Minneapolis DopeLunch: Holy Turnout, Batman!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I arrived first and must admit that I was quaking in my Reeboks at the thought of meeting alla deese new people who know about my Green Plug. Thankfully, all nervousness dissapated (sp?) soon after the first few Dopers made their appearances…

Rysdad was first; we made eye contact briefly, looked away… oh wait, he saw my SDMB sign. He’s one of us! Very nice man… said he had to take off to pick up Ry by 1:00 PM.

Ethilrist was the next arrival. He explained that his username was also the name of a sword. Translation: Elf cleaver (did I get that right, Ethy?). Skeeery.

Punkyova came next and immediately ran off to grab her lunchtime fare… More intrigue on the food front later.

Osbie, Beadalin, NurseCarmen and Dangerosa showed up around the same time… we all jumped in line and grabbed our food.

MissTake was the last arrival. Nine Dopers, including yours truly.

rubes, lno and Q.N. Jones were sorely missed.

For some strange reason, the three men were relegated to one end of the table…

At the girly end of the group, we talked about the board… Names that came up include Satan, Krispy Original, someone named Rev… (MissTake, who was the guy with the funny Pit rant?

I spoke of my crush on Ukulele Ike. We talked about Lynn Bodoni, a certain poster temporarily labeled as "Asshat, TubaDiva and UncleBeer.

“Gotcha ya!” came up on our end, too…

The Green Plug came up, but only because I brought it up.

What a great bunch of people… I, for one, felt very comfortable; I was among friends. We all agreed to do it again soon, but next time with alcohol.

I now humbly request that the lovely and talented (actually studly and goateed) NurseCarmen to tell us about what went on at the manly end of the festivities.

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I was close to that end of the table…they were of course talking about their HUUUUGGGEEEE Units…

oh, wait, that was you.

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No, that was my huge intellect, remember? :smiley:

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She brought up the subject.* Not the plug. People were eating.

We talked about radiology, newbies pitting people for the wrong reasons, local landmarks (hey, if we have our next meeting at O’Gara’s, I won’t have to worry about drinking & driving!), and how maybe some of the older user names not being actively used should be cleared off and perhaps auctioned off so they can be put to better use.

God, we’re boring.

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You guys covered the exiciting topics of property taxes and refinancing, too…

yeah, boring.

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'Twas Rev Mykeru, whom I knew from another board.

As per normal, I was “fashionably” late :wink: BUT, Upon seeing the very neatly appointed SDMB sign (laminated even!), I knew I was in the right place.

And yes, Gazelle has a HUGE intellect. It was double parked out back of the restaurant.

If anyone wants quick mini-dope lunches, you shall find my fat arse parked at Kieran’s every Monday and Wednesday from 11:30-12:00.

(Oh, and of course, whilst I was “at work” with y’all, the proverbial pooh hit the fan at work. sigh)

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I was so looking forward to lunch with the gang. Alas, I had a work emergency, and it’s still not solved. Worse, I can’t get a hold of any of the support staff to assist. Annoyning!

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Oh no, MissTake you didn’t get caught, didja?

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Annoying, even!

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Well, since I’m a bass player, my ears are shot, so I ended up saying “huh?” alot, but I’ll attempt to raise some highlights.

Ethilrist and I are both computer geeks that cannot be fired. If we were, our respective companies would be fairly screwed. Job security, ya gotta love it.

Punkyova and Rysdad discussed the fact that medicine is still practiced with sledge hammers and leeches. At least that was my take.

Asshat was mentioned. Fcktard and McFckstick as well.

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I like “annoyning” better, rrrrubesbaby.

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F*ckwaffle was mentioned on our end.

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Yup. F-waffle and F-tart. My two favorite words learned through the SDMB.

I didn’t get into trouble per se, but I received an IM, phone call, and e-mail from a co-worker wondering if I was okay, as I am usually so attentive HA!! I glossed over the extended absence with a “Well, yanno…What do you need?” :wink:

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And f*ckchop, my personal favorite.

I also laughed cruelly at MissTake’s story about getting hit in the head with a piece of cement in her renovated building at work. It must be that delicious BBQ chicken pizza brings out my coldhearted side. :wink:

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Beadalin, you are absolved.

I threatened to post about her transgression and she caved! Bwahahahahaha!

:slight_smile:

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I am glad you derive pleasure from my pain.

Really.

I thought us Minnesotans were too… erm… vanilla for sadism.

:wink:

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HEY! I saw an open chair, I took it. (I didn’t see the one MissTake ended up taking. C’mon, I’m a redbloodedmericanmale. I wouldn’t have purposly passed on the chance to be surrounded by women.)

Thanks for the giggle I got from this:

studly? are you sure that plug isn’t hitting the optic nerve again?
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:smiley:

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Yer cute. Shhh. Don’t tell yer wife I said that. Or El Hubbo. Me get in trouble.

:o

GfH, who is fourteen years out of practice with her flirting.

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Sorry. My introverted wallflowerish tendencies reared their ugly heads at the prospect of sitting in the middle of a group of such lovely ladies.

:smack:

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On behalf of the Twin Cities DopeBeeoytches, thanks Ethy!

Here’s hoping they don’t mind me calling them beeyotches.