# International Londope 2002 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804 "2001-11-06T16:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/21 "2001-11-07T15:45:07Z")
Budget willing, I will definitely be there. I am planning a UK trip in May, but I might be able to roll it back and kill two stones with one bird. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alex\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_B)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/22 "2001-11-07T16:06:40Z")
The first tentative list of guests: Definitely and Pretty Much Certain: Alex B Francesca Twist O’Fate Crusoe yojimbo Coldfire Tansu Maeglin Kabbes (if I understood his sarcasm correctly) Maybe: Porcupine Edwardina JavaMaven1 Kyla kferr Fretful Porpentine Better be there if they don’t want their fat American asses kicked: woodstockbirdybird katiekilldare joey hemlock Esprix The Pat and Doob Show and a whole bunch of other two-bit yanks ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/23 "2001-11-07T16:13:59Z")
Oxford to London isn’t a difficult trip. Just thought I’d better warn you… (And if some of these Famous Names are turning up, I will _definitely_ make the effort.) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/24 "2001-11-07T16:22:04Z")
I’m totally up for this, but there’s no way I’d be able to come unless it’s either the week before or the week after the U.S. Labor Day holiday (which is Monday, September 2nd next year). I don’t get to take vacation whenever I want, and my boss always closes the office for a week at the end of Summer, so that’s when I have to take my holiday. Besides, for those who can’t take time off of work, doing it over an official holiday would mean that at least a few people might be able to make it for a long weekend, since businesses are closed on that Monday anyway. Just a thought. So put me on the “maybe” list. 🙂 * * * I really appreciate your consideration in avoiding stepping on my penis - **Spiny Norman** [sym][sub][sup]©[/sup][/sub][/sym] Jeg elsker dig, Thomas [sym][sub][sup]©[/sup][/sub][/sym] ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/25 "2001-11-07T16:25:41Z")
Dammit, **Alex** , I said it was TOO FAR. Have you ANY IDEA how long the train takes from Dorking to Victoria? Almost FORTYFIVE MINUTES! You think you bozos are worth that? What? Dopers? Not a work do? Oh. Oh fine - yeah. Just don’t make it Christmas day or anything - my mum’d kill me. pan ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/26 "2001-11-07T16:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Maeglin \* > I am planning a UK trip in May, but I might be able to roll it back and kill two stones with one bird. You couldn’t use Ann Widdicombe as your projectile, could you ? One ward of warning, if it’s to be June-ish remember the not insignificant sporting occasion taking place yonder East although, if it is breakfast and lunchtime kick off’s, I don’t know why I’m mentioning it. I’m not excited or anything… Anyhoo, I’m up for a drinkies – I’ll be the one wearing the Harry Potter t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/27 "2001-11-07T16:40:07Z")
I can probalby make it down to London for then, not sure what my work situation will be, but I don’t see why not. So yeah count me in. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/28 "2001-11-07T16:54:03Z")
**kabbes** , you live in Dorking? No shit, I lived in Capel-near-Dorking for a summer. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/29 "2001-11-07T17:04:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alex B \* > \*\*Better be there if they don’t want their fat American asses kicked: > > katiekilldare > \*\* Well, aren’t you a charmer. Okay. I’ll say yes. But I’ve got a lot of convincing to do. I’d better get started RFN. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/30 "2001-11-07T17:05:57Z")
Woah - I very nearly moved to Capel. We lost a house there (and yes I did check my back pocket). In fact my adventures were chronicled in a pit thread: [Mrs Kierney - beats there no heart in thy wizened breast?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73190) Anyway, we’re much happier in Dorking. Even if it does sound like a present participle. IIRC **L\_C** used to live in these parts too. Who’d have known such a quiet area of the world would play host to such a mighty triumverate of world-bestriding colossuses? And you know ancient languages and stuff - should that last word be colossi? pan ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/31 "2001-11-07T17:37:04Z")
christ, that only gives me 6 months for me to read up and give Alex B the philosophical thrashing of his lifetime… ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/32 "2001-11-07T17:50:38Z")
