# Hey Michigan Dopers! Everybody else is doing it.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 1999, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085 "1999-11-17T01:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 1999, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/61 "1999-12-11T15:16:00Z")
Am I bringing the baby. Ha. Ha. Haaaaaahahahaha! No. Just for a moment, I would like to return to my former lovely, sparkling, witty self. I would like to psyche everyone into believing that I have a life. BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Anyway, no, I won’t be bringing the kids. And hopefully I’ll be able to find clean clothes that fit. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/62 "1999-12-20T15:02:00Z")
Hey, I found this about 4 pages back. C’mon up with the popular threads, little guy. * * * “There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.” ~P.J. O’Rourke~ ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/63 "1999-12-20T21:20:00Z")
This thread will hopefully get more popular as we get closer to the date. I’m just hoping that I don’t make the two hour drive and end up being the only one that shows up. * * * Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![saraam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@saraam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saraam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/64 "1999-12-21T15:42:00Z")
The basketball game is in Iowa, however the Ohio State hockey game is in Ann Arbor at seven. But, really, who goes to see hockey? heehee. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/65 "1999-12-24T06:32:00Z")
Fling! Back to the top. Let’s see if ya stick. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/66 "1999-12-24T06:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > But, really, who goes to see hockey? heehee. Ummmm…you mispelled “football” * * * Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![KeithM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@KeithM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithM)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/67 "1999-12-26T06:01:00Z")
Ann Arbor. Hmph. Typical southern Lower Peninsula bias. We’re used to it, however, up here by the bridge, where only the strong survive. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/68 "1999-12-26T19:57:00Z")
Well, if you’re so tough, why don’t you come down here next month and tell us to our faces 🙂 ## Seriously, anybody who can make it here is invited. This is not limited to Michiganders exclusively. Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 1999, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/69 "1999-12-26T23:58:00Z")
The UP is very nice…in the summer. Maybe in the summer we could all show up at KeithM’s house for a Doper BBQ! ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/70 "1999-12-27T00:45:00Z")
Christi, now there’s a plan! ## But we should do it in the fall, when all the leaves are falling… Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/71 "1999-12-27T02:58:00Z")
Who is going to be the secretary and report everything back to us? In Houston, Beatle took that esteemed (but unpaid) honor. So, who’s IT? * * * Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/72 "1999-12-27T04:20:00Z")
I nominate UncleBeer as note-taker. I’d do it myself, but…well, I can’t think of a good excuse, except that I have a short memory and I’d really hate to have to ask everyone to repeat the really funny stuff. Just kidding. I can take notes, as long as everyone is very funny very slowly. Someone else is going to have to do the pics, though. Oh boy, you don’t want me taking the pics. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 1999, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/73 "1999-12-27T12:01:00Z")
I s’pose I could take notes but I’ll have to brush up on the shorthand. I see if I can swipe the digital camera from work again, too. Someone else will have to put up the photos though; I gots no web page. I think I’m going to try to make reservations for us about a week before the meeting so we can have one big happy table. * * * Easy one-step assembly instructions. Pour **Beer A** in **Uncle B**. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/74 "1999-12-29T07:52:00Z")
I don’t have a web page either (actually, I don’t have a camera either, but that’s besides the point). ## Throwing this back up to the top Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/75 "2000-01-04T05:24:00Z")
Okay, Michigan Area Dopers! It’s January! Time to start keeping this thread up on the front page. Shall we take a head count to see who will be there? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/76 "2000-01-04T05:45:00Z")
## Count me in (hopefully) Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/77 "2000-01-04T16:03:00Z")
I’m in, of course \G * * * Easy one-step assembly instructions. Pour **Beer A** in **Uncle B**. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/78 "2000-01-04T16:04:00Z")
Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![KeithM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@KeithM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithM)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/79 "2000-01-04T16:48:00Z")
Hey, I liked that summer barbecue idea. I actually live in the northwestern Lower Peninsula, Charlevoix County, home of beautiful Lake Charlevoix and awe-inspiring Lake Michigan. Fall colors are also about as spectacular up here as you can possibly imagine. You haven’t lived till you’ve seen the Jordan Valley in October. ANYWAY … put me down for a definite maybe on the January party. AA is quite a haul from EJ (East Jordan). * * * “I am a news-paper man, damn it! Come to the point with me, sir, or take your business elsewhere!” - T. Herman Zweibel, Publisher, The Onion ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085/80 "2000-01-04T17:01:00Z")
East Jordan? Wow, my brother just moved from Lewiston to Charlevoix. What’s Charlevoix, about 15 miles from East Jordan? * * * Easy one-step assembly instructions. Pour **Beer A** in **Uncle B**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michigan-dopers-everybody-else-is-doing-it/13085.md?page=5)