# DC/Balt Dopers New Year's Party? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533 "2000-12-14T14:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/21 "2000-12-19T05:55:24Z")
Sure, I guess I could. But, will anyone want to watch it with me when they could be doing things like watching Dick Clark and/or playing cribbage? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/22 "2000-12-19T06:15:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*Sure, I guess I could. But, will anyone want to watch it with me when they could be doing things like watching Dick Clark and/or playing cribbage? \*\* I will, so long as it’s a good movie, IMO. I don’t particularly care for Dick Clark, and only so many people can play cribbage at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/23 "2000-12-19T06:27:08Z")
_ **You’ve never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey?!?!?!** _ BTW, I intend to start the film precisely at the stroke of midnight, thus ending it at about 2.40am EST on 1/1/2001. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/24 "2000-12-19T07:48:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > _You’ve never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey?!?!?!_ Nope. I’m not even really awaye of what it’s about. Good God, man, 2.67 hours long? Holy cripes! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/25 "2000-12-19T07:57:14Z")
Well, **Montfort** , there you have it. You must bring the movie so as to combat **iampunha’s** woeful ignorance of classic cinema. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/26 "2000-12-19T14:57:40Z")
I can’t wait to see what **weirddave** says when Hal starts talking to him. 😃 And thanks, **Montfort**! Meanwhile, on [Fathom](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&BypassCookie=true), I’m rapidly approaching Fanatic status…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/27 "2000-12-19T15:39:57Z")
Until 2:40??? Thank god I get New Year’s Day off. 🙂 Okay…y’all need to let me know what you want in the way of food. I’ll send out an email sometime tonight, since I dunno if everyone who came for football has seen this. (andygirl? Phil? You interested?) ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/28 "2000-12-19T17:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Good God, man, 2.67 hours long? Holy cripes! \*\* I think it’s that long. It’s definitely about or longer than 2.5 hours. And it’s sloooooooooooooooooow, and ponderous. And damn good. BTW, you kids these days, can’t take a movie over 90 minutes. Wait until I have my Kieslowski memorial film festival, featuring 20+ hours of Kieslowski: The Decalogue, The Double Life of Veronique, The Three Colors trilogy, plus The Scar and Camera Buff. And then, sometime in 2006-7, all six Star Wars films will be shown, in succession, at Chez Montfort et Anniz. Twelve hours of Yoda, R2-D2, Luke, Obi-Wan, Anakin/Darth, and Jar-Jar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/29 "2000-12-19T18:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > **BTW, you kids these days, can’t take a movie over 90 minutes.** Oh, baloney. I don’t like movies that short. Some movies I’ve seen, in fact, needed to be longer (if only so the plot could go further). ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/30 "2000-12-19T18:42:16Z")
Hey, don’t knock on pun. I’m 25, and I’VE never seen 2001. Never had any real desire to, either. _shrug_ 😃 (BTW, ummm…do I need to check anything to see if a DVD player will hook up to my TV?) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/31 "2000-12-19T19:10:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > **Hey, don’t knock on pun.** Of all the prepositions that can come after “knock” . . . ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/32 "2000-12-19T19:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > **Hey, don’t knock on pun. I’m 25, and I’VE never seen 2001. Never had any real desire to, either. _shrug_** Even worse, you’d never seen “A Hard Day’s Night” until **I** played it for you! Heathen! \*\* > [@](#): > > (BTW, ummm…do I need to check anything to see if a DVD player will hook up to my TV?) \*\* Montfort knows his equipment best (ha, ha), but you’ll probably need to check for audio- and video-input RCA-style jacks, or even better, audio jacks and an S-Video input. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/33 "2000-12-19T19:57:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pldennison \* > \*\*Montfort knows his equipment best (ha, ha), but you’ll probably need to check for audio- and video-input RCA-style jacks, or even better, audio jacks and an S-Video input. \*\* Actually, **Anniz** knows it rather well, too. But, simple RCA jacks will suffice. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/34 "2000-12-19T20:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*Actually, **Anniz** knows it rather well, too. > > But, simple RCA jacks will suffice. \*\* Too . . . many . . . jokes . . . . . . brain . . . overload. All I got to say is if you use RCA to jack off, there’s something wrong with your equipment, I don’t care HOW good **Anniz** says it is. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/35 "2000-12-19T20:15:03Z")
Peta: “Too…many…can’t…just one…” 😃 I’ll check both TV’s tonight…I suspect we might have to use the one in my living room, tho. It’ll be more comfortable in there, at any rate. And phil - does mean yer coming to play with the kitten some more? ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/36 "2000-12-19T21:18:07Z")
I’m up for it since I don’t think we have plans yet. I’ll have to check with Sqrl though. If his plans include sitting at home in front of his computer playing that damn Everquest, I’ll come by myself. And why don’t we each bring a dish. I know people have different foods they eat like pork and saurekraut, or hogmaw, etc. etc. for luck for the coming year. It will also give us variety. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/37 "2000-12-19T21:28:25Z")
dc - That sounds like a great idea. Anyone object? I’ll send out an email tonight, and y’all can sign up for what you wanna bring, if not… I’ll attempt to find a liquor store before NYE to get some beer and some more rum. 🙂 And Phil, should I buy some lemons and tequila??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/38 "2000-12-19T21:48:06Z")
Falc, doth worry about that, I’ll bring Cuervo, if folks want. Can bring Tripple Sec and sour mix if y’all want margaritas. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/39 "2000-12-19T23:01:14Z")
FTR, I’m still undecided on whether I want to come or not. Sure, I’d like to stamp out some ignorance and all, but right now I’m thinking I’ll just stay home with a liter of Absolut and my DVD. Dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533/40 "2000-12-19T23:11:48Z")
I’d join ya’ll but I have other plans. Have fun though and I’ll try my best to make the next one. -mike [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-balt-dopers-new-years-party/45533.md?page=3)