# LasVegasDopeFest08: July11, 12 and 13! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081 "2008-06-07T00:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/1 "2008-06-07T00:53:51Z")
Some of us Las Vegas Dopers are organizing a quick event scheduled for the weekend of July 11, 2008 – just a few weeks from now. As this follows the weekend after the 4th of July, celebrating our independence from England, we thought we would show there are no hard feelings and have a British theme for this year’s event. Another reason for the British theme is that one of our esteemed British Dopers, **glee** , will be returning to Las Vegas and we thought it might be fun to gather round and watch a Brit melt in the Nevada July sun. Sort of a Burning Man/Guy Fawkes event. Tentative shedyule (as the British pronounce it) is: A Friday Night Royal (Flush) meet and greet. Perhaps a Prince Chuckwagon BBQ with big ears (of corn) on Saturday afternoon/early evening. Also, if there is interest, an elegant Hyacinth Bucket Buffet on Sunday. Just in case some of you might want to get totally into the spirit - you could stay at the Four Queens downtown where the current on-line rate is $79 per night for weekends. You might even be able to find cheaper accommodations, as July is traditionally a slow month and mid-week rates start at $29, but weekends are a bit more. (If you want to defray costs, considering prostitution is legal in Nevada, let us know what you would charge by the hour and we’ll check into a temporary work permit for you in Pahrump.) So, if you would like to join us ( **DMark** , **Kurilla** , **LVGeogeek** , **MadPansy64** , **Giant Freakin’ Marine** , and others) here in Las Vegas over the weekend of July 11, 12 and 13th, let us know! Yes, we know this is kind of short notice, but if you think you can make it to Las Vegas that weekend, tell us which of the 3 events you might be interested/able to attend! ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/2 "2008-06-07T03:20:10Z")
I’m in. I should be starting a new job around then but I should be able to make what ever you guys plan. (Note, YAY! I should be a network admin at the new Cannery Casino on Monday. Just gotta do all the paperwork! Yay) Slee ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/3 "2008-06-07T18:46:00Z")
[QUOTE=sleestak] I’m in. I should be starting a new job around then but I should be able to make what ever you guys plan. (Note, YAY! I should be a network admin at the new Cannery Casino on Monday. Just gotta do all the paperwork! Yay) Slee [/QUOTE] Great! Looking forward to seeing you again, and congrats on the job! Please bring us the secret codes so we can all win on the slots…don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone! Will get back to you with specifics! ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/4 "2008-06-08T02:56:23Z")
Oh man, you _would_ do it that weekend. I’ll be in Bryce Canyon at a convention. Sorry folks, you don’t get the pleasure of looking up at **this** mod this year… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/5 "2008-06-08T03:08:54Z")
Let me dig out my hat and check my schedule, and I’ll get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/6 "2008-06-08T06:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] Oh man, you _would_ do it that weekend. I’ll be in Bryce Canyon at a convention. Sorry folks, you don’t get the pleasure of looking up at **this** mod this year… 😃 [/QUOTE] A convention, in a canyon? Are bats involved? Well, if things change - you know the drill and we would love to see you and misses again! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/7 "2008-06-08T06:40:52Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Let me dig out my hat and check my schedule, and I’ll get back to you. [/QUOTE] Hope you can make it again this year! ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/8 "2008-06-08T11:46:53Z")
Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/9 "2008-06-09T01:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=chorpler] Awesome. [/QUOTE] I am taking this as a yes? Hope so! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/10 "2008-06-09T14:47:46Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Some of us Las Vegas Dopers are organizing a quick event scheduled for the weekend of July 11, 2008 – just a few weeks from now. As this follows the weekend after the 4th of July, celebrating our independence from England, we thought we would show there are no hard feelings and have a British theme for this year’s event. Another reason for the British theme is that one of our esteemed British Dopers, **glee** , will be returning to Las Vegas and we thought it might be fun to gather round and watch a Brit melt in the Nevada July sun. Sort of a Burning Man/Guy Fawkes event. [/quote] Yippee! I’m coming back to Vegas! 