# It's DC/Baltimore Dopefest time again..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781 "2000-11-26T19:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/81 "2000-12-11T18:43:41Z")
Just wanted to say that I had a wonderful time, and it was great to meet you all. šŸ™‚ Still donā€™t understand cribbage, though. Oh, well. Iā€™m sorry that I had to leave early, but itā€™s rather good that I didā€¦ roads were a bit sketchy on the way home. Falc- Youā€™re still a heathen. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/82 "2000-12-11T19:22:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silo \* > **Iampunha: Dude! (found out his name is pronounced, ā€œI-am-poonha.ā€)** NO ITā€™S NOT!!! I-am-pn-ha. The U is almost like a grace note is in music. Itā€™s barely there. andygirl, weā€™ll have to try harder with cribbage next week, provided both of us go to that. However, pig is always an option. Didnā€™t we decide that andygirlā€™s epitaph would read ā€œThe Curiously undead andygirlā€ or ā€œThe Uncommonly undead andygirlā€? I thought there was something about undead in there. ::still waiting for people to see the pics and ask ā€œWHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, IAMPUNHA?ā€:: ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/83 "2000-12-11T19:34:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Posted by iampunha \* > > > [@](#): > > > > (found out his name is pronounced, ā€œI-am-poonha.ā€) > > NO ITā€™S NOT!!! > > I-am-pn-ha. The U is almost like a grace note is in music. Itā€™s barely there. Ok-gotcha, Sorry 'bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/84 "2000-12-11T19:35:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > **Thank you for coming, everyoneā€¦it was great showing off the apartment, and the kitty. (Who is really sick today, and may need surgery. So any good thoughts would be great.)** Surgery?!?! Whatā€™s wrong? I mean, other than those two testicles he has growing from his body? I hope I didnā€™t hurt him when I (accidentally) stepped on him. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/85 "2000-12-11T20:15:36Z")
Alex is ok now. Had an intestinal obstruction, but itā€™s gone now, and heā€™s coming home with me tonight. However, yā€™all are LUCKY he was sickā€¦normally he wouldnā€™t have let you guys hold him that much. šŸ˜‰ And punā€¦I think the epitaph was ā€œThe Uncommonly Dead Andygirl.ā€ Andygirl, do YOU remember what we had for it? Oh, and FTR? The stuffed reindeer movie is OFF the computer. Sheesh. Buncha sickosā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/86 "2000-12-11T21:15:26Z")
RTfirefly! It was great to meet you again. Falc: Hope the kittyā€™s doing ok. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/87 "2000-12-11T23:19:00Z")
I had a wonderful time, guys. It was much more fun than I had hoped (and you all were so much more normal than I thought youā€™d be!). I had already met Dave, but it was great meeting everyone else. I hope I didnā€™t make too much of an ass of myself. šŸ˜‰ A few wonderful memories: ~~Rudolph the Red-Assed Reindeer (my first encounter with stuffed animal porn, and boy was I excited!) Err, ummā€¦ ~~ **Skepticism, Inquisitiveness, and Bitterness: The Straight Dopeā€™s Holy Triumverate!** ~~Punha doing the hit-the-high-note/farting/butt-squat move. Many thanks to Sqrl for being the fart-noise generator. Nothing was better than chilling with Phil, Mike, and Sqrl in the den listening to them manhandle Beatlesā€™s songs. Thanks for trying to teach me to play, Sqrl. Thanks to **Falc** for letting us come over and play!! Give Alex a \ for me! Thanks to **Hammy, Punha, Andygirl, Phil, DC, Leigh-Anne** (hope Iā€™m spelling that right) and **Kim** for cracking me up nonstop (when I actually pretended to be interested in the game, that is.) Thanks to **Sqrl** for patiently trying to teach me cribbage (although I never caught on) and getting me addicted to PIG/HORSE. Thanks to **Montfort** for being such a sweetie - the pictures from Sweden were wonderful! Thanks to **Silo** for being such a sweetie and a cutie too - a lethal combination! šŸ˜‰ I listened to your tribute song to Wally last night and it was beautiful. Iā€™m still desperately hoping that I might make the Richmond dopefest, but itā€™s not looking good. Iā€™ll definitely make the Anniz/Montfort party, though. Hopefully Iā€™ll be less of a dork at that one. It was so nice meeting all of you!! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/88 "2000-12-11T23:34:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > **~~Punha doing the hit-the-high-note/farting/butt-squat move. Many thanks to Sqrl for being the fart-noise generator.