# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/81 "2007-04-12T22:50:23Z")
There are hot dogs (Kosher hot dogs, by the way) and there is relish. Chili comes tomorrow, but I have not been able to find any vegan hot dogs, so I question the need for vegan chili to go on the empty buns (which I do have) where the vegan hot dogs aren’t. I have some Dr. Someone’s vegan burgers, which I can crumble up into chili sauce, if there is an outcry for it, but otherwise, I am feeding the carnivores, and the vegans can put onion relish on whatever they want. (It’s also kosher, by the way.) The vegan burgers do have both wheat, and soy in them, for the allergic, and I have no idea if they are kosher. I doubt it. I have plenty of dogs, not as many buns. How many people are there? Tris ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/82 "2007-04-12T23:01:25Z")
I don’t know how many. Just what you’ve seen here, and another maybe ten or fifteen Canadians and assorted other weirdos. There’s no need for Vegan anything, and Dr. Praeger’s are NOT GOOD. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/83 "2007-04-12T23:14:38Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > I have plenty of dogs, not as many buns. How many people are there? While I can certainly understand your concern about not bringing enough whatever, I’ve been to several of these thingies at **Gingy’s** , and I’ve never seen them run out of food (of course, I don’t stay until **danceswithcats** goes home, so maybe the running out part happens later in the day. . .) Anyway, I don’t think it’s a big concern. If we do run out of anything semi-important, there’s plenty of stores and stuff around, and someone can run out and pick something up. I believe we _did_ run out of Diet Coke last time, actually. But someone went out and picked some more up, and it was all good. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/84 "2007-04-13T02:18:01Z")
Yeah, speaking of which, I don’t have any sodas around. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/85 "2007-04-13T02:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Yeah, speaking of which, I don’t have any sodas around. [/QUOTE] Howzabout egg nog? You had that at Dope the Halls, and when some wild woman started feeding me that with Kahlua, you see where things ended up. 🆒 ---
**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:** [April 13, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/86 "2007-04-13T03:29:33Z")
I’m bringing a bottle of diet Coke, though it’s supposed to be mixed with the rum and lime juice. ETA: We don’t need no steenking egg nog, just bring the kahlua! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/87 "2007-04-13T12:50:43Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Yeah, speaking of which, I don’t have any sodas around. [/QUOTE] I can bring a few 2L bottles in addition to the cheese, if you’d like. Seems to me that if everyone brings a couple, there’ll be plenty. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/88 "2007-04-13T16:53:02Z")
That’d be nice, thanks. I’ll pick some up but it’ll be off-brand because I’m cheap like that and I don’t drink it so I don’t care. That’s ok for mixing with alcohol, but not usually so nice for drinking straight. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/89 "2007-04-13T19:42:34Z")
To me, the flavored generics are fine (root beer, orange, grape), but generic colas are nasty. Just a personal preference. But I’ll bring some of the stuff we like. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/90 "2007-04-13T20:07:42Z")
I bought a case each of diet Coke, Coke, Sprite, and Ginger Ale. Superfresh has the cases on sale, 4 for $10. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/91 "2007-04-14T01:05:57Z")
Our plans may change ever-so-slightly. Hubby is trying to do something geeky to our computer that involves throwing some upgrades at it, and there’s a computer show in Towson tomorrow, where he thinks he can get some good deals on some stuff he needs. Therefore, he’s now thinking of coming with us, staying at the party long enough to decimate the deviled egg supply, and then head on to the computer show. He’ll leave we girls there to talk, eat, laugh, drink (I might even try a _whole_ beer), and be generally charming (and in the case of at least one of us, muddy). ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/92 "2007-04-14T01:07:12Z")
Aw hell, I didn’t make any since I didn’t think he’d be here. He will have to make do with whatever else. Stoopit husband. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/93 "2007-04-14T01:20:59Z")
Publicly, officially, it looks like I’ll be there myself, after work in DC, bringing beer. I thank you for the invite, Ginger, and look forward to meeting a bunch of people I’ve never met before! By the way, in a former self, I would be a local, having grown up North of you, attending Pine Grove Elementary, Pine grove Middle and Loch Raven High. So I count as a local! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/94 "2007-04-14T03:14:07Z")
Unfortunately, folks, it looks like I won’t be able to make it. I’m exhausted as it is, and I doubt I’ll be that much better after helping finish the set for our musical tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/95 "2007-04-14T12:53:46Z")
CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP! **supervenusfreak** and I have somehow gotten the notion that this party was TOMORROW and we’ve been planning and running with that for the last two or three weeks! I have no idea if we’re going to be able to run through our List Of Things To Do today with enough time to actually get there before everyone’s gone. Okay, for the time being, assume that we’re not going to be there, but hope that we will. It’s completely up in the air now, because we have something like 10 different things we have to do today, only one of which is finished at this point (getting the car inspected). We will be trying, though. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/96 "2007-04-14T13:00:06Z")
**Gingy** , can you email me directions again? We’re in the process of rearranging our schedule (some things can be moved to tomorrow) and we’re hoping to still be there. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/97 "2007-04-14T13:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] **Gingy** , can you email me directions again? We’re in the process of rearranging our schedule (some things can be moved to tomorrow) and we’re hoping to still be there. [/QUOTE] Check your email. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/98 "2007-04-14T14:20:59Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Aw hell, I didn’t make any since I didn’t think he’d be here. He will have to make do with whatever else. Stoopit husband. [/QUOTE] Well, I’ll break it to him gently. He’s getting an egg fix right now, though, with some egg salad. So he’ll be okay. Okay, I wanna leave out of here by 11, so I’d better go toss on some clothes, and dress **mudgirl** (I’m bringing a change of clothes for her, too). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/99 "2007-04-14T16:13:01Z")
Well, looks like we’re going to be there after all. We pushed everything to tomorrow that we could and finished up what we needed to do today. **supervenusfreak** is making fruit salad as we speak and we should be heading out of here around 1ish. And thank you, **danceswithcats** , for sending me the directions. We got rid of all our dead-tree mapquest stuff (two years worth!) that was stuffed into the door pockets of the car and I forgot to hold these directions out… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726/100 "2007-04-15T23:00:32Z")
As always, thank you to the hostess and host for [del]putting up with[/del] inviting us. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-dopefest-welcome-antigen-to-baltimore/397726.md?page=6)