# Oklahoma DopeFest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927 "2001-07-27T03:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/1 "2001-07-27T03:40:25Z")
As you know, **Qadgop the Mercotan** and Madame Mercotan will be in Oklahoma for a conference the second week in August and this calls for… A DOPEFEST! One of the ideas put forward is that we all meet here in Stillwater at Eskimo Joe’s for the gathering (bring money for T-shirts:) ). Our esteemed guest of honor is planning a pilgrimage to Yale, former home of his grandmother, and Stillwater is on his way. The date will be Friday, August 10. We need a headcount for those that can make it and we need to decide on a time. **Qadgop** is free all day. Evening is best for me, though anytime is doable, but evening is also Joe’s busiest time. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/2 "2001-07-27T10:34:58Z")
I’m in. I’m flexible on the time (assuming my work schedule doesn’t change). ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/3 "2001-07-27T12:25:46Z")
I’m out. That’s my birthday, and I’ve already got other plans set. Shit. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/4 "2001-07-27T12:39:31Z")
Phooey, **don Jamie**. But Happy Birthday! People who are coming can email me at [antonia@cowyboy.net](mailto:antonia@cowyboy.net) to get directions if you need them. ---
**Author:** ![Ginkgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@Ginkgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ginkgo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/5 "2001-07-27T13:33:34Z")
Count me in. Happy Birthday, **don Jaime**! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/6 "2001-07-27T14:35:42Z")
OK, I’m holding back tears as I write this! I went to school at Oklahoma State back when… [ul] [li] Cordell hall was still a dormatory![/li][li] You only had to be 18 to drink beer in Oklahoma. (I think that’s changed now, right?)[/li][li] Jimmy Johnson was the head coach of the football team.[/li][li] Insert another useless fact here…[/li][/ul] Too bad I live in Atlanta now, I’d love to go! I haven’t been there for 15 years or so! Ahh the good 'ol days. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/7 "2001-07-27T14:41:13Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Enright3 \* > \*\* > [li] You only had to be 18 to drink beer in Oklahoma. (I think that’s changed now, right?)[/li]_\* Definitly. 🙂 We’ll think of you while we’re at Joe’s. If you show up for the Doper gathering at Dragon\*Con, I’ll even bring you something. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/8 "2001-07-27T15:29:30Z")
OK, now you’ve piqued my interest. What/Where is Dragon\*Con? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/9 "2001-07-27T17:04:28Z")
:eek: How long have you lived in Atlanta? [Dragon\*Con](http://www.dragoncon.org) is a huge sci-fi convention in Atlanta. A few of us are going this year and are planning a [get together](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26873) during it. Now, where are the rest of the Oklahoma Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/10 "2001-07-27T17:42:13Z")
Hello, gorgeous! Long time, no flirt. ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/11 "2001-07-27T20:48:10Z")
Thanks, all! I’ll raise a glass to you! ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/12 "2001-07-27T20:50:15Z")
And, Scott, I’m not that kind of a boy! ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/13 "2001-07-28T00:39:46Z")
Pictures! We at Dragon-COn want to see pictures, **Arden**! Have a real OK time and hoist one for me. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/14 "2001-07-28T00:49:01Z")
Well, you know I can’t. Could one of you who is going to be attending please grope Arden for me? Thanks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/15 "2001-07-28T01:29:20Z")
heh. **Persephone** , you’re such a minx. **Verrain** , you’ll see me two weeks later. You don’t need no stinkin’ pictures. > [@](#): > > Hello, gorgeous! > Long time, no flirt. Hel-llllooo, sailor! ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/16 "2001-07-28T02:38:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\* > **Verrain** , you’ll see me two weeks later. You don’t need no stinkin’ pictures. > > \*\* Not of you! I’ll be selling those after Dragon-Con. 😃 I meant pictures of the rest of the Dopers and the general debauchery so those of us at Dragon-Con will know what we missed. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/17 "2001-07-28T13:26:18Z")
Prelim headcount: **Ginko** , will you still have your Ginkette with you? I could make Jr. Ranger dress like a normal child and bring her along or you could bring Ginkette by my place and let them hang out while we’re at Joe’s. **sewalk** , are you bringing a guest? ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/18 "2001-07-28T18:37:30Z")
It is most likely that I’ll be unaccompanied. I’m not dating right now and my best friend (who is now trolling occasionally when he comes over to use my second workstation) will have his kids that weekend. My mom likes the columns but I can’t get her interested in the message boards. Too bad, since I get my sense of humor from her. She’d fit right in around here. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/19 "2001-07-28T18:47:31Z")
Well, Mrs. Mercotan and I plan to be there! We’ll spend the early part of the day joyously visiting Yale, legendary childhood home of my grandma, where all the children were patient, obedient, quiet, and never bothered the grown-ups, and were happy if they had a piece of string to play with! Of course I note she moved away from there the first chance she got. Then to the Underwood cemetary, to gaze and the final resting places of two of my antecedents. Then we’ll proceed to Stillwater, and visit local libraries and courthouses, looking up old land records, obituaries, and dust bowl memorabilia. Thru it all, I’ll be taking notes, photos, and wearing my trusty pith helmet with the solar panel and the electric fan on it! Who says I have no fashion sense? And finally, Eskimo Mo’s, to quaff a few root beers in happy cameraderie, with all and sundry. I shiver with anticipation! QTM ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/20 "2001-07-28T20:40:57Z")
[qoute]Eskimo Mo’s [/quote] Well, the rest of us will be at Eskimo **Joe’s**. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927.md?page=2)