# LonDope -- the aftermath **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854 "2002-05-25T23:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/61 "2002-05-28T10:32:28Z")
I’m absolutely gutted - I somehow missed all mention of this prior to the event, for a weekend when I was in London anyway. Oh buggar. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alex\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_B)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/62 "2002-05-28T10:59:24Z")
> [@](#): > > So - who’s starting the next LonDope thread? [Done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=117405). Alex ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/63 "2002-05-28T11:22:31Z")
**Gary** , you need to hang out in MPSIMS more 😉 And “sweet and furry” is the perfect was to describe **jr8** - it’s a compliment! And **ObiWan** is from the Isle of Wight, right? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/64 "2002-05-28T11:41:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tansu \* > \*\*Sweet and furry is good. \*\* In so many contexts. 😃 But since it’s a good thing: well, **shucks** , ma’am… On another note, and to insert a small promotional message here, as I’ll be doing that chorus thing for the upcoming televised Jubilee concert on Saturday night, there’s a slight possibility my furry mug will be visible on a television screen near you. It’s worth watching if only for the first bit of _Zadok the Priest_, and be sure to wave vigorously at your set if you see me. Or take a drink. Your choice. I’ll do my best to attend the next London festivity, assuming it doesn’t interfere with rehearsals/concerts/travelling. Paris in the fall is largely dependent on whether we’re getting deported at the end of October or not (although I might be in Rouen in late October anyway). Such is life… ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/65 "2002-05-28T12:50:19Z")
Woke up the next afternoon… Head hurts? _Check_. Feet hurt? _Check_. Unexplained scratch marks on various body parts? _Check_. Successful LonDope? _Check_. Ready for the next one? _Maybe not immediately…_ But seriously… great to see you all, had fun. All praise to **Francesca** ’s organizational/motivational skills - she even got me to run at one point, which is not something you often see (or would want to). I was slightly shaken, though, by a brush with Pure Evil on the way home - I passed some Whitehall building (the Commonwealth Institute for Really Serious Things, or some such) just as Stephen “Shagger” Norris (former Conservative transport minister, unsuccessful candidate for London mayor, once had five mistresses on the go simultaneously) emerged, to fix me with the basilisk glare he no doubt reserves for “dreadful human beings” (his words) who use public transport. It is a tribute to his record in the Ministry of Transport that there were no passing buses under which I could push him… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/66 "2002-05-28T12:57:33Z")
> [@](#): > > It is a tribute to his record in the Ministry of Transport that there were no passing buses under which I could push him… Or a passing bicycle… ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/67 "2002-05-28T14:00:19Z")
Good heavens **Wrighty** - a close brush with villainy indeed. And I am _gutted_ that **Gary** could have made it but didn’t. Arsebiscuits! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/68 "2002-05-28T14:38:06Z")
I did not need to see the word ‘arsebiscuits’ while stuffing my face with Jaffa Cakes. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/69 "2002-05-28T14:47:14Z")
Mmmmmmmm…Jaffa cakes… ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/70 "2002-05-28T14:59:07Z")
How about willyjelly? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/71 "2002-05-28T15:01:32Z")
I was trying to eat roule at that point. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/72 "2002-05-28T15:07:46Z")
What a scrotummoisture of an ill-fortune to befall you. Nipplechunks to it! ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/73 "2002-05-28T20:27:33Z")
I have just sent Synnic an HINNORMUSS email of photos. I cropped ‘n’ compressed 'em a bit, but not so as to make 'em too jpeggy. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/74 "2002-05-28T23:08:31Z")
And the pix just keep on coming… slurp this into your browser and enjoy: [http://www.ian-rowland.com/LondonDopefest/Page1.htm](http://www.ian-rowland.com/LondonDopefest/Page1.htm) I’m very pleased I got a nice close-up of **Twisty’s** T-shirt message. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/75 "2002-05-29T07:04:27Z")
**ianzin** , well done. Nice pictures. Surprised you managed to get so many of us without me noticing you even had a camera. Teach me a card trick? ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/76 "2002-05-29T19:02:28Z")
Hi **Anahita!** Now you know full well that if I taught you how they’re done I’d have to kill you or kill myself… and neither option appeals! ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/77 "2002-05-30T09:25:56Z")
Well, **Ian** , I finally got around to reading your website. I only have one thing to say: wow. I’m speechless. Er… will you be my friend? 😉 pan ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/78 "2002-05-30T10:49:42Z")
He’s not just a pretty face, is he? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/79 "2002-05-30T12:30:33Z")
So, Ian, wanna go and heckle Mystic Meg? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854/80 "2002-05-30T14:07:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*May I just add that I wished Lamia could have stayed longer. What a very nice girl, and I would have enjoyed talking to her more if I had the chance. \*\* Aw, shucks. :o Sorry I didn’t make it to the Silver Cross everyone, but I had to meet my friend who was coming over from France, and she was pretty tired after having spent the day travelling. I’m glad I did get to spend the afternoon with you all, and am sorry I missed everyone who didn’t show up until the evening! Special thanks to **Twisty** for helping me to practice fending off Irishmen, it came in handy a couple of nights later. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/londope-the-aftermath/110854.md?page=5)