# L.A Dopefest, Saturday, June 16th - Be There! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000 "2001-05-30T17:01:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/81 "2001-06-11T03:54:18Z")
Get your big, translucent, pink butt in here and tell us what’s going on! You must come! ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/82 "2001-06-11T04:04:02Z")
For those who might be interested, since I’m coming up for this thing Saturday anyway, and I have no interest in attending the Gay Pride festivities, I’m most likely heading to Disneyland on Sunday (I have an annual pass, after all - may as well use the thing). If anyone’s interested in going, this Disney freak would be glad to show you around the park(s). 😃 I’ll most likely be crashing with a friend in Redondo overnight. Esprix ---
**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:** [June 11, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/83 "2001-06-11T04:09:10Z")
WOO HOO!! **Rasa** AND **Ruffian**? I am SO STOKED! You girls had **better** make it!! [sub]Ruffian, I sent you an email about this - did you not get it?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![LifeWillFall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@LifeWillFall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeWillFall)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/84 "2001-06-11T04:23:29Z")
Sadly I will not be able to attend, but please do keep the E-mail list and drop me a line for the next one. I hope it goes well ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/85 "2001-06-11T04:59:03Z")
Ruffian, Rasa, you GOTTA go. Me and Rasa can represent the BAD Crew _throws up hand signals_. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/86 "2001-06-11T05:18:21Z")
Yeah **Ruffian**! You must go! You’re a delight to be around, and to an extent, so is **DeadSmellyLlama**! And **Rasa** , I’ll give you $5 to come down! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/87 "2001-06-11T09:27:30Z")
By the way, has anyone seen Ashtar? I think it’d be really nifty if he can make it, too. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/88 "2001-06-11T14:46:29Z")
It turns out I’ll be heading back up from San Diego that Saturday, so I may be able to stop by if it’s not too late (with a friend). How late is this thing gonna go? ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/89 "2001-06-12T01:42:05Z")
Thank you, Rasa, for pointing me to this thread. It it with -deep- regret that I state my inability to attend the Dopefest without a ride. My work contract ended a couple weeks ago, and I don’t have a lot of spare cash on-hand. It’s a long distance–since I’m a ways inland in Redlands (near San Bernardino/Riverside) I’d also like to take the opportunity to tell all of you that next Friday, on the 22nd, I’ll be packing up and moving from southern California to northern Utah. Yea. It’s a long way. And it means I probably won’t get to see any of you for a long time. But for what it’s worth…I really enjoyed the dopefest I got to attend some months back, at Jerry’s Famous Deli. I’m gonna miss all of you. I don’t miss places. Or even my family really. I miss the people I meet. That’s what makes moving truly difficult. -Ashley (Sorry, SPOOFE! I would’ve liked to have seen you again, too…) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/90 "2001-06-12T02:56:48Z")
Sorry you can’t make it, **Ashtar**. I visited Utah (SLC and Park City) a few years ago. It was beautiful, but the religious overtones (undertones?) were a bit disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/91 "2001-06-12T04:41:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \* > \*\*It turns out I’ll be heading back up from San Diego that Saturday, so I may be able to stop by if it’s not too late (with a friend). How late is this thing gonna go? \*\* Well, i dont know, but if our BAD fests are any indication, you may have time. I cant speak for this crowd though ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/92 "2001-06-12T09:20:58Z")
Problem!!! Apparently, there’s a problem with my transportation!!! A scheduling dispute, to be precise. My friends, having arranged to get tickets to see a play on the 15th, got their tickets bumped tot he 16th… the day o’ the Dopefest. Seeing as how “$120 theatre tickets \> Dopefest”, that suddenly means that my brother and I have been suddenly rendered rideless. I’m gonna see if I can scrounge up another ride soon… ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/93 "2001-06-12T21:13:14Z")
Hey SPOOFE! **JavaMaven** just moved near your guys. Yeesh! Use your head m’boy! Drop her a line. ---
**Author:** ![domina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@domina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domina)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/94 "2001-06-13T02:35:28Z")
Sorry to jump in so late, but I’ve been on vacation. I plan to attend. Spoofe and Monster, consider me your chauffeuse if you can’t find anyone else. At least I know the way there. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/95 "2001-06-13T03:23:35Z")
**Spoofer** … I just talked to your brother in chat. I have no problem taking y’all since I’m in your neck o’ the woods now. I warned him, so I’ll warn you, too: if I have to work the next day, I’ll have to leave at 10. I won’t know if I have Sunday off until Friday, though. Dang restaurants! Always want you to work on the weekends… BTW, **Bryan** sends his regards and wishes he could make it this time. He’s leaving town Saturday morning for a week in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/96 "2001-06-13T09:07:45Z")
I know, I know, this will break many hearts out there, but I’m gonna take my name off the attendee list. I’m taking Friday-Monday off to take my shiny semi-new girlfriend to Colorado. While I know I was the integral participant (if not the sole reason) for the Dopefest, I have confidence that you can continue without me. 🙂 I’ll be thinking of you all as I’m sitting in the Hot-Springs-In-A-Cave though… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/97 "2001-06-13T10:24:34Z")
Oh, WHEW!! Java, Domina, both of you are amazin’… I think it’ll be easiest to go with Java, though. I think she’s closer. And my friend has profusely apologized, but they snagged those theatre tickets way back in March and, well, it ain’t their fault that the theatre bumped them back a day. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/98 "2001-06-14T16:10:40Z")
By the way, fellow netizens, just thought I would let you know that I will be unable to attend the dopefest after all. Have a good time! ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/99 "2001-06-14T22:39:33Z")
**Fairy Princess Kitty** is coming along. I’m making her. Making her get up early, girly up and get goin’! She might spend the day with me, Pat and Doob, but maybe not. But, she **will** be at the Fest. Lazy bum kid can’t get off her tocus and announce that she’s coming, I asked her to do so 2 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000/100 "2001-06-15T05:22:40Z")
Anyone else want to jump in? There’s 18 or so of us. I want to see more faces, dagnabbit! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dopefest-saturday-june-16th-be-there/67000.md?page=6)