# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**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 29, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/21 "2001-07-29T01:48:42Z")
Is that anywhere near Eskimo Mo’s? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/22 "2001-08-02T20:08:58Z")
Okay. We have… \*\*Qadgop the Mercotan \*\* and Mrs. Mercotan. **sewalk** **Ginkgo** who may have Ginkette with him. Me, who may may have Jr. Ranger I with me or she’ll have to stay home and watch Jr. Ranger II. Joe’s doesn’t take reservations, it’s a first come/first served arrangement. I’ll probably get there early to make sure we get a table. I’m thinking about 4:00PM. Okay with all involved? I’m emailing you guys my home number so you can call for directions or whatever else. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/23 "2001-08-02T20:12:57Z")
Well, I’m emailing everybody but **sewalk** , who needs to email me. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 11, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/24 "2001-08-11T04:24:18Z")
Envy me, for I have spent several hours in the company of fascinating men. **Qadgop the Mercotan** is a truely fascinating man with an amazing voice (The DJ in me picked right up on his announcer like powers :)). I can just hear him doing that low, Barry White-esque talkin’. The Mrs decided to stay and hang out with her friends in OKC instead of traipsing through the wilds of Yale, so we missed out on her. **Ginko** is quite the cutie and just a doll and I think he has an interesting job, even if he might not agree with me. 😉 **sewalk** , who was fashionably late, has had a very adventurous life in his mere 33 years. He was the baby of the table. 😛 And kudos to our waiter, Matt, who was amusing, attentive, and got to play with **Qadgop** ’s digital camera. [Yes, there are a few pictures. But you’ll have to wait until the good doctor gets home to see them.] ---
**Author:** ![Ginkgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@Ginkgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ginkgo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/25 "2001-08-11T05:34:15Z")
If I disagree with you, **Arden Ranger** , it’s with the “cutie” and “just a doll” portion of your post. I’ll agree, however, that it was a wonderful evening spent in the company of fascinating people. Let’s get together again, preferably when **don Jaime** can attend - OKC next time? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/26 "2001-08-11T05:40:54Z")
Well, okay. But just remember I only know how to get to specific places in OKC when I’m all by myself: The Memorial, Quail Springs Mall, the Omni-Plex, Frontier City, so don’t get me lost. [sub]You guys don’t listen to **Ginko**. He is a cutie.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/27 "2001-08-12T00:13:36Z")
**Arden’s** right, **Ginko** is, er, ah, um, a not unattractive man. Probably has to fend off women with a baseball bat:D. Not that _I_ would really have an opinion on these things. Nevermind…forget I said anything. I, too, had a great time and I’m looking forward to **Qadgop’s** pix. Next time, I’ll just take the whole day off (which I originally planned to do but I was convinced to come in “for a couple of hours”) and be on time :D. If Qadgop had not mentioned his solar-powered pith helmet on the board some weeks ago (and I did not have a memory that seems to cling to useless trivia), I would never have found you guys. I was sweating that one all the way up to Stillwater. Thanks, Doc! On the subject of another OklaDope, we also need to let **grendel72** , who lives in Tulsa, and **Tornado Siren** know. Did I miss anyone else? Let’s do it again. We could go out to the Wes Watkins Resevoir or Lake Dirtybird for a picnic and a swim, hit one of the numerous eateries in OKC (since we outnumber the rest of you!), go to the OKC Zoo and Omniplex, or any number of other places. Of course, I know I would be willing to make the long trek to Okarche (now I’m _really_ jonesin’ for some Eischen’s and I’ll bet **Ginko** is, too). We could go to the [Checkerboard Cafe](http://www.accessokc.com/auto_docs/dining/37868.html) in Harrah, which has the absolute best food in Oklahoma (I’m really not kidding here; the desserts are spectacular) and is incredibly cheap. [sub]Can you tell I really had a good time and can’t wait to do it again?[/sub] ---
**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:** [August 12, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/28 "2001-08-12T01:20:41Z")
Feh. You guys were just nervous, being less than a block away from the Home of the Cowboys and know you got off easy. 😃 If we do this on a weekend day, **Ginko** and I can bring our daughters along and they can entertain each other. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/29 "2001-08-12T01:41:56Z")
I could if I got a job offer this week. Somebody cross your fingers for me! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927/30 "2001-08-12T02:15:46Z")
:: Sending good thoughts **Zyada** ’s way :: Gonna show us your rope tricks? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-dopefest/73927.md?page=1)