# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/21 "2001-08-15T15:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Ooo… > > A competition breaks out! > > I’ll have you know I announced this back during the Spring party! > > Top that! \*\* :throws down a gauntlet: Indeed, sirrah, havest thou a [sleazy nun](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77800#post1437608), a [Catholic schoolgirl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77800&pagenumber=2#post1445759), or a [Mermaid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77800&pagenumber=2#post1442571)? Surely not. Harumph! However, we’ll all have a blast, won’t we?! Okay, I’ll bet ours will be less…family-oriented than yours! Nyah-nyah! 😃 ---
**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/22 "2001-08-15T15:42:26Z")
_ **See!** _ You don’t even have a [**Minister of Affairs**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1468500#post1468500)! How do you expect to coordinate a HallowDope/Dope-a ween with a _ **MoA** _?! And no, you can’t have mine. 😃 ---
**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/23 "2001-08-15T15:49:53Z")
Who needs a minister of affairs? I’m a benevolent dictator. I buy off the masses with enormous amounts of food, alcohol and candy. What more do they need? Who’s with me here, people? Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/24 "2001-08-15T16:00:57Z")
Hey, I’m in! I can’t make the Fells Point pub crawl for Airman Doors but damn, I want to join in a Dopefest! What can I bring? Hmm, gotta think of a non-lame costume. . . ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/25 "2001-08-15T21:55:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > Who’s with me here, people? Who’s with me? I am, Jonathan! And as will become apparent on the 27th, I am ALL you need! ---
**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:** [August 16, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/26 "2001-08-16T01:58:13Z")
Candy corn? I am _so_ there! Now to start shopping for a suitably revealing costume… ---
**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 16, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/27 "2001-08-16T02:33:39Z")
Dang straight we’re family friendly… I’m friendly…and I have a family! (Even if Lady Chance is away for the week in New Jersey. Single parentdom is SO revealing of character, right?) So to this point we’re looking at: \*\* Montfort Anniz\* iampunha Lucretia, Bluesman and the most polite, well-behaved children the world has ever known Weirddave Tranquilis\* RTFirefly (who should just paint a mustache on and talk fast) Zappo\* Geobabe \*\* That’s why I love you so! And hey, let’s shut down those silly self-identify as so-called ‘Buckeyes’. Let me here some testimony about the quality of Chance-enabled parties! Give it up here people! \*Chance Party Rookie, hee hee hee ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/28 "2001-08-16T03:01:16Z")
Damn, I’m already promised to **thinksnow** Wait, that didn’t come out quite right… Seriously, unless a better mooching environment will be created with this party, I’m sticking with the generous and loving crew of OhDope. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/29 "2001-08-16T03:10:36Z")
Um, for those of us that missed the first Chance shindig, whereabouts are you? Or am I to drive around the five states mentioned and listen for the debauchery? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/30 "2001-08-16T03:11:18Z")
Since I got totally boned the last time there was a party, I WILL be at the Halloween bash, and any friggin’ emergency proposals will have to be done without me. May I suggest Smarties or Sweetarts? ---
**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 16, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/31 "2001-08-16T04:00:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*goboy \*\* > Since I got totally boned the last time there was a party… So…it was a _good_ party for you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/32 "2001-08-16T04:23:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > Now to start shopping for a suitably revealing costume… How about [this](http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/redcarpet/gallery/gallery5_4.html), Geobabe? It’d be nice to see it on someone who can do it justice. Oh, and Medea’s Child: mooching is encouraged at JC’s party. Trust me. He was practically begging us to eat back in June. [sub]Please come? And tell Le Sang about it?[/sub] Clue number 2: We all want to meet him, but he’s ever so elusive. ---
**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 16, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/33 "2001-08-16T15:00:51Z")
**Medea’s Child** , I can’t really speak to a ‘mooching’ environment except to say that I lay on the entire spread myself. Loads of food and fun. Just ask around, someone will tell you. But I’d _never_ go poaching on an Ohioan. Never occur to me in a ka-billion years! **Verrain** …always glad to help. We live in the mountains of Virginia near the WV line south of Harpers Ferry. I’ll be putting up a website with directions and further info in a week or two. We’re about an hour from DC and maybe 1.5 - 2 from Baltimore. Of course, if you lived in Leesburg, you’d be home now! **Goboy** …how about Smarties **and** Sweetarts! I know you got hosed last time and I want to make certain you have a great time this time. Anything for a pal! Anyone else? Oh, and of course we’ll be having Sweet-T’s special ice cream sundaes again. Hope you all aren’t too disappointed by that fact. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/34 "2001-08-16T15:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > **Medea’s Child, I can’t really speak to a ‘mooching’ environment except to say that I lay on the entire spread myself. Loads of food and fun. Just ask around, someone will tell you.