The house I lived in was called Four Elms. Right next to a rather large estate whose owners kept their own stable. It was a truly idyllic summer. Except for the fact that these wealthy, horse-owning neighbors had a downright fucking gorgeous daughter who was pretty much exactly my age. I will forever curse my timidity. She was so nice, too. Would that I could be 16 again. The loss of house story sucks raw, my friend. The people I stayed with in Capel had been through pretty much the same thing, though they managed to find another cottage nearby in a pinch. And I also had no idea that **L\_C** was a Surrey man. What are the odds. 😉 > [@](#): > > And you know ancient languages and stuff - should that last word be colossi? The original word is Greek, so the proper plural would be _colossoi_. Since it is usually rendered in Latin, _colossi_ is quite correct. 😉 MR ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/33 "2001-11-07T18:46:00Z")
Another Surrey man here (well, ex-Surrey). Several years outside Leatherhead and Guildford, and my parents still live in Surrey and Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/34 "2001-11-07T19:11:07Z")
I’m planning to go to England next year just for fun and I would _love_ to make the trip coincide with a DopeFest. Like MAEGLIN, I was planning to go in the spring but would be willing to push it back to the summer. What would be of greatest help to me would be to set a date with as much notice as possible. I often have to schedule things six months to a year out, but I can schedule around a vacation if I know when it is. It’s far harder to reschedule work stuff to take vacation. I am a very, very definite maybe. I’ll be there if you give me the dates and I don’t have a conflict. At this point, I have none for the month of July 2002. Keep me posted! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/35 "2001-11-07T19:25:30Z")
Oh Yes! Down the A27 from Dorking, take the small left turn into **Capel** before winding your way through the country lane to the delightful haven of **Rusper** , noted for the equally pleasant [Plough](http://freespace.virgin.net/clive.walker1/plough.html) (mind your head). Three miles on from there and you arrive in the once sleepy market town of **Horsham** (going past my old house on the way), birthplace of Percy Bysshe Shelly and my good self. BTW **Maeglin** , I think I knew that girl a year or so later – banged like a good 'un 😉 Some interesting names cropping up here, could be great fun! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/36 "2001-11-07T20:37:13Z")
Jesus, I’ve been to Guildford. And Worthing, too. I think one of the most relaxing days in my entire life was spent on the beach at Worthing. > [@](#): > > BTW Maeglin, I think I knew that girl a year or so later – banged like a good 'un 🙂 You, sir, are a bastard. If there are statutory rape laws in England, I shall be sure to track her down and throw the book at you. 😃 I’ve never been to Rusper, but the Capel pub was really quite nice. Called the Crown, or some such. Every time I went in, though, conversation rather stopped. Great village, but I wasn’t exactly accepted. 😉 I was hoping I could travel to the UK in the offseason, as I am afraid that my ultimate destination, Devon, will be overrun by tourists in July. But for a gathering like this, it would surely be worth it. MR ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alex\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_B)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/37 "2001-11-07T22:25:39Z")
Over-excited already and so long to go… Definitely and Pretty Much Certain: Alex B Francesca Twist O’Fate Crusoe yojimbo Coldfire Tansu Maeglin Kabbes (if I understood his sarcasm correctly) Steve Wright Gartog London\_Calling Maybe: Porcupine Edwardina JavaMaven1 Kyla kferr Fretful Porpentine Shayna Jodi hibernicus katiekilldare (Why not bring Mr Katie?) Better be there if they don’t want their fat American asses kicked: woodstockbirdybird joey hemlock Esprix The Pat and Doob Show and a whole bunch of other two-bit yanks ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/38 "2001-11-07T22:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > **Why not bring Mr Katie?** I intend to, but it will take convincing. If it works out, our trip will most likely be full-blown London vacation (we’ve never been before) that happens to include this fest. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/39 "2001-11-08T02:21:35Z")
I’m interested and can easily arrange my London accomodation. But my School’s holidays don’t start till July. Hopefully that will fit in with the general plan. My mate used to live in Dorking\* \*no more to say on that - just wanted to keep the theme going… ---
**Author:** ![geepee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@geepee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geepee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804/40 "2001-11-08T02:37:04Z")
Hmm definately maybe if i can get some time off but then i do live pretty close [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-londope-2002/91804.md?page=3)