# Live from MO Dope: Can You Hear Me Now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229 "2003-09-28T00:07:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/61 "2003-09-30T22:17:49Z")
It’s crappy weather right now. Drizzling rain all morning and about 45-50 degrees. So it’s the zoo this time, eh? Gay bar wasn’t enough for you? Though I think I could stand to witness some sweet monkey love. The last time I was at the Topeka zoo a gorilla and I had a staredown contest. He gave up after 20 minutes. Punk. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by misstee \* > **Care to prove it? 😃** I’ll take on any animal at the zoo you point out. Hell, I’m pretty sure I could make the quills stand straight up on a porcupine now. All thanks to **sperfur** and her Magic Tongue. She is my sensai, my samurai, my…uh…my _something_. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/62 "2003-10-01T01:47:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*She is my sensai, my samurai, my…uh…my _something_. \*\* Your _Master of Sinanju_, young man, and don’t you forget it. Okay, **withaK** , I’ve been reading too much lately and I’m gettin’ an attitude. :eek: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wikkit \* > **I’m glad your only photo of me is me chewing, it adds to the mystique. I should have taken the camera to the bar, or started using it after we got back…** That picture of you is incredibly sexy. The whole raised eyebrow, slight look of anger. And **withaK** is giving me that “What’cha got?” look that inspired the caption… I showed the pictures to Lisa yesterday morning and said “Aren’t they hot?” “Oh, yeah.” She thought (and I agree) that all the guys at this dopefest were gorgeous. After she looked at the pics, she said “You had a _bunch_ of hotties at your house this weekend, didn’t ya?” Take that, Mr. ‘Where you gonna find cute guys at a dopefest?’ 😛 Its not _me_ that needs new glasses… 😃 I wish you had taken the camera to the bar or at least used it when we got back. You were the only one who could have kept track of it, since you were sober. Next time… Oh, I am _so_ looking forward to the zoo. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/63 "2003-10-01T02:09:06Z")
I just got off the phone with Cousin Patty. She’s called me _twice_ to tell me how much she enjoyed everyone yelling “Thank you Aunt Patty” (she now prefers that moniker, for some reason). We just made her week. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/64 "2003-10-01T02:32:38Z")
When did we yell at Aunt Patty? Did I miss it? Was your friend Lisa referring to the plastic version of us, or the flesh and blood version? I thought **Skip** ’s avatar was pretty smokin’ myself. He took the pudding like a real man. BTW, **withaK** , I think **Pizza Bitch** would be such a cool poster name for you. Or you could put it in your sig, like so: I’m **misstee** ’s pizza bitch. Very cyberpunkish, like the Deliverator from Snow Crash. Does Oct. 19th sound like a doable date for the zoo? I know someone that has a zoo fetish and would be willing to pose nude with the llamas for more picture taking opportunities. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/65 "2003-10-01T02:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > Does Oct. 19th sound like a doable date for the zoo? I know someone that has a zoo fetish and would be willing to pose nude with the llamas for more picture taking opportunities. :eek: you weren’t supposed to tell anyone about my thing with llamas. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/66 "2003-10-01T03:11:22Z")
Clarification: I love everything about the Zoo except for the llamas. I did a report on those suckers in 9th grade, which included three hours of taking notes over everything they did. And I do mean everything. I know those stupid animals so well now. (And actually, the Zoo only has one llama. The other one is an alpaca.) ---
**Author:** ![withaK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@withaK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/withaK)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/67 "2003-10-01T03:17:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > **When did we yell at Aunt Patty? Did I miss it?** It was during the game of strip Trivial Pursuit. I’m certain **sperfur** said it was her aunt on the the phone not her cousin. I wasn’t so drunk that I misheard her, was I? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/68 "2003-10-01T03:24:34Z")
Holy cow, I must’ve been drunk. I sincerely do not remember a phone call during the game. I remember lots of questions that had Cecil Adams as the answer, as well as many, many pictures of cats staring at us. BTW, Cecil Adams is not the answer to _any_ Strip Trivial Pursuit game. I just wanted to get nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/69 "2003-10-01T03:41:15Z")
It was after **withaK** broke the lamp, **Horseflesh** , I think you still had your pants on then. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/70 "2003-10-01T03:49:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by withaK \* > \*\*I’m certain **sperfur** said it was her aunt on the the phone not her cousin. > I wasn’t so drunk that I misheard her, was I? \*\* Nope. I was so drunk I forgot who she was… She called to see how the party had gone. I told her the party was going to last all night and that we were playing Trivial Pursuit (I conveniently left out the Strip part and that fact that I was naked while I was standing there talking to her… 😃 ). Then I told everyone that _Aunt Patty_ (oops) had provided the recipes, held up the phone and everyone said “Thank you, Aunt Patty.” (She’s in her late 50’s, so she’s really more like an aunt than a cousin, anyway.) She’s just tickled pink. She gushed on the phone about how nice that was of us. Then she told me if she’d had a daughter, she’d have wanted one just like me. {Everybody say ‘awwww…’} She’s also the one that taught me how to make those lyme pickles - you know, the green ones that taste like liquid sugar. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*Was your friend Lisa referring to the plastic version of us, or the flesh and blood version? \*\* Flesh and blood, baby, flesh and blood. _smacks lips_ Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/71 "2003-10-01T03:54:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*BTW, Cecil Adams is not the answer to _any_ Strip Trivial Pursuit game. I just wanted to get nekkid. \*\* He is if the question reads, “Who, besides **SkipMagic** , does not want to see **Horseflesh** nekkid?” See? A game the whole family can enjoy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/72 "2003-10-01T04:12:11Z")
