# Have any of you Dopers ever bumped into each other in real life and knew it?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/21 "2013-05-15T02:17:31Z")

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I was reading the Dope on my laptop while volunteering on a political campaign, and one of the other campaigners asked if I was a Doper, but I wasn’t posting then so I couldn’t really answer yes.

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**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/22 "2013-05-15T02:29:15Z")

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I met **Lynn Bodoni** one time for lunch. I guess it was sort of a planned event, but it was fun meeting her. She’s pretty interesting.

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**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/23 "2013-05-15T04:30:41Z")

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Nope.

That might have been _ **Bricker** _ arguing with that nun, I may have cut _ **’Luci** _ off in traffic, or stepped on _ **Starving Artist** _’s toe in the Paper Goods aisle, but I had no idea.

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-dopers-ever-bumped-into-each-other-in-real-life-and-knew-it/658304/24 "2013-05-15T13:53:37Z")

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Closest was working at the same company as another doper. I also worked as the Admin to that doper’s brothner. Oh - and I used to live in the same neighborhood as her.

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