# Detroit! Ann Arbor! A DOPEFEST draws nigh! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829 "2008-02-23T07:33:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/61 "2008-02-29T23:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=rikc] “Gumming” is one of the most terrifying verbs I can think of. [/QUOTE] Depends if you’re the “gummer” or the “gummee”. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/62 "2008-03-05T15:59:30Z")
Ahem. Bump. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/63 "2008-03-06T15:59:21Z")
Man this thing sinks fast. Need. More. Helium. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/64 "2008-03-06T16:15:29Z")
So…uh…how many are we looking for? Should we do reservations? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/65 "2008-03-06T16:27:52Z")
Good Question. I just made an event on Facebook. Can everyone who’s planning on going RSVP there? If you’re not a member yet, suck it in and join! It’s for a good cause. Besides, It’ll be a good place to post the pics after. I also supplied the link at the Facebook Straight Dope Group, on the wall. [Facebook Event](http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8505667289&ref=mf) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/66 "2008-03-06T23:31:53Z")
Or… not. ::sulks:: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/67 "2008-03-07T00:28:35Z")
I don’t have Facebook. I’m not cool. _beats you with a stick_ ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/68 "2008-03-07T03:00:06Z")
Conor O’Neils, the 15th, right? No changes then? What are you two babbling on about? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/69 "2008-03-08T15:43:21Z")
Just…making sure… Next week, right? I are dumb. I kept telling the girl that it’s this Saturday. Just…treat me like I’m special and tell me where I need to stand and remind me how to eat, please. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/70 "2008-03-09T14:59:31Z")
Do we have a time that we’re setting up? 7 o’clock? Reservations? Bump? ---
**Author:** ![rikc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rikc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rikc)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/71 "2008-03-09T18:26:49Z")
Ahh, okay, the PM feature is turned off by default. I am not used to this, because it’s enabled on all of the Naruto fanfiction EZBoards I post on. Now it’s on! PM away! ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/72 "2008-03-09T19:05:17Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] You forgot **Kozmik** and **Shirley Ujest**. [/QUOTE] Thanks for remembering me. So Connor O’Neill’s on the Ides of March. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/73 "2008-03-09T19:07:34Z")
Hey are we still planning on doing this? What time? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/74 "2008-03-09T19:58:04Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] You should also torture **Nawth Chuck** a with an intive as well. [/QUOTE] I don’t know what an ‘intive’ is, but I don’t think I’d like to be tortured at all by any implement. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/75 "2008-03-09T21:22:03Z")
[QUOTE=Nawth Chucka] I don’t know what an ‘intive’ is, but I don’t think I’d like to be tortured at all by any implement. [/QUOTE] It was supposed to be an “invite”. The prospect of another Dopefest made my fingers giddy, y’see. As far as time, 7:30? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/76 "2008-03-09T23:33:31Z")
7:00 was the original time agreed upon I thought, but 7:30s all the same to me! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/77 "2008-03-10T00:34:08Z")
7 also works. Does anyone have any preference? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/78 "2008-03-10T00:36:15Z")
7:00 it is. ---
**Author:** ![rikc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rikc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rikc)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/79 "2008-03-10T00:37:55Z")
Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829/80 "2008-03-10T19:04:39Z")
Okay, let’s pause a moment and consider this… Conor O’Neils. An Irish Pub. On the closest partying day to St.Patricks Day. In a town full of students. **Figaro** sorta warned us earlier when we began planning this, but we blew right past that. My man said something to me a week ago when I mentioned it (lived in A2 for 20 years, works there daily) about how we’d probably be waiting in line just to get in. I questioned a coworker today who lives out that way and he laughed uproariously at our thinking we’ll ever get seated together at that bar, on that day. I’m not saying we shouldn’t go, I’m down with the group. Last time we wound up at my house just so we weren’t sitting on each other’s laps shouting to be heard, I fear it’ll be even crazier crowded this time. Should we be old people and meet up earlier, so at least we’ll have our territory staked out before the kidlets encroach? Change the place? Change the date? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-a-dopefest-draws-nigh/438829.md?page=5)