I just found out that [Jake Johannsen](http://www.jakethis.com/html/tour.html) is going to be performing in St. Louis at the Funnybone on November 6-8 and in Overland Park, KS at Stanford & Son’s on May 28-31. He is one of my all time favorite comedians. Who wants to go? ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/73 "2003-10-01T12:53:45Z")
**Horseflesh** I _think_ the game was over, and you were writing the OP of this very thread when Cousin/Aunt Patty called. And I thought **misstee** couldn’t do the zoo until the 25th. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/74 "2003-10-01T13:17:03Z")
**misstee** checking in. The 19th works out for me. It’s one of those “freaky” days that isn’t a Saturday. I guess I should mention some of us have communicated via e-mail about this. **spurfer** I now give you the joy of finding out all the information we may need. Zoo admission, hours, etc. **Erika** I am fairly sure that “Aunt Patty” called while we were still playing. I think **Horseflesh** was just out of it. **spurfer** check your email. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/75 "2003-10-01T13:31:05Z")
The Kansas City Zoo is open daily year-round, except Christmas and New Year’s Day. April 12-Sept 14: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sept. 15-April 11: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00.p.m. \*\*Admission: \*\* Adult: $7.50 Senior: $6.50 Child: $4.50 Free parking **Transportation and Rides:** The Zoo is large and spreads over 203 acres. Consider these transportation options as you plan your journey around the world. The tram is available year-round. Other options are weather permitting. World Express Train 2.00 Tram to and from Africa (each way) .50 Lake Nakuru Tour Boat $2.00 Combo Ride Package (per person) Unlimited rides on the train, tram and boat for day of purchase only. $4.00 Camel Ride $2.00 Pony Ride Riders under 90 lbs. $2.00 **Strollers, Wheelchairs and Electric Scooters:** For your comfort and convenience, rentals are available at World Gate Rentals. Refundable deposit required. Single Stroller 4.00 Double Stroller 7.00 **Directions:** The Kansas City Zoo is located in Swope Park, off I-435 and 63rd Street, or 71 Hwy. and Meyer Blvd. The Zoo is easily accessible from all areas of Kansas City. **From Overland Park** Take I-435 East to 71 North. Turn right/east at Meyer Blvd., which takes you to the front gate of Swope Park. Turn right at Starlight Theatre and left into either parking area. Travel time 20-30 minutes. **From Olathe** Take I-35 North to 435 East to 71 North. Turn right/east at Meyer Blvd., which takes you to the front gate of Swope Park. Continue on Meyer - turn right at Starlight Theatre and left into either parking area. Travel time 30-40 minutes. **From North Kansas City** Take 29 South to 35 South to 70 East. Then I-435 South to Gregory Blvd. Exit. Turn right/west into Swope Park and follow signs to Zoo/IMAX. Travel time 30-40 minutes. **From the Plaza** Take Wornall or Brookside Boulevard or Rockhill south to 63rd Street. Turn left/east onto 63rd Street. Take 63rd Street to Swope Parkway, turn right/south and go one block to Meyer Blvd. and the front gate of Swope Park. Turn left and continue to Starlight Theatre - then turn right. Park in either lot on the left. Travel time 15 - 20 minutes. **From Independence / Blue Springs / Lee’s Summit** Take I-70 West to I-435 South to Gregory Exit. Turn right/west into Swope Park and follow signs to Zoo/IMAX. Travel time 20-25 minutes. **From Lawrence** Take K-10 to I-435 East to 71 North. Turn right/east on Meyer Boulevard which takes you to the front gate of Swope Park. Continue on Meyer, turn right at Starlight Theatre and park in either parking lot on the left. Travel time 30-45 minutes. **From Topeka** Take I-70 East to I-435 South (Missouri side) to Gregory Boulevard exit. Turn right/west into Swope Park and follow signs to Zoo/IMAX. Travel time one hour. **misstee** - checked my email. Was I supposed to get something other than what I returned to you? 😕 If so, I didn’t. Haven’t heard from **withaK** , either. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/76 "2003-10-01T13:38:07Z")
Wow, when you set out to do something, you do it right now, dontcha **spurfer** There was another e-mail, after the “test”. **withaK** tried to e-mail but his got returned back to him. Does Oct. 19th sound like it could work out for eveyone else? ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/77 "2003-10-01T13:44:09Z")
I’m going to email you with my actual address in the body. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/78 "2003-10-01T15:19:57Z")
I’d prefer the 10th? Can we do it then? ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/79 "2003-10-01T16:52:13Z")
I have to work the 10th. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229/80 "2003-10-01T17:00:51Z")
OK - then the 19th will have to do. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-mo-dope-can-you-hear-me-now/204229.md?page=5)