** I’ll tell you! There’s . . . lots of food! Circus peanuts! Squirrel Nut Zippers! Peanut Brittle! Pretzels! Chips ‘n’ dip! Oreos! Cheetos! Fun vegetables! Ice cream! Pies! A BIG-ass sub! Buffalo wings! Lasagna! Something with bacon! Root beer! Real beer! Other assorted beverages! Fun: Watching Airman Doors lose $15 to JC on music trivia, then watching AD come up with (after an initial wrong guess) Davey Johnson (I think) as the second-baseman with the most home runs in one season! Howling along with a CD! Wondering what was under that one guy’s quilt! Watching John Corrado’s girlfriend talk about kiwis and pet JC’s head! Distinguishing between the two JCs! Shouting “Two! Two! Two!” in a room with lots of other people doing the same. Hearing about instant beer! Doing an impression of a capybara! Chasing Lucretia’s two female kids around while being exhausted **at the very same time**! It is currently tied for first place as the most fun I have ever had at a dopefest. It would be in first were it not for the fact that I was running on fumes for the last three hours (dopefests tire me out the more fun/involvement I have at/in them). I have been to . . . a lot. Probable closer to 20 than to 10. > [@](#): > > But I’d _never_ go poaching on an Ohioan. Never occur to me in a ka-billion years! Ah yes, but I will. Medea’s Child, I swear you will have fun here:) You and Le Sang can drive down and he can tell you all about the dopefest on the 2nd and . . . it’s not a very far drive from Pitt, is it? ::goes to mapquest:: Oh. Crap. It’s like 300 miles to JC’s place. You could talk about a LOT with Le Sang! And do your homework on the way! And ::collapses:: ---
**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:** [August 16, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/35 "2001-08-16T15:30:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* How about [this](http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/redcarpet/gallery/gallery5_4.html), Geobabe? It’d be nice to see it on someone who can do it justice. > \*\* Well, I was thinking more along the lines of generous helpings of cleavage rather than full-on exposed breasteses, but I’ll give it some thought. I can attest to JC’s generosity with the food and fun. The June 'fest was tremendous! Although I have vague memories of Bluesman making some weird and disgusting combination of foods nature never intended (it was something like candy and onion dip or some similarly revolting mix; I think I’ve blocked it from my memory). ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/36 "2001-08-16T15:37:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > Wondering what was under that one guy’s quilt! This was a lot of fun, but what was even MORE fun was wondering what was under that OTHER guy’s KILT. [sub]Preview is my friend, especially when I did not sleep the night before . . . [/sub] > [@](#): > > breasteses Flashback to high school to this incredibly hot girl who happened to have generous helpings of cleavage as well. And she was nice. One of the few people I truly miss from high school. ---
**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 16, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/37 "2001-08-16T20:14:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > **Well, I was thinking more along the lines of generous helpings of cleavage rather than full-on exposed breasteses, but I’ll give it some thought.** **Geobabe** can you really afford to go with the huge amounts of cleavage thing? Remember what happened last time out on the porch! You think we have trouble controlling ourselves now… ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/38 "2001-08-17T00:11:48Z")
Aww heck it’s a bit of a trip from New Jersey but if you have a place for me to stay in the area count me in. I’ll just take off from work ---
**Author:** ![Tabeitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@Tabeitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabeitha)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/39 "2001-08-17T00:42:03Z")
I would love to come!! I don’t drink beer or wine, but if it’s alright with you I’d like to bring a few bottles of my favorite Rum. I don’t eat much and I promise I won’t lurk one on (I was gonna say one, but more like a hell of a lot of you). I’d like to meet my fellow DC area Dopers. ---
**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 19, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061/40 "2001-08-19T00:53:22Z")
Great, just great! **MannyL** , you’re more than welcome to stay on our couch etc. I’m sure we can find something for you. Or, if you’d like, I can plug you into the local Days Inn. We’re kind of short on hotels this far out but I’m sure something can be done! **Tabeitha** , by all means bring Rum. We don’t serve it but we won’t prevent you from bringing as long as you share with the other guests…no hoarding! The only thing I ban at our parties is anything illegal. And don’t get falling down drunk in front of the kids. We once had someone pass out on our kitchen floor in the old house in Kensington. How embarassing! Also, I advise everyone that young **SNenc** is moving back to town with a new job. I’ve invited him to the party and hope he can come. Let’s give him some encouragement here, people! So we currently stand at: \*\* Montfort Anniz\* iampunha Lucretia, Bluesman and the most polite, well-behaved children the world has ever known Weirddave Tranquilis\* RTFirefly (who should just paint a mustache on and talk fast) Zappo\* Geobabe Tabeitha MannyL SNenc (if we can make the sale…) \*\* And for the candies in the goodie bags we’re looking at: \*\* Candy Corn Smarties Sweet-Tarts \*\* I **know** there has to be more candy that people love out there. No one’s even mentioned anything with chocolate yet! What’s the deal? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-dc-md-va-pa-de-10-27-01/76061.md?page=3)