# Charlotte Dope Fest, 2nd Attempt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051 "2008-01-10T23:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/61 "2008-01-31T22:34:53Z")
Rats! Does that mean **Diomedes** is out too? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/62 "2008-01-31T22:42:44Z")
[QUOTE=Southern Yankee] Ok, so how do we know/find each other? It’s not a big place and will get rather crowded on a Saturday night. [/QUOTE] Put a big sign on one of the tables: “DOPERS ONLY” and see what happens. Sorry I can’t be there. Same state but a 6-hour drive each way. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/63 "2008-01-31T22:48:23Z")
Where are you, the OBX? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/64 "2008-02-01T01:48:34Z")
I’m still planning on it. I’ll be there after the boys are in bed. I should be along at eight. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/65 "2008-02-01T02:27:54Z")
I’m still working 'til 6 Saturday night, but I have every intention of showing up as soon as I can get there. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/66 "2008-02-01T03:53:26Z")
[QUOTE=Southern Yankee] Rats! Does that mean **Diomedes** is out too? [/QUOTE] I don’t know. I left him a message, but haven’t heard back yet. How late do you guys plan to be there? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/67 "2008-02-01T22:01:10Z")
I’m wondering if we shouldn’t cancel, or at least try and reschedule? As of right now, only me, **Knead to Know** , and \*\*Maus Magill \*\* seem to be definites. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/68 "2008-02-01T22:12:55Z")
I’ll probably leave my house around 5:30…so I’ll be there after that. I’m getting sick, though, so there’s a possibility I may opt out in favor of sleep. I’ll have to be pretty sick to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/69 "2008-02-01T23:12:43Z")
Got the message from **Hockey Monkey** today. I’m trying to corral the little woman into going along with me, but things don’t look promising, and I’d rather not make the trek down to Charlotte all by my lonesome. I think you’ll have to change me from “Probable/Definite” to “Perhaps” ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/70 "2008-02-02T13:09:25Z")
**Diomedes** , if it helps your case at all, my wife (non-Doper) will be there too. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/71 "2008-02-02T15:07:05Z")
[QUOTE=Southern Yankee] I’m wondering if we shouldn’t cancel, or at least try and reschedule? As of right now, only me, **Knead to Know** , and \*\*Maus Magill \*\* seem to be definites. [/QUOTE] … and I woke up this morning not feeling my best. Barely four hours sleep last night plus working all day today leads me to suspect that I’ll be too pooped to party tonight. FWIW, I vote for a reschedule. Knead Who Has an Inflated Opinion of His Enfranchisement ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/72 "2008-02-02T15:14:06Z")
Ok, I think the fates are against us today. Let’s cancel tonight and try again another time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/73 "2008-02-02T16:53:44Z")
I’m all for a reschedule. Bad dates for me are Feb 16, Mar 1, and Mar 8. Provided no emergency surgeries, any other Sat in Feb or Mar are OK. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/74 "2008-02-02T19:12:12Z")
Well, nuts. The weekend of Feb. 23 is bad for me, and so is ACC weekend. Other than that I’m good. I still think I’ll head over to O’shea’s tonight. It’s been a week. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/75 "2008-02-02T19:24:35Z")
I may show up there tonight too. Probably between 7 - 9ish. If I do, I’ll be at the bar with my wife. Just look for the guy whose wife is way too pretty to be with him. That’ll be me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/76 "2008-02-04T12:55:11Z")
[QUOTE=Southern Yankee] I may show up there tonight too. Probably between 7 - 9ish. If I do, I’ll be at the bar with my wife. Just look for the guy whose wife is way too pretty to be with him. That’ll be me. 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, that could have been just about anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/77 "2008-02-04T13:23:51Z")
I did wind up popping in for 2 pints. We got there just around 9 and were at the far end of the bar, for about an hour. Bartender Mark even wrangled 2 boxes in the Super Bowl pool out of us. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/78 "2008-02-04T17:54:53Z")
Wait a sec. Is you wife a Pittsburgh fan? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/79 "2008-02-05T00:57:28Z")
No, she’s not much of a sports fan. That must have been someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/80 "2008-02-05T03:02:12Z")
I was sitting next to a couple (the wife was too pretty for the husband. (aren’t they all)), whom Mark entered into the pool. A asked Mark and Shannon (who got off at nine) whether anyone had asked about “The Straight Dope”. I’m afraid they might have thought I was a drug dealer or something. Ah well, next time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051.md?page=5)