# Mini LondonDope October 6/7/8? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720 "2003-09-15T14:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/1 "2003-09-15T14:37:36Z")
That ought to get the attention of the usual suspects. šŸ˜‰ Me and the lovely **Heloise** , who is visiting our fair continent for a few weeks, will be in London Town from October 6 through 9. These are all weekdays, so the DopeFest in question would presumably best be held at night, which means on either 6, 7, or 8 October. **Demands:** [ul][_]Location: centrally, somewhere. :)[_]Preferably a pub of sorts.[_]With beer on draught.[_]Perhaps a bowl of pretzels.[\*]Lots of Dopers! London\_Calling, kabbes, Frannie, Sir Dhoris, kferr, Tangu, Kat (Twisty in town, perhaps?), and all the other poor bastards Iā€™m forgetting right now, DO YOU COPY?[/ul]So, whoā€™s up for a good piss-up on a school night? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/2 "2003-09-15T15:00:22Z")
All I have to say in this thread is that I read the title and thought, ā€œthatā€™s cool, I wonder when the next time the date will run in sequence like that (6/7/8). I bet itā€™s pretty rare. Maybe itā€™s a Dopefest celebrating that. Thatā€™d be cool.ā€ Then my brain turned on. Man, and Iā€™ve been up for hours already. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/3 "2003-09-15T15:04:25Z")
No, Iā€™m not aiming for July 6, 2008 (or, for 'Murrikens, June 7, 2008). Help yourself to a nice, strong coffee, my friend. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/4 "2003-09-15T15:11:07Z")
i have no problem with this. i like drinking on school nights. would you like me to run down some central london pubs? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/5 "2003-09-15T15:16:22Z")
_looks at calendar and diary_ _Thinks about killing many birds with one stone_ I have friends in London Iā€™d really like to see, however, Iā€™ll be teaching on Thursday, so an overnight stay isnā€™t possible. It takes an hour and a half to get to London. I can be in London for 5pm. The last train back is at quarter to midnight. Right, Iā€™m game. Just pick a central London pub near Euston station. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/6 "2003-09-15T15:29:00Z")
As luck would have it, Iā€™m probably going to be in Ireland on those dates. Arse. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/7 "2003-09-15T15:30:19Z")
Although I could send a small sheep in my place. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/8 "2003-09-15T16:02:08Z")
Sounds good to me - count me in. Any day is fine since iā€™ve been ordered to take the first two weeks of October off. my leave year is up and i still have 25 days of untaken leave. I can carry 9 but my manager has informed me that sheā€™ll feel awfully guilty if i donā€™t take at least 10 of the rest. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/9 "2003-09-15T16:10:30Z")
[sub]Quick[/sub] **hide the pies !!!** ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/10 "2003-09-15T16:14:55Z")
Can I come? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/11 "2003-09-15T17:05:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizzygoodmakefeelnice \* > \*\*Can I come? Pretty please? \*\* Only if you buy everyone a drink. Actually sod that, only if you buy _me_ a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/12 "2003-09-15T20:35:10Z")
Iā€™m best for the Saturday - Thursday or Friday are ok but would require more planning ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/13 "2003-09-15T21:37:36Z")
I am firmly in Scotland on those dates. Which is better than you deserve for wantonly misspelling my nameā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/14 "2003-09-15T23:10:52Z")
Itā€™s Mo/Tu/We Iā€™m afraid. And yes, **fizzy** , of course you can come! Mr. Calling, that remark just cost you three pints of the black stuff right there. Old tosser. šŸ˜‰ Youā€™ll be there with bells on, I take it? Tansu, darling, I didnā€™t mean to. I got excited, and combined ā€œTansuā€ with ā€œAnguaā€, or something. Frannie, too bad you canā€™t make it. Any of the sheep is welcome to join us for pints! Or, hell, AlexB, too! paulberserker, looking forward to raising a few with you. Will you bring the oftmentioned biscuit gun? A suggestion on centrally located London pubs would be nice, although I realise that ā€œcentrally located London pubā€ doesnā€™t exactly narrow things down. šŸ˜‰ Oh well, as long as we have a convenient place to hook up: and I mean convenient for those who have to come from work - weā€™ll have all day to get our arses over to wherever the first drinks shall be had. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/15 "2003-09-15T23:25:37Z")
Canā€™t do Monday 6th, but the other two nights are currently free (hell, the days are free too, although if that continues I wonā€™t be able to _afford_ to come). Iā€™ll throw a link in the previous Londope threads to alert the usual suspects. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/16 "2003-09-16T07:25:31Z")
Much obliged, Gyrate! Hope the job situation improves soon. Cā€™mon, you Lazy Limeys! Whoā€™s up for pints? ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/17 "2003-09-16T08:11:46Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Coldfire \* > I got excited, and combined ā€œTansuā€ with ā€œAnguaā€, or something._\* Did anyone else read ā€œTansu combined with Angua excited meā€? Oh, well. Anyway, I might be free, though I should really get the late train, as I will have morning lectures šŸ˜® ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/18 "2003-09-16T10:04:06Z")
pubs paul knows in central london that fit above criteria: the ship & crown + 2 chairmen on wardour st lamb & flag, the porterhouse, in covenient garden glassblowers, the crown, queens head, just off piccadilly circus john snow in soho intrepid fox, which is a metal pub (the music, rather than the substance) theres also a big long line of boozers in a straight run from angel station, which may be easier if folks are coming in from kings cross these are merely suggestions, but there some of my favourites. where do you lot normally go? cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/19 "2003-09-16T10:22:11Z")
Sounds tempting. Depends on my timetable/what I can do with Mini-Doris/engineering works but in principle Iā€™m up for it. Hopefully \*\* Tir\*\* will be well and **Ianzin** hasnā€™t been eaten by a Komodo dragon. Regarding the venue - fond as I am of the **Intrepid Fox** I 'm not sure itā€™s a place to settle for a night of doper fun, unless theyā€™ve turned the volume down since my last visit (a while ago, I admit). ---
**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:** [September 16, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720/20 "2003-09-16T10:25:27Z")
N.B. The **Silver Cross** on Whitehall, just off Trafalgar Square, has comfortably accommodated at least two LonDopes. Just a suggestion. **paulberserker** : ā€œcovenient gardenā€? šŸ™‚ Actually, the Lamb and Flag is usually packed to the gills, and the Porterhouse too touristy. Iā€™d say letā€™s avoid Covent Garden. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-londondope-october-6-7-8/201720.md?page=2)