** I stopped farting after the card games. I did not ONCE fart in the computer room. I was just standing up because I had to get SOMETHING behind those ass-high notes I was singing (and trying to avoid going into falsetto, which I eventually had to do anyway). Hrmph. See if I ever sing really badly for you again! > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by N4S_ > \*\*Iā€™m still desperately hoping that I might make the Richmond dopefest, but itā€™s not looking good. Iā€™ll definitely make the Anniz/Montfort party, though. Hopefully Iā€™ll be less of a dork at that one. > \*\* 1. Canā€™t get off work?ā˜¹ 2. You werenā€™t a dork this time. Nobody who brings food to a dopefest is a dork. 3. Andygirl, in the likely event that N4S does not make the dopefest in richmond, what are your thoughts on driving down to metro and having me drive the rest of the way in my car? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/89 "2000-12-12T04:12:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > **Thanks to Montfort for being such a sweetie - the pictures from Sweden were wonderful!** Aww, thank you for being cute, too. šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > **Iā€™ll definitely make the Anniz/Montfort party, though. Hopefully Iā€™ll be less of a dork at that one.** Two words: Bring Brownies. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/90 "2000-12-12T04:51:19Z")
Okay, I just spent an hour writing really stupid captions to the pictures I took yesterday. [Enjoy](http://chanceofrain.com/pix/falcon/). ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/91 "2000-12-12T05:41:35Z")
[This](http://chanceofrain.com/pix/falcon/020.jpg) really isnā€™t how it seems . . . honest! See, we had planned it about two weeks in advance . . . she was going to advance on me all innocent and such and we were going to fake a kiss and expect you all to gasp in amazement and random people who had brought cameras to take numerous pictures and . . . it wasnā€™t supposed to look like that! Donā€™t believe me? FINE. Be that way! [sub]I woulda gotten away with it, too, if it werenā€™t for those meddling Dopers.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/92 "2000-12-12T05:43:39Z")
Ahem. I would like to state that quietgirl knew about this. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/93 "2000-12-12T08:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*I would like to state that quietgirl knew about this. \*\* This is whatā€™s important to me. I hope you told her beforehand that the odds of her seeing you and someone else in a curious pose were high. Unless ā€œthisā€ refers to something else . . . šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/94 "2000-12-12T11:32:10Z")
Thanks, **Montfort** - people are going to think I spent the whole party in that chair! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/95 "2000-12-12T14:25:52Z")
Great job on the pictures Montfort!! N4S said: > [@](#): > > Thanks to Silo for being such a sweetie and a cutie too - a lethal combination! šŸ˜‰ Youā€™re welcome. šŸ˜‰ and: > [@](#): > > Iā€™m still desperately hoping that I might make the Richmond dopefest, but itā€™s not looking good. I hope you can make it along, but if you canā€™t, Iā€™m sure we could have our own mini-dopefest or something to make up for it. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/96 "2000-12-12T15:14:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > \*\*Thanks to **Sqrl** for . . . getting me addicted to . . . HORSE. \*\* Shame on him! Didnā€™t either of you see **Trainspotting**?! šŸ˜‰ We had a great time, too. Falc has a **damned** nice apartmentā€“Iā€™m jealous. Not only that, weā€™re moving in with her. I came _thisclose_ to beating Sqrl in cribbage, but he had a really good scoring hand during play, **and** he counted first. Damn it. Everyone was, as usual, really cool, and it was fun meeting Sara, Silo, andygirl and Hamadryad for the first time. andygirl gave me my first-ever Altoid. I found it curiously strong, as it happens. I donā€™t know that weā€™ll make Richmond because our car is going in the shop this weekend for new engine mounts and a new power steering reservoir and pump. But weā€™ll definitely make Montfortā€™s party. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/97 "2000-12-12T15:53:02Z")
If anyone has any suggestions for changing the captions, please let me know. I wrote them as I was writing the page, and while Iā€™ll admit there are a few inspired ones, there are a few where Iā€™d rather not admit credit. So, suggest some, Dopers! ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/98 "2000-12-12T15:58:57Z")
Youā€™re moving in? When was THIS decidā€¦I mean, GREAT! YOU can give Alex his medicine that he spit all over me this morning. (Grrrr.) ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/99 "2000-12-12T17:07:01Z")
Gee, Mont, you actually got a few dopers in those pictures of Alexā€“hope we werenā€™t in the wayā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781/100 "2000-12-12T17:15:53Z")
I swearā€¦I thought the ā€œMr. Montfort, Iā€™m ready for my close upā€ picture would be of Alex. Didnā€™t the rest of you?? šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dc-baltimore-dopefest-time-again/42781.md?page=6)