# DC Lunch Bunch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283 "2000-10-25T17:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/21 "2000-10-27T17:21:58Z")
Well, we had a bigger turnout this time! A 66% increase over last week’s attendance. **pldennison** and **Montfort** showed up, bringing this week’s total to 5. We’re growing! 😃 We all hung out at Loeb’s Deli for sandwiches and the conversation wandered all over the place, as usual. I lost the tip of my pinky in a soda can but **SqrlCub** sewed it back on, so I can still use the right shift key with no problem. We all got an international greeting from **Anniz** via **Montfort** ’s cell phone e-mail. I got plenty of trashing for not going to **RTFirefly** ’s Halloween party on Sunday. Gosh, if I’d have known about this last year I would have gotten married after my birthday. ☹ **SqrlCub** suggested we make this a semi-regular kind of thing and I’m all for it! We figure out how often we want to do this and we’ll warn the rest of you DC Dopers so you can make plans. That’s all I can think of for now - will let the others check in and add to it. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/22 "2000-10-27T17:24:40Z")
Must’ve been a short meeting, eh, **Olentzero**? I thought I would be the first one to post minutes. Anyway, after you left, we just laughed at your sweater. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/23 "2000-10-27T17:37:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > **We all got an international greeting from Anniz via Montfort’s cell phone e-mail** DAMN! I thought of doing this (saying ‘hi’ to y’all via PLD’s cellphone) to up the number of DC Dopers participating, and then decided not too…\ ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/24 "2000-10-27T17:37:06Z")
Montfort, roo-ood. Hi Anniz! It was a quick lunch place and next time we will have to go to a more veggie friendly place, like the burrito stand. :p:D \<— in honor of Surgoshan We had fun, and for all those who did not attend, yes we did talk about you. 🙂 HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/25 "2000-10-27T17:38:11Z")
yeah, go ahead and laugh. I don’t care. Actually the meeting got pushed back to 2 so I took advantage of the slack. Still am 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/26 "2000-10-27T17:46:22Z")
Oh, by the way, **Montfort** , if I came across as too brusque about you and **Anniz** I really apologize. I’m happy for the both of you, but also jealous that you’re hanging with a Swedish woman. Some guys get all the luck! ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/27 "2000-10-27T17:58:23Z")
So you talked about me? Whatcha say, huh huh huh??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/28 "2000-10-27T17:58:54Z")
Nah, **0lent** (am I the first to come up with that nickname?), I certainly didn’t get that impression. And, no one is as happy about it as we are. **Hi Anniz!** Call next time, Peta. See (most of) you tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/29 "2000-10-27T18:03:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\*So you talked about me? > > Whatcha say, huh huh huh??? 😃 \*\* That this was one Dopefest you **weren’t** at. ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/30 "2000-10-27T19:00:38Z")
Olentzero, you forgot one important tidbit about our lunch. As his first year wedding anniversary, Olentzero requested, and go, a kiss on the cheek from Sqrlcub. And, RT’s Halloween party is SATURDAY, not Sunday. Can you make it now? ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/31 "2000-10-27T19:03:20Z")
Hmmm…let me rephrase that… As his first year wedding anniversary present, Olentzero requested, and got, a kiss on the cheek from Sqrlcub. Maybe for next year’s present, Falcon will help you change. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/32 "2000-10-27T19:56:04Z")
Hi everyone! Heard you had a good time. I wish i could have come too, another time I’ll be there.:)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/33 "2000-10-27T20:06:33Z")
Maybe for my birthday present this year, everyone could drop it? 🙂 And Montfort…I may not make tomorrow’s either. Much packing to do, plus I’m not exactly great company right now. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/34 "2000-10-27T20:20:05Z")
**Falcon** , if you come, I’ll bring the good tequila! As you know, alcohol is the source of – and answer to – all of life’s problems. 😃 I thought the best thing about lunch was that nobody ordered the tongue sandwich. And it was fun to hear Sqrl and Olentzero discussing how to say “I like coffee” in Welsh. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/35 "2000-10-27T20:21:20Z")
**Falcon** , if you come, I’ll bring the good tequila! As you know, alcohol is the source of – and answer to – all of life’s problems. 😃 I thought the best thing about lunch was that nobody ordered the tongue sandwich. And it was fun to hear Sqrl and Olentzero discussing how to say “I like coffee” in Welsh. **Montfort** , I realized I have one of those Steven Pinker books I mentioned to you, “Words & Rules.” I’ll bring it to RT’s, if you want to borrow it. P.S. I already know this is a double post. I tried to stop it, but it was too late. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/36 "2000-10-27T20:30:51Z")
\*Originally posted by pldennison \* > [@](#): > > **Falcon** , if you come, I’ll bring the good tequila! As you know, alcohol is the source of – and answer to – all of life’s problems. 😃 A great man (Homer J. Simpson) once said: To alcohol, the cause, and solution, to all problems! > [@](#): > > I thought the best thing about lunch was that nobody ordered the tongue sandwich. And it was fun to hear Sqrl and Olentzero discussing how to say “I like coffee” in Welsh. Didn’t someone order tongue? Olentzero, maybe? I’m amazed at his skill with languages. He started talking to me in Swedish and I had no idea. I wish **Anniz** was there to translate. 🙂 **Montfort** , I realized I have one of those Steven Pinker books I mentioned to you, “Words & Rules.” I’ll bring it to RT’s, if you want to borrow it. [QUOTE] Yeah, I would. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/37 "2000-10-28T03:15:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pldennison \* > **I thought the best thing about lunch was that nobody ordered the tongue sandwich.** Oh, _man_, were _you_ not paying attention. It was very tasty! As for you, **Montfort** , I never did get to recommend which titles I thought would be good for learning Swedish, if you’re so inclined. If you still wanna hear it, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/38 "2000-10-28T04:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*As for you, **Montfort** , I never did get to recommend which titles I thought would be good for learning Swedish, if you’re so inclined. If you still wanna hear it, let me know. \*\* Sure, go ahead. Now that I’m at home, I can be more specific than “the black book.” I have: “Teach Yourself Swedish” by Vera Croghan and a pocket-sized Berlitz Swedish-English/Engelsk-Svensk dictionary ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/39 "2000-10-28T13:09:06Z")
Ah, grasshoppa, this is indeed an auspicious beginning. You have chosen wisely. I have this very book myself. I’ve always recommended the “Teach Yourself” series. They’re very, very good. Although I think it would be worth your while to cough up for a better dictionary, if you’re going to go with more than a tourist’s knowledge of Swedish. PRISMA puts out an abridged dictionary (its full dictionary is two volumes) that I find most useful. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283/40 "2000-10-28T17:01:21Z")
Back when I was trying to learn Czech, I got the Teach Yourself Czech book, and I learned a lot (well, enough to make sure I survived a week in Prague and didn’t eat anything non-vegetarian). I know I need a better dictionary; sometimes Anniz and I have a little trouble talking because her English isn’t 100% fluent yet. I’m not really pleased with the dictionaries I’ve found here in the States, simply because there are so few of them to choose from. When I’m in Stockholm, I intend to go dictionary shopping there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-lunch-bunch/38283.md?page=3)