# Have any of you Dopers ever bumped into each other in real life and knew it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304 "2013-05-14T11:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/1 "2013-05-14T11:20:12Z")
Dopefests don’t count. I mean, coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/2 "2013-05-14T11:22:56Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Dopefests don’t count. I mean, coincidental. I run into **FairyChatMom** on a routine basis, we’re country neighbors. There are other Dopers in the area, but I’ve never met them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/3 "2013-05-14T11:28:39Z")
Ran into a guy at a Santarchy event in Pittsburgh a few years back. I forget how we started talking about stuff. I was just a regular Santa, he was an Amish Santa with cigars. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/4 "2013-05-14T12:10:52Z")
I first met **StGermain** at a dopefest but I’ve bumped into her a few times while out shopping. We usually manage to chat for a few minutes! I’m going to disqualify meeting up with my sister **Brynda** for purposes of this thread.😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/5 "2013-05-14T12:18:06Z")
**Marley23** and I were at the same Jeopardy! audition in NYC a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/6 "2013-05-14T12:32:12Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > **Marley23** and I were at the same Jeopardy! audition in NYC a few years back. Did any of you make it? And how did you know it was him? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/7 "2013-05-14T12:36:44Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Did any of you make it? And how did you know it was him? Neither of us have been called up yet. I have been in the contestant poll for about 16 of the past 24 years - one day the casting directors will need another overweight, middle-aged white guy and I’ll be golden! I believe this was before \*\*Marley23 \*\*became a Mod, so he didn’t have the forehead tattoo yet. We recognized each other by the gang sign and the notches in our ears. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/8 "2013-05-14T14:45:43Z")
It wasn’t at a Dopefest, but **Equipoise** organized an event that I decided to attend. I got seated at the same table as **Autolycus**. After a little conversation, we discovered that we lived across the street from each other. Since then we’d run into each other every now and then, when we didn’t actually make plans to meet. The last time I saw him was at his viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/9 "2013-05-14T15:16:49Z")
I will occasionally see **freckafree** here and there as we both exhibit at some of the same art shows. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/10 "2013-05-14T15:22:16Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > **Marley23** and I were at the same Jeopardy! audition in NYC a few years back. **jayjay** and I were at the same _Jeopardy!_ audition in DC a few years back, but we didn’t find out until we got home. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/11 "2013-05-14T23:31:08Z")
Someone (I can’t remember who) recognized my Straight Dope t-shirt in a grocery store a few years back. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/12 "2013-05-14T23:34:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Ran into a guy at a Santarchy event in Pittsburgh a few years back. I forget how we started talking about stuff. I was just a regular Santa, **he was an Amish Santa with cigars.** … I gotta get out more… ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/13 "2013-05-15T00:14:17Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Someone (I can’t remember who) recognized my Straight Dope t-shirt in a grocery store a few years back. Wait, you can get The Straight Dope t-shirts? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/14 "2013-05-15T00:22:27Z")
I worked with **Maus Magill** ’s wife. I knew her in real life and him on the SDMB. While posting in a thread about Charlotte we realized the she and I worked together. Not exactly the same thing, but close. Now we’re all friends IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/15 "2013-05-15T00:27:07Z")
Last year I went to Boston and hung out with a friend of mine there, played a little D&D. When he introduced me to the regular players, one of them said, “Do you post on the Straight Dope?” Turns out he’s a lurker here and knew me well enough to make the connection somehow. Kinda blew my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/16 "2013-05-15T00:29:04Z")
Over a decade ago, there was a Doper who was a former classmate of mine, who I recognized by the username he’d used elsewhere on the Internet. I never actually saw him in person after I saw him on the boards, though. And way back when I became a moderator, someone left a congratulatory note on my desk, but I never did figure out who it was. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/17 "2013-05-15T00:35:42Z")
I’ve met **lorene** at a couple 'fests, and crossed paths once in a parking lot. Planned or not, always a pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/18 "2013-05-15T01:03:56Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I will occasionally see **freckafree** here and there as we both exhibit at some of the same art shows. And I can’t remember how we (you!) figured out the connection. **gardentraveler** showed up in my booth one year at an art show in Columbus and asked if I was freckafree, and I can’t remember how she knew to look me up there. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/19 "2013-05-15T01:37:20Z")
I used to run into former poster T **uckerfan** at the grocery store on occasion. We had met initially at a dopefest, but run into each other on an unplanned basis after that. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/20 "2013-05-15T01:39:45Z")
I run into the original xtisme all the time. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304.md?page=2)