# Detroit/Ann Arbor Dopers, let's have a holiday fest (Dec. 29th?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942 "2012-11-23T22:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 23, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/1 "2012-11-23T22:18:18Z")
**Sr. olives** and I are coming home for break this year, and as usual, I have a list of demands from my Doper friends. DEMANDS: 1. One (1) highly entertaining Dopefest to be held in the vicinity of delicious food over the Winter holiday. 2. A bowl of M&Ms available in my dressing room at every performance, with all the orange ones removed. So I was thinking maybe, hopefully ya’ll would be free on the 29th or 30th. I picked delicious Middle Eastern food last year in Dearborn, so someone else gets to choose this time. I would not, however, be opposed to delicious Middle Eastern food, if the spirit so moves ye. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/2 "2012-11-23T22:31:24Z")
wasn’t there another thread already on this topic? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/3 "2012-11-24T00:01:35Z")
Oh, sorry. I should have specified this is for **DECEMBER** 29th or 30th, not November. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/4 "2012-11-24T01:13:10Z")
Fixed the title for you. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/5 "2012-11-24T01:25:50Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > wasn’t there another thread already on this topic? [Yes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662388&highlight=detroit), there was. It was to be at **gfactor’s**. I’m in for the December one. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/6 "2012-11-24T01:32:17Z")
I suggest it be a **Gfactor’s**. His choice of dates. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/7 "2012-11-24T01:53:46Z")
Well let’s just hope this one takes off and materializes. The other one never did… ---
**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:** [November 25, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/8 "2012-11-25T20:54:50Z")
I’ll come if I can have all the discarded M&Ms. 🆒 ---
**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:** [November 25, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/9 "2012-11-25T23:17:17Z")
So the question is, **Gfactor** , do you want a bunch of crazy people at your house? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/10 "2012-11-25T23:38:02Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > So the question is, **Gfactor** , do you want a bunch of crazy people at your house? “House”? As in “accessible house”? Otherwise it needs to be somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/11 "2012-11-30T16:40:03Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > “House”? As in “accessible house”? Otherwise it needs to be somewhere else. 1. It’s an apartment, and it’s fairly accessible. 2. I’m out of town from 12/21-28, and I may already have a commitment on the 29th. I can probably make the 30th work, though. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/12 "2012-11-30T17:32:10Z")
29th is my daughter’s 3rd birthday. If it’s the 30th, that might work. What town are you in? ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/13 "2012-11-30T18:22:54Z")
I’ll check with **LOUNE** , **traceyfish** and **cmyk** … they must be having lives somewhere or something. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/14 "2012-11-30T18:26:41Z")
Well, that was easy. They’re in for the 30th. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/15 "2012-11-30T20:13:53Z")
Whoo hoo! I’ll see if my wife would be interested, too. As far as delicious holiday food, I’ll bring a gallon of my wife’s patented, authentic Sicilian amogue sauce and Italian bread for any garlic lovers. Although, it’s not necessarily _holiday_ food, per se, it’ll just literally make your tongue explode. In a good way. We’ll have EMS on speed-dial. ETA: Even if we do a restaurant first, you can never have too much dip at the ready. ETAA: No dip jokes, YOU! ---
**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:** [November 30, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/16 "2012-11-30T23:05:43Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I’ll see if my wife would be interested, too. Ooooh, the elusive wife! I thought she lived in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/17 "2012-12-01T00:40:02Z")
30th works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/18 "2012-12-01T00:53:41Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > 1. It’s an apartment, and it’s fairly accessible. I’ve learned through the years, most times the hard way, that many people (and businesses) have wide variances in what they consider “accessible”; most of the time these definitions fail to accommodate wheelchairs in any sort of respectable fashion. My only requirements are doors that are wide eough for clearance of my chair (from rim to rim my chair is 24 inches wide) and PREFERABLY not more than one step to get inside the aprtment (but unlike the door widths, this isn’t an absolute deal breaker). I can deal with anything else. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/19 "2012-12-02T07:42:58Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Ooooh, the elusive wife! I thought she lived in Canada. No. That’s my girlfriend. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942/20 "2012-12-02T08:02:43Z")
Well obviously the solution is for **Ambivalid** to attend his first ever dopefest at his place then! 😃 Nothing weird about that, nope, not at all. My first dopefest I wound up bringing a bunch of weirdos at a bar home with me, and just look how I turned out. Also, was anyone else just overcome with curiosity and had to go measure their doorways? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-ann-arbor-dopers-lets-have-a-holiday-fest-dec-29th/641942.md?page=2)