# Fourth Annual MADs February Birthday Bash- Plus Farewell to Jonathan Chance **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527 "2004-01-22T00:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 22, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/1 "2004-01-22T00:04:56Z")
We have a number of MAD birthdays in February, **Opalcat** and **Jonathan Chance** among others, and this will be the last time **JC** will be a MAD since he’s moving to _WEST VIRGINIA_ in a couple of weeks. (He says he’s moving to Ohio, but look at a map - Marietta is really in West Virginia! 😛 ) Saturday, February 7th at 2pm at the Vacation Cottage in Falls Church/Arlington Va. Let me know if you need directions. This will be pot luck. Say here what you want to bring so we can be sure to get a good mix of food and drink. **JC** hasn’t actually guaranteed that he can make it since he should really be hard at work packing that day. But I figure if all of the MADs get together and chant “I do, I do, I do believe in spooks” at the same time…oh, wait, wrong chant…I don’t know, maybe someone else can figure out the magic words to get him to the party. So, let’s hear it! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/2 "2004-01-22T00:15:00Z")
If you’re gonna twist my arm about it… I’m pretty flexible on what I can bring, so I’ll hold off and see what other people have in mind before I decide on anything. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/3 "2004-01-22T00:18:16Z")
> [@Anita Vacation](#): > > “I do, I do, I do believe in spooks” We’re in. Tell us what we need to know. (This originally said “We’re in” but the software told me to enter more than 10 characters or FORGET IT - actually, it said “The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.” Semantics.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/4 "2004-01-22T00:19:22Z")
I DO BELIEVE IN SPORKS!!! I will have to decide what to bring… oh what to do, what to do! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/5 "2004-01-22T11:32:10Z")
Dang - missed it by \> \< that much! I won’t be back in the area until Feb 12. Well, if **JC** does manage to drag his sorry self to the party, tweek his cheek for me. You can choose the cheek. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/6 "2004-01-22T14:49:34Z")
You know I’ll be there! I’ll have to think of what dish I will bring, I will let you know. Can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/7 "2004-01-22T17:02:57Z")
I’ll try to be there, but there’s a family commitment that may have to come first. I’m gonna be really bummed if I don’t get to say goodbye to Nate. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/8 "2004-01-22T18:51:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m gonna be really bummed if I don’t get to say goodbye to Nate. Me, too! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/9 "2004-01-22T19:38:20Z")
Yeah, me three! Seriously, kids. That’ll be about 4 days before the moving trucks show up. God knows what shape we’ll be in then. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/10 "2004-01-22T20:19:39Z")
> [@Anita Vacation](#): > > Saturday, February 7th at 2pm at the Vacation Cottage in Falls Church/Arlington Va. You had to pick the one weekend I’d be out of town. ☹ Seriously, no more MADs allowed to leave! I say we begin importing Dopers into the area to stem the tide. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/11 "2004-01-22T23:45:20Z")
Don’t forget that I’m gonna be a MAD this summer. I know I’m no **JC** , but I do have some socially redeeming qualities. And I promise not to play my accordion at any MAD gatherings. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/12 "2004-01-23T11:04:11Z")
We have been importing Dopers into the area. We brought in GingeroftheNorth from our Canadian farm team. We need to establish a few more foreign farm teams to produce Dopers who can be promoted to MAD-level. Please send me directions for the party. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/13 "2004-01-23T13:30:26Z")
We took a stab at **Anniz** but instead she dragged poor **Montfort** off to her scandinavian hideout. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/14 "2004-01-23T13:34:08Z")
> [@Wendell Wagner](#): > > We have been importing Dopers into the area. We brought in GingeroftheNorth from our Canadian farm team. We need to establish a few more foreign farm teams to produce Dopers who can be promoted to MAD-level. > > Please send me directions for the party. Gosh, you make it sound like I’m a cow or something! Oh well. If I am, I’m certain to taste better than the beef around here. And, we’re bringing Nichol\_Storm to the area Monday. She’ll be up in deepest, darkest Cecil County for a year (I think). JC: What’s to say I’m not going to drag Mr. Charm City off to my Arctic Hideaway? I have certain - _charms_, you know. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/15 "2004-01-23T13:41:18Z")
Looks like the family commitment has shifted itself to Sunday of that weekend, so I’ll be at the Vacation Cottage that Saturday! Now, here’s hoping Nate can attend his own farewell party… ---
**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:** [January 23, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/16 "2004-01-23T23:07:55Z")
News Flash! This is huge: **Billdo is coming!** YIPPEE! What fun! 😃 In other news, several other MADs have confirmed via email: danceswithcats, AnnaLucretia, and Edward the Head. Emails with directions are on their way to Wendell Wagner and Billdo, who have never been here. Are there any folks who came to the last party but were too drunk to find there way back here again? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/17 "2004-01-23T23:14:26Z")
> [@Anita Vacation](#): > > News Flash! This is huge: **Billdo is coming!** YIPPEE! What fun! 😃 I LOVE BILLDO! THIS IS GREAT! He’s all snazzy and stuff now. I don’t know if he’s gonna want to slum with us. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/18 "2004-01-24T00:58:21Z")
Cool! Billdo is coming! That totally rocks 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/19 "2004-01-24T20:25:13Z")
GingerOfTheNorth writes: \> Gosh, you make it sound like I’m a cow or something! Oh well. If I am, I’m \> certain to taste better than the beef around here. Dave, you did remember to have Ginger tested for Mad Canuck Disease, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527/20 "2004-01-24T22:11:37Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > Seriously, no more MADs allowed to leave! I say we begin importing Dopers into the area to stem the tide. Do college kids count as imports? 😉 I might…might…might be able to make it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-annual-mads-february-birthday-bash-plus-farewell-to-jonathan-chance/225527.md?page=2)