# Columbus or bust **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 1999, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763 "1999-10-14T18:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/81 "1999-11-02T14:29:00Z")
DB, Otis and I will be there around 5:30pm. And once again this brings me to…how will we recognize each other? Ideas? I say we all order a tall beer, where black and sit at the bar. Why black? Because it’s the outfit I plan to wear and I look best in black so most of my clothes are black. No, I’m not depressed. Sometimes. I think I need more Prozac today… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/82 "1999-11-02T14:44:00Z")
Uncle, thanks for the info - I’ll definetly show up if my ears start itching (you know, that paranoia thing). And to keep up with tradition, you and I will have to talk about saxophones until everyone else starts to LOUDLY complain. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/83 "1999-11-02T23:32:00Z")
I’ll be the guy in the chicken suit with swim fins and a lariat. Blue swim fins just in case there are other chicken suits. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Melatonin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Melatonin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melatonin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/84 "1999-11-03T02:05:00Z")
I have a nose ring- that will rule out at least 25 percent of the university area population. I also have a debilitatingly large amount of blond hair, which I usually wear in multiple braids. I think sitting at the bar is a good idea. At 5:30, there probably won’t be too many people fighting for that space. (Well, not at the Holiday Inn, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/85 "1999-11-04T14:54:00Z")
Anyone else? * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/86 "1999-11-04T15:14:00Z")
I’ll be the guy with the stupid-looking limp. . . . . . although I’ll be sitting down. OK, I’ll be the one drinking. * * * “Argue with what I _said_, not what you _think_ or _hope_ I said.” - Me ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/87 "1999-11-04T15:22:00Z")
Excellent, Phil. I’m really looking forward to meeting you. Especially after the little Sweetness debacle. I sent this to Drain Bead yesterday, but I’ll tell everyone here too. There is a post up there by Sucellus who is a long time friend of mine. We’ll be travelling down together. See ya all soon. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Otis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Otis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otis)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/88 "1999-11-04T15:32:00Z")
I will happily distinguish myself by being the one with two drinks in front of me…Oh wait, just to be safe, I’ll make it three. * * * “Stop the rope and let me in or I’ll go out and get some gin” ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/89 "1999-11-05T02:46:00Z")
I’d be happy to join y’all this weekend, but being as you’re all planning on drinking in a legal sort of way, I’m obliged to abstain. (considering I’m 18…) That is of course, someone decides to bring a keggar and tailgate outside the hotel… Wish you the best though, so order a steak on my behalf and a tall glass of milk (or just go straight into the Heinekins!) * * * “I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”-- Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) `\/-------\ `| |-----| | …c.c…c.c… ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/90 "1999-11-05T04:16:00Z")
Cowgod, if you can make it, please come. Everywhere we’ll be is a place you can get into…trust me, I know. Plus, we may need a designated driver. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/91 "1999-11-05T13:28:00Z")
Come on Cowgod! Bring your young self on over and you can have the Ice Tea part of my Long Island! * * * “Let me fall out of the window with confetti in my hair…” Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/92 "1999-11-05T13:41:00Z")
Cowgod, I think your divine presence is going to be **required**. We’re certainly going to need a deity to provide absolution. We promise we won’t try and drag you over to the dark side. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/93 "1999-11-05T14:41:00Z")
Since I’m the one who’s going to need to stand out in some way, I’ll be wearing a black Dominic Hasek jersey. I sincerely doubt that there will be any other tall redheads wearing Dominic Hasek jerseys in the immediate vicinity. ---
**Author:** ![Melatonin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Melatonin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melatonin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/94 "1999-11-05T17:22:00Z")
What is a Dominic Hasek jersey? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/95 "1999-11-05T17:26:00Z")
Dominic Hasek plays hockey in the NHL. He is the goalie for the Buffalo Sabres and wears #39. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/96 "1999-11-05T22:28:00Z")
To the top wit ye. Ya’ll stay tuned for the meeting minutes. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![Melatonin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Melatonin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melatonin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 1999, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/97 "1999-11-05T23:18:00Z")
I just wanted to state that I think it would be most groovy if we could manage to acheive a third page before we take Cowtown by storm. Maybe that’s just the ADD posterchild within me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/98 "1999-11-06T04:59:00Z")
I’ll do my part. I’ll be bringing a book I picked up tonight, called “The Book of Horrible Questions.” The questions are so terrible that I won’t actually be showing the book to anyone until we all at least have one drink under our belts (except for Cowgod, who hopefully has an iron constitution). Consider yourself prepared, and I’ll see you all tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/99 "1999-11-06T05:08:00Z")
## I wanted to come, but I haven’t been able to talk my husband into the five hour drive. Sorry guys, sounds like I’m going to miss one heck of a shindig. ☹ Shadowfox “Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763/100 "1999-11-06T14:45:00Z")
Well, that sucks. Damned laws of physics! I might be getting some cheesy “Hi, My Name is:” stickers and markers, if I can find any. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-or-bust/10763.md?page=6)