# Jan 6 NYC Dopefest: Official Countdown(Linked! Don't Delete!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929 "2000-12-16T19:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/261 "2001-01-05T03:12:44Z")
I certainly don’t mind being locked up with you kids, as long as I’m out in time for work on Monday. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/262 "2001-01-05T05:01:02Z")
I decided to definately come when my coworker told me I took the day off for nothing, because he couldn’t see any blisters. And, hell, I haven’t gotten drunk and stupid in over 4 days! Sign me up! Andygirl, check your email. We must coordinate scheduals. See yall Saturday… ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/263 "2001-01-05T05:11:34Z")
OK, despite my sucess navigating the NYC subway system last time, could someone who is going to be at Chumley’s around 6 (ie: not someone who is always late) email me your cell phone number in case I get lost and end up in the Bronx or something equally horrific? And lets decide RIGHT now who’s in charge of the notes, OK? ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/264 "2001-01-05T05:22:33Z")
Wouldn’t that be we, Swiddles? 😉 So I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/265 "2001-01-05T05:41:01Z")
NOT IT on the notes. I’m in charge of pictures, not notes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/266 "2001-01-05T05:49:44Z")
> [@](#): > > No no…I _take_ the pictures, hon! I’m rarely IN them. Which is truly for the best… As a Mid-Atlantic doper who has been to several dopefests with Falcon, I can attest that this is indeed the best. There is a picture, which has been shown countless times on TV and posted online even more, where I am in the background having carnal knowledge with 3 sheep, a porcupine and an alien, and because Falcon is the subject of the picture, NOBODY has ever noticed me. Were she to be in the pics, everone would think it was a dopefest of one, so y’all are better off with her behind the camera.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/267 "2001-01-05T06:04:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **NEW INTERNET HAZARD: DOPERFESTING** This gives me the idea that when we get our Mongol Horde on, we’ll want to harrass Giuliani somehow, so that our headline can include the word “ **HIZZONER** ”. **Not it** for the notes. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/268 "2001-01-05T07:31:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by weirddave \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > No no…I _take_ the pictures, hon! I’m rarely IN them. Which is truly for the best… > > There is a picture, which has been shown countless times on TV and posted online even more, where I am in the background having carnal knowledge with 3 sheep, a porcupine and an alien, and because Falcon is the subject of the picture, NOBODY has ever noticed me. \*\* ``` No, I think I would've noticed Porcupine in the photo... Was Coldfire the alien? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/269 "2001-01-05T12:19:55Z")
Despite my best efforts, I’m not going to be able to make this fest after all. ☹ Have fun, folks… try to make a splash by the 11:00 news, okay? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/270 "2001-01-05T12:34:19Z")
NOT IT on the notes as well, you won’t regret that anyway, trust me… …and on second thought, I hope I’m not out on time for work Monday if we do get locked up, so lets try our darndedst, mmmmkay? I will bring a camera… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/271 "2001-01-05T13:47:39Z")
Could someone in charge talk to the Chumleys people about the possibility of using a phone line some of the time? If so we can broadcast this shindig live. Tell them it’s great publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/272 "2001-01-05T14:06:36Z")
I’ll volunteer for helping with notes. But, I don’t want to be the sole contributor. We got a huge group, and I think it will take several reporters to cover all the happenings. Tripler Drunk fat and stupid is no way to go through life, son . . . ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/273 "2001-01-05T15:47:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*A voice from the vast regions of ‘Vacation-land’ looms through the darkness . . . > > I’ll be there. Definitely afirmitive. I will be there. . . Chumley’s on 6 Jan, 2001. > > **Falc** , keep your panting to a minimum. You’re drooling on the floor 😉 > > Tripler > I’ll post more tomorrow \*\* It’s ok- Chumley’s puts down sawdust in the bar. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/274 "2001-01-05T16:36:36Z")
**Post Chumley’s Dopefest Update:** At great personal expense (read: I have a brutal hangover) I’ve scouted the various bars in the area with an eye for someplace for people to go after we’re done at Chumley’s. The Village Idiot is, indeed, the best choice. It’s larger and less smoky than I remember it. It should work even for folks who are allergic (but to be fair, I’m a heavy smoker myself, so my perception of such things may be dulled; it just seemed _much_ less smoky than other bars I frequent.) Drinks are cheap there, but they take no cards, so bring cash. And they will card _everybody_. If Bob Hope were to join us, he would get carded. Fully stocked jukebox tending toward country/rock (think Confederate Railroad and Hank Williams Jr. more than Waylon Jennings and Hank, Sr.), pinball, pool, darts, tables in back. I actually asked about phone connections for the internet. The bartender giggled at me. Female dopers who plan to consume a lot of alcohol may want to wear a fairly cheap bra, as some people have been known to donate them to the collection after dancing on the bar. If the consensus is to go there, it’s on 14th St. and Ninth Ave, on the northeast corner, just around the corner from the Old Homestead. Call it an eight block walk from Chumley’s **Parking Note** : We’re still in snow emergency rules and alternate side is suspended. What that means is that there is modestly less street parking available than usual and garages may fill up more quickly. For folks coming at 6:00, this will not be a problem. If people are thinking of coming later, a plan of attack is in order to make sure you get a spot. What that plan might be, I have no idea. I haven’t parked a car for over a decade. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/275 "2001-01-05T17:12:19Z")
One, I will NOT dance on a bar. Not even if I’m drunk. Two, Manny…would there be an ATM between Chumley’s and the Village Idiot? (I don’t like carrying a ton of money around, so I was gonna do this on Visa…) Three, thanks for checking it out for us! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/276 "2001-01-05T17:20:56Z")
Yes, there are ATM’s on the corner of 8th Ave and 14th St. And I believe there’s a deli around the corner that has one as well. Now I’m definitely bringing a camera, I haven’t been to the Village Idiot in a year. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/277 "2001-01-05T17:23:46Z")
Falc, they don’t call it NYATMC for nothin’. They don’t call it that. Not for nothin’. Umm, what was I saying? Oh, yea, plenty of cash machines in the village. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/278 "2001-01-05T17:38:44Z")
a) Even if I should somehow become drunk enough to dance on a bar, I am not donating my bra to anyone. “The girls” have been legally registered as deadly weapons, and I have to keep them concealed and contained at all times. b) For those of us who are throwing ourselves on the mercy of the city (and the Dopers therein), I sincerely hope y’all will be willing to help us navigate from place to place. Everyone else seems to be very casual about this gathering, but I for one am nervous as hell. I’m going to a (to me) huge city, to meet a bunch of people I don’t know. Uhm. Scary stuff. \ ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/279 "2001-01-05T17:45:01Z")
Um. Not that I mind bars as a good source of amusement. But I’m only 18… ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/280 "2001-01-05T18:45:18Z")
Dancing on the bar and losing a bra? Reminds me of that fateful night at Hogs and Heffers which I am court ordered not to discuss. I can’t wait to check out the Village Idiot - great idea, Manny. **Manhattan** , is your e-mail broken? **Green Bean** , you know I think you’re great, but it is against my religion to wear a name tag. You can slap a ‘kick me’ sign on my back when I’m not looking, but the rest of you won’t have a reason to keep your eyes on my chest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929.md?page=15)