Whips out diary to take a look (and nothing else you pervs!)
How about the end of January? Or is that too soon? 24th January anyone?
Any time is pretty much good for me, I just need to know at least a week in advance so I can book the night off work. 
Right. Sounds good. And so as not to hijack this thread - I’ve set one up over here for that one. 
See, I don’t always hijack threads. 
6th and 13th March are definitely out for me. They bracket the week that I’m going skiing.
Aah… We could do the 27th then. The 20th’s definitely out for me.
Any time in March looks good for me right now.
Wow! I’m really happy for you, love! 
Yer a fine couple, so y’are - just make sure you run him ragged!
I hereby suggest that all future Londopes be planned to coincide with Tir’s monthly visits.
Oh, and any time in March is fine by me, and I should also be able to make the mini-dope in Jan too.
Can’t wait!
Balls, so sorry I missed this. Congratulations to both of you - I hope you share every happiness in the world, together with enough booze to stun a mammoth.
Ok I’m bumping this cos it’s now February, and cos the offical moving date has been set as the 26th March!
Kat falls over -SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!
So, that gives us a choice of the following saturdays in march:
6th
13th
20th
Personally I’d prefer the 13th, cos it’s my burfday on the 14th, and that means Twisty can save on airfare and do my burfday and the dopefest in one weekend.
But hey… whadda you lot reckon?
Great news, kids!
Me and the lovely Heloise were talking about doing a Dublin trip sometime later this year perhaps, assuming she’ll be here by then, what with immigration and all. Looks like we’ve got one more reason now.
March is a tad difficult for me for a LonDope, seeing as I already have almost 2 weeks off late February/early March. That wedding thing, y’see?
Drinking in March? Sounds like a plan to me.
Wheeeee!!
The 13th sounds good to me.
Can I come? I’m a dopefest virgin.
Oh, and congratulations, Tir and Twisty.
Rar! Sounds good Coldie!, we’ll take the two of yous to a decent pub, not one of these tourist traps in Temple Bar.
happy happy happy wedding!
Jennyrosity, thank you! Of course you can come, the more the merrier! I’d advise you to wear trousers though, just ask Angua about her first Dopefest! hee hee!
Oh, and Bib - “I hereby suggest that all future Londopes be planned to coincide with Tir’s monthly visits.”
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAA!!!
Yeah, trousers are essential. Vital in fact, else, your knickers may end up being revealed. As mine were at the Brumdope. You should be glad that you missed that - they weren’t very exciting.
If anyone asks you to swap tops with anyone else, just say no.
Cleavage shots are essential to a Dopefest…
Oh, be careful where you put your hands. There are some unscrupulous and devious photographers at Dopefests.
Ok - trousers, cleavage, care of hand placement, I can manage that. Anything else I need to know, bearing in mind I don’t cook so won’t be bringing any baked goodies? I suppose I could bring some Plymouth gin, or some Cornish fudge, for that authentic taste of the south west.
The 13th then. Arrr! Do I get to fight bib then?
Bring your drinking hat, Jenny, you’ll need it.
I wouldn’t be so complacent about that one. I thought I’d managed that one rather well as well, until recently. Naming no names, and pointing no fingers at people with digital cameras coughTircough
I wouldn’t worry about bringing alcohol - people drink enough in the pubs, drinking in between pubs would be asking for liver failure…
But fudge… Now we’re talking… I take it it would be the authentic clotted cream stuff?
Yup, clotted cream fudge, hand-made by a genuine Cornish pictsie…ok, I made up that last bit, but it is hand-made.
Angua , what if I just keep my hands in my pockets? Oh wait, that’s going to make drinking difficult, erm, I’m clearly going to have to put some though into this.
Paul , I still prefer Mo’s idea of the piggy-back jousting to actual violence. If I wanted to see grown men tear each other apart, I’d go down Union Street* on a Saturday night.
As for the drinking, I’m clearly going to have to get into training to raise my tolerance again - January was a rather dry month for me and I’m in disgrace for having got sloshed on 3 glasses of wine on Friday night. Still, at least I’ve got plenty of time to practice.
*Union Street is a dog-rough part of Plymouth, populated by sleazy bars, massage parlours and navy-types on the razz.