# New York Doper Dinner: April 16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949 "2004-04-02T20:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/41 "2004-04-15T18:39:37Z")
Dang. I kept not-replying to this thread because I hoped things would clear up, but clearly all hope is lost. I can’t go. I have rehearsal. (Oedipus Rex, the Stravinsky opera, three nights at Juilliard next week.) So have fun, and somebody please drink a couple pints on my behalf. Oh, and hey: remember how we talked about having local game nights at the NYC DopeFest? I still think that’s a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/42 "2004-04-15T21:07:11Z")
Eeek! It’s tomorrow. Can you guys tell I’m nervous? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lisabethnyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@lisabethnyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisabethnyc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/43 "2004-04-15T23:02:01Z")
Um, guess it’s been a while since I’ve been here… somehow totally missed mention of this until Bria mentioned it last night! If it’s not too late to get added to the reservation, I’m in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/44 "2004-04-16T14:12:33Z")
Grrr. This is partly circumstance and partly my own stupidity. I and the Oxyboyfriend will not be able to make it. He’s working the entire weekend - 100% design drawings for the project he’s been working on for the last two years are due a week from today, and of course there have been a series of last-minute changes. And I’m ending up having to go out of town much earlier than I thought, entirely because I didn’t coordinate schedules as I ought to have. Please enjoy noodles for me. Take pictures. I’ll call to pretend I’m there. DRAT. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/45 "2004-04-16T14:31:39Z")
Damn - it’s not going to happen. Too many obligations I can’t shirk. I am going to get to one of these things if it kills me… ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/46 "2004-04-16T14:50:42Z")
I’m getting excited (and nervous). With the suddenly beautiful weather, I think I might just walk from work… ---
**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:** [April 17, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/47 "2004-04-17T06:36:16Z")
Billdo, turns out the guy wasn’t really dead after all. Lot of blood though. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/48 "2004-04-17T06:38:13Z")
And now everyone’s thinking “Jeez, I’ve heard rumors that those New York City dopefests can get out of hand.” ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/49 "2004-04-17T10:19:43Z")
I left you and Bill a block from the subway, and you managed to find a bloody near-corpse along the way? Good going! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/50 "2004-04-17T11:15:54Z")
I didn’t see that one on the Scavenger Hunt list. Damn. That’s easier than finding an English-speaking cab driver. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/51 "2004-04-17T13:36:02Z")
Geez, bloody might-have-been-dead men… I just got a few more bag people on _my_ way home. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/52 "2004-04-17T14:53:03Z")
> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#): > > I left you and Bill a block from the subway, and you managed to find a bloody near-corpse along the way? > > Good going! You, quite obviously, went to the wrong subway. Good meeting the few of you I didn’t know and seeing all of you. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/53 "2004-04-17T15:04:56Z")
Same for me, it was great meeting all of you, and I really had a blast… Been a while since I laughed so hard, so much 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/54 "2004-04-17T18:44:49Z")
I had a fabulous time & I didn’t even fall on my head! Go, me! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/55 "2004-04-18T17:30:14Z")
> [@Cosmopolitan](#): > > I had a fabulous time & I didn’t even fall on my head! Go, me! Not that people didn’t try! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/56 "2004-04-18T18:46:13Z")
> [@Cosmopolitan](#): > > I had a fabulous time & I didn’t even fall on my head! Go, me! Do you USUALLY fall on your head when you go out? Is that the default setting? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/57 "2004-04-18T21:10:07Z")
Grumble grumble not knowing about thread until two days afterwards grumble grumble. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/58 "2004-04-18T21:34:44Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > Grumble grumble not knowing about thread until two days afterwards grumble grumble. Wondered where you two were. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/59 "2004-04-19T02:17:27Z")
> [@lurkernomore](#): > > Do you USUALLY fall on your head when you go out? Is that the default setting? Well… Ask Dave. 😛 Although…we _did_ go out for Chinese sometime in December & it ended without incident, so maybe I’m wrong about the boy. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949/60 "2004-04-19T15:41:49Z")
I, too, had a wonderful time 🙂 I did get hijacked into a roundabout cab ride back to Brooklyn, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-doper-dinner-april-16/237949.md?page=2)