My girlfriend and I were in a London pub last Saturday, and we met a nice guy named Kent, who was there with a group of Straight Dope members. He told me about this board, it looks very interesting. Kent, are you out there?
- Bill from Colorado USA
Maybe he isn’t, but welcome to the Board!
This might have gotten more results in our “MPSIMS” forum.
Hope you enjoy your stay! 
If the guy was slightly out of it and 11’ tall then, yep, you met Kferr at the Londope.
Saw him talking to you two but didn’t get the chance to say ‘hello’ - hope you enjoyed the trip !
Heh. Look for a poster named kferr.
By the way, was this The Mitre in the Paddington/Lancaster Gate area? I was at the same pub.
Also, this thread is off to MPSIMS.
Hi London… Yup, that was us. Since then, we’ve been in Scotland, Holland, Germany, Austria. Lichtenstein and Switzerland. Had a great trip. I used to think that Colorado had the worst drivers in the US, but after driving on the autobahn for two days, I now realize that that Colorado drivers are the worst in the WORLD !!! Ha ! Kent seemed like a nice guy, hope you all had fun in London.
Same pub, Coldfire, I think this was round by that bloody games machine that took all of my money. And taught Twisty how to lose at Subbuteo.
Hi Bill - Wow, you got around. He did mention you were going to drop by and I just sent him an e-mail to that effect.
Coldie was also there - Jesus, which one was he ? BTW, you probably wouldn’t have noticed the hardcore boozers down the far end, excepting the strange and bearded one – the women round here tend to look a little unusual. Anyway, I was the tall, dark, handsome, mid-thirties guy with an unusually fit body and sparking wit.
Happy highway swerving !
Hello Bill!
I spoke to you at the bar. Kent mentioned that he had given you the URL for this place.
Have a look around, make yourself at home.
I was there, too, but you didn’t meet me. kferr mentioned at some point that he’d met some nice fellow Americans, and told them about the Straight Dope. Welcome on board!
Hi Bill! I met you too - remember the very short woman who looked even shorter next to Kferr The Giant (Kent)? Glad you remembered us
Welcome to the dope.
Don’t get lost in Liechtenstein!
Hi Bill, glad you made it! I enjoyed our chat at the Mitre, and I’m glad my drunken rambling didn’t put you off checking out the Straight Dope. Sounds like you had a great vacation. If you hang around these message boards for awhile you’ll meet lots of interesting folks.
DOH!!! missed a londope… Where was my brain. only lurking in this place for yonks, decided to start posting, and missed all the fun!
ohhh and hi bill, from a U.S. (Dallas) ex-pat, I can forgive you that your from Colorado. (inside Joke Tx-Co rivalry)
Hi Hattrick, so you escaped Texas too? I came over here from Houston 7 years ago.