# Northern VA Multi-Birthday Dope Feb 15 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764 "2003-01-25T00:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/141 "2003-02-12T19:34:30Z")
For the troll? You’re weird, man. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/142 "2003-02-12T19:38:30Z")
“On the next Jerry Springer…trolls in Speedos!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/143 "2003-02-12T19:45:42Z")
MY EYES!!! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/144 "2003-02-13T14:04:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*For the troll? > > You’re weird, man. \*\* I’m not that weird, well ok maybe I am. I couldn’t find a troll under the bridge though, must be to cold around here. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/145 "2003-02-13T14:08:34Z")
That’s what you’re doing wrong - you need to crack the ice, in winter. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/146 "2003-02-13T14:43:45Z")
Also, try baiting some traps with spam. They like spam. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/147 "2003-02-13T14:46:10Z")
That accounts for the appearance of my mom’s third husband and his spam fixation. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/148 "2003-02-13T21:38:46Z")
Spam huh? Ok I’ll check it out. I got the ice breaker today. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/149 "2003-02-14T01:23:03Z")
You guys are missing the most important point about troll hunting – they turn to stone when exposed to the rays of the sun. (Source: J.R.R. Tolkien; look it up.) So you must seek them out at night. ::: exits to the strains of “They Only Come Out at Night” :::: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/150 "2003-02-14T02:03:51Z")
Anyone else thinking of Poly as the center of a Michael Jackson video now? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/151 "2003-02-14T02:11:48Z")
I was thinking more along the lines of “Maneater” by Hall & Oates. Saint Poly, 80s popster. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/152 "2003-02-14T02:38:34Z")
I bet he’d look good in a powder blue suit with a pink carnation in the lapel. But does he have moves? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/153 "2003-02-14T02:59:35Z")
**When:** Saturday, February 15 at 3:30pm **Where:** Rainforest Cafe, [Tysons Corner](http://www.shoptysons.com/searchstore/acrobat.cfm) [Mall](http://www.shoptysons.com/images/mall_directory/mallmaps.pdf), McLean, VA, [http://www.rainforestcafe.com](http://www.rainforestcafe.com) **Why:** Several Mid-Atlantic birthdays Most recent attendance list: **Probably:** OpalCat and small monster UndeadDude ultrafilter GingerOfTheNorth and offspring-unit Weirddave Neidhart RTFirefly and Mrs. Firefly MsRobyn and not-so-small pink thing Jonathan Chance, wife, and baby FairyChatMom and spousal unit Edward The Head Lucretia and 1.5 children Bluesman Skerri and attachment Jess and spousal unit welby Wendell Wagner Polycarp(s) Jester Triskadecamus av8rmike \*\*Maybe: \*\* Superdude Verrain AirmanDoors Skulldigger Adult probables: 25 Child probables: 5.5 Adult maybes: 4 Child maybes: .5 Cakes: Ginger: shall be bringing yellow-fudge-marble with chocolate icing FairyChatMom: will bring a chocolate/chocolate cake OpalCat: probably rice krispies treats 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/154 "2003-02-14T03:07:25Z")
And I’m bringing an appetite and the knowledge that there’s a squished penny machine in the gift shop! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/155 "2003-02-14T12:52:50Z")
I’m bringing lemon bars. And possibly the wife as well. I will leave it up to you to decide which is more important. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/156 "2003-02-14T12:59:04Z")
Anyone looked at the [weather forecast](http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Vienna+VA) for tomorrow? There’s a winter storm warning out for tonight and tomorrow; here’s the summary from Weather Underground’s site, which I’ve linked to above: > [@](#): > > Winter Weather Statement > Statement as of 5:18 am EST on February 14, 2003 > > …Winter Storm Warning For Tonight Through Saturday… > > Precipitation is expected to begin tonight across the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas… much of Maryland… northern Virginia… the Shenandoah Valley… and the Potomac Highlands. Temperatures are expected to remain below freezing tonight in these areas. > > In the Washington metropolitan area… northern Virginia… and the northern Shenandoah Valley… the snow may be mixed with sleet at times overnight. In the central Shenandoah Valley… around Harrisonburg and Staunton… snow is expected to mix with sleet and freezing rain. By early Saturday… 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected in the warned area. > > Early Saturday… much colder air will move into the region… changing any mixed precipitation back to snow. An additional 2 to 4 inches of snow… with a few higher amounts possible… is expected during the day on Saturday. By late Saturday afternoon… the snow will be accompanied by very cold temperatures in the teens and lower 20s… and strong northeast winds. This will cause blowing and drifting snow. > > Saturday night and Sunday… more snowfall is expected… with additional accumulating snow possible. Winter storm warnings may need to be extended into Sunday. Perhaps we ought to have a backup plan, like postponing to Sunday or Monday if things get sufficiently messy tomorrow? If we just have a couple inches, I’m still good to go, but if it’s more like 6 inches and still snowing on Saturday afternoon, I’m staying home. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/157 "2003-02-14T13:01:31Z")
You’d skip it just because of freezing temps and dangerous driving conditions? Heathen. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/158 "2003-02-14T13:19:51Z")
Heathen? Nah. Just a wimp. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/159 "2003-02-14T14:09:23Z")
Oh great, how the hell am I supposed to know then since I don’t have web access from home? I will just have to make the trek then, and Sunday is bad for me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764/160 "2003-02-14T14:12:26Z")
We can’t do it sunday or monday. They need 2 weeks notice for the reservation for that large a party. I’m going tomorrow. Anyone else brave enough please come. It’s all on main roads, so the roads should be clear. Plllleeeeeeeeeeeeease? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-multi-birthday-dope-feb-15/150764.md?page=9)