# Dope The Halls V - MADs take note **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017 "2005-11-21T02:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/81 "2005-12-05T01:06:20Z")
> [@Anita Vacation](#): > > I’ll bring hummus and pita, OK? Ok. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/82 "2005-12-05T17:46:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **GingerOfTheNorth** > Maybe a mix of Sprite and Coke? > [@av8rmike](#): > > I once knew a guy who drank that. I can’t imagine how nasty it must have tasted. Way back when I was in junior high, we could get fountain sodas in the cafeteria at lunchtime. We would sometimes mix the two. We called it ‘Sproke.’ IIRC, it was pretty tasty to my 12 and 13-year-old tastebuds. But what did I know? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/83 "2005-12-05T22:48:55Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Way back when I was in junior high, we could get fountain sodas in the cafeteria at lunchtime. We would sometimes mix the two. We called it ‘Sproke.’ > IIRC, it was pretty tasty to my 12 and 13-year-old tastebuds. But what did I know? My ex used to do this. He was 30 when we parted ways. There is no excuse. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/84 "2005-12-07T04:23:35Z")
A bump. Only a few days, now! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/85 "2005-12-07T12:55:59Z")
Some of us are still waiting on directions. _Taps foot impatiently_ You want your brownies and Sproke or not? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/86 "2005-12-07T13:00:13Z")
I’m gonna have to go into the “mebbe” column. I just checked the weather, and it’s supposed to a) snow Friday, b) get to just above freezing Saturday and c) get very cold Saturday night. All of which makes for very interesting road conditions that I’d just as soon not experience. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/87 "2005-12-07T13:10:38Z")
My health isn’t up to traveling and partying these days. I ask to be excused for now. Have fun, everyone. Pablo Picasso’s last words: Drink for me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink any more. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/88 "2005-12-07T13:19:25Z")
You’re right near 95, right? Since I’m mostly on main roads, I don’t see the weather being a problem. Of course, since I haven’t gotten directions yet … :dubious: I told **Doc Cathode** I’d give him a ride if he’d get himself to Center City to meet me, and haven’t heard back from him since, so I don’t know if he’s in or out – but I’m still in, AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/89 "2005-12-07T15:12:28Z")
BTW, has anyone heard from **RTFirefly**? I just read a book I got from him at the book exchange at Gettysdope. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/90 "2005-12-07T15:26:58Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > You’re right near 95, right? Since I’m mostly on main roads, I don’t see the weather being a problem. Of course, since I haven’t gotten directions yet … :dubious: > > I told **Doc Cathode** I’d give him a ride if he’d get himself to Center City to meet me, and haven’t heard back from him since, so I don’t know if he’s in or out – but I’m still in, AFAIK. I am nowhere near 95. To go to Bawlmer, I take the PA Turnpike to I-83 to Bawlmer. Major interstates, but interstates where there is a whole lotta nuffin’ for miles and a lot of truck traffic. I just don’t want to deal with the possibility of ice and trucks on the road after dark. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/91 "2005-12-07T15:31:59Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I am nowhere near 95. Yeah, I know – I wasn’t snarking at you, I was meditating on my own route. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/92 "2005-12-07T16:00:44Z")
Please send me directions. I’m sorry, but I can’t make any promises if I can make it or not. If I’m there, I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/93 "2005-12-07T16:54:33Z")
Just heard from **Doc Cathode** – he’s in. We’re gonna leave Philly around 4:30, so should get to your house around 6:00 or 6:30, something like that. Yay! Dope the halls! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/94 "2005-12-07T20:05:16Z")
I have just sent out directions to our place. If you plan to come and did NOT get directions, let me know by emailing me directly (Yahoo is awfully flaky with actually delivering group messages to me) and I’ll get them out to you ASAP. I sent them to some locals who haven’t responded to this thread, as well as those who have. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/95 "2005-12-07T20:06:20Z")
Uh, whoops c&p. WHATEVER. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/96 "2005-12-07T20:35:26Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yeah, I know – I wasn’t snarking at you, I was meditating on my own route. Apologies. I’ve just been a bit overtired and overstressed. Robin ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/97 "2005-12-07T20:37:37Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I am nowhere near 95. To go to Bawlmer, I take the PA Turnpike to I-83 to Bawlmer. Major interstates, but interstates where there is a whole lotta nuffin’ for miles and a lot of truck traffic. I just don’t want to deal with the possibility of ice and trucks on the road after dark. An alt for you is to come down PA 94, go through Hanover (PA 94 becomes MD 30 at the Manson-Nixon line), and hook up with the northeast expressway I 795 above Reisterstown and take that to the Inner Loop. Very little truck traffic, in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/98 "2005-12-07T20:43:09Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Way back when I was in junior high, we could get fountain sodas in the cafeteria at lunchtime. We would sometimes mix the two. We called it ‘Sproke.’ > IIRC, it was pretty tasty to my 12 and 13-year-old tastebuds. But what did I know? Does that mean a mixture of Dr. Pepper, Crush, and Tab is Dr. Crab? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/99 "2005-12-07T23:41:11Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Does that mean a mixture of Dr. Pepper, Crush, and Tab is Dr. Crab? 😛 :dubious: No, that’s just gross. Remind me to get my own drinks Saturday. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/100 "2005-12-07T23:51:57Z")
I have no idea what I’ll be bringing. Halvah? Turkish delight? Poppyseed roll loaf? Malt soda? Can I devise a way to keep an assortment of bar cheese from thawing in my cooler long enough to make it to the table? Canned squid? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017.md?page=6)