# Montréal Sugardope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149 "2003-01-07T15:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/1 "2003-01-07T15:38:41Z")
Now that the holidays are behind us, I would like to suggest a Montréal Dopefest for the spring. Yes, it’s time for Sugardope[sup]TM[/sup]. It is a yearly tradition here to gather in the spring and go to the sugar shack to enjoy good food and maple products. I would suggest for the dates of this potential Dopefest, the week-ends of either 15-16 March (to go with the Montreal St-Patrick parade, the oldest in North America) or the following week-end of 22-23 March. So all are invited, the old hands as well as the newbies. Come up here to enjoy maple toffee on the snow, _oreilles de Christ_, _grand-pères dans le sirop_ and other sweet treats. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/2 "2003-01-07T16:25:44Z")
Hm… I’d love to come up, but it looks like those two weekends are the two weekends in March that I’ve got commitments. That may change though; I’ll let you know. LaurAnge, scott evil and I were talking about Sugardope last weekend you know. Should be a lot of fun! ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/3 "2003-01-07T18:15:46Z")
That might indeed be do-able 🙂 How does this normally work? I’ve never been to one… ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/4 "2003-01-07T22:46:56Z")
I’ll probably be able to make it, and kinda related, anyone know when Scott’s wedding is planned for? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/5 "2003-01-07T22:51:39Z")
It took about 5 min. to load and post this… Does this look like a longterm problem or just a lot of traffic? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/6 "2003-01-07T22:59:30Z")
Ugh… That should’ve been a new thread in ATMB… Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/7 "2003-01-07T23:24:00Z")
I’m there, obviously. Well, I’m already here. You know what I mean. :rolleyes: I think the weekend of March 22-23 would be better in terms of weather. We’ll need people with cars, since we’ll be going off the island. Or we could rent a minivan. **detop** , would we be sugaring off Saturday or Sunday morning/afternoon? I can take care of organizing an evening dinner in town, since I’m _so_ good at that. 😉 **clayton\_e** : I’m _not_ getting married in two months…! :eek: **CuriousCanuck** : there’s a thread in MPSIMS about Dopefests… Can we have an **Elenfair**? And some of those cool Dopers who met me, **LaurAnge** , and **matt\_mcl** last weekend in NYC? The **Pad of Evil®** will once again be open for business. I can put up three comfortably, and four slightly uncomfortably (but after the **House of Pain®** , anything’s possible). Fun fun fun. I’m off to polish my tiara. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/8 "2003-01-07T23:42:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\ ***clayton\_e** : I’m _not_ getting married in two months…! :eek: > \*\* Figured that, **Scott** , just wondering if you had a month chosen or something. ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/9 "2003-01-08T00:12:10Z")
Sounds great, I’d love to go. You know, we’ve got some great syrup down here, too. Could we all bring a taste of local syrup and have a pancake brunch/maple tasting morning? -wm ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/10 "2003-01-08T00:15:16Z")
**whatmove** : ummm… when you go sugaring off, you get breakfast… And our syrup is better. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/11 "2003-01-08T00:43:10Z")
In order of posting : Sorry to hear that **Eonwe** , hope you’ll be able to make it though. Glad to hear that the suggestion I made at Doperéal hadn’t fell on deaf ears 😛 **Curious Canuck** you’re welcome to join us, just do like **scott evil** suggested and also keep track of this thread. **clayton\_e** , yes the Board is slower. It took we 4 tries to post this thread and about the same amount to post this answer. In addition, at one point, the Home Page was listing who was online at the time (1606 members if I recall correctly). **scott evil** , a spring equinox Dopefest ? sounds good to me. I was thinking of Saturday afternoon for the sugaring off party. So a dinner Saturday evening would probably be required (something light would be preferable). **whatmove** , tha’t’s the reason Québec wants to annex Vermont and New Hampshire, so we could have a monopoly on maple syrup production. Bwahahahaha ! ---
**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:** [January 8, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/12 "2003-01-08T01:46:08Z")
Count me in to _Dôpe à Sucre 2003!_ ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/13 "2003-01-08T02:34:56Z")
We’ve got some great Adirondack syrup here also, I’ll bring some up. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/14 "2003-01-08T02:48:22Z")
Sounds like fun 🙂 I love maple syrup… and there are LOTS of lovely ladies in Montreal 🙂 Now are any of them dopers? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/15 "2003-01-08T02:58:26Z")
I wanna come, but I’m stuck here for school! I know, I complain about not making it to ANY Montreal Dopefest, but thats because I miss Montreal (and Quebec) so much, and I don’t want to be in this stupid province anymore… :pout: When we came back up from Christmas break, my SO and I forgot to bring one essential thing…maple syrup. We left it in my parents kitchen. So we’re making due with cheap substitute because we can’t afford the real stuff here (we eat it WAY too fast!), but I am NOT happy about it. Oh well, Reading Week is mid-February…I can last another 5 weeks…I think. :pout: ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/16 "2003-01-08T03:00:26Z")
Dammit. Smilies have taken over my post. I am NOT happy, get it? NOT HAPPY!!! arrrggghhhh… :pout: , and clicks in the “Diable Smilies” box… ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/17 "2003-01-08T03:42:23Z")
Right, then, a light and late Saturday dinner sounds good, if we’re planning on gorging ourselves that afternoon on pancakes, eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, potatoes, _bines_, _oreilles de crisse_, etc., all drenched in maple syrup. Yum. Just typing that sent me into insulin shock and clogged my arteries. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/18 "2003-01-08T04:02:56Z")
Oooh! Sugaring off! Haven’t been to one of those since I was a wee’un! I’d love to go. Not sure I _can_, what with the whole It’s-Another-Country-And-It’s-Four-Or-Five-Hours-Away\* thing, but I’ll surely think about it. \*I know lots of people drive further than that for Dopefests, but it’s rare for me to get two days in a row off from work and I hate spending half a day driving to spend one day somewhere, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Ulterior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/85f322/32.png) [@Ulterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulterior)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/19 "2003-01-08T04:40:16Z")
Dammit, can’t do it: National Debating Championships at Dal the first weekend, simulation for my Peacebuilidng class the second. Thanks for the offer, though, anyway. -Ulterior ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149/20 "2003-01-08T04:52:55Z")
Still in order of posting : **matt\_mck** , it goes without saying that we were counting on your presence. **clayton\_e** , glad to know you’ll be there buddy. **Curious Canuck** , looking forward to see you ! And yes there are wimen Dopers in Mtl **mnemosyne** , sorry to hear that:( , we’ll make sure that there are no “devil” smilies present though 😛 **scott evil** , I knew I could count on you. **racinchikki** , you’ll be sorely missed ! same to you **Ulterior**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-sugardope/147149.md?page=2)