# Montreal Dopefest!!!!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254 "2001-06-27T00:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/1 "2001-06-27T00:42:31Z")
OK. In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75098), Lsura tells us that she will be in town 21st-27th of July. Therefore, we must have a dopefest during that time. Andygirl, Dewt, Dylan, Eunoia, Renton\_lvr, LaurAnge - this means you!!! ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/2 "2001-06-27T00:57:10Z")
Aww… I so want to come! But with my car’s fuel pump problems, it wouldn’t be prudent to take it on a four-hour trip. ☹ Somebody have a drink for me. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/3 "2001-06-27T00:58:32Z")
Racin, I presume you don’t have the cabbage to rent a car/take the train. Folks, is there anyone living near Racin? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/4 "2001-06-27T01:53:00Z")
Wow…just 'cause I’m coming to town, huh? Coolness-way to make me feel special(I needed that-it’s been a rotten week, and it’s only Tuesday.) Anyway, as **matt\_mcl** said, I fly in Saturday the 21st around noon, and out at around 9AM Friday the 27th. I’ll have my mother with me, but she’s cool. It’s a vacation-we have no firm plans as yet, so all dates are currently open. The hotel reservatons she made are at [the Hotel St. Denis](http://www.hotel-st-denis.com/). Now, considering that neither of us have ever been to Montreal, any directions/decisions are left up to y’all. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/5 "2001-06-27T06:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*OK. In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75098), Lsura tells us that she will be in town 21st-27th of July. Therefore, we must have a dopefest during that time. > > Andygirl, Dewt, Dylan, Eunoia, Renton\_lvr, LaurAnge - this means you!!! \*\* Hmmmm, what about me ? ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/6 "2001-06-27T06:21:33Z")
Whoa. I’m thinking maybe. I’ve never been to Montreal! Only problem is, I’m poor as dirt. Really poor dirt. So count me in as a definite “I’d like to”. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/7 "2001-06-27T08:21:11Z")
Mnem, where are you again? Toronto, yes? Maybe we could get a TorDopers convoy to come down (Sunspace?) ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/8 "2001-06-28T03:11:08Z")
Toronto indeed. A convoy’d be great, what with me not having a driver’s license and all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/9 "2001-06-28T03:43:09Z")
I’m in! Just let me know where and when, and nothing will keep me away! (Not even my parents ;)) ---
**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/10 "2001-06-28T11:46:05Z")
Gakfrak. Gack… Frack… The 27th?.. That would be… hmmm… yesterday. Ah yes, my Birthday. Hmmmm… A guys birthday would’ve been a damn frigging good time to be at dopefest, wouldn’t it? All that attention, free drinks, a romp through late night Mtl with Matt\_mcl as a guide (who knows all the coolest and freakiest places to go)… 'Course that was all yesterday… ::dramatic pause:: Waaaaaaa-hhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa-waaaaaaaaaaaaa \<- crying like a baby That’ll teach me to not check in more often. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/11 "2001-06-28T14:20:32Z")
Uh, dewt, that would be the 27th of July. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/12 "2001-06-28T19:54:09Z")
Yup. I’m there, baby. Bring your sarcasm shields and bullshit deflectors. And ice-cream sandwiches, I love those. Too bad **Mnementh** , wouldn’t be the same without you. Igloo jokes, can’t get enough of them. I can however commiserate, I’m as poor as crack-in-the-sub-basement-floor dirt. Get a job ya bum, at least I can rationalize that in Montreal there _are no jobs._ **detop** Let’s just speak _joual_ and punctuate every sentence with _tabarnak!_ **Matt\_mcl** Be prepared to discuss the proposition that John Ralston Saul’s insecurities vis-a-vis the French-Canadians and his own intellectualism are as palpably obvious as a half-formed layer of skin befouled with bleeding tumours, or, alternately, take us somewhere that _rocks!_ **[Lsura](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=75823)** Are you excited? Bring me a pack of Camel Lights. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/13 "2001-06-28T20:27:19Z")
What about meeeeeeeee? Waaaah! _sniffle_ ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/14 "2001-06-28T20:56:49Z")
Hmmm… that might be worth a trip. **Mnem** , you’ve already had the displeasure of cramming into my car, haven’t you? Think you could handle it for five hours? Each way? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/15 "2001-06-28T21:13:55Z")
Couldnt that be AUGUST 27th? Thats when I’m going back to Québec! Though **Mnem** , I’m in Hamilton. Wanna travel this way for a dopefest one day? Ack! The TWO **Mnem’s**!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/16 "2001-06-28T22:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eunoia \* > > **Lsura** Are you excited? Bring me a pack of Camel Lights. Well, of course I’m excited. You really want a pack of Camel lights? I quit smoking, ya know. But I could probably buy a pack and not open it for you, seeing as how you’re being so nice about all of this. 😛 Mom wants to do the fireworks thing Saturday night(the day we fly in), and our flight out is at around 9AM that Monday(since she has a 2-hour drive once we get back to Atlanta). Are y’all in the same time zone(Eastern) that we are? Just out of curiosity, and since I can’t find my atlas, I though I’d ask. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/17 "2001-06-29T00:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Are y’all in the same time zone(Eastern) that we are? Just out of curiosity, and since I can’t find my atlas, I though I’d ask. \*\* Montréal is in the Eastern timezone. The Atlantic timezone is _east_ of Québec, and the Central timezone is west of Ontario. Just FYI. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/18 "2001-06-29T00:30:36Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Lsura \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eunoia \* > > You really want a pack of Camel lights? I quit smoking, ya know. But I could probably buy a pack and not open it for you, seeing as how you’re being so nice about all of this. 😛 > Mom wants to do the fireworks thing Saturday night(the day we fly in), and our flight out is at around 9AM that Monday\*\* Ask anyone, Montrealers smoke like _fiends_. Now you’re coming just for the _weekend_??? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/19 "2001-06-29T00:55:17Z")
Yeah, yeah. It’s really been a long week. Today still feels like Monday. No, we are really staying through that Friday. Can I go to sleep and have it be Saturday now? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254/20 "2001-06-29T01:53:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Yeah, yeah. It’s really been a long week. Today still feels like Monday. No, we are really staying through that Friday. > Can I go to sleep and have it be Saturday now? \*\* Anything you want dear. And **eunoia** is right, we Quebecers smoke like if tobacco was a **cure** to cancer. 😃 P.S. I"m a smoker too ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-dopefest/70254.md?page=2)