# If I Hosted A Dopefest At My House, Would Anyone Show Up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050 "2000-07-19T01:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/1 "2000-07-19T01:51:38Z")
Milossarian planted the idea of having a Michigan Summer Doperpalooza, but he doesn’t think anyone would drive that far north. So I’d like to have one here, at my place. My house isn’t big, but the yard is big ehough for a grill & a keg. Kids are welcome, too. We’ve got a pretty large inflatable pool–not deep, but fun if you’ve got little ones. We also live about 2 blocks from a school with a playground, so if you’ve got older kids, maybe we could pass the hat & pay them to take the little ones there, or to the ice cream parlor that’s about 4 blocks away. There’s an airport and hotels here, too, a few miles away. Nice, reasonable ones, like Motel 6, Super 8, & Red Roof Inn. I’m thinking about the second weekend of August. One catch, though–that’s the weekend of the Buick Open, and Tiger Woods is coming to town. BUT, the Flint hotels won’t be as booked. Most everyone will be staying in Grand Blanc, where the golf course and the ritzy people live. I’d be more than happy to play hostess, if anyone is interested! Oh yeah–if you want to come, and you play an instrument, _please bring your rig._ My husband is a musician, and looooooves a good jam session. Doesn’t matter what you play, doesn’t matter if you play it badly. Just bring it. 😃 I’d ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/2 "2000-07-19T01:53:08Z")
If you move your house to Northern California? yes. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/3 "2000-07-19T01:53:32Z")
Duh. ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/4 "2000-07-19T02:05:04Z")
be careful Cristi … I heard these dopers can be wild party animals. Charge admission just in case they ruin your chances of getting your security deposit back. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/5 "2000-07-19T02:12:43Z")
Oldscratch: Sorry. But I _do_ have family in California, and if I ever get there, I _will_ look you up! Milo: I’ll take that as a “yes, and I’ll bring beer too.” pLt: I have partied with many of these people. What you’ve heard is true. But, I own this house. So if they tear it up, well, I’m basically screwed. :::shrug::: It’ll be fun, though! ---
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/6 "2000-07-19T02:15:06Z")
Oh … hide the modem so no one can give in to addictions and urges and post messages. You want all attention on drinking. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/7 "2000-07-19T02:39:31Z")
Well if we get our webcam by then Cristi, pLt and I will make a cyber-appearance if that counts… ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/8 "2000-07-19T02:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh … hide the modem so no one can give in to addictions and urges and post messages. You want all attention on drinking. Oh hell no! I’ll be starting a belch-by-belch thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/9 "2000-07-19T02:49:40Z")
ohh persephone if I were coming to any dopers convention it would be at your house. Unfortunately I have to go back to work the first week in Aug. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/10 "2000-07-19T02:50:11Z")
It depends Cristi…are you going to be playing the Monkees? ::runs away before anyone can hit me with fruit:: ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/11 "2000-07-19T02:55:42Z")
monster, if you showed up, I’d _definitely_ play the Monkees! If I’m feeling perky enough, I might even try & talk my husband & any other jammers into a rousing rendition of “Shades of Gray.” Hehehehe. aha, the festivities will be on the weekend. Surely an aging rock star such as yourself can party on a weekend! C’mon, prove to me that teachers have lives! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/12 "2000-07-19T02:58:16Z")
Not if your gonna play them damned monkees! 😉 And teachers do it with class ya know…so I will keep your little get together in mind. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/13 "2000-07-19T03:01:09Z")
How far of a drive are you from Gary, IN? (That’s where my mom lives.) I’d love to come (especially if I could hear a live jam of Shades of Grey), but I’ll be flying in in October and I don’t think I can afford two trips in two months. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/14 "2000-07-19T03:04:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Not if your gonna play them damned monkees! Hey, if you show up, I swear, I will hunt down some Five Americans & play them too! Somebody I know has them. I know a lot of… :::searching brain for delicate reference, so as not to make aha feel decrepit::: Oh yeah! I know a lot of people who remember seeing you on that talk show! Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/15 "2000-07-19T03:07:07Z")
monster: Gary isn’t a terrifically long drive from here. Right off the top of my head, I think it’s 4 or 5 hours. I’ll have to check on that, though. If you can drive it, that would be great! ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/16 "2000-07-19T04:38:54Z")
I’m glad you mentioned that kids are welcome because the hubby told me today that if I’m going, then I’m taking at least a couple of the kids with me. He actually has a good friend of his who recently moved to Flint, so he might be coming along so he can go visit his friend too while we are in the area. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/17 "2000-07-19T06:40:27Z")
Sorry **Persephone** , but hotels vacancies in Flint is a running joke between me and my wife. The only time we were trying to find one there was when we were driving home from Mio ( I lived in Lansing then ) and we needed a place to crap out. No vacancy was to be found between the Tri Cities and Lansing. Now that I live in Pittsburgh, it is unlikely that I could make it. ---
**Author:** ![pipefitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pipefitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipefitter)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/18 "2000-07-19T08:47:37Z")
If you have a fest, I would either drive up from Roseville, or come right after work, which is in Auburn Hills, on Brown Road. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/19 "2000-07-19T10:01:14Z")
I hate being young(er than most people), it means I can never take part in these shindigs. Maybe in the next year or so I’d be able to pop in and terrorize a few of you crazy peoples. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-hosted-a-dopefest-at-my-house-would-anyone-show-up/26050/20 "2000-07-19T13:19:10Z")
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