# Dopers You Talk To On The Phone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2002, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239 "2002-03-14T07:20:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/21 "2002-03-14T15:50:06Z")
Oh… I just remembered, I did talk to **Nocturne** and **n0sfra2** (sp?) on the phone once. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/22 "2002-03-14T15:50:49Z")
I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with **Supe** as well. He’s a sweetie. 😃 Other than that, I rely pretty much on email and ICQ (have had quite a few pleasant chats with **Osip** over ICQ). Anyone wanna call me? 🙂 -BK ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/23 "2002-03-14T15:57:34Z")
Dopers I’ve spoken with on the phone - **Geobabe Joey Hemlock pricciar UncleBill woodstockbirdybird** None of the conversations were long, not chatty so much as a quick “Hey” or “Happy Birthday” or “Where are we supposed to meet?”. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/24 "2002-03-14T16:18:54Z")
I used to talk to Quix fairly often. He never calls me anymore though. ☹ I also used to talk to Caldazar all the time. Damn near every night from 8 until one of us finally said, “Okay, shut up now. I’m tired.” We stopped that some time ago for no particular reason. Maybe I’ll call him tonight. I’ve talked to Mr. Cynical quite a few times. I don’t think we ever talked for **hours** though. Maybe just one. One and a half, tops. 🙂 Garfield\_226 fits in this category, too. I’ve also talked to Crunchy Frog, but just once I think. And Valerie Blaise. She’s HILARIOUS! And I have a million doper phone numbers, most of which I got because they wanted to offer support when my mom was sick, but I haven’t talked to nearly as many as I want to. But I don’t talk to anyone anymore. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/25 "2002-03-14T16:52:42Z")
I talk to **palve** alot, but then again I got him hooked on the sdmb long after I met him… so I guess that doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![igotit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@igotit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igotit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/26 "2002-03-14T16:56:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > Good Goddess, every time I get on the phone with him, the conversation literally lasts hours. I haven’t yakked on the phone like that since I was in high school. There is only _one_ Doper that I have “marathon phone” with. We have missed one phone conversaton since the end of December, beginning of January. My first phone bill was unreal. Definately worth every minute and every penny. He lives in EST and I live in PST, thank god he works nights because I can’t have him falling asleep on me. He needs to move here, NOW! I do have a another Doper friend that lives close to me that I have know for years. We talk on the phone occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/27 "2002-03-14T17:51:23Z")
I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the phone with **Sophie** and also talked to her husband. They’re both swell folks. Zap! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/28 "2002-03-14T18:03:49Z")
This is interesting. I _am_ actually pretty big with phone usage. Especially when I’m plastered and alone in the house. Then I tend to call everyone I know to chat. 🙂 Dopers, though, usually like to talk IM so much more. I IM with **Supes** about every other night, but I don’t really have anyone else’s screen names, and it’s kinda rude to IM someone out of the blue. The only Dopers I have ever spoken with on the phone are my good friends **CajunMan** and **DrMatrix**. Even that wasn’t for long, though. It’s annoying in a way, because none of our friends ever call. They live two hours away and treat us like we don’t exist. [cursing] Besides, setting up great IRL meetings is the way to go for me anyway. I love getting together with folks for the real thing far beyond crappy computer-speaking. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/29 "2002-03-14T21:09:38Z")
Dopers I’ve talked to on the phone…hmmm… \*\*blur, Crunchy Frog,TwistofFate, iampunha, UncleBill, MrCynical, robgruver, DynoSaur, True Pisces, MamaHen, lel, Verrain, JavaMaven and Techchick. \*\* Briefly, **tiggeril, JoeyHemlock and Nymysys.** ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/30 "2002-03-14T21:41:04Z")
Some **weird** guy keeps calling me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/31 "2002-03-14T21:42:46Z")
I got to talk to several Dopers during MobileDope thru the midwest, but my off-board comms are preffy much limited to IMs and pretty much with just **Zappo** and **Cartooniverse**. No one else has ever IM’d me. I’m not a big phone fan anyway - it’s always too noisy here to talk properly. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/32 "2002-03-14T22:02:37Z")
The only Dopers I have ever talked to on the phone at all have been: **manhattan** **Verrain** **Superdude** (when we were in NYC and it wasn’t even my phone) **Fiver** (at DragonCon when we were trying to find people) ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/33 "2002-03-14T22:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mauvaise \* > There’s only one Doper that I talk to regularly and that’s **Dire Wolf**. And yes, we can have marathon phone conversations (which usually consist of me babbling on about nothing and him falling asleep 😉 ) :o (yawn) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Huh? Oh, sorry, did you say something? I talk to one Doper regularly, and what a coincidence! It’s **Mauvaise**. The conversations can be quite lengthy, ending when a) I become cranky, b) my ear goes numb, or c) both. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/34 "2002-03-15T00:02:49Z")
I’ve talked to most of the DFW dopers on the phone. **Lord Jim** is my drive home from work buddy. If I’m stuck in traffic or just want to talk, I give him a call and we talk my whole way home. I also talk to **Aglarond** and we’ve spent hours on the phone. I think he had to change his rate plan because we talk so much. I don’t even want to think about how much money I’ve spent on the phone with **Shayna**. I don’t think she really counts though since I knew her before joining the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/35 "2002-03-15T00:28:07Z")
I talk to **Shibb & Zap** , and a few times I’ve talked to **Cap’n Crude, Superdude** and **Osip**. I’ve spoken with **Rue** once or twice and **FairyChatMom** once. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/36 "2002-03-15T01:24:41Z")
As **Grace** said, I talk with her a few times a week on her way to anywhere. I spend a lot of online time with **purrplebear** and we continue a lot of conversations to the phone if she is away from the computer, plus as with Grace, she calls me when stuck in traffic or just on the road and wants to talk. I’ve also talked with **Scotticher** several times, since we spend a lot of time online talking, it is usually when I’m away for a while or something rather urgent comes up. I’ve talked with **Zyada** several times. It’s usually coordinating things. She hangs up on me when I say “Hi, Zee”, but she calls right back, so that’s ok. I’ve talked with several other of the DFW Family when trying to make some arrangements of one sort or another. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/37 "2002-03-15T01:28:21Z")
I talk with **Driftwood**. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/38 "2002-03-15T02:06:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\* > > I’ve also talked to Crunchy Frog, but just once I think. > > \*\* On my cell at the so called “Quiet ChiDope” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/39 "2002-03-15T02:23:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sophie \* > \*\*I talk to **Shibb & Zap** , and a few times I’ve talked to **Cap’n Crude, Superdude** and **Osip**. I’ve spoken with **Rue** once or twice and **FairyChatMom** once. \*\* Heyyy, **Shibb & Zap**. . .I like it! We sound like a comedy team. “Oh Mr. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiib…do you know what happens when you guh-hey zaHOY with the nice laaaaaady and the music and the dancing and all the guhahahoyyyyy and the nice food and the moonlight and the hummmmmmm?” I didn’t know we could count folks we IM with. That ups the count to include **MsRobyn, Airman Doors, Ellen & FairyChatMom** too. Zap! (no Shibb) ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239/40 "2002-03-15T03:54:45Z")
I used to talk to **Juniper** a lot, **Nymysys** , too. I’ve spoken to **Ginger, Quix, Persephone, bobkitty, sophie, slackergirl, lno** (for a superbowl taunting,)\*\* techchick, superdude, Satan & Drain Bead…\*\* and that’s about it. Nobody too much or too often, I’m not much of a phone person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-you-talk-to-on-the-phone/98239.md?page=3)