# If there was a worldwide Dopefest... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849 "2005-09-03T03:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/21 "2005-09-03T04:25:31Z")
I would arrive in a casual outfit, but I would put flashcards with pronouns on them all over my clothing, and I would bring a kangaroo. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/22 "2005-09-03T04:25:42Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > I have been reading your user name all wrong. So I am not the only one ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/23 "2005-09-03T04:28:57Z")
Yeah, I don’t know what the hell I’d do. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/24 "2005-09-03T04:35:47Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Yeah, I don’t know what the hell I’d do. For you I imagine a Superman outfit, but instead of a big “S” you’d have a big database filter symbol (like a giant funnel). Not that I spend any time imagining you in spandex. Nooo, not me. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/25 "2005-09-03T04:41:43Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > For you I imagine a Superman outfit, but instead of a big “S” you’d have a big database filter symbol (like a giant funnel). > > Not that I spend any time imagining you in spandex. Nooo, not me. No no no…just think lots of coffe filters, fiberglass, and activated charcoal. And as a plus side of the costume, you could fart and nobody would smell it! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/26 "2005-09-03T04:42:39Z")
All I’d have to do is bring my laptop. Should I be worried that my doper costume basically looks the same as me on a business trip? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/27 "2005-09-03T04:58:28Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > No no no…just think lots of coffe filters, fiberglass, and activated charcoal. And as a plus side of the costume, you could fart and nobody would smell it! Hell, with all of that he could probably die and start decomposing and nobody would smell it! ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/28 "2005-09-03T05:06:50Z")
Your guess is as good as mine. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/29 "2005-09-03T05:19:16Z")
I’d wear a dress appliqued with the 25th letter of the alphabet, tied near the bottom in a double Windsor. (A “Y-knot” - get it? _sigh_ I really need to go to bed.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/30 "2005-09-03T05:20:44Z")
Toga, natch. With a cup of ambrosia and a quiver full of arrows. The golden girdle, however, may be optional. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/31 "2005-09-03T05:59:46Z")
Hmm, what would I wear? I like the idea of a 1920s or 1930s ensemble, but honestly, that’s not the best look for me, and I’d rather not look like a ruffled sausage. So, I’ll go with a very decorous post-WWII look: sweater set, pencil skirt, pearls, and a knitting bag bristling with needles and half-finished sock like flags. A pageboy hairstyle. Seamed stockings. I like the idea of **ultrafilter** wearing an air filter on his head like a crown, while wearing a belt made of Britta filters. Definitely some sort of cape is called for. **saramamalana** , I’m seeing you in a hula skirt for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/32 "2005-09-03T06:15:00Z")
Just me, my taped horn-rims, and a vintage band tee shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/33 "2005-09-03T06:24:45Z")
Probably something [like this](http://www.franquin.dk/kap1-3.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/34 "2005-09-03T06:26:18Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Just me, my taped horn-rims, and a vintage band tee shirt. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/35 "2005-09-03T06:59:05Z")
Wrapped in cling film, I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/36 "2005-09-03T07:19:24Z")
Inside a hollowed out cabbage, arriving in a taxi, with a glass of red in hand. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/37 "2005-09-03T07:28:23Z")
It’s late at night and I really can’t do it justice with mere words, so… [here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Feydeau) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/38 "2005-09-03T07:33:05Z")
Dressed in a straitjacket with a big red circle-with-a-line-through-it painted on. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/39 "2005-09-03T09:57:01Z")
hmmmm… a pixelized representation of Isis silkscreened onto something skimpy and slinky. yeah. and i’m going on a diet before i wear that too . ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/40 "2005-09-03T10:24:19Z")
I’d have a choice of either leather armor (complete with helmet), some sort of red and blue lounging-around outfit, or a robe and nightgown. The first would let me omit the long blond wig, since it wouldn’t be easily visible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849.md?page=3)