# How about a Scotland dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190 "2001-02-20T07:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/1 "2001-02-20T07:37:53Z")
Just had this idea in my head last night. We’ve done London, we’ve done Dublin (we’re always doing Dublin :)), but Scotland remains virgin territory for Dopefests AFAIK. Would anyone be interested, at some point in the next couple months? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/2 "2001-02-20T08:33:29Z")
**ruadh** I love the way you make a dopefest sound like a troop (wrong collective noun, never mind) of marauding Vikings! I’m in Glasgow, I think **Nimue** is in Aberdeen, and there is at least one poster in Edinburgh, although I can’t think who at the moment. Ah, it just occurred to me to check the time of your post. Anyone who comes up with bright ideas at 07.37 could be positively alarming. 🙂 Me, I haven’t had enough coffee yet, but it sounds like a pretty good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/3 "2001-02-20T08:35:37Z")
Hmmm - realised after posting that that was post no. 666. Hmmm again. ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/4 "2001-02-20T09:02:51Z")
I’d be interested, I’m just outside Perth. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/5 "2001-02-20T09:03:01Z")
Did anyone say “marauding vikings” ? Scotland is friggin’ awesome - I for one might be persuaded, and quite easily too. S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/6 "2001-02-20T09:08:54Z")
😃 \< ~~~~ Puts on best winning smile to persuade **Spiny Norman** Is it working?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/7 "2001-02-20T09:09:39Z")
Depending on when, I might be able to make it. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/8 "2001-02-20T09:56:00Z")
The newbie is up for it. I’m in Edinburgh. ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/9 "2001-02-20T10:11:56Z")
I’ll be there next Christmas visiting me mum in Skye! Can you wait till then? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/10 "2001-02-20T11:32:48Z")
Ooh, Scotland! I could manage to get to Scotland fairly easily. I think I’m just about ready for my first Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/11 "2001-02-20T12:07:28Z")
Where are you {b]Tansu\*\*? And **mattk**? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/12 "2001-02-20T14:37:10Z")
I’m in London, **celyn** , but I know Edinburgh quite well as I went to university there (and I know **nicko** too). ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/13 "2001-02-20T17:12:18Z")
I’m in Cumbria. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/14 "2001-02-20T18:45:33Z")
If we have it in Glasgow or some place easily accessible to Glasgow (“easily accessible” meaning I could get there by train from Glasgow on a Saturday evening, if necessary), I can pretty much make it any weekend between now and the end of May. Paddy’s Day excluded, of course. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/15 "2001-02-20T20:47:59Z")
I am going to be in Scotland for a vacation in April or May (and in London as well, FWIW). Exact dates TBD. Are American Dopers invited? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/16 "2001-02-20T20:50:25Z")
I am going to be in Scotland with my sister for a vacation in April or May (and in London as well, FWIW). Exact dates TBD. Are American Dopers invited? ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/17 "2001-02-20T21:26:40Z")
I’d be up for it. I’m in Surrey, but getting to Edinburgh or Glasgow is easy. And **porcupine,** since ruadh and myself are both American, there’s no way you and your sister could be excluded. ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/18 "2001-02-20T23:08:23Z")
This idea has potential. Does anyone have any preference for location? I vote for Lerwick. Anyone want a lift? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/19 "2001-02-20T23:42:26Z")
Just talked to the sis, and the trip is on for mid to late May. Though exact dates have to be booked, it looks very likely we’ll be in Scotland the weekend of May 19th (and likely London the prior weekend). I have not told her we are going to meet a bunch of Dopers, yet, though… But how could she possibly object to getting drunk with a bunch of EuroDopers in a pub? **Spiny** , I hope we can find out if hedgehogs and porcupines get along. ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/20 "2001-02-21T02:24:05Z")
I’ll be in Greece on holiday by the 19th May…but I’ll be around for a London “warm-up” dopefest the weekend before, if anyone’s interested. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190.md?page=2)