# 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:** 7
**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:** [December 26, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/121 "2000-12-26T19:07:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slowhand53 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > > \*\*a NJ Devils jersey in Manhattan = suicide at best \*\* > > so if we both wear a Devils jersey do we get killed twice as quick or do we have a chance to actually hurt some Ranger Fans? šŸ™‚ \*\* Ooh, thatā€™s it. Iā€™ll wear mine if you wear yours. Iā€™m serious! Tripler #15, John MacLean ---
**Author:** ![slowhand53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slowhand53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowhand53)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/122 "2000-12-26T19:09:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\* > #15, John MacLean \*\* still havenā€™t put a number on mine (lazy I guess). Count me in though ---
**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:** [December 26, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/123 "2000-12-26T19:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slowhand53 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > > \*\* > > #15, John MacLean \*\* > > still havenā€™t put a number on mine (lazy I guess). > > Count me in though \*\* Yeah, hey **Billdo** , I believe we have our first fashion statement of the Fest. **slowhand** Iā€™ll see you there. . . Tripler Glad to have another Devil worshipper to go with me. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/124 "2000-12-26T22:27:40Z")
Hello! Back from Christmas with the folksā€¦ my personal update du jour: PattyCake will probably attend, unless work prevents her, but my boyfriend most likely wonā€™t. I will attempt to wear him down, though. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/125 "2000-12-27T00:55:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulsling \* > \*\*Wait, we have to wear clothes for this thing? > > Iā€™ll start looking for the thong and bowtieā€¦ I know itā€™s around here somewhereā€¦ \*\* **soulsling** , IIRC, you admonished me to wear pants to the summer NYC DopeFest. So donā€™t act surprised about the clothing issue. You know better. In that same thread, I suggested we all wear antler hats so that we were readily recognizable. It was an idea that was snuffed aborning, Iā€™m sorry to relate. I still think itā€™s a good idea, though. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/126 "2000-12-27T01:03:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*soulsling, IIRC, you admonished me to wear pants to the summer NYC DopeFest. So donā€™t act surprised about the clothing issue. You know better. > > In that same thread, I suggested we all wear antler hats so that we were readily recognizable. It was an idea that was snuffed aborning, Iā€™m sorry to relate. I still think itā€™s a good idea, though. \*\* Ah, yes, well, pants because we were going to be in a somewhat fancy restaraunt, so fancy pants, erā€¦umā€¦ Ok, so, Iā€™ll go along with the antler hats idea if thereā€™s an antler hat thatā€™s supplied. ā€¦and Iā€™ll be sure to wear pants tooā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/127 "2000-12-27T04:11:42Z")
I actually bought a pair of pants for Xmas, which were dubbed my Fancy Pants. Iā€™m thinking it might be appropriate for Dopefest, non? ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/128 "2000-12-27T05:58:02Z")
**OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN TO NYC DOPEFEST VI: PRANCING WITH THE PITIZENS** **One Week, Four Days and counting** In todayā€™s news update, the New York City dopefest has reached the unprecedented level of 50 expected attendees with the shift of PattyCake from a possible to a probable. We also might see the battered hulk of Rosebudā€™s near-lifeless boyfriend come crawling into the dopefest once Rosebud is through with her attempt to ā€œwear him down.ā€ (Note for Wonko the Sane: 50 expected attendees is the all your fingers, all your toes, all your fingers again, all your toes again, and all your fingers one more time.) In other possible attendee news, lurkernomoreā€™s brother has made an offhand comment that he might show up if he happens to be at work that day, he doesnā€™t get a better offer, thereā€™s nothing good on television, and he doesnā€™t need to go home and alphabetize his T-shirt drawer. Coming up for air has descended back into the depths, expressing his regrets that he canā€™t make it. The dopefest fashion committee has been meeting and has come to the conclusion that the official outfit shall be a black bow tie and a black thong. For those seeking a less formal look, the bow tie may be omitted. We will be looking for someone to bring a crowbar in order to detach Falcon from the thong-wearing crowds. In addition, a New Jersey Devils hockey jersey is optional, but no responsibility will be taken if you run into anyone who has recently come down from the Gardenā€™s nosebleed seats having consumed at least one giant-sized watered Budweiser for each time the ref called icing. Meanwhile, DAVEW0071 seems to have missed the fact that we all politely ignored his suggestion that we should wear antler hats. SwimmingRiddles may still be in her holiday food coma, forgetting that on this board we donā€™t show off our ā€˜Fancy Pantsā€™, but rather simply display our ā€˜Memberā€™. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2000, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/129 "2000-12-27T07:53:36Z")
Iā€™m almost tempted to make a joke about fancy pants being a signature style of mine, but that would just be inexcusable. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/130 "2000-12-27T14:22:50Z")
