# I'm going to THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, jippi!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168 "2000-12-05T18:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/21 "2000-12-06T05:17:58Z")
_blink_ Welfy!!! Where in PA? My grandparents live in Western PA, near the WV border. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/22 "2000-12-06T05:52:23Z")
Must . . . not . . . post . . . joke . . . about . . . **Anniz** until I have left **Montfort** ’s car on Saturday . . . ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/23 "2000-12-06T09:04:38Z")
All right! I sense a Philly DopeFest in late January–I’ll make the trip from York, PA to be there. (It’s a lot less travel than from Oxford, England!) Wow–I can’t wait to meet the SDMB Couple of (this) Year! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/24 "2000-12-06T09:45:53Z")
Speaking of Philly, I may be over there in March. Nothing ertain yet, but it is in the pipeline. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/25 "2000-12-06T14:30:19Z")
Very happy for you. Have fun. Have a nice trip. It isn’t Canada, but probably the next best thing… > [@](#): > > but I’m landing in Newark(New York) So, New York has finally assimilated Newark, eh? I knew it was just a matter of time.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/26 "2000-12-06T16:52:37Z")
Hi **rocking chair**. I promisse to wave back to you.:)🙂 Thanks **Welfy**. I’m sure I’ll have fun.:)🙂 Hi **iampunha**. Hope I will see you too when I’m there. And come one, what joke, I’m sure you dare to post it.:)🙂 Hi **Duke**. Only this years SDMB couple, not every years since this place started? Just kidding.:)🙂 Tack=thanks \*\*omni-not[b/]. I’m very happy right now, just feeling a bit lonely sometimes, but I’ll survive.:)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/27 "2000-12-06T17:31:56Z")
Cool beans, guys! Where in South Florida are you planning on visiting, and when? We’ll have to have a Dopefest in your honor while you’re down here! ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/28 "2000-12-06T17:51:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Fy fan med dig där i Västen! Vi här är mycket kollare än de dar skithuvuden i Kalifornien. > > Well, I don’t speak Swedish and I can’t find a translation page online. What’s it mean? > \*\* Let me take a crack at it, with my complete lack of Swedish: > [@](#): > > Fie, foul drug dealing varlet! We here are muckety collard greens compared to the shitheels in California. **Anniz** , please bring a president, but leave the lutefisk. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/29 "2000-12-06T18:04:55Z")
Hmmm, January in DC, eh? As it happens, I’ll be at Ft. Belvoir from Jan 15-Feb 2… completely without adult supervision. What an opportunity!! ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/30 "2000-12-06T18:20:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanibelMan \* > \*\*Cool beans, guys! Where in South Florida are you planning on visiting, and when? We’ll have to have a Dopefest in your honor while you’re down here! \*\* We’re going to Ft. Lauderdale, so I can introduce her to my parents and grandparents. I think I’m more nervous about that than she. 🙂 It looks like we’ll be going down the weekend of 19 January. You’re over in Tampa, right? The new pandas are arriving today in DC, and they’ll be on exhibit in a month or so from now, so the timing for that is good. **FairyChatMom** : Be sure to keep an eye out for a thread about a Super Bowl/Meet **Anniz** party. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/31 "2000-12-06T19:27:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by douglips \* > \*\*Fie, foul drug dealing varlet! We here are muckety collard greens compared to the shitheels in California. \*\* BAHAHAHAHA!!! 😃 **doug** , man, I see a long and fruitful career in translation ahead of you. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/32 "2000-12-06T20:17:52Z")
**douglips** , can’t I be the president? I promisse to be honest at least. Maybe **Montfort** could be the vice president.:)🙂 ANd I’m not so found of lutefisk, so don’t worry.:)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/33 "2000-12-06T20:37:53Z")
She’s got my vote! Welcome to the US - hope you have a wonderful time! ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/34 "2000-12-06T21:08:42Z")
Yeeeeeeeeeee, one vote for me.:)🙂 Tack(thanks) **BunnyGirl** , for the welcome too.:)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/35 "2000-12-06T21:38:58Z")
Have fun!!! I think you’ll like the states. So it sounds like you’ll be primarily seeing the east coast? Stop in Virginia, whoops, I forgot—there’s nothing much here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/36 "2000-12-06T21:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > We’re going to Ft. Lauderdale, so I can introduce her to my parents and grandparents. I think I’m more nervous about that than she. Is there something going on between you two?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/37 "2000-12-06T21:47:16Z")
Yes, **Anniz** , I’ll vote for you, too. 😛 **omni-not** : Umm, no. I’m due for a visit to my family (haven’t been down there since last December) and everyone wants to meet this wonderful Swedish woman. I can’t say I blame them. 🙂 **Silo** : Sorry, I can’t make your party this weekend. And, I’m sure I’ll drag her across the Potomac at some point to go into Virginia. Grudgingly, of course. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/38 "2000-12-06T23:59:31Z")
> [@](#): > > We’re going to Ft. Lauderdale, so I can introduce her to my parents and grandparents. I think I’m more nervous about that than she. > > It looks like we’ll be going down the weekend of 19 January. > > You’re over in Tampa, right? Actually, I’m about 2 hours south of Tampa, but I drive up there for the Dopefests. I can certainly do Fort Lauderdale, though, and I know there are a lot of other posters there too! Let’s plan on a meeting sometime that weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/39 "2001-01-11T17:41:51Z")
Just a little bump. Because now it’s only about 40 hours till the flight will leave Stockholm, heading to US. **America** , are you ready for me?😉 I can’t wait to go now. But, there’s one thing, I’m so scared of flying. it’s over 10 years since I flyed. This morning when I woke up, (didn’t sleep to good either) I was actually shaking because of this. Well, it’s better now, but still… I’m all excited too, so don’t get me wrong. So cross your fingers that everything will go well for me.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![St.Attila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168/40 "2001-01-11T18:26:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anniz \* > **But, there’s one thing, > I’m so scared of flying.** Flying is the least scary thing about going to the States. My suggestion: get travellers’ insurance, wear Kevlar. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-the-united-states-of-america-jippi/44168.md?page=3)