# Ok, just how many kiwi dopers are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988 "2003-11-24T11:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/1 "2003-11-24T11:14:56Z")
I suspect that this has been done before, but I was wondering if we could complie a list of NZ dopers. (What are the chances of a kiwi dopefest?) To my knowledge there is me, **calm kiwi, Ice Wolf, rabid squirrel, manx, Apollyon** and **Primaflora** in exile. (Brisbane is not too bad a place to be exiled to.) Who else is out there? Who is willing to post and be counted? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/2 "2003-11-24T11:32:12Z")
**kiwiboy**? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/3 "2003-11-24T11:44:28Z")
Me!!! I’m from Dunedin. In fact, I’m from a small village called Karitane, which, for some reason, was chosen as a location in the new Gwyneth Paltrow movie. ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/4 "2003-11-24T11:52:36Z")
way to many:D just kidding… or am i?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/5 "2003-11-24T11:57:38Z")
I’m all for a Dopefest out here in Godzone. The invitation’s a standing one to all Auckland Dopers to meet up with me somewhere in the region – email me with preferences and stuff. I’d love to meet you folk. Outta town – that’d be an intriguing one. How many are North Island and how many Mainland Dopers? Oh – and there’s also **Banquet Bear**. I think he’s from Wellington. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/6 "2003-11-24T12:04:09Z")
I’ll also mention my good friend **Bronze** , who’s posted here a couple of times (in GQ) but mainly hangs out over at the G’Dope board. She counts as a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Dharma\_Bumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dharma\_Bumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dharma_Bumpkin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/7 "2003-11-24T13:35:22Z")
:::shyly raises hand::: Kiwi but currently an expat, as I live and work in London. Don’t know if I really qualify as a Doper either, as I lurk almost daily but very rarely post!! Guess I’m just too much of an Enzedder at heart to not respond to this one though!! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/8 "2003-11-24T20:50:50Z")
[Waves] Hi! I probably won’t be able to make it if it’s in the North Island. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/9 "2003-11-24T20:54:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurksfromwork \* > \*\*way to many:D > > just kidding… > > or am i?🙂 \*\* Who let the riff raff in? 😉 I think there is a **kiwi fruit** too. (Do Jafas count as kiwis? :D) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/10 "2003-11-24T21:02:43Z")
Hi there, **Dharma Bumpkin**! Look, to my mind, if you register here, do even one post, and then lurk, you’re a Doper. And you’re certainly a Kiwi Doper, even if you’re wa-a-ay up there in t’other hemisphere. 🙂 Hopefully something could be sorted out, **Rabid\_Squirrel**. Even if we worked out a way to have a meet down there. How’s your hosting skills, fellow Kiwi? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/11 "2003-11-24T21:40:58Z")
Err… about good as my oratory skills \*_Ice Wolf_- underused and liable to fall apart any moment. 🙂 On the other hand, I do know where all the good (an inexpensive)restaurants are down here. ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/12 "2003-11-24T21:52:09Z")
Kiwi. That’s some great stuff. I slather it on my shoes, buff it clean. Keeps my shoes nice and shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/13 "2003-11-24T22:10:42Z")
They still sell Kiwi Shoe Polish over there, **Chicago Faucet**? Wow! Did you know that stuff was manufactured by an Englishman, prior to World War 1, who named it in honour of his New Zealand-born wife? It’s the reason why “Kiwi” became so popular as a nickname for us NZers, especially after that war, and the obiquitousness of the polish amongst the troops. So – when you cut into your kiwifruit, folks, you’re eating something with an etymology that includes boot polish. Eh. Ain’t pop culture just cool, sometimes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/14 "2003-11-24T22:15:41Z")
I haven’t been to Christchurch since I was 6, **Rabid\_Squirrel**. I wouldn’t be able to make a trip down to the South Island much before the end of next year – but it’s darn tempting, seriously. If anyone else from up here had a mind to travel to your corner, I’d ask if I could hitch a ride. 🙂 If you want to get in touch anyway, about anything, my email’s in the profile. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/15 "2003-11-24T23:21:59Z")
Well, the numbers are slowly rising. But we sure are spread out. **Ice Wolf** , I’m an orklinder – at least I am for three more weeks. After that I’ll be joining **rabid squirrel** down in CHCH. Might even bump into him on campus – that is if I decide to do some more papers. What’s the quorum for a dopefest? ---
**Author:** ![costumegoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@costumegoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/costumegoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/16 "2003-11-25T03:44:42Z")
Not to interrupt too much or anything, but I’m looking for some info on NZ. I started a thread over here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=225063](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=225063) If anyone feeling benevolent wants to help out a poor little amercan college student it would be greatly appreciated. We now return you to your previously scheduled posting. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/17 "2003-11-25T04:29:06Z")
Another one here. 🙂 Might take you up on that invitation someday, **Ice Wolf**. It’d be nice to have a mini-Downunder DopeFest. ---
**Author:** ![Turlough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@Turlough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turlough)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/18 "2003-11-25T05:11:00Z")
I happen to be one too, though I vary my location some. Currently in Christchurch, so not likely to make it to an Auckland gathering. Oh and I’m only a lurker here ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/19 "2003-11-25T05:20:50Z")
Now we have: **j\_sum1 calm kiwi Ice Wolf Rabid\_Squirrel manx Apollyon Primaflora kiwiboy Ferris Dharma Bumpkin GuanoLad** and I found **c42** as well as \*\* capnfutile \*\*who’s a 'mercan gone south. Any more? ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988/20 "2003-11-25T05:30:49Z")
I could swear there was a **kiwi fruit** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-just-how-many-kiwi-dopers-are-there/214988.md?page=2)