# DC Dopefest/St. Pat's Party **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614 "2001-02-08T14:23:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/101 "2001-03-12T05:58:10Z")
The one with the long brown/blond (sorta)/red (sorta) hair who crosses his arms most of the time is iampunha, who goes by just about anything you like. Perhaps we should color coordinate by state?šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/102 "2001-03-12T06:53:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*On another note, I wonder if I can persuade **SqrlCub** and **dcnewsman** to climb down off the fence and commit to this shindig if I promise to bring _chile con queso_ from the Tortilla Factory again (so itā€™s not Irish, sue me, but Sqrl in particular quite enjoyed it when I brought it to New Yearā€™s). > > \*\* Hmmmā€¦if I get to see Quietgirl beat up Noisyboy (Iampunha), how could I miss it? I can come for a few hours but my boss is having a party Sat. night and I think it is probably in my best interest to show upā€¦plus there were be plenty of free alcohol there. šŸ™‚ As for Sqrl, you all will have to ask him yourselves. Unless there is a computer there with Everquest on it, I wonā€™t guarantee it. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/103 "2001-03-12T16:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > The one with the long brown/blond (sorta)/red (sorta) hair who **crosses his arms most of the time** is iampunha, who goes by just about anything you like. . Anti-social behavior, perhaps? Or never heard of pockets? Too young to drink? Hands make great beer holders; I highly recommend them, if you have the means. That last part is just an excuse to ignore people. I tried it for a while, but people resorted to throwing stuff at me to get my attention. Wasnā€™t bad until they started throwing sharp pointy things. But this occasion is dry, right? Wonā€™t seem much like St. Patā€™s day w/o a Guinness and Bushmillā€™s. Oh well, I guess green dye in the Sprite will have to suffice. Or maybe some Stewartā€™s Key Lime Soda? Hafta look into that. You folks are _such_ a great help. Iā€™ll not have too much trouble with the ladies (they seem to stick in my mind pretty well); for the rest, Iā€™m bringing a marker pen and some nerf balls. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/104 "2001-03-13T05:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ExTank \* > **Anti-social behavior, perhaps? Or never heard of pockets?** Among other thing. IM me if you want an excruciatingly detailed explanation of my social patterns for the past several years. Otherwise, just attribute it to being in the wrong places at the wrong times for . . . well, a while.šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [March 13, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/105 "2001-03-13T13:51:43Z")
> [@](#): > > . Unless there is a computer there with Everquest on it, I wonā€™t guarantee it. I never really got into online gaming, but Motor City might change that. Besides, we donā€™t have any extension cords that will reach all the way to the park. Iā€™ve been keeping an eye on the weather reports for Saturday, sounds like the weather will cooperate. Oldies 100 mentioned a chance of rain, but I think that was for the morning. We went shopping last night, hereā€™s what we have so far: 1. 4 assorted 2-liter sodas. 2. a whole bunch of chicken nuggetsā€“some plain, some spciy & some cheesy (OK, so theyā€™re not Irish, but theyā€™re certainly party food). 3. chicken nuggets without the chicken (Hi, Opal!)ā€“again some plain & some spicy. 4. a bunch of plates & cups. Couldnā€™t find green plates, but we did get green cups. 5. ingredients for watergate cake. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/106 "2001-03-13T14:13:02Z")
