# Doper Valentines Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763 "2004-01-23T14:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 3, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/61 "2004-02-03T18:59:25Z")
I went to buy valentine cards, and realized I needed to allow enough lead time for you creative folk (directly, or via child labor) to make your cards. So I’ll send out the lists in the next few days. Anybody who signs up later this week will be included in a follow-up email on Sunday. (Follow-up: The gender-nonspecific player has been confirmed as a female. Just in case anybody else was keeping count. There’s still one player of unknown gender.) ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/62 "2004-02-03T20:35:57Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > Darn it! It’s not fair! I want slave labor, too! She also fetches the remote for me, too. Helped me with the dishes a little bit ago, and likes to clean the bathroom. I love my kids. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/63 "2004-02-03T23:14:00Z")
Love, huh? Well, we didn’t _have_ love when _I_ was a boy! We sniffed each other, and we _liked_ it! JK, count me in. Y’all know I love you little heathens! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/64 "2004-02-03T23:19:45Z")
Love, huh? Well, we didn’t _have_ love when _I_ was a boy! We sniffed each other, and we _liked_ it! JK, count me in. Y’all know I love you little heathens! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/65 "2004-02-03T23:21:33Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > … and likes to clean the bathroom. _Likes_ to clean the bathroom??? Is she available for adoption?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/66 "2004-02-03T23:22:50Z")
We didn’t have no double posts when _I_ was a boy! We used the pony express and we _liked_ it! 😃 Sorry! 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![Hazeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Hazeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazeus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/67 "2004-02-03T23:47:22Z")
Just added myself to the list, btw me=Canadian, male ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/68 "2004-02-04T02:11:25Z")
Welcome to the Boards, **Hazeus**. You do realize that not everything we do around here is quite this much fun, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/69 "2004-02-04T04:04:08Z")
I’m not much with handmade Valentines, but the computer geek in me has concocted a Straight Dope themed special Valentine for everyone on my list. You’ll know it when you see it… …'cause it’s a Dope kinda Love. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/70 "2004-02-04T07:15:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _ **twickster** said:_ > Welcome to the Boards, **Hazeus**. You do realize that not everything we do around here is quite this much fun, right? Um, **Hazeus** , the Reception Committee has told you about the entrance ritual, right? You did bring the salad tongs? ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/71 "2004-02-04T13:46:31Z")
> [@YellowTail](#): > > _Likes_ to clean the bathroom??? Is she available for adoption?!?! Nope, she is all mine. I am going to miss her when she goes to preschool. I may have to lounge about the house and wait to clean when she comes home from those half days, just so she can help. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 4, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/72 "2004-02-04T14:32:04Z")
I sent out the Big Fat Mailing List last night to the people who wanted the entire list. At that point 49 (!!!) people had signed up… … and I think the list only had 48 of them. Oopsie. I’ll send out an update tonight, which will include **Hazeus**. I split the big list into four regional sub-lists. With cross-region mixing and matching, each person’s list will have around 25 people on it. I’ll be sending out those lists tonight or tomorrow. Sign-ups are open through this Saturday, and will be distributed to balance numbers. I’ll send out updated lists Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/73 "2004-02-04T15:01:17Z")
**Scuba\_Ben** , you rock! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/74 "2004-02-04T15:12:55Z")
Yup, thanks **Scuba Ben**! (BTW, I noted _your_ address with some interest – I work about 10 minutes from there, up by Broad Axe. Maybe we should get together for a Microdope sometime – coffee at the food court at Plymouth Meeting, mayhaps?) ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/75 "2004-02-04T16:05:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yup, thanks **Scuba Ben**! (BTW, I noted _your_ address with some interest – I work about 10 minutes from there, up by Broad Axe. Maybe we should get together for a Microdope sometime – coffee at the food court at Plymouth Meeting, mayhaps?) WOW, there’s a lot of us around here for such a small place… Pandora (Who works on Butler Pike in Plymouth Meeting 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/76 "2004-02-04T16:11:03Z")
I’m so excited! I’ve bought the stuff to make some neato homemade valentines. You will now know how much I love, love, love you all! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/77 "2004-02-04T16:39:32Z")
> [@Pandora](#): > > WOW, there’s a lot of us around here for such a small place… > > Pandora > (Who works on Butler Pike in Plymouth Meeting 🙂 ) Maybe we should do it at Phil’s, then? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/78 "2004-02-04T17:05:58Z")
Well, I bought my valentines yesterday, cause I’m not super creative-like, ya know? I will write in each one with my own little hands, though. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/79 "2004-02-04T17:39:05Z")
I haven’t the time to make my own this year as I did in the past, but mine will be hand signed, hand addressed, and the envelope flap will be licked with my very own tongue. Yep, you’ll receive my personal DNA from my personal spit! If that ain’t love, I don’t know what is… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/80 "2004-02-04T17:39:49Z")
On a more serious note, **Scuba\_ben** , I just received notification that someone attempted to send me the mydoom virus. This makes me a little concerned about your email you will be sending out with the list of names on it. Do you know of a method of sending that reduces the risk of viruses? If you put the list in the body of the email rather than as an attachment, will that reduce the risk? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763.md?page=5)