# Might I suggest a UK DopeFest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347 "2007-02-15T14:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/1 "2007-02-15T14:59:36Z")
I’m taking the GrizzClan to England (staying near Southampton) this summer and will be there from 29June to 8July. I’ve done a search and don’t see that the UK dopers (or those in not-too-distant lands) have had a fest in a while. Anyone up for it? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/2 "2007-02-15T15:39:26Z")
That sounds good. A lot of the UK dopers post on [www.nadsters.com](http://www.nadsters.com) too so you may want to pop over there and give them a heads up perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/3 "2007-02-15T16:04:51Z")
[QUOTE=Angua] That sounds good. A lot of the UK dopers post on [www.nadsters.com](http://www.nadsters.com) too so you may want to pop over there and give them a heads up perhaps? [/QUOTE] Will do! Many thanks ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/4 "2007-02-18T18:20:52Z")
Huh I’m not falling for that one ,you wanna lynch me you’ve got to find me first. And I still haven’t learned to type !HA HA HA HA !!! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/5 "2007-02-18T18:25:20Z")
Include me in. BTW who is buying the beer? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/6 "2007-02-19T06:51:03Z")
Last time I checked it was your round. And **Bonzer** doesn’t know it yet, but he’s in too. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/7 "2007-02-19T09:26:25Z")
Is it going to be real beer or that gassy lager stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/8 "2007-02-19T09:50:34Z")
Southampton is my locality… I’ve never ever done the messageboard-to-real-life meeting transition before. I’m nervous. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/9 "2007-02-19T10:00:42Z")
Well I’m only an hour and a half from Southampton myself. I might be around the weekend of June 29th. ---
**Author:** ![Barrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Barrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrington)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/10 "2007-02-19T16:21:20Z")
At times like this, I really, really wish I could travel … ☹ **Mangetout** : if it’s any help, I’ve done the meeting-in-real-life thing a few times myself with people from other tubes on the interwebs, and found it extraordinarily easy, despite my having a bit of a social phobia. It seems that we tend to underestimate how self-selecting online communities tend to be - it’s not at all like meeting some random person. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/11 "2007-02-19T16:22:21Z")
All you have to do is convince **GrizzRich** that the clan need to come to your locale for a couple of days! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/12 "2007-02-19T16:29:38Z")
Firstly I’m a miserable misanthrope, secondly it’s gotta be four and a half hours to Southampton if it’s an inch, but I hope it goes great. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/13 "2007-02-19T19:32:08Z")
I might have done it it was further North. Sorry guys. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/14 "2007-02-20T00:10:15Z")
I’m a potential, if I’m not snowed under by my thesis at that point. Will watch this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/15 "2007-02-20T07:36:40Z")
Would it be easier to choose a place in London and all to travel there. Southampton is that extra bit out of the way for most people, whereas at least London is accesible and guaranteed cheap pre-booked return off peak tickets from the rest of the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/16 "2007-02-20T07:38:26Z")
[QUOTE=Pjen] Would it be easier to choose a place in London and all to travel there. Southampton is that extra bit out of the way for most people, whereas at least London is accesible and guaranteed cheap pre-booked return off peak tickets from the rest of the UK. [/QUOTE] That’s certainly what we’ve done in the past. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/17 "2007-02-20T07:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=Pjen] Would it be easier to choose a place in London and all to travel there. Southampton is that extra bit out of the way for most people, whereas at least London is accesible and guaranteed cheap pre-booked return off peak tickets from the rest of the UK. [/QUOTE] May I ask just what is wrong with meeting in Manchester. Cheaper than London and a far better city to be in ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/18 "2007-02-20T07:44:25Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] May I ask just what is wrong with meeting in Manchester. Cheaper than London and a far better city to be in [/QUOTE] Manchester is a better city agreed, but the direct rail links into london would make it easier for many (not me- I’d prefer M/C as I live on the West Coast Main Line.) to get there. Plus, being a transplanted soft southerner, M/c seems a long way a way to people from the South! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/19 "2007-02-20T08:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] May I ask just what is wrong with meeting in Manchester. [/QUOTE] Its too far away from Paris for me. And from Southampton which is slightly more pressing all things considered. Besides, its up north. Disclaimer: I come from Burnley – 40 miles north of Manchester. I can say disparaging things about it. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347/20 "2007-02-20T08:49:10Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] May I ask just what is wrong with meeting in Manchester. Cheaper than London and a far better city to be in [/QUOTE] Can’t understand the accent, that’s what’s wrong… depending on where I am at the time and the availability of ridiculously-cheap tickets, I might drop by. Y’all mind letting a Spaniard with a sort-of-amurrkin-aksent have only one beer? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-suggest-a-uk-dopefest/392347.md?page=2)