🆒 May I say that you chaps were quite right to insist on representation for taxation, and that we have completely forgotten the events of yesteryear (apart from bl\*\*dy Braveheart :smack: ) As for the heat - as long as your air-conditioning lasts, I’ll be fine. 🙂 [QUOTE=DMark] Tentative shedyule (as the British pronounce it) is: A Friday Night Royal (Flush) meet and greet. Perhaps a Prince Chuckwagon BBQ with big ears (of corn) on Saturday afternoon/early evening. Also, if there is interest, an elegant Hyacinth Bucket Buffet on Sunday. [/quote] Count me in for all of those. Also Hyacinth Bucket is pronounced ‘Hyacinth Bouquet’, as per the comedy TV series… I shall be available to answer burning British questions such as: - what is the point of cricket? - what is the difference between a cake and a biscuit? - what are a Yorkshire Pudding and a Welsh Rabbit? - why you should not wear pants on the outside, nor call yourself Randy… ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/11 "2008-06-10T02:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Yippee! I’m coming back to Vegas! 🆒 … [/QUOTE] Me, too. [QUOTE=glee] I shall be available to answer burning British questions such as: - what are a Yorkshire Pudding and a Welsh Rabbit? - why you should not wear pants on the outside, nor call yourself Randy… [/QUOTE] Ooh, ooh, I know that one! Oooh! Well, maybe not the pants on the outside bit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/12 "2008-06-11T16:07:36Z")
I should still be available for Friday and Saturday. I might have to leave to go out of town on that Sunday for a week of work out of town. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/13 "2008-06-12T17:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=MadPansy64] Ooh, ooh, I know that one! Oooh! Well, maybe not the pants on the outside bit. 😉 [/QUOTE] We call them ‘trousers’; you call them ‘pants’. We call them ‘pants’; you call them ‘underwear /boxers’. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/14 "2008-06-14T22:32:06Z")
Looking forward to seeing you again, **glee**. Looks like you are hooked on Las Vegas! With the way the dollar is going, and the current housing market, you ought to be able to buy a condo here with pocket change. And **LVgeogeek** , Friday and Saturday will be cool - we might need you to give some people rides, so will get back to you! For those of you waiting until last minute to find out if you can make it, check back here and we will at least post the location and time of the Friday night get together! ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/15 "2008-06-14T22:38:54Z")
[QUOTE=glee] We call them ‘trousers’; you call them ‘pants’. We call them ‘pants’; you call them ‘underwear /boxers’. [/QUOTE] Ah-hah! I get it now! Looking forward to seeing all of you again. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/16 "2008-06-18T02:13:44Z")
I’m looking forward to this! If I could stay online for more than 2 minutes, I’d book a tee time for any other golfing Dopers in attendence. No, really, y’all wanna play a round, post here or email me, and I’ll use that old fashioned telephone thingy to sweet talk Sam or Ricki into a primo tee-time. 😛 Dmark – do we have a headcount yet? Please tell me I didn’t volunteer to keep track :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/17 "2008-06-28T17:33:05Z")
Just a quick bump to see if anyone else thinks they might be able to make it! Weather is nice and warm… ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/18 "2008-06-28T18:24:25Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Just a quick bump to see if anyone else thinks they might be able to make it! Weather is nice and warm… [/QUOTE] What other Vegas weather is there?! 😕 Here in England it has stopped raining (briefly). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/19 "2008-06-29T00:55:40Z")
Due to all hell breaking loose, which is leading to us suddenly taking up residence in a handbasket, **GiantFreakinMarine** and I are not going to make it this year. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081/20 "2008-06-29T14:57:35Z")
I’m going to have to miss this one. Sorry, people, but between schedule pressures and saving leave for repaying debts to the London Dopers, I can’t take the time right now. (Our delivery target is mid-August, and if it slips by even one week, the whole project schedule suffers a 2 or 3 month delay. No pressure!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasvegasdopefest08-july11-12-and-13/452081.md?page=2)