# Minneapolis Dopefest Notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764 "2000-07-16T21:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/21 "2000-07-18T13:49:26Z")
Possible slogan, if the Rubes/Satan ticket runs again next time: Not the lesser evil any more Rubes and Satan in oh-four! You like? ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/22 "2000-07-18T15:21:51Z")
I am crazed at work. I just got the pictures developed. After i scan them in, I shall post them and offer more details about my perceptions of the folks there… * * * Yer pal, Satan _I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Three months, one week, two days, 13 hours, 21 minutes and 56 seconds. 4022 cigarettes not smoked, saving $502.78. Life saved: 1 week, 6 days, 23 hours, 10 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/23 "2000-07-18T16:33:50Z")
And the plot thickens… ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/24 "2000-07-18T21:36:14Z")
Hmmmm, this should be interesting… Rubes/Satan platform #7: All politicians get paid minimum wage. If they want to get a raise, they will need to increase the minimum wage. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/25 "2000-07-18T22:14:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rubes \* > \*\*SilverFire, I think of all the no shows, since our waitress chose your name, you are removed from our poop list (at least mine) > \*\* Right on. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/26 "2000-07-19T17:06:07Z")
I am SO sorry that I didn’t make it. I am in the throes of wedding planning right now. The invitations situation blew up, and the supplier is only available at extremely stupid hours, so I ended up missing the whole deal. Weddings are such a racket. Many, many apologies. If there’s a next time, I’ll say, “Screw the wedding!” and meet you fine people. ---
**Author:** ![LocalLoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@LocalLoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LocalLoop)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/27 "2000-07-19T17:36:37Z")
New job called for me to attend a meeting in Chicago on the Thurs and Fri before, turned it into a 4 day thing by visiting relatives in Wisconsin. Gotta keep my name in the will, ya know. Sorry I missed it, God knows I’m on enough shitlists already. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/28 "2000-07-24T16:52:47Z")
::bump:: Also a reminder for **Satan** to get his forked tail in gear! ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/29 "2000-07-24T21:06:45Z")
[http://pages.prodigy.net/briank.o/MinnieMeeting.htm](http://pages.prodigy.net/briank.o/MinnieMeeting.htm) Here we go - Photographic images for all-time! Anyway, here are some brief impressions I have of the posters… Canthearya is amazing. She is totally sweet, will do anything to help someone (she was chauffer for half the group), and generally was the kind of person who defines salt-of-the-earth. I wish she was my next-door neighbor. rubes is a trip. I make a lot of references to his drinking proclivities, but that’s okay. I found it funny that he thought he lived a sheltered life - He seems like the usual punker-turned-tecno fan, but there’s so much mroe to him than that. Funny guy, I’m honored to be his running mate! FreakFreely is a nut-bag and I say that as a compliment. He reminds me of myself when I was a teenager - trying to come to terms with the world around me, thinking at times the world is against me, but finally resolving to piss off anything that pisses me off for good measure. sandyr was a sweetie as well. She personifies the Midwest attitude, though not as docile as that might make you think. It was great of her to make the long drive for us all. I hope she found a good deal at Dayton’s! Lucretia was fun and it was nice to finally meet someone with longer hair than I at a Doper meeting! Her daughters were totally cool, even if the youngest one was a bit sea-sick. I hope that Lucretia will let the older daughter post or at least lurk here from time-to-time. I think she would dig it, and after all, you saw how sweet we all are! 😉 I had a great time. After a weekend of work-related partying which, while fun, was still work in the grand scheme of things, it was nice to just hang out with some people whose text I have always found so appealing and see that the people behind them were great as well! I hope I didn’t monopolize the conversation… I have a big mouth sometimes! 😃 Anyway, next time I am in the area, hope to get together ith you guys again… And maybe th real Silver\_Fire even? 🙂 * * * Yer pal, Satan _I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Three months, two weeks, one day, 19 hours, 6 minutes and 45 seconds. 4271 cigarettes not smoked, saving $533.98. Life saved: 2 weeks, 19 hours, 55 minutes._ Visit [The Fabulous Forums of Fathom](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/30 "2000-07-24T21:20:15Z")
Yes. Next time. Real Silver\_Fire. Uh-huh. Sure. 🙂 I am really sorry I couldn’t make it. I will. I’m determined to meet at least one of you fine people. I WILL meet a doper. ::sigh:: Waiting for the “next time” so I can be there. Maybe I’ll try to be creative enough to organize one myself. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/31 "2000-07-24T23:17:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Canthearya \* > \*\*::bump:: > > Also a reminder for **Satan** to get his forked tail in gear! \*\* Small hijack, but that post was the [600000th post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=600000#post600000). Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/32 "2000-07-25T05:51:58Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31978](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31978) Because some people will wanna see the pix and stuff… * * * Yer pal, Satan _TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Three months, two weeks, two days, 3 hours, 48 minutes and 35 seconds. 4286 cigarettes not smoked, saving $535.79. Life saved: 2 weeks, 21 hours, 10 minutes._ Vist the [The Fabulous Forums of Fathom](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?) ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/33 "2000-07-25T07:52:11Z")
hey Satan, nice Iron Maiden jersey… i think its pretty cool! ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/34 "2000-07-25T13:04:33Z")
damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!!! I just remembered that I didn’t teach Satan how to “fancy drink” Oh well, next time. rubes “I know Dick Cheney, and Satan, you are not a Dick” ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/35 "2000-07-25T16:15:31Z")
Great pix, Satan. The girls got a huge kick out of seeing themselves on the net. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764/36 "2000-07-25T18:03:37Z")
Great. Satan thinks I’m a nut-sack. ::checks hell off his list of places to go:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopefest-notes/25764.md?page=1)