# Mississippi Dopers (Saints Zero & others)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 6, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823 "2001-06-06T18:33:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/1 "2001-06-06T18:33:06Z")

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How’s about a mini-DopeFest?

Saint Zero may have been joking about it, but I say why the hell not. How many of us Mississippi Dopers are out there?

Zero & I live in the Jackson area.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/2 "2001-06-06T18:47:40Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73328](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73328)

Zero! No Dopefests?!?

Well, me neither 🙂

We’ll have to do something about that.

BTW, is that “Saint” as in “New Orleans Saints”?

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/3 "2001-06-06T21:34:30Z")

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There’s always your Bama neighbors…

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**Author:** ![demanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@demanton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/demanton)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/4 "2001-06-06T22:27:22Z")

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I am in Jackson, being more of a lurker, I don’t have very many posts, but I would be open to the idea of a Jackson dopefest. It would be a mini-dopefest, no doubt, I think that there are only four active dopers in the old bold city, probably not very many more statewide. Tomndebb is from MS, no?

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/5 "2001-06-06T22:31:29Z")

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Heck, Juliana and I are usually game. 🙂

Now, I know there’s a lot of dopers in 'Bama. So maybe we can get something together. What say everyone?

And if we do start pulling out calendars, can we have a _bit_ of leadtime this time? I kinda have to rent a vehicle, ya know. 🙂

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/6 "2001-06-07T00:17:54Z")

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**Ogre, Zero** , if there are a lot of Bama Dopers, perhaps it can be an Interstate-20 Mini-Dopefest in … I don’t know … Tuscaloosa? There has to be much to do in a college town, right?

I may have to repost this to shout out to Alabama Dopers. We’ll see. **Ogre** , can you name some more Bama Dopers?

Well, so far, there’s three Jackson-area Dopers (myself, Saint Zero, and Demanton). If we’re all couples, that makes a party of six – not bad for dinner and a night out at the Dock or the MQ, hmm?

Also, I was wondering if there has ever been a New Orleans DopeFest? Before Ogre spoke up, I thought a trip to the Big Easy would be a good time.

**Zero** - don’t worry. I’d rather have plenty of leadtime, too. Did you miss a DopeFest in the past because of time conficts?

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**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/7 "2001-06-07T00:48:15Z")

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I’m a BamaDoper, approximately 45 minutes from Tuscaloosa. Actually, that’d probably be the only city I could attend a Dopefest in for awhile…so…plus, I’ll be moving there come August 20. (I’m going to the University of Alabama.)

Maybe we can get something together.

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**Author:** ![demanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@demanton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/demanton)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/8 "2001-06-07T02:52:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bordelond \*  
> \*\*\*\*Well, so far, there’s three Jackson-area Dopers (myself, Saint Zero, and Demanton). If we’re all couples, that makes a party of six – not bad for dinner and a night out at the Dock or the MQ, hmm?

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Mmmmm, tasty beers at MQ or Beth’s special rum punch at The Dock, either one an inviting option. The Forum might be another idea, I’ve not tried the food there, but the kitchen sure looks nice…

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/9 "2001-06-07T13:33:42Z")

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**demanton!** Great thinking!

I went to the Forum Friday for the first time … well, only to look for other people. It was 6 PM & nobody was there. But I was impressed by the look & feel of the place.

Hijacking the patio out in front of Lagers also seems like a good idea.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-dopers-saints-zero-others/67823/10 "2001-06-07T14:08:38Z")

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Problem: It’d have to be toddler friendly. I have two. 🙂
