja 13** - ice cream **Siege** - sausage rolls & cheese bread **Steelerphan** – cheese tray, crackers & pepperoni **Triskadecamus** – cooler & ice, soda, and kimchi **twickster** - carrot cake which may not be PG-13 Dopercount including kidlets is **43** ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/163 "2004-05-09T02:31:07Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Updated _Who is Bringing What List_ and Dopercount > > **danceswithcats** – 5# chili with a 😉 to other chili folk (warning-contains beans!) > > Dopercount including kidlets is **43** OK… I hate to use the “no true Scotsman” argument here, but chili does not have beans. Robin ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/164 "2004-05-09T05:51:11Z")
_To bean, or not to bean: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the kitchen to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous flatulence, Or to take Bean-O against a sea of trouser growls, And by opposing end them?_😛 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/165 "2004-05-09T07:01:34Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > OK… I hate to use the “no true Scotsman” argument here, but chili does not have beans. > > Robin Sure it does … just depends on who’s making it. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/166 "2004-05-09T12:08:21Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > _To bean, or not to bean: that is the question: > Whether 'tis nobler in the kitchen to suffer > The slings and arrows of outrageous flatulence, > Or to take Bean-O against a sea of trouser growls, > And by opposing end them?_😛 Hahahahaha… 😃 **pun** , REAL chili does not have beans. Hence the invocation of the “no true Scotsman” fallacy. Robin ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/167 "2004-05-09T12:09:54Z")
And, of course, Airman could care less about this. I, OTOH, care deeply. Robin ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/168 "2004-05-09T12:28:43Z")
I am pleased at the prospect of no-beans chili. I’ve been around some of you people before… not to mention my own predisposition to produce excess gas as of late. I’ll eat beans at home, thanks. Date and time? We’re on for June 19? ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/169 "2004-05-11T18:32:32Z")
**dwc** just clued me off about this thread. If it’s not too late count me in, I’ll figure out something to bring along. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/170 "2004-05-12T04:24:18Z")
Gas? Heh. I’m bringing Kimchi! I figure a gallon, maybe. Tris ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/171 "2004-05-12T05:24:00Z")
So how would I go about getting fresh (i.e. not pre-frozen, which our local grocery store has) White Castle? Is there any in the area? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/172 "2004-05-12T06:08:53Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > So how would I go about getting fresh (i.e. not pre-frozen, which our local grocery store has) White Castle? Is there any in the area? The store finder on the White Castle website isn’t finding any within 50 miles of Gettysburg, and there are no Pennsylvania options on their regional finder. New Jersey and Northeast Ohio are the two closest areas. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/173 "2004-05-12T13:33:17Z")
My local grocery store, Clemens, has a sale on ketchup, mustard, and pickle relish running through tomorrow – at ONE dollar an item! How much of this do we need? I think they still have apple juice, too, so I’ll swap out some soda and get some juice. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/174 "2004-05-12T13:36:37Z")
Juice is good. I don’t drink carbonated anything, being as my digestive system has been rebelling lately. I’m re-thinking pie. Anyone have any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/175 "2004-05-12T13:52:07Z")
I’m still thinking up an idea of what I’m going to bring. I just realized I’ve never had to feed Dopers, so I don’t know what they eat. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/176 "2004-05-12T13:57:24Z")
Can you buy nerd chow? Or do you have to make it? I figure something more portable than pie would be good. Cookies or something. Have we got the food covered? Should I stick with desserty type things? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/177 "2004-05-12T15:36:13Z")
Dopers eat munchies! (at least that’s what the “old” definition says…) 😉 Has anyone thought about a new meeting place? We definitely have more people signed up than four picnic tables will allow. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/178 "2004-05-12T15:40:37Z")
I think **Ms. Robyn** is supposed to research alternatives – but I think she’s down in Texas visiting her folks – back this week sometime? (I haven’t chatted with her in a couple of days.) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/179 "2004-05-13T01:38:35Z")
> [@Meros](#): > > **dwc** just clued me off about this thread. If it’s not too late count me in, I’ll figure out something to bring along. You’re in, man-the count is now 44! 😃 When you figure out what you’re bringing, let me know so I can update the main list. TYVM ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935/180 "2004-05-13T14:55:51Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I think **Ms. Robyn** is supposed to research alternatives – but I think she’s down in Texas visiting her folks – back this week sometime? (I haven’t chatted with her in a couple of days.) I am in Texas, and will be here for another week and a half. (Someone, please save me from my parents!) Thanks to the joys of the Internet and all, I will be making some phone calls to Gettysburg to talk to the nice Parks people to find out if there are other alternatives for large groups. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-pa-dopefest/237935.md?page=10)