# Halloween OhDope! (that's right, Ohio!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236 "2001-07-12T17:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 12, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/21 "2001-07-12T22:15:31Z")
Oh, sure. Scoff now, you little love goddess. _Somebody_ will be around to take me up on it. Maybe several someones. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/22 "2001-07-12T22:16:44Z")
Ha! See, **Persephone**! I knew **Jester** wouldnā€™t let me done! [Pictures. I want pictures] ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/23 "2001-07-12T22:28:42Z")
Geez, **Arden** , you keep telling people to grope others for you at these thingsā€¦when are you going to show up at one of these so you can get groped yourself? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/24 "2001-07-12T22:35:05Z")
Jester, Jester, Jester. Sigh. I canā€™t tell you how much I appreciate your enthusiasm. Really, itā€™s just charming the socks off of me! However, my gropables are a ā€œminor-free zone.ā€ My own children havenā€™t even seen them (well, my daughter has, but thatā€™s only because I let her shower with me). So, that means no groping for Jester. If the cops are going to get involved in a Dopefest, letā€™s let them get involved for some other reason, something much cooler, like arson or grand theft auto, okay? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/25 "2001-07-12T22:36:37Z")
Hey. As long as Iā€™m a poor college student stuck in Oklahoma, these things may as well be on the other side of the world. I have to depend on the kindness of others to handle my groping for me. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/26 "2001-07-12T22:40:25Z")
Yā€™know, itā€™s just LIKE you to go and make something like this all complicated. Thanks alot, Persephone. Well, I suppose I can still bring my gasoline and matchesā€¦ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/27 "2001-07-12T22:47:49Z")
okay, all we need is some witless ido- umā€¦selfless helper to pick up the pile of vehicleless bums in Pittsburgh. (Jester, Le Sang if he doesnā€™t have plans, meā€¦) Iā€™m game, but Iā€™m also a college student with no ride and little money. In Pittsburgh. Iā€™d love to show up (Can I be a tavern wench? Please?) but Iā€™d need a lot of help. Either way, sounds fantastic! Arson? We an burn things? _sly grin_ I bet I can get some neat-o stuff from teh Chem Labsā€¦ MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Jester-Just introduce the parentals to fine upstanding Dopers like me. ā€œSo this college chick, Medea or something, wants to take me to Ohio for a big party. Can I go?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/28 "2001-07-12T22:59:14Z")
Hmmmm. How far is it from Pittsburgh to Columbus? On the back of a bike? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/29 "2001-07-12T23:21:05Z")
Mapquest says: ```auto Pittsburg, PA to Columbus, OH TOTAL ESTIMATED TIME: TOTAL DISTANCE: 3 hours, 9 minutes 185.1 miles ``` Heck, thatā€™s less than my drive from Loooey-ville! (and closer than the Michiganders, IIRC) ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/30 "2001-07-12T23:24:24Z")
Will there be free food? ---
**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:** [July 13, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/31 "2001-07-13T03:53:10Z")
For you? Maybe. This might have to be a pass the het type of thing, but Iā€™ll give more detail as time marches on. I just wanted to get the idea out there for now and set a date. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/32 "2001-07-13T03:58:18Z")
Uh, pass the _ **hat** _, not hetā€¦though whatever people wanna do, Iā€™m not gonna stop them. [sub]Hmmā€¦pass the hetā€¦a SwingerDope?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/33 "2001-07-13T04:12:33Z")
How about a potluck, **think?** And since youā€™re single, well, we can just leave the leftovers and youā€™ll be able to eat for a month. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/34 "2001-07-13T04:19:31Z")
Hey! Iā€™m an ex-pat (I was born in New Albany, Ohio), can I come? Iā€™ve still got family living in Ohio, and itā€™d be a nice excuse to come and see them. PS I grew up in New Albany when it was just farmland and poor people! I havenā€™t lived there in 13 years, and have no connection with the soulless bastards whoā€™ve bulldozed the town and paved over it. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/35 "2001-07-13T06:14:55Z")
I am in Delaware OH. I could prolly find a ride though, with directions of course. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/36 "2001-07-13T08:22:31Z")
Are we mostly-lurking-and-only-occasionally-posting Dopers invited? I live in Columbus, in the OSU campus area. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/37 "2001-07-13T13:16:01Z")
People actually _want_ to go to Ohio? Huh. Whoā€™da thunk it. šŸ˜‰ Octoberā€™s a long way off right now, so Iā€™m not sure. Iā€™ll keep it in mind, but it would take some major coercion to get me to dress upā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/38 "2001-07-13T13:33:48Z")
Well, I work two jobs during the school year, and I donā€™t have the schedule for either yet. Ordinarily Iā€™d say yes right now, but weā€™ll have to wait and see how my evil overlords schedule me. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/39 "2001-07-13T14:23:13Z")
**Pers** , of course you can ride down with me/us! Hubby may or may not go; I told him about it last night and he got this pained look on his face. Weā€™ll see what happens! I say we make it a BYOB + Potluck. That way, **think** , thereā€™s no expense on your part except for the damages to your apartment and the bond youā€™ll have to post to get us all out of jail. You said you had some money put away, right? Might want to think about keeping it liquid, you know, just in case you need some extra cash to bribe the police. šŸ˜ƒ **Pers** , letā€™s talk costumes at the Art Fair next weekend! **mrblue** , the only time in my life that Iā€™ve rooted for UofM was when they played against Ohio State. I had a good friend who was a raving OSU fan and we had this big hotel room party to watch the game and UofM won! Go Blue! I was merciless in my tauntings! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236/40 "2001-07-13T14:30:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Scribble: Are we mostly-lurking-and-only-occasionally-posting Dopers invited? I live in Columbus, in the OSU campus area. The more, the merrier. The whole point of this is for everyone to meet each other. thinksnow and I live in the same town (I just moved back to Louisville), and weā€™ve never met. Which reminds meā€¦hey, **thinksnow** , when are you heading up to Columbus to prepare this shindig? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-ohdope-thats-right-ohio/72236.md?page=3)