# Dope-A-Ween III DC/VA/MD/PA/WV/NC 10/25/03 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298 "2003-09-12T22:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/161 "2003-10-02T15:01:35Z")
I’m starting to think about attending. The best costume idea I have at the moment is flowing robes, a bo stave – and a six-shooter stuck in the belt cord. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/162 "2003-10-02T15:27:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*You’d still wear it. You wore my bridal veil. \*\* He also wore my friend’s garter on his head. Odd one, that boy is. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/163 "2003-10-02T15:34:20Z")
Hey, there’s nothing all that unusual about wearing undergarments on your head. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/164 "2003-10-02T16:21:09Z")
Not again… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Marko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@El\_Marko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Marko)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/165 "2003-10-02T17:13:51Z")
Sounds like fun, y’all. I might have to make the 3-ish hour trek up from southern MD. **JC** , you can put me down as a definite maybe. I’ve been looking for a good excuse to show of my new lightsaber. **Guin** , was that you who was thinking about doin’ the Jedi thing? I’ve got a really cool lightsaber and an el-cheapo jedi costume (the kind of thing you can get from Spencer Gifts and such, all polyester or whatever). I’d like to be able to put together really nice jedi costume, but the expense would probably be quite prohibitive. Oh, and **Opal** (aka The Gypsy Queen), Yowzah! Can’t wait to meet you! ---
**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:** [October 2, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/166 "2003-10-02T18:19:23Z")
Hey, zing me your email address and I’ll make sure you get the e-vite. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/167 "2003-10-02T18:45:11Z")
The FRINGE, dude! I mean, the FRINGE would flare up! D’uh! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/168 "2003-10-02T21:05:50Z")
I think **fizzes** , **Opal** , and **Guin** are conspiring to make my brain totally short-circuit. Not that it’s all that far away from such a fate, most days. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > **JC** - any chance we could start a thread on Fathom, pointing to this one? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/169 "2003-10-02T22:46:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Huh. I thought it was just a halloween costume. Works that way. \*\* It is. It just would have worked well at the Ren Faire. Which is why I was trying to post that in the Ren Faire thread… but when I have ninety-eleven threads open at once I tend to get confoosed. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/170 "2003-10-03T00:44:28Z")
ARe you suggesting something, RT? Or are you and Opal ganging up on me? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/171 "2003-10-03T09:28:42Z")
I’m sure Opal and I _would_ have ganged up on you, had we thought about it. Nah, just want to see if a Fathomite or two can be pulled into this. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/172 "2003-10-03T14:30:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MannyL \* > \*\*Tranquilis- > > Three of the five people I was going to ask so far declined to give me a lift to the bridge area. I’m still working on that though. \*\* OK, keep at it… I’m crossing my fingers for you. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/173 "2003-10-03T15:56:34Z")
I’d love to find a way to come, but I’m not sure my car could handle a road trip to Virginia from here. I just hit 100,000 miles on a crappy Saturn (yeah, Dave, I finally admit it’s crappy…). I think I’d end up stranded somewhere around New York. Anyone from Boston want to carpool? Maybe I’ll catch the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/174 "2003-10-04T02:14:05Z")
Ooooh! Guess what I found-tap shoes! Character shoes with taps! They’re ancient and scuffed, but I only paid a buck fifty for 'em at the Salvation Army! I hope the Chance Estate has hardwood floors! _clickety clickety clickety click click CLICK_ I also found a dress in my closet for a back up, in case I can’t find a cheap enough flapper dress. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/175 "2003-10-04T03:13:11Z")
Pammipoo: Amtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/176 "2003-10-04T04:14:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*I just hit 100,000 miles on a crappy Saturn (yeah, Dave, I finally admit it’s crappy…). \*\* It’s about time, too. I was beginning to wonder how long your delusions lasted. Now I know. About 1.5 years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/177 "2003-10-04T04:31:19Z")
Now we all know how long it takes **Pammipoo** to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Delusion:D BTW, **Pamm** , would it be possible for you and **bouv** to ride down together? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/178 "2003-10-05T01:33:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*I’d love to find a way to come, but I’m not sure my car could handle a road trip to Virginia from here. I just hit 100,000 miles on a crappy Saturn (yeah, Dave, I finally admit it’s crappy…). I think I’d end up stranded somewhere around New York. Anyone from Boston want to carpool? > > Maybe I’ll catch the next one. \*\* 100K and you’re worried? TBT (tired blue truck) is now at 366K and still ticking. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/179 "2003-10-05T02:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \* > \*\*100K and you’re worried? TBT (tired blue truck) is now at 366K and still ticking. 🆒 \*\* Damn… **Punha** , I think Bouv’s all set to hitch a ride with the Doors clan, and I’d try to tag along, but I think I’d end up strapped to the roof 🙂 And Dave, I’ve had delusions last much, much longer…this is nothing! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298/180 "2003-10-05T11:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Pammipoo_ > I’d try to tag along, but I think I’d end up strapped to the roof This sort of activity can actually be quite. . .umm. . .stimulating, if the right kinds of straps are used!😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-a-ween-iii-dc-va-md-pa-wv-nc-10-25-03/201298.md?page=10)