# I have to quit Dope cold turkey! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411 "2005-06-08T05:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/21 "2005-06-09T00:59:04Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > We’ll miss you, **Gabe**. > > Honestly, it might be \*good \* for you. Get you back in touch with your inner self, or some such thing. > > Or not. Oh he’ll be “getting in touch” with his “inner self” alright. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/22 "2005-06-09T05:12:51Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, we could finally put the trebuchet to its proper use… Yeah, but in reverse? Catching something would be a bitch. > [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Oh he’ll be “getting in touch” with his “inner self” alright. Without Internet porn? You mean with like actual fantasies and mental images? How 20th century. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/23 "2005-06-09T07:22:54Z")
Sounds like a perfect job to me. I wish I had one just like it. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/24 "2005-06-09T08:20:26Z")
If only there were some sort of compilation of words, in a portable format, from which one could read to entertain oneself, rather then work. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/25 "2005-06-09T08:57:53Z")
There is, sort of. [Obligatory plug] Remember, there are now several compilations of Cecil’s columns, available [here](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat) for what I’m sure is an entirely reasonable fee or in various book stores. [/Obligatory plug] Don’t laugh – it was excerpts from various threads back in the old AOL days which led to me joining this board. I seem to remember quotes from a much younger **Tomndebb** and several from **OpalCat**! As for the reverse initiation, I forget – do we use a goat or chicken for that one? Either way, let me know and I’ll contact the usual suppliers. 😉 On a more serious note, good luck with the job, **Cynical Gabe**. May lack of internet access be the worst thing about the job and may the rest of the job make up for it! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/26 "2005-06-09T09:04:13Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > As for the reverse initiation, I forget – do we use a goat or chicken for that one? Either way, let me know and I’ll contact the usual suppliers. 😉 You serve them fine cakes and wine, as well as roast goat, and calamari, taken orally, this time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/27 "2005-06-09T13:33:04Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Thanks. It will be nice to visit my animal friends after a winter spent down here in the flatlands. > [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Oh he’ll be “getting in touch” with his “inner self” alright. :eek: These two quotes juxtaposed really don’t sound good. Still, have fun! (Sounds like you will!) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/28 "2005-06-11T04:03:53Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > If only there were some sort of compilation of words, in a portable format, from which one could read to entertain oneself, rather then work. _snork_ Brilliant! > [@Anaamika](#): > > These two quotes juxtaposed really don’t sound good. I’m sure I can keep my sexual exploits within my own species, but the county this camp is in is like Appalachia transplanted to California. Driving down some of our backroads checking out the property, I can almost hear a banjo playing in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/29 "2005-06-11T04:52:24Z")
Have a great summer, Gabe! I remember way back in my summer camp days how great it was to get away from TV & other modern techno-garbage for a few months… but I’m not at all sure I could survive a summer without the internet these days. It would appear that the Starbucks in Sonora is a wireless hot spot if you really need a fix … ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411/30 "2005-06-11T06:01:24Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Is there a version of I.E. or Mozilla for smoke signals? So [this](http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html) close enough? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-quit-dope-cold-turkey/307411.md?page=1)