# ChiDope Lunch Bunch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103 "2002-08-22T17:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/41 "2002-09-10T23:30:50Z")
Thank you, **Gundy**! You were great company, as well. Hope we can meet up again at a Chicago get together some time. p.s. Mail me some cherry tomatoes! Tibs. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/42 "2002-09-10T23:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boli \* > \*\*Oh! I think I might’ve met you, then. I bet it was magdalene’s house? Was your ex a member here or something? \*\* I honestly have absolutely no memory of whose house it was; I have no head for names, especially if I don’t have a context to place them in and I’m meeting a whole bunch of new people at once. I vaguely remember a couple of cats, a door that opened onto the alley, annd multitudinous casseroles. And yep, my ex was a member, although not a prolific one. Unless he changed his username, he hasn’t posted in quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/43 "2002-09-11T17:51:00Z")
\ Last call for any stragglers. For those who don’t know me, I’m 5’5" with dark curly hair and I’ll be wearing black pants and a bright teal shirt. And no, I don’t normally plan what I’m going to wear 24 hours in advance. **Eva** , yes, that was **magdalene** ’s place. I was there as well, but joined the group late and might not have met you. **Tibs** , sorry I wasn’t able to join you guys. It would have been great to see you again. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/44 "2002-09-11T18:29:42Z")
I hope I can get up there for a lunch with you guys some time soon. And you can’t miss **porcupine** - she’s the one who is so damn nice, it gives you a little more faith in mankind. 😃 Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/45 "2002-09-11T18:51:02Z")
[sub]Rassin’, Frassin’ Flea Bitten…[/sub] I had actually written a post saying that I’d be at the Venice Cafe on Thursday, and then my telephone rang. So now I’m on my way to beautiful Kankakee rather than meeting some real cool Dopers. Grrrrrrrr. Of course, maybe I’ll hit **Jarbabyj’s** McDonald’s while I’m down there, just to really piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/46 "2002-09-12T16:38:45Z")
\ I will be there, but slightly impaired as I’m taking Vicodin to try and kick a migraine. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/47 "2002-09-12T17:18:24Z")
You’ll just be so much more amusing if you’re impaired! Hey, Vicodin can be your friend, big time. See y’all in a few! ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/48 "2002-09-12T18:58:58Z")
Well, now, that was sweaty! Sorry I was late and weirdly quiet. Nice to meet alla y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/49 "2002-09-13T02:49:00Z")
:sheepish: Yeah, next time I recommend a place for lunch, I’ll make sure their air conditioning is working. Likewise, it was a pleasure meeting you guys - I think sometime soon we’ll have to do an after-work meeting involving alcohol. Just a thought. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/50 "2002-09-13T14:26:29Z")
Yeah, it was nice to put some faces to the names…but after work might be less hectic and provide better opportunities for actual conversation, especially if people are schlepping from all over Creation to get there. And Zanshin, don’t beat yourself up over the temperature thing! C’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/51 "2002-09-13T15:28:34Z")
Golly, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad, **Zanshin**! How were you to know? Here’s a pat on the back…pat, pat. There. All better? Alcohol? Hey, I like alcohol! ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/52 "2002-09-13T15:52:35Z")
I’m up for an after work thing, too. Shall we keep the second Thursday of the month the standard lunch, though? Might give dopers who live in the burbs but work downtown a chance to spend time with such fine people as us. 😃 If we want to stick with a lunch (which in no way precludes excessive drinkin’ and eatin’ after work sometime), the next lunch will be Thursday, October 10th. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/53 "2002-09-13T15:54:40Z")
Hi, Chicago folks, Sorry to (somewhat) hijack this thread. On September 22nd I will be in Morris, Illinois to pass out KI pills to the general public. A pretty bit group from our office will be there - and most of them are W I L D. It is a Sunday and after that, we will all be going to the boats in Joliet to gamble a bit. I know it is a Sunday night which makes it difficult - but anyone want to meet up with some crazy folks and gamble a bit? Warning: I have a few crazy friends that will flash you and, if you blink, smoke your sausage and eat your cigarettes. Tibs. p.s. If you can’t drive back that night, I have a hotel room and could have some guests. Shhhhhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/54 "2002-09-13T16:08:32Z")
No worries, **Gundy**! (I think I missed a 😉 in my last post – who’da thunk of all the restaurants we’d meet in, that we’d happen to be in the one with no A/C? Hey, at least we got a good story out of it!) As for the next lunch meeting, October 10 sounds great! ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/55 "2002-09-13T16:17:58Z")
Well, I don’t get that much time off for lunch, but I’m certainly supportive of the after-work cocktail! And maybe, depending on where the next lunch is, I can meet you all then. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/56 "2002-09-23T13:33:38Z")
\ The next Official (yet not endoresed by the Chicago Reader) ChiDope Lunch Buch will be Thursday, October 10th. (BTW, does it make sense to keep these announcements in this origigan thread, or would it be better to start a new one? I dunno.) If anyone wants to suggest a time and place for an after-work gathering, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/57 "2002-09-23T17:24:03Z")
**porc** , it’s not a long thread, so it makes sense to me to keep using this thread. And lunch? **Zanshin** ’s earlier suggestion of Stocks & Blondes was good, I thought. There’s also Giordano’s on Washington, or if anyone feels like sojourning north for surly service, the touristy Ed Debevic’s. Or Lalo’s for Mexican, also way north. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/58 "2002-09-23T17:26:28Z")
Or, any Potbelly’s. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/59 "2002-09-23T21:22:56Z")
Just let me know where and when. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103/60 "2002-09-27T16:04:45Z")
Just a reminder that Angie and I (along with one of my sisters) will be in the MSI a week from Tuesday. Any Dopers planning on joining us for lunch should look for a tall guy in a white baseball cape emblazoned with the letters “CR”. What’s the CR for? Well, it could be “Chicago Reader” or “Cecil Rules” but it’s really “Community Residences” which is a non-profit organization that provides housing for people who have some mental disibility. I used to be one of their residents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chidope-lunch-bunch/125103.md?page=4)