# Dope The Halls III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548 "2003-11-05T13:42:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/81 "2003-12-01T19:19:26Z")
**Ginger** , I wanted to let you know that my spousal unit is coming back to FL this weekend (yay! Anniversary together!!) so your kind personal invitation must be declined. I’m sure his decision to come back home early had nothing to do with his fear of getting a lapful of ice cream. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/82 "2003-12-01T19:59:08Z")
I swear I didn’t invite the waitress. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/83 "2003-12-01T20:59:48Z")
I’m in the “Maybe” column. My husband may be out of town, and if so, I need to find a babysitter, _and_ explain to the hubby why I’m going off to meet a bunch of strangers from the Internet. If I come, I’ll bring something desserty. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/84 "2003-12-01T21:04:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Nah, yer just an anarchist who likes capitalism. 😛 \*\* No shit. I’ve had three political reporters (2 staunch republicans and one staunch democrat) call me (and I quote) a ‘Crazy Whack-Job Anarchist’ and tell me I had no place trying to cover the hill. heh heh heh ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/85 "2003-12-01T21:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*I’m in the “Maybe” column. My husband may be out of town, and if so, I need to find a babysitter, _and_ explain to the hubby why I’m going off to meet a bunch of strangers from the Internet. > > If I come, I’ll bring something desserty. \*\* Bring the kids! ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/86 "2003-12-01T23:32:05Z")
I talked to **Cleophus** last night and hes a no. Hopefully you got the info on our transplanted Philly Dopers from **TP** ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/87 "2003-12-02T03:00:26Z")
I found her email address and sent her a heads-up, and if you look up you’ll see that she’s responded. ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/88 "2003-12-02T03:03:31Z")
So I see. That’ll teach me to read more carefully next time. Bring the homebrew on **moi** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/89 "2003-12-02T13:57:56Z")
I have thus far made two different kinds of cookies and some weird mince rollup things. oday will probably be tarts and more cookies. Pumpkin pie later this week so it doesn’t dry out. I sincerely hope you people like baked goods. Nobody leaves until they’re eaten. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/90 "2003-12-02T14:22:21Z")
Jeez. What would happen at MY house if I said that at one of my parties? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/91 "2003-12-02T14:27:07Z")
Okay, I’m in. I’ll bring Chanukah cookies along with the black bottle of bubbly. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/92 "2003-12-02T15:12:04Z")
I’d predict you’d need a bigger parking lot, **JC**. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/93 "2003-12-02T18:32:29Z")
The aroma of shortbread cookies is wafting through my house. I wish I could bottle this scent. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/94 "2003-12-02T19:03:12Z")
Awwww… I wanna come… I’m sad now.How many miles away are you from me? I’m sure I could hitchhike… ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/95 "2003-12-02T19:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Not to worry; it’s impossible to break your teeth on these. > > I suppose a purist might consider them candy rather than cookies, but I don’t think anyone will mind if I use the wrong term. \*\* Well then bake away my good man, bake away. Just if I ever offer you cookies and say I made them myself, run, run very fast. You would need a jackhammer to even try and eat anything I bake. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/96 "2003-12-02T20:13:42Z")
This reminds me of a funny, but absolutely true, story. One summer while my sister (who was then 15) was visiting my aunt and uncle, she made cookies. They were like Edward the Head cookies, apparently, as they were too hard to eat. My uncle, Greg, used them as [skeets](http://indigo.ie/~gerryq/Skeet/skeet.htm). ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/97 "2003-12-02T20:32:08Z")
I told my office-mate (who’s something of a gun nut) that he should take all of our unusable AOL and other CDs to the sporting clay range. He told me that, because of the weight and hole in the center (or something), CDs don’t make good skeet. I still don’t see why he couldn’t have just thrown them in the air and shot them. Silly guy, he was probably concerned about safety or something. I’m still planning on coming, but given the amount of food being made, I should probably just bring my appetite. And maybe a spare. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/98 "2003-12-02T20:42:01Z")
A spare hollow leg? ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/99 "2003-12-03T07:14:51Z")
**Meros** , prepare yourself for a full-on moi hug/tackle. I’ve been missin’ my Philladopers! 🙂 **Ginger** , can I get some directions? ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548/100 "2003-12-03T07:53:09Z")
I’m in. Sorry I took so long to confirm but there were some late debates about my schedule. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-iii/211548.md?page=6)