# Dope-A-Ween DC/MD/VA/PA/DE 10/27/01!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061 "2001-08-13T17:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/1 "2001-08-13T17:17:42Z")
Yes, it’s true. The Chance family is throwing another rip roaring party. And this time it’s a Halloween Costume Party! Prizes for best costume, silliest costume, etc…we’ll make them up as we go. So come on all you dopers! Who’s game to see if I can top the grand “Cat in the Hat gives tractor rides while drunk on cheap wine” incident of 1998? \*\* Date: Saturday, October 27, 2001 Time: 2PM to God alone knows when \*\* Goody bags for all! We’ll make them up. We’ll be serving beer, wine (Raspberry and Plum are my current favorites), hot food, cold food, snacks, candy, you name it. Games will be played, friendships made and broken, chaos rules the land, things fall apart and all that fine stuff. We don’t know if we’ll be having entertainment yet. At our Halloween parties we normally count on the guests to bring forth the entertainment! So who’s with me here? Let’s hear from those travelling dopers! At the Spring party in June we had people from 8 states arrive. Can we go international this year? Only **you** can prevent it from happening. I’ll say it again… **ARE YOU _WITH_ ME HERE???** And, as an aside… This is also my 1000th post. I’ve been saving it for just this announcement. It’s because I love you all so… _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/2 "2001-08-13T17:35:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Can we go international this year? Only **you** can prevent it from happening. > > And, as an aside… > > This is also my 1000th post. I’ve been saving it for just this announcement. It’s because I love you all so…\*\* If I’m there, and I plan to be there, then the lovely born-and-raised-in-Sweden **Anniz** will be there, too. Does she count for being international? And, mazel tov on 1000. I hit 3000 last night in a thread also near and dear to my heart: THE PHILLIES ARE IN FIRST PLACE IN THE NL EAST!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/3 "2001-08-13T17:51:18Z")
**Anniz** would certainly count as international! We’ll be glad to have her there. Do they have the whole “dress up in costumes and extort candy from strangers” thing in Sweden? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/4 "2001-08-14T03:09:59Z")
I plan to be there. And I plan to have the most original, yet fitting, costume. I just have to find the appropriate picture of the person I’m going to be. Many of you will recognize me as this person. A few will not. And for now that’s all I’m going to say. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/5 "2001-08-14T07:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Do they have the whole “dress up in costumes and extort candy from strangers” thing in Sweden? \*\* Yes, we have Halloween Costume Party here too, but it has just been here for the latest years. Many of things like this gets here from US. But I’ve never been to one before, so it would be fun to see how it is. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/6 "2001-08-14T12:18:43Z")
**Anniz** , we would be honored to have you present at our party. Let me know if I can make you feel at home by laying in anything unique to Sweden for you. As host, it’s my duty to make certain all of my guests are as comfortable as possible. And I look forward to **iampunha** ’s costume. How good can he be? Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/7 "2001-08-15T00:47:35Z")
_hand raised, jumping up and down…_ Oooo! Oooo! Us! Us! Are kids welcome at this one, too? 'Cause we all had a perfectly groovy time at your last party, and would love to come to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/8 "2001-08-15T00:57:23Z")
You know I’ll be there, nate, I already told you so! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/9 "2001-08-15T00:59:37Z")
You know I’ll be there, JC, I already told you so! ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/10 "2001-08-15T02:52:41Z")
Provided I’m not busy helping **hedra** and **epeepunk** prepare for the impending addition to their family, I’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/11 "2001-08-15T04:43:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > And I look forward to **iampunha** ’s costume. How good can he be? I’ll give you a hint, though you shouldn’t take the first thing that comes to your mind: Circus peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/12 "2001-08-15T13:07:42Z")
Hey, I just care about the costume **pun** , not your personal life! Yes, of course children are welcome. We’ll serve beer to the adults and get the kids so hopped up on candy that they’ll fly to the moon and back. We’ll be serving chocolate by the pound. Good stuff too, not this silly low-class chocolate. What else should I get? OK, I’ll ask it… **What’s everyone’s favorite candy?** ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/13 "2001-08-15T13:34:02Z")
Indian corn! (Or whatever the politically correct term for those little pyramids of sugar goodness is.) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/14 "2001-08-15T13:37:30Z")
OK, that’s one vote for 10 pounds of Candy Corn! Gotcha! Easy to deliver! Note to self: ‘indian corn’? Last I heard Indian Corn was that decorative, un-eatable red and brown corn that my grandmother keeps putting on her walls. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/15 "2001-08-15T14:03:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Note to self: ‘indian corn’? Last I heard Indian Corn was that decorative, un-eatable red and brown corn that my grandmother keeps putting on her walls. \*\* D’oh, you’re right. “Indian corn” is the darker coloured version of candy corn. I think Indian corn is red and brown. I meant “candy corn.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/16 "2001-08-15T14:04:11Z")
I’m with you on the nomenclature, Jonathan - and I’ll be there; I’ve just gotta think of a costume! ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/17 "2001-08-15T14:22:16Z")
Damn **[copycats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77800)**. What, you can’t make a trip to Buckeye Country, _“The Heart of it All,”_ so you’re just gonna stay out East and poach Dopers, huh? Actually, simul-Fests could be kinda neat…nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/18 "2001-08-15T14:43:01Z")
Ooo… A competition breaks out! I’ll have you know I announced this back during the Spring party! Top that! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/19 "2001-08-15T14:47:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > > And I look forward to **iampunha** ’s costume. How good can he be? > > I’ll give you a hint, though you shouldn’t take the first thing that comes to your mind: > > Circus peanuts. \*\* You’re going as [Jean Teasdale](http://www.theonion.com/archive/archive_teasdale.html)? [sub]Sorry, I couldn’t find the right column. But she got busted for stealing circus peanuts from her local store.[/sub] Robin ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/20 "2001-08-15T14:50:10Z")
I announced mine last year. August 13th\*, to be exact. So there. **punha** , you’re going as an elephant? Wait, you said “not the first thing”…a midget clown? [sub]\*: To see why this is funny (to me, anyway), check [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=81818)[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061.md?page=2)