# I think John Mayer is a Doper....affirmations from his recent concert. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497 "2003-08-25T12:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/1 "2003-08-25T12:40:57Z")
I was sad this weenend. I was supposed to be at the Burning Man festival, but had to cancel do to the fact I had to be to work at the end of the week. [students arrived this weekend, my office had to be open] So my wife got us tickets to **John Mayer** at the tweeter center in MASS. The concert was amazing. Counting Crows opened for them and he went on around 9:30… After his second or third set, I heard something out of his mouth that made me go, “HUH?? DID HE JUST SAY WHAT I THINK HE SAID?” My wife knows about the saying, “Hi Opal” from me telling her about these boards. So when John Mayer finished his second or third set and waved to the crowd and said, “Hi Opal” I nearly fell down off the seat! So has anyone seen John Mayer and heard this? Is this something he says all the time? Was I hallucinating? Or could it be John Mayer is a doper and he was having a littl fun… If the latter, “ **Hey John! Your concert Rocked!!!** ” ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/2 "2003-08-25T12:47:53Z")
I would have been more impressed if he’d said “Gotcha ya!” ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/3 "2003-08-25T13:23:15Z")
If he is a doper I hope that he didn’t read what I said about him. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/4 "2003-08-25T13:27:29Z")
What did you say? Is there another JM thread around here? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/5 "2003-08-25T13:28:12Z")
This raises an issue I have thought about often. Just how would Dopers feel if it turned out that many of us are the celebrities who get dissed and abused as much as they do? Does anybody know for sure that there are _celebrities_ among us who have had much scorn and abuse heaped on them? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/6 "2003-08-25T13:30:57Z")
If he pointed his 1920’s style death ray at the crowd then he would be a doper. Doesn’t he know that Hi Opal is out? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/7 "2003-08-25T13:44:24Z")
Here is the thread. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183766&highlight=John+Mayer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183766&highlight=John+Mayer) I said > [@](#): > > I liked him until I saw the video for “Your Body Is A Wonderland”. > > He looked like a creepy pervert in the video. Now when I hear the song on the radio all I can think is “Don’t let him touch you lady!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/8 "2003-08-25T14:23:43Z")
“Hi Opal” has left the building. Apparently it’s been picked up by the collective web mind and now floats around the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/9 "2003-08-25T14:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > “Hi Opal” has left the building. Apparently it’s been picked up by the collective web mind and now floats around the internet. I did not know that. > [@](#): > > Just how would Dopers feel if it turned out that many of us are the celebrities who get dissed and abused as much as they do? I’d think they would either jump on the band wagon or defend themselves, albeit they still wouldn’t let it out that they were the celeb. ---
**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/10 "2003-08-25T14:53:11Z")
John Mayer sucks. You heard it here first! ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/11 "2003-08-25T15:12:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Phlosphr_ > I’d think they would either jump on the band wagon or defend themselves, albeit they still wouldn’t let it out that they were the celeb. Sorry, you fail the Meatloaf test by one. A search of [artist] and “worst” gets results for an old band of mine. A search of just [artist] gets more than 25 threads. I’d have been more impressed if Mayer had said “Now I’m off to heat up a beef, bean and cheese burrito that OG couldn’t extinct without a tug-ahoy”. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/12 "2003-08-25T15:18:14Z")
Uh, you know, it’s just barely possible that John Mayer knows a woman named Opal and that she happened to be at the concert that night and he just wanted to say “hi!” to her from stage. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/13 "2003-08-25T15:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \*\*Uh, you know, it’s just barely possible that John Mayer knows a woman named Opal and that she happened to be at the concert that night and he just wanted to say “hi!” to her from stage. \*\* Oh you’re just no damn fun! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/14 "2003-08-25T17:16:15Z")
Well decide if he did after the second or third song. It would only be SDMB-related if it was after the second. > [@](#): > > “Hi Opal” has left the building. Apparently it’s been picked up by the collective web mind and now floats around the internet. Umm I know we’re in cafe society but, cite? 🙂 A [boardreader.com](http://boardreader.com), google search, alltheweb search only show coincidental (actually addressing an Opal) or fathom/straightdope/teemingmillions links. ps- I hope you’re wrong cuz I find it annoying. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/15 "2003-08-25T17:17:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*“Hi Opal” has left the building. Apparently it’s been picked up by the collective web mind and now floats around the internet. \*\* Has it? A Google search for the phrase turns up 151 results. Many are SDMB-related pages (e.g. Dopers’ live journals, Fathom forums, etc.) Many of the rest are stories or accounts of conversations in which someone says “Hi Opal.” No non-SDMB pages have “Hi Opal” in a list. FWIW, [here](http://www.rescueme.org/Daisy.htm) is a cockatoo that can say “Hi Opal.” (Opal is the name of the owner’s other bird.) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/16 "2003-08-25T18:54:24Z")
> [@](#): > > What did you say? Is there another JM thread around here? _sigh_ I’m the most pathetic person on the planet. I’m reading a John Mayer thread that obviously I was interested in enough to open, and I read that post and thought “What does James Marsters have to do with anything? And is there a thread about him?” ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/17 "2003-08-25T19:11:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > \*\*This raises an issue I have thought about often. > > Just how would Dopers feel if it turned out that many of us are the celebrities who get dissed and abused as much as they do? > > Does anybody know for sure that there are _celebrities_ among us who have had much scorn and abuse heaped on them? \*\* My God, who knew that **december** was actually George Clooney?! ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/18 "2003-08-25T19:13:12Z")
I think it would be neat if John Mayer was a doper. I think his music is great. Never seen him in concert, but I really enjoyed him when he performed on some live show. Was it the grammys maybe?? Anyway, if you are reading, JM: I think you rock!! And I would probably leave my husband for you. (just kidding) haha 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/19 "2003-08-25T21:48:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*My God, who knew that **december** was actually George Clooney?! \*\* Wouldn’t surprise me if **lekatt** is Mel Gibson’s dad. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-john-mayer-is-a-doper-affirmations-from-his-recent-concert/197497/20 "2003-08-26T00:41:31Z")
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