# MAD Dopefest - Welcome Antigen to Baltimore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726 "2007-03-27T19:36:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/1 "2007-03-27T19:36:09Z")
Antigen has joined us from Canada (who on earth moves here from Canada, anyway?) and we’re going to properly welcome her with a Dopefest on April 14. It will be at our place in Parkville (Baltimore County) and begin at around 2:00, going until whenever we kick Paul out. If you’ve been here before, you know the drill; if you’re new: Email for address and directions. I send out a group e-mail with detailed directions prior to the date of the party. Bring something (food, drink, paper plates, etc) to share. Please let me know what you’re bringing. This time of year we might do burgers and hot dogs (and I’ll always have something vegetarian friendly as well, because I’m awesome). Paul and Walter will get lost at some point. This is normal. Jim and Dwight will end up in Delaware. This is also normal. We’re kid-friendly and smoking-hostile. Smoking is okay if it’s outside and you don’t throw your butts on my lawn or in my neighbour’s yard. There is absolutely no actual Dope at my dopefests. My house will not be tidy. Oh, it’ll be clean, but it will probably be in some state of disarray. Come prepared. It appears that my sister will be here from the Arctic at that time, so you’ll be allowed to frighten her by being creepy internet people at her. This is always a good time, as some of you may remember from our wedding. Did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/2 "2007-03-27T19:44:54Z")
Can I come? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/3 "2007-03-27T19:46:50Z")
That’s what you forgot, **Ginger** – “Everyone’s invited _except_ **BlueKangaroo**.” ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/4 "2007-03-27T20:05:37Z")
Right. We don’t like those sciency types around here. Wait a minute - what’s your doctorate in, hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/5 "2007-03-27T20:06:47Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Right. We don’t like those sciency types around here. Wait a minute - what’s your doctorate in, hmmm? [/QUOTE] Sociology of religion (i.e., no math). ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/6 "2007-03-27T20:20:15Z")
Damnit! Can I bribe my way in with pumpkin bread? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/7 "2007-03-27T20:21:54Z")
Damn, if there’s pumpkin bread involved, I may have to think about coming down for this … ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/8 "2007-03-27T20:25:23Z")
I can’t eat that pumpkin bread or I will gain eighty pounds. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/9 "2007-03-27T20:49:33Z")
Okay then. I will bring pumpkin bread, and something **Ginger** can eat. Anything else? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/10 "2007-03-27T20:53:15Z")
Your goofy husband? ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/11 "2007-03-27T20:54:24Z")
Most likely. I suspect he’ll make a decision closer to the actual date, though. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/12 "2007-03-27T20:58:06Z")
[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo] Can I come? [/QUOTE] Are you bringing cat ovaries, jalapeño peppers, or both? 😉 **BiblioCat** and I will be there. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/13 "2007-03-27T21:06:58Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Are you bringing cat ovaries, jalapeño peppers, or both? 😉 [/QUOTE] I have never brought either of those things, and I’m offended that you’d suggest as much! Ovaries belong in the lab, and jalapeño peppers belong somewhere else. Preferably nowhere near the ovaries… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/14 "2007-03-27T21:13:48Z")
[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo] I have never brought either of those things, and I’m offended that you’d suggest as much! Ovaries belong in the lab, and jalapeño peppers belong somewhere else. Preferably nowhere near the ovaries… [/QUOTE] Liar liar, pants on fire! You brought me 6 pounds of yummy frozen jalapeño peppers right before Christmas! Granted, they were from **moi** but you did _bring_ them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/15 "2007-03-27T21:22:19Z")
Oh dear. It’s so sad to see one’s elders confused. 😉 **I** brought you fine NM Hatch Green Chiles. And they were not from our darling **moi** , they were from me. Because I like you. The pinch on the rear was from **moi**. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/16 "2007-03-27T22:02:26Z")
I’m in, along with **mudgirl** and **EtheralFreakOfPinkness**. Don’t know about the hubby yet. I called him at work, but he pretended he was too busy to talk about it (c’mon, he’s a federal employee, and he’s had the job for over a year. You can’t tell me he wasn’t just fakin’ this “busy” thing). ---
**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:** [March 27, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/17 "2007-03-27T23:25:35Z")
Subject to my travel schedule (or _having_ a schedule), I’ll be there. (This week’s twist is that sending us software engineers to install the software we engineered may blow out the program budget. I think we’ll have to demand more money for the follow-on installations.) I’ll think of some food stuff to bring (right now I’m in NO GRAIN mode). I may bring Cuba Libres and travel photos. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/18 "2007-03-28T00:11:18Z")
[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo] Oh dear. It’s so sad to see one’s elders confused. 😉 **I** brought you fine NM Hatch Green Chiles. And they were not from our darling **moi** , they were from me. Because I like you. The pinch on the rear was from **moi**. [/QUOTE] Sorry for the memory flaw-I’ll blame **BiblioCat** who addled my brain with eggnog & kahlua that night. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/19 "2007-03-28T00:13:54Z")
Ah. That seems far more reasonable. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/20 "2007-03-28T02:27:09Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Sorry for the memory flaw-I’ll blame **BiblioCat** who addled my brain with eggnog & kahlua that night. 😉 [/QUOTE] Uh, I don’t think so. You kept asking for more, and then made me sit on your lap. And look where that led. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726.md?page=2)