Well, you should be nice to bro, since it never hurts to have a cop in the party if trouble arises. ``` Also note, like me he is a Rangers fan, and encourgaed by the city to carry firearms, so do not lord the admitted superiority of your team over us. At best we will then remind everyone that in '94 when we won, it was the Canyon of Heroes, the route used by Lindbergh, Glenn, MacArthur. Your victory parades are literally around the parking lot in Secaucus. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/131 "2000-12-27T14:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billdo \* > **We will be looking for someone to bring a crowbar in order to detach Falcon from the thong-wearing crowds.** _pout_ Man, you guys NEVER let me have any fun. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/132 "2000-12-27T15:00:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\* Well, you should be nice to bro, since it never hurts to have a cop in the party if trouble arises. > > ``` > Also note, like me he is a Rangers fan, and encourgaed by the city to carry firearms, so do not lord the admitted superiority of your team over us. At best we will then remind everyone that in '94 when we won, it was the Canyon of Heroes, the route used by Lindbergh, Glenn, MacArthur. Your victory parades are literally around the parking lot in Secaucus. ** > > ``` [rant] Hey now, no need to start a full scale war here. Granted, what took you 54 years, we did twice in six. . . [/rant] But keep in mind that my favorite player (#15 Johnny Mac) of all time ended up signing onto your roster. :\ Life goes on . . . Tripler ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/133 "2000-12-27T15:13:54Z")
Oh lordā€¦are yā€™all gonna be talking hockey all night? Maybe I should go dig up a Caps jersey thenā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/134 "2000-12-27T16:58:59Z")
Falc, Before the Devs boys say it: Brodeur is better than Kolzig, your German/South African/Canadian import. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/135 "2000-12-27T17:36:43Z")
Umā€¦I could probably make an intelligent response to that if I knew more about hockey. However, Iā€™m a newbie fan, so Iā€™ll just stick out my tongue instead. šŸ˜› šŸ˜‰ Hey Trip? Wanna teach me about hockey? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/136 "2000-12-27T18:53:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\*Umā€¦I could probably make an intelligent response to that if I knew more about hockey. However, Iā€™m a newbie fan, so Iā€™ll just stick out my tongue instead. šŸ˜› šŸ˜‰ > > Hey Trip? Wanna teach me about hockey? šŸ™‚ \*\* OK, hereā€™s a quick translation. The Devilsā€™ goalie, Martin Brodeur, is better than Olaf Kolzig, the Caps goalie. The countries are some places he is from. His dad was a German citizen who worked for a hotel chain. He was born in S. Af (German citizen), grew up mostly in Canada, now plays in the US. Both are good, large goalies, Kolzig is even nicknamed Godzilla. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/137 "2000-12-27T19:03:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\*Hey Trip? Wanna teach me about hockey? šŸ™‚ \*\* Depends on what you want to learn: Hooking, spearing, highsticking? If youā€™re bad, Iā€™ll throw you in the box for a 5 minute major šŸ™‚ Tripler I think this thread is now sufficiently hijacked. . . ---
**Author:** ![slowhand53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slowhand53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowhand53)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/138 "2000-12-27T19:07:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\* > I think this thread is now sufficiently hijacked. . . \*\* aw come on just a little longerā€¦šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/139 "2000-12-27T19:38:38Z")
> [@](#): > > If youā€™re bad, Iā€™ll throw you in the box for a 5 minute major Hey Trip, donā€™t forget the penalty box has glass walls! ::pulls up a chair, pops a beer, munches popcorn, and starts hummin EP&Pā€™s ā€œgonna see the showā€ under his breath:: And really, Trip, only five minutes?? Surely you can do better than that! šŸ˜‰ And now back to the Falc/Trip flirting threadā€¦er- the NYC dopefest thread. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929/140 "2000-12-27T19:57:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by weirddave \* > \*\*And now back to the Falc/Trip flirting threadā€¦er- the NYC dopefest thread. \*\* Aw shit, is it _that_ obvious? Hell, I thought we were supposed to ā€˜subdueā€™ our flirting. . . Tripler Penalty: #23, Tripler, Two minute minor, Un-doper-like conduct. . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-nyc-dopefest-official-countdown-linked-dont-delete/45929.md?page=8)