# Close Encounters of the Dope Kind **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010 "2004-02-25T01:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/21 "2004-02-25T23:04:02Z")
**Hedra** and I once discovered we worked for the same company, albeit different buildings, when we exchanged e-mails for some reason about something we were discussing on the Dope (UUism I think) and she noticed the domain was the same as hers. We had lunch a couple of weeks later, and she was the first Doper I ever met. šŸ˜ƒ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/22 "2004-02-26T09:12:51Z")
> [@curly chick](#): > > The very day after \*\*jjimm \*\* told me where he worked, I was walking past the very spot and there he was, on the step. Thatā€™s because my real job is shining shoes. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/23 "2004-02-26T13:08:32Z")
that explains why the last time I dropped a euro beside you inthe pub you started telling me the skinny on Jimmy the Snakeā€™s run in with the Downtown mob? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/24 "2004-02-26T13:12:32Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > that explains why the last time I dropped a euro beside you inthe pub you started telling me the skinny on Jimmy the Snakeā€™s run in with the Downtown mob? Shhh, Jimmyā€™s on the lam now 'coz Honest Ron put the frighteners on him after the diamond job went pear shaped. Word is itā€™s all going to come to a head in the old banana warehouse down the docks next Tuesday. Do you want me to buff them now? ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/25 "2004-02-26T17:11:25Z")
I was at our senoir management meeting in Atlanta last year, it was July or August. I get up to give my presentation on the joys of accounting and auditing standards (yaaawn) and what is on the podium but a print out of a SDMB classics column by Cecil Adams. It was about what the words to American Pie were about. I freaked out. Holy crap, someone at our corporate office was about three clicks away from discovering what they really pay me to do. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/26 "2004-02-26T17:30:15Z")
A couple of years ago, my mother was talking to me about some scam email that was forwarded to her from a well-meaning but none-too-swift friend. I was about to explain it all to her when she pulled out a folder and showed me the debunking sheā€™d found on line - one of **Unca Cecil** ā€™s columns!! I resisted the urge to tell her about these boards. She probably wouldnā€™t have bothered, but I donā€™t need to self-censorā€¦ like I indulge in TMI hereā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/27 "2004-02-26T18:05:58Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Fuck. ā˜¹ Thatā€™s correct. ā€œFuck.ā€ Not ā€œblowjob.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/28 "2004-02-26T21:06:05Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > **pulykamell** , give her $135 and see what she does. > > What? Heck, Iā€™ll give her 135 bucks to get herself some Cusb bleacher tickets and stop yakking about how expensive they are. šŸ˜› Hey! Ouch! Iā€™m just kidding! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/29 "2004-02-26T21:55:17Z")
> [@Jane D'oh!](#): > > I get up to give my presentation on the joys of accounting and auditing standards (yaaawn) and what is on the podium but a print out of a SDMB classics column by Cecil Adams. It was about what the words to American Pie were about. You shouldā€™ve just written ā€œSDMB- Jane Dā€™oh!ā€ on it, without letting him/her see you or saying anything. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010/30 "2004-02-26T22:05:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Heck, Iā€™ll give her 135 bucks to get herself some Cusb bleacher tickets and stop yakking about how expensive they are. šŸ˜› > > Hey! Ouch! Iā€™m just kidding! OH MY GOD. You posted this from WORK! Iā€™m telling! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-dope-kind/231010.md?page=1)