# Dopers in Unexpected Places **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689 "2007-11-08T19:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/21 "2007-11-10T06:34:27Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > As a matter of fact, yes it has happened to me. I was waiting in line and I overheard part of a conversation between the couple in front of me. It sounded like they said a doper’s name. I’m not sure if I remember it correctly since it was a doper with a gibberish sounding name - like Bambi Hasenpfeffer - if that is a doper name. [QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] So close ☹ No one ever mentions me anywhere, so I’m a little honored that you remembered my name well enough to think you overheard it. [/QUOTE] HA! I meant to respond to **brewha’s** post verifying the validity of the doper, but low and behold, **Bambi** posted. I’m proud to say I met **Bamby** many moons ago at a GA dopefest at Red Top Mountain along with my friend (and sadly, former doper) **OhFace**. Had a great time and was surely worth the drive! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/22 "2007-11-10T06:35:58Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] This morning I saw **tdn** on the subway. Specifically, some vandal had scratched the letters tdn into the window on the subway, but when I saw it I immediately began looking around as if it were a sign that a doper was riding the train with me. Then it dawned on me that **tdn** probably doesn’t live in NYC and ride the same subway that I do, and even if he did he wouldn’t vandalize a subway car (I presume) and that even if for some reason he did vandalize the subway he was probably long gone before I got on the train. [/QUOTE] I’m in New York! Which subway was it? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/23 "2007-11-10T08:25:36Z")
Ever read the ingredients list on the back of snack foods? You’ll often see me there. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/24 "2007-11-10T08:57:57Z")
I had been reading a GD thread in my office, a couple hours later I overheard a customer saying somethign that was an exact quote from the thread… I caught her eye and said…“we’re gonna need a cite for that” She turned out to be a regular lurker, dunno if she ever signed up. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/25 "2007-11-10T11:57:03Z")
Twentyish years ago I was a tuba player. In eight years of performances, competitions, studying other concerts, college auditions etc. I only met one other lady tuba player, a nice girl I went to U of E with. When I first discovered SD and then SDMB I couldn’t help but wonder if **TUBADIVA** was this same lady. However a couple of years ago **TUBADIVA** e-mailed me in response to a Weird Earl nomination and had a different name so I didn’t have to ask, not her. Still, when I see that name and read the posts the other girl’s face comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/26 "2007-11-10T12:09:46Z")
I play the card game “Hearts” online. One of the players is Cecil Adams…no it isn’t Him ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/27 "2007-11-10T12:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Ever read the ingredients list on the back of snack foods? You’ll often see me there. [/QUOTE] Ever been to New England? I’m mentioned everywhere ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/28 "2007-11-10T13:56:17Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Ever read the ingredients list on the back of snack foods? You’ll often see me there. [/QUOTE] I actually thought you might be sitting behind me in a movie theater once – luckily I realized the couple was discussing the label on the Raisinettes before I turned around and made a fool of myself. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/29 "2007-11-10T14:51:50Z")
There is a licence plate from Virginia I’ve seen around here which always gives me pause. It reads **TANSU**. I know Tansu’s not around anymore, and doesn’t even live around here, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/30 "2007-11-10T15:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Ever been to New England? I’m mentioned everywhere [/QUOTE] You also have your own cartoon show, too. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/31 "2007-11-10T15:04:28Z")
Not in the UK to the utter outrage to most of the population ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/32 "2007-11-10T15:50:47Z")
In hopes of planting a seed, two words: _Ursus maritimus_. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/33 "2007-11-10T16:46:26Z")
Hmpf! I was hoping to come in here to see that someone had seen me… 😃 I always figure most women see **litoris** regularly, while most men just _want_ to see **litoris**. Guess I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/34 "2007-11-10T17:02:25Z")
I’ve seen you many times, also your friends 🙂 and relatives 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/35 "2007-11-10T18:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Ever read the ingredients list on the back of snack foods? You’ll often see me there. [/QUOTE] I worked in a deli, and I always cracked up when I looked up at the box of saltines labeled “Krispy Original.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689/36 "2007-11-10T18:17:31Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] Oh, I thought of another one! One of the agents that works with our company is listed in our directory as C. Kilvert and I always wonder if it is **Kilvert’s Pagan**. [/QUOTE] Something I’ve always wondered about: does Kilvert collect other denominations? somewhere, is there a **Kilvert’s Roman Catholic**? **Kilvert’s Plymouth Brethren**? **Kilvert’s Buddhist**? **Kilvert’s Anti-Disestablishmentarian**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-in-unexpected-places/425689.md?page=1)