# Halloween OhDope! (that's right, Ohio!) v.2 **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [August 31, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067 "2001-08-31T03:29:06Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 8
### Author: ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/141 "2001-09-18T18:28:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > \*\ ***Stop it! Just stop it! Stop NOW**. > > I am not allowing any more subtractions from the guest list! That is an order! > > Any life changes, emergencies, weddings, funerals, tests, medical exams, or any other LAME excuse will have to be routed through me on **MoA FormX29W-89** , in triplicate, using the correct OCR font, typewritten with a 1979 Hewlett Packard typewriter using a black government-issued fabric ribbon, with signatures from at least 3 Dopers in 3 separate states. Any misspellings or errors, poorly phrased excuses, or water marks from tears will result in the form being returned to you for resubmission. There are no exceptions to this process. Begging and pleading will only extend the review proces. Please keep in mind that not all forms for clemency will be approved. \*\* You forgot the obligitory signature from the manager that never seems to be in their office, plus a prommisory note on the first born child. ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/142 "2001-09-18T18:39:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Creant \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > > \*\ ***Stop it! Just stop it! Stop NOW**. > > > > I am not allowing any more subtractions from the guest list! That is an order! > > > > Any life changes, emergencies, weddings, funerals, tests, medical exams, or any other LAME excuse will have to be routed through me on **MoA FormX29W-89** , in triplicate, using the correct OCR font, typewritten with a 1979 Hewlett Packard typewriter using a black government-issued fabric ribbon, with signatures from at least 3 Dopers in 3 separate states. Any misspellings or errors, poorly phrased excuses, or water marks from tears will result in the form being returned to you for resubmission. There are no exceptions to this process. Begging and pleading will only extend the review proces. Please keep in mind that not all forms for clemency will be approved. \*\* > > You forgot the obligitory signature from the manager that never seems to be in their office, plus a prommisory note on the first born child. \*\* Actually, this is just a little play on military form and stuff. It’s pretty darn close to real life, ain’t it, **thinks?** 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/143 "2001-09-18T18:42:23Z")
ok, so change **manager** to **officer** ---
### 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: [September 18, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/144 "2001-09-18T19:18:06Z")
Considering the “oligatory signature” would have to be mine, looks like everyone on the list is there to stay. Geez, should I have given y’all more advanced notice or something? Don’t go pissing off my _ **Ministar of Affairs** _, you wouldn’t like her when she’s pissed off. [sub](And before anyone pops in with “What about when she’s pissed on?”, I don’t think she’s into _that_ kind of kink.[/sub] ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/145 "2001-09-18T19:37:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > **(And before anyone pops in with “What about when she’s pissed on?”, I don’t think she’s into _that_ kind of kink.** :giggle, snort: Quite right, my dear, quite right. 😃 ---
### Author: ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/146 "2001-09-18T22:09:20Z")
You folks really, _really_ need to quit dropping out like this, and I’ll tell you why. I think we’re all familiar with Monty Python, and the killer rabbit? The one that whomped the poo out of the knights? Yeah, well **BunnyGirl** is that rabbit. Don’t honk her off. ---
### Author: ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/147 "2001-09-18T22:38:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*You folks really, _really_ need to quit dropping out like this, and I’ll tell you why. > > I think we’re all familiar with Monty Python, and the killer rabbit? The one that whomped the poo out of the knights? > > Yeah, well **BunnyGirl** is that rabbit. > > Don’t honk her off. \*\* Bwhahahahahahaha\hahahahahhahahaa. Um, excuse me. But, please, if she didn’t kick my ass after actually meeting me, I’m pretty sure I’m ok 😉 ---
### Author: ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys) #### Post date: [September 18, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/148 "2001-09-18T23:52:20Z")
\ Dunno about me either. I was supposed to have a job by now, but what with trying to keep the world from ending and whatnot, I’ve been pretty busy. No money = no Dopefest. Pretty simple equation, really. ---
### Author: ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/149 "2001-09-19T02:24:57Z")
Sory, me message was obscure. If manny can still pick me up _I WILL BE AT OHDOPE_. (I’m ditching a really neat field trip.) We all clear on that? ---
### 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: [September 19, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/150 "2001-09-19T02:37:18Z")
Let me be the first to say “Phew!” ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/151 "2001-09-19T12:49:49Z")
Thank heavens! What we would have done with out our Wench? 😃 And **Dyno** , you made me laugh. You’re safe. However, if you don’t come, I’ll hunt you down and drag your reptilian butt to the party. Any questions? 😉 ---
### Author: ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/152 "2001-09-19T13:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Sory, me message was obscure. > > If manny can still pick me up _I WILL BE AT OHDOPE_. (I’m ditching a really neat field trip.) > > We all clear on that? \*\* Yes! My plans are progressing exactly as I have forseen… ---
### Author: ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/153 "2001-09-19T17:23:30Z")
Ok, if neither Nym nor Dyno are going, that leaves me rideless. Let me check out some Amtrak schedules and see what I can do. ---
### Author: ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/154 "2001-09-19T17:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > \*\* > And **Dyno** , you made me laugh. You’re safe. However, if you don’t come, I’ll hunt you down and drag your reptilian butt to the party. Any questions? > 😉 \*\* Just one. You promise? 😉 ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/155 "2001-09-19T17:46:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Look. I’m warning you. > > ``` > ROBIN > > What's [sub]s[/sub]he do? Nibble your bum? > > TIM > > Well, It's got huge ... very sharp ... it can jump a... > > look at the bones. > > ``` Don’t say you weren’t warned. 😛 ---
### Author: ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/156 "2001-09-19T17:50:38Z")
Ok. It looks like my train would leave Union Station at 7 PM on Friday, and would go to Cleveland, and I’d take a bus from there to Columbus. I’d reach Columbus at 7 AM on Saturday. Then, I’d get on the bus at 11 PM on Sunday to Cleveland, and take the train from there back to Chicago and it reaches Union at 9-ish AM. on Monday. All for $135. Erk. Hmm. Well, if I get the on-campus job I’m pulling for, I could conceivably make that up in a week. Count me in. So… who doesn’t mind picking me up at 7 AM on Saturday? 😃 ---
### Author: ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/157 "2001-09-19T18:01:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > But…but… **mrblue** , you just have to come! You have to! What kind of Dopefest is it without you? ☹ Sorry to disappoint you, Bunny, but due to recent events, I think I would be _extremely_ uncomfortable there. (Yes, more than normal. :p) I suppose things could change in a month, but I seriously doubt it. The way things look now, it would be far better if I didn’t go. I’m afraid I can’t really disclose more than that. ---
### Author: ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/158 "2001-09-19T18:03:58Z")
No worries, friend. Explanation accepted. I’ll miss you, though. ---
### 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: [September 19, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/159 "2001-09-19T20:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > **tiggy** > \*\*Ok. It looks like my train would leave Union Station at 7 PM on Friday, and would go to Cleveland, and I’d take a bus from there to Columbus. I’d reach Columbus at 7 AM on Saturday. I think that there are a few Dopers coming down from Cleveland ( **vanilla**?). You don’t take up hardly any room, so I’m sure they could fit you in their car somewhere (said as **I** shamelessly offer their services without asking.) 😃 ---
### Author: ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant) #### Post date: [September 19, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067/160 "2001-09-19T20:26:29Z")
well I emailed Tigg with flight info, because the plane ticket is $30 bucks less than Amtrak, plus she could fly with me and Barb. Cross your fingers kids! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio-v-2/79067.md?page=9)