# Montreal- the Dopefest of those damn furriners. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372 "2001-01-23T07:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [February 24, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/41 "2001-02-24T01:03:58Z")
Hi, this is Andygirl dictating to Matt. Well, I had a very special afternoon. I accidentally told Matt that I would be arriving on the train. [[It doesn’t help that the bus and train stations are both called Gare Centrale. - MM]] In reality I was arriving on the bus and spent an interesting hour wondering if I was going to be surrounded by a bunch of people who did not speak the French I learned in high school. Fortunately he found me and we are now rejoicing in Matt’s lovely gay room. He is more fabulous than I even imagined. [[Oh, honey, _stop_ it. -MM]] Dopefest tomorrow. Woo ha! ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/42 "2001-02-24T05:40:24Z")
I’m afraid I’m out. Sorry, kids. I’m especially sorry to miss the Dynamic Duo. Andy, tell Matt how FABulous I am, and Matt, I’m making a Montreal trip the weekend of the 17th if you’d care to go booging or something. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/43 "2001-02-25T07:44:37Z")
Well, we had a perfectly splendid time. Picture pages to follow shortly. ---
**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/44 "2001-02-25T14:24:45Z")
We had babysitter and general chaos problems and _almost_ didn’t make it… but I’m sure glad we were able to go! We met Matt, Laurange and Andygirl at a cozy little bar with a fireplace and really nice couches. It was, for Dyan and I our first time meeting online friends, and we were very impressed by the calibre of these folk. Sadly, we had to leave early, (our impromptu babysitter had a wifely curfew) and just as things were starting to get _good_ 😉 … Can’t wait for those pics! Oh, and how was the drag race? _Va-va-varooooom_ heheheheheheh ---
**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:** [February 25, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/45 "2001-02-25T14:44:19Z")
I have five words for you: **GIANT SINGING AND DANCING VAGINA.** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/46 "2001-02-25T15:38:23Z")
Five words indeed. …and never before have five lowly words inspired such a magnitude of curiousity… ---
**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:** [February 25, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/47 "2001-02-25T21:23:48Z")
It’s true! Gay people try to convert and corrupt innocent youth… They took me to a drag show and **andy** hit on me and was trying to bring out my repressed homosexual side! [/fundie] Seriously guys, I had a great time! You all ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/48 "2001-02-25T23:00:17Z")
Sigh. I’m sorry to have missed you folks. ☹ After much fussing around with travel plans, I did end up spending Saturday night in Montreal … so I could almost have met up with you guys, except that I didn’t clear Customs until 11:30 pm, which is why I stayed in Montreal. (Too late to catch the train.) I hadn’t read this thread in a week, but I did end up on Crescent Street, oddly enough. A place called “The Crescent Club”, I believe. [A little basement club, so they charge too much for cover (or maybe all Montreal clubs are expensive? I thought $6 to get in seemed a bit steep…) and the drinks are expensive. However, I had a good time.] Anyway, even more interesting, there was a guy there who looked _just_ like **matt\_mcl**. So I’m debating going over to talk to him, and the DJ starts talking about how gay he was, which didn’t help me much. but then I catch that his name is Gil, so I fugure it must not be, but … it was eerie. Anyway, sounds like it was a blast. Get those pictures up! (And I should be having some time off in April…) ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/49 "2001-02-26T00:41:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LaurAnge \* > \*\*It’s true! Gay people try to convert and corrupt innocent youth… They took me to a drag show and **andy** hit on me and was trying to bring out my repressed homosexual side! > > [/fundie] > > Seriously guys, I had a great time! You all ROCK! \*\* And yet we’re the same age. 😉 And hey, I didn’t see you complaining at the time… \ I wouldn’t call your homosexual side **that** repressed. 😉 [sub]geez, put your arm around a girl and you’d think the world was coming to an end…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/50 "2001-02-26T01:43:49Z")
Well, so that’s why she came home all liquered up, covered in hickeys. Thanks Andygirl, I’ll have to have words with her now. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 26, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/51 "2001-02-26T01:44:58Z")
**andygirl** , SHHH! 'Sides, she was **technically** a man. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/52 "2001-02-26T02:41:13Z")
[shocked disbelief] Lauren! And you told me it was all from her! The cheating I could deal with, but the LIES? [/shocked disbelief] ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/53 "2001-02-26T03:31:33Z")
The drag queen might have been. But I’m certainly not. \ ---
**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:** [February 26, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/54 "2001-02-26T06:39:55Z")
I thought _I_ was supposed to be the slut around here! ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/55 "2001-02-26T19:48:19Z")
And you know, she begged me to go. She claimed she was worried and too shy to meet you. Now I have visuals of her up on stage at this car race (joke, I heard) dancing like a showgirl (or showguy, or what ever. Oww, my brain hurts). Thanks, guys. And as for you andygirl, run fast as you want, I’ll get you sooner or later. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/56 "2001-02-27T06:07:15Z")
Photos are online! Check them out at [http://www.crosswinds.net/~montrealais/personal/dopefest/dopefest.html](http://www.crosswinds.net/~montrealais/personal/dopefest/dopefest.html) ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/57 "2001-02-27T08:56:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*I thought _I_ was supposed to be the slut around here! \*\* Well, I keep trying to be, but it’s so hard … Nice pictures! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372/58 "2001-02-27T21:11:20Z")
When I first saw this thread, I thought of driving up for it, but the timing was bad. Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun – I wish I could have made it. Great pictures! Matt, I hope you organize another one of these shindigs so I can get up to Montreal. I’ll try to bring some Albany-area Dopers along. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-the-dopefest-of-those-damn-furriners/51372.md?page=2)