# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/121 "2005-09-06T14:02:52Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > I would literally be a distortion in the fabric of spacetime. Thus I would have total control over my appearance, able to refract, absorb and re-emit, and even red- and blueshift incoming light to show up anywhere from invisible, to topological display of spacetime curviness, to 40 performing bananas. Wow! I can’t wait to not see you there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/122 "2005-09-06T14:08:07Z")
I would wear a tux, and carry a box of Milkbones on a silver platter. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/123 "2005-09-06T14:17:32Z")
Well, \*\*Anaamika \*\* means “anonymous” in Hindi, or rather, “nameless”. SO…I’d probably wear a perfectly ordinary pair of slacks, and a perfectly ordinary blouse, with my hair up in a perfectly ordinary way… so you’d never remember me. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/124 "2005-09-06T14:24:14Z")
Well, I’m named for the air cadet squadron I used to command, so I could just wear a bunch of clothing with its crest on, with a bit of [this](http://images.google.ca/images?q=disco+stu&svnum=10&hl=en&hs=ynd&lr=&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&start=0&sa=N) thrown in. Alternately, I could go along with the common misreading of the name and be a big stainless steel pot full of little fuzzy ears and paws and stuff: wolf stew. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/125 "2005-09-06T14:32:40Z")
I’d probably just wear plain street clothes and skulk in the corner… > [@Anaamika](#): > > Well, \*\*Anaamika \*\* means “anonymous” in Hindi, or rather, “nameless”. SO…I’d probably wear a perfectly ordinary pair of slacks, and a perfectly ordinary blouse, with my hair up in a perfectly ordinary way… > so you’d never remember me. Huh… can I be your partner? Together, we’d make a really (un-)remarkable pair… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/126 "2005-09-06T15:03:45Z")
I’d wear the latest fashion, carry a towel, and have a pair of opaque-lensed sunglasses. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/127 "2005-09-06T15:12:15Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Well, \*\*Anaamika \*\* means “anonymous” in Hindi, or rather, “nameless”. SO…I’d probably wear a perfectly ordinary pair of slacks, and a perfectly ordinary blouse, with my hair up in a perfectly ordinary way… > so you’d never remember me. Or, you could just wear a nametag that says “Hi, my name is”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/128 "2005-09-06T15:59:05Z")
I’d wear shabby clothes and carry a walking stick. Just like normal. Under my coat is a Steelers jersey. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by_ **Hillbilly Queen** > Cut-off shorts and a crown. If that’s all, I’d love to see that! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/129 "2005-09-06T16:02:03Z")
Mine’s too easy. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/130 "2005-09-06T16:46:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, Anaamika means “anonymous” in Hindi, or rather, “nameless”. The Poster With No Name? You could try [this outfit](http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/10102000/10102980.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/131 "2005-09-06T17:10:55Z")
> [@](#): > > A walrus mustache, and wearing a plaid leisure suit with attached epaulettes, but no shirt. OK, I only just now realized the connection. Larry Mudd = Leisure Suit Larry? In my defense, by the time I was old enough to play that game, there wasn’t a functioning computer in my county that could run it. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/132 "2005-09-06T17:23:06Z")
Does anyone know where I could get a Mel Gibson halloween mask? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/133 "2005-09-06T17:32:16Z")
I guess I’d have to cover myself in feathers, and wear my hair in a DA. And avoid saying “Oh, just put it on my bill.” HA! I slay me! 😃 Lacha is “duck” _as gaeilge_. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/134 "2005-09-06T17:47:03Z")
I’d have to wear a stillsuit, with a deep orange hooded robe with a hawk crest over it, carrying a crysknife, and have contact lenses to turn my eyeballs completely blue. Or maybe I’d just wear [this](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0287839/Ss/0287839/CHILDOFDUNE_SCIFI_00064.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0287839). ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/135 "2005-09-06T17:47:54Z")
I’d have to wear a [waitress uniform](http://www.alumni.uwo.ca/ya/talkbooks-skinnylegs.htm). There are probably more interesting outfits Ellen Cherry Charles possesses in this novel (_Skinny Legs and All_ by Tom Robbins), but I read the book so many years ago I can only vaguely recall the plot! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/136 "2005-09-06T18:08:29Z")
I guess I’d sew a bunch of pricetags together and make a snazzy three piece suit out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/137 "2005-09-06T18:43:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > OK, I only just now realized the connection. Larry Mudd = Leisure Suit Larry? Not specifically – “Larry” (though it is the name I go by in meatspace) has _always_ made me think of tacky leisurewear. I blame [Larry Dallas](http://www.toshistation.com/funk/L.htm), the neighbor on _Three’s Company_. (According to the Kabbalarryan Philosophy, this name represents the very [apex of tacky casual wear](http://1click4help.com/resume.html).) [Harry Mudd](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/mediaview?id=2102402&episodeid=68742&count=-1) has a more refined sartorial sense, naturally. I’m ashamed to admit that I only just now parsed **av8rmike**. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/138 "2005-09-06T18:45:32Z")
Probably [this](http://jdinteractive.kickchat.net/inc/artwork/poser/Vulcan%20Woman.jpg) …just cause it looks all comfy like. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/139 "2005-09-06T19:44:41Z")
I guess I’d just have to try to out-dress everyone else … so I would be the spiffiest person there! ---
**Author:** ![Cranky\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cranky\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cranky_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849/140 "2005-09-06T22:17:16Z")
Ummm…scruffy, tattered clothes, a walking stick and a frown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-a-worldwide-dopefest/319849.md?page=8)