**Ex Tank**? Iā€™m bringing some Stewartā€™s Key Lime. Also, some IBC Root Beer, because Iā€™m addicted to it. I was going to color the ice green, but my husband said I couldnā€™t put food coloring in his new [white] cooler. Party-pooper. Iā€™m planning to cook something to bring, as well ::cackling wickedly and rubbing hands together in mad-scientist fashion:: but I havenā€™t decided what yet. Be warned. In celebration of holiday, Iā€™m honoring my ethnic group (white-bread-suburban-WASP). Jello and mini-marshmallows _may_ involved. Or something even worse. Culinary Mad-Scientist Jess ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/107 "2001-03-13T14:39:36Z")
**Jeff** , can you e-mail directions to [pldennison@yahoo.com](mailto:pldennison@yahoo.com)? Leigh-Anne and I are going to bring my famous (or infamous) guacamole, and, if anyone is interested (esp. the vegetarians) some hummus as well. And we can bring along some drinks. Maybe Stewartā€™s Cream Soda? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/108 "2001-03-13T15:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Jeff, can you e-mail directions to [pldennison@yahoo.com](mailto:pldennison@yahoo.com)? Done. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/109 "2001-03-13T16:09:54Z")
Seeing as Iā€™m already making dessert for my potluck lunch at work the day beforeā€¦Iā€™ll bring something for dessert. Lord only knows what itā€™ll be, of courseā€¦probably something with chocolate. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/110 "2001-03-13T16:23:38Z")
Jeff - Please email directions to [loreon@yahoo.com](mailto:loreon@yahoo.com). Thanks. Iā€™m working on clearing my saturdays aft so that I can attend. Itā€™s going to be outside right? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/111 "2001-03-13T16:42:30Z")
In yet another ā€œI hate this place!ā€ move . . . The GMU Office of Housing and Life and ā€œCan we Make Your Life Complicatedā€ Affairs has decreed that I choose my housing options this Saturday between 1 pm and 2:30 pm. So that makes things more difficult. Jeff, when were you expecting the bulk of us? Any time after about 5 works for me, but I can always _gasp_ speed:) ---
**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:** [March 13, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/112 "2001-03-13T18:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Please email directions to [loreon@yahoo.com](mailto:loreon@yahoo.com). Thanks. Iā€™m working on clearing my saturdays aft so that I can attend. Itā€™s going to be outside right? Also done, and we will definately be outside. BTW: if thereā€™s not enough parking spots for yā€™all on our side, thereā€™s another lot across the street you can try. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/113 "2001-03-13T18:46:13Z")
Oh, and as with all our parties we expect attendees to come & go as they please. People are welcome to show up between 2:30 and 3 to help set up the picnic area. Weā€™ve also invited a couple of people not involved with the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/114 "2001-03-14T04:45:42Z")
Iā€™m more than willing to bring ā€œstuffā€, whatever the nominal organizer(s) deems necessary, but I have limited _accomodations_ here in Aberdeen. So any non-snack food item I bring will be of the pre-cooked ā€œdeliā€ variety. **Iampunha:** ah, no thanks. Iā€™ll take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/115 "2001-03-15T05:31:52Z")
Jeff, could you email directions to [hawk1204@home.com](mailto:hawk1204@home.com)? I seem to have lost my copyā€¦ ---
**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:** [March 15, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/116 "2001-03-15T15:11:20Z")
Done, again. Also, this isnā€™t exactly a potluck picnic, so attendees can just bring themselves if so desired. It would be nice to have some tunes with us, does anyone have a boombox-type CD player they can bring? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/117 "2001-03-15T18:00:57Z")
Iā€™ll still bring the queso because itā€™s damn good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/118 "2001-03-15T20:06:56Z")
Welp, I have to change Tark and I to a ā€œno.ā€ I know itā€™s not as if the world is going to further tilt on its axis or anythingā€¦the moneyā€™s not there and the energyā€™s not there. My sisterā€™s gonna take my kids for the afternoon and weā€™re going to spend it in Geek Heaven, blissfully MUDding. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/119 "2001-03-16T00:19:47Z")
Jeff, could you e-mail directions to [Lucretia@home.com](mailto:Lucretia@home.com)? Iā€™m not sure what we will bring, though Iā€™m leaning toward a veggie party plate. You said itā€™s an outdoor-type picnic placeā€¦are kids welcome? ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614/120 "2001-03-16T02:57:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*Iā€™ll still bring the queso because itā€™s damn good stuff. \*\* I hope so, that was the clincher that enticed me to come. šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-st-pats-party/53614.md?page=7)