# 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:** 9
**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 9, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/161 "2005-12-09T21:14:49Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > BTW, **FCM** , I know you’re arriving early – hope you’re planning to hang out for a while, since I won’t be getting there till 6 or 6:30, and I’d hate to miss you. Not to be flippant, but we’ll just have to see how it goes. **FCD** still has some bad days - the cold makes his neck and shoulder really hurt and when that happens, all he wants to do is crawl under a pile of afghans and sleep. Wish I could be more definite than that… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/162 "2005-12-10T01:40:18Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > **DancesWithCats** Spats are not a bad idea. I considered having a cobbler make me a pair of custom shoes to match the hat and coat. But, spats are cheaper, take less time to make, and will outlast whatever pair of shoes they are worn over. I just wished you had mentioned this earlies. Spats also require buttons. Should I go with more large and tasteless buttons? Or should I go with something more subdued? In the interest of time, I’d go with faux buttons, and attach the spats with velcro or hot glue. Wait a minute **Meros** - I thought _I_ was the fat guy with long hair! 😕 BTW-Claymores are pretty small (3.5#), actually. Perfect for last minute holiday fragging of enemy troops. 😉 ---
**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 10, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/163 "2005-12-10T02:38:20Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > In the interest of time, I’d go with faux buttons, and attach the spats with velcro or hot glue. One of us has the wrong idea about spats. As far as I know, spats are not actually attached to the shoe. A strap runs from the bottom edge of one side of the spat, under the arch of the shoe, and buttons to the spat’s bottom edge on the other side. The top of a spat buttons along the ankle, much like the cuff of a shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Meros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Meros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meros)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/164 "2005-12-10T04:48:11Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Wait a minute **Meros** - I thought _I_ was the fat guy with long hair! 😕 Ok, fine, I’m the fat guy with long _blonde_ hair 😛 > [@](#): > > BTW-Claymores are pretty small (3.5#), actually. Perfect for last minute holiday fragging of enemy troops. 😉 Weight’s not too big a deal, I’m pretty sure my car could handle it, and I might even be able to fit it. The more I think about it though, 5ft. long pointy things and small children likely wouldn’t mix well. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/165 "2005-12-10T04:51:32Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Well, it will be tomorrow. I won’t be able to make it. However, I was wondering if we could make a list of who will be coming? Why on earth? ---
**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 10, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/166 "2005-12-10T12:35:17Z")
Okey-doke, I have my contribution in the cooler in the car and the directions printed out. I’m about to hop into the shower. We’ll be spending the day in Annapolis, then heading up some time in the afternoon. Probably later than 2, but we’ll be there eventually. I had a dream about this last night. **Ginger** , is your house painted in a lot of yellow? My dream was predominantly yellow. Also, it was a HUGE house, which I know is atypical of rowhouses. So the yellow is probably wrong, too. Whatevah - see you later! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/167 "2005-12-10T15:31:09Z")
> [@Meros](#): > > > [@danceswithcats](#): > > > > Wait a minute Meros- I thought I was the fat guy with long hair! > > Ok, fine, I’m the fat guy with long _blonde_ hair 😛 I’m the fat, quiet guy with medium hair who watches too much TV. 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/168 "2005-12-10T15:47:00Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > I’m the fat, quiet guy with medium hair who watches too much TV. 🙂 Are you also the fat, quiet guy with medium hair who builds working perpetual motion machines? Or who has a magnetic monopole? For if you have truly managed to ‘watch too much TV’, then these other equally impossible things should not be a problem for you. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/169 "2005-12-10T16:54:12Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Are you also the fat, quiet guy with medium hair who builds working perpetual motion machines? Or who has a magnetic monopole? Nope. Too busy watching TV, or at my computer. I have a TV next to my computer desk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/170 "2005-12-10T18:00:36Z")
Okay… Paper products in car… check (Plates, bowls, cutlery, cups) Menorah in car… check (no candles, though) Directions in hand… check I just need to stop for gas and I’ll be on my way. Aaron isn’t coming, though. He’s spending the night at Grandma’s. Robin ---
**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 11, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/171 "2005-12-11T01:19:10Z")
The official Party Poopers got home safe and sound. Mr. Party Pooper is medicated and crashed on the couch. I enjoyed meeting new folks and chatting with those I’d met before, even if _someone_ forgot we’d already met before… And I don’t think I caused the littlest WeirdNorthlet any damage when I kneed him in the head. :eek: Much as I love living in the middle of nowhere, it makes having a social life a pain sometimes. I think all you MADs need to move to southern Maryland. That would make my life so much easier, and that’s what it’s all about, right? 😉 Hope you’re all partying on and not mourning my departure! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/172 "2005-12-11T01:28:18Z")
Just got back. Sorry to have ducked out so early, but I’m not feeling well, and I don’t think **Anita** was either. It was very nice to meet/see folks, and thanks much to **Dave** and **Ginger** for having us all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/173 "2005-12-11T01:42:50Z")
We just got home a few minutes ago. Thanks for the great time! The SO really liked being around Jimmy and talking to **Anita**. We left before I got a chance to mention that I’m four degrees from Dan Aykroyd. My first Government job was in a mailroom with a guy who knew Donna Dixon’s father through his business. They both owned DC-area country bars at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Vacation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anita\_Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Vacation)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/174 "2005-12-11T01:54:52Z")
I also had a lovely time. Thank you, Dave and Ginger, for hosting yet again. It was great to see old friends again and meet new ones. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/175 "2005-12-11T04:56:55Z")
Sorry my timing was so off, in terms of getting to talk to (or even see, ahem, **FCM** ) many of you – oh well, next time. (I’m thinking we should organize some kind of outing for this winter sometime.) **Ginger, Dave** – many thanks for your outstanding hospitality. Hope you’ve managed to sweep out the riffraff by now… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/176 "2005-12-11T05:33:06Z")
The riff is all gone, but the raff is spending the night like she always does when we have a 'do. Thanks for coming, everyone! It was nice to see some new faces and it’s always great to see the not-so-new. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/177 "2005-12-11T06:12:40Z")
Made it home, safe and sound. More to come. Robin ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/178 "2005-12-11T07:45:50Z")
Thanks **Gingy** and **Weirdddave** for yet again hosting the pack of crazies that we be. For those who left early, you missed a four star performance of Balloon Animals Behaving Indiscreetly. Much squeaking ensued. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/179 "2005-12-11T12:45:15Z")
It was an excellent party & it was nice to see everyone. Thanks for the invite! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017/180 "2005-12-11T14:27:26Z")
Just adding my thanks to the wonderful hosts. I wanted to mention that the food was delicious, especially the turkey. It was really nice to meet everyone, and hope to make it to another DopeFest again soon. I’m sorry I missed Balloon Animals Behaving Indiscreetly. Did anyone take pictures? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-the-halls-v-mads-take-note/332017.md?page=10)