It seems as though there are a few of us in the neighborhood. Anyone want to have a mini-dope-gathering? I was thinking maybe we could meet up for beers at the Oasis (or something). Or maybe go for some Sushi.
All are welcome.
I’m in, but you gotta wait until after 12/3. I’m on vacation until then. Boulder is WAY easier for me to get to than Denver, and I like Oasis beer & Sushi!
Okay, a question for the Boulderites out there. What’s the deal with the community’s collective fascination with Tibet? Seems like there’s “FREE TIBET!” stickers on every other car, Tibetan stores on every corner, and so on. “FREE TIBET!” stickers are rare outside of Boulder, although there’s some in my granolia-ish Denver neighborhood.
Dear Commander:
It is my duty to inform you that we do not just “have a gathering” here in Boulder. Spontaneous gatherings are not, by city statute, “inclusive”. Some questions you must answer before being granted permission to hold this event:
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Have you filed an environmental impact statement?
Would any attendees be current or former smokers?
Do you have a translator available for the deaf?
For the mute?
For the intellectually challenged?
Have you submitted a list of potential attendees reporting their race, religion, sexual orientation, sexual identity, allergies, size, socio-economic status, and age?
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Should you consider going forward with this gathering, please be advised that your name “Commander Fortune” implies a certain militaristic attitude and economic prejudice that we do not approve of. We are proud of our diverse population and do not appreciate your obvious prejudice of those who are different. I will have you know that many of our citizens actually drive SUV’s from the 1990’s!!
If you insist upon proceeding with this elitist event, we will have to send out our police (please identify those responsible for the wrongdoing to our officers) and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law (please tell me you haven’t murdered your children).
P.S. I’m in.
I’d like to come, if you pick an evening when I don’t have to work. I’m on second shift, but I have every other Friday off. The 8th would be good for me if that works out for others.
I live in Fort Collins, the city of wide streets and narrow minds, but I have lived in the PRB in the past. Where is the Oasis?
It is my personal belief that the number of “FREE TIBET!” stickers has to do with 2 things:
1> You have to remember that Boulder has a (relatively) huge concentration of Tibetan Buddhists. The Naropa Institute attracts Buddhists from all over the country. Dorje Dzong and Kharma Dzong (founded by Trugpa Rinpoche) give us two Tibetan Buddist temples for a population of only about 40,000 full time residents. Boulder is one the firmest Buddhist strongholds in the region. Short answer: there is a higher awareness of the Chinese occupation of Tibet due to the pervasiveness of the Buddist community in Boulder. Keep in mind that their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is in exile from Tibet. I’m sure someone will probably come along and correct the spelling I used for the temples.
2> <insert snide comment about Trustafarian Volvo drivers here>
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Have you filed an environmental impact statement?
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I, Commander Fortune, solemnly swear that no prairie dogs will be harmed during this gathering so long as all dogs are kept on leashes. I further swear that no couches will be publically burned in our pursuit of beer.
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Would any attendees be current or former smokers?
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As all current and former smokers have been driven underground and/or to Longmont by the oppressors, it is unknown if a rogue tobacco user will attend. But, hey, there’s always the Sundowner. The police don’t go there. They’re afraid of getting knived by the clientele.
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Do you have a translator available for the deaf?
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Yes, I will bring a dry .
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For the mute?
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See above.
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For the intellectually challenged?
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I sell hard-core porn subscriptions over the phone. Lord knows, I am a translator for the intellectually challenged.
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Have you submitted a list of potential attendees reporting their race, religion, sexual orientation, sexual identity, allergies, size, socio-economic status, and age?[/ul]**
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(per statute) This will be submitted in triplicate, by fax, mail, or in person, to the city council, the clerk and recorder, and the gathering planning approval committee by, or prior to, the deadline which will occur on the Monday previous the anticipated date of the gathering for preliminary approval and funding hearings open to the community and appointed effect-causality team. Subsequently, the emergency route impact committee will conduct a study which will be ignored, shredded and then recycled into hampster bedding prior to another open discussion and finally a limited vote. I will need these details ASAP from all who plan or may plan or may not plan to attend to make sure the neighborhoods we go drinking in have adequate input about the noise pollution, traffic mitigation and potential liability due to intoxication of the attendees. Should these details not be provided, the results of the limited vote may be challenged on the grounds of insufficient debate about whether or not anyone might (or might not) be offended by the gathering.
erase board. Heh, heh. A dry erase board.
Sounds like Boulder to me…
Do me a favor and let’s have on in C Springs…just so you Boulderites can have a taste of the other side of life.
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Gaahhh! The anti-Boulder!
We have happy little clog-wearing hippy Buddhist grad-student trustafarians who only eat organic food, wear organic cotton, and drive European cars with grateful dead and “FREE TIBET!” bumperstickers. There are also some of us aging punks who just refuse to leave this once ultra-hip place. Oh, and the ever churning population of studentia.
You get Focus on the Family. Is “Up with People” still based from there?
Maybe some time some of us should jack…er “borrow” some poverty stricken citizens '90’s model SUV and have ourselves an eco-friendly little 3-hour car-pool all the way to Springs! It could happen.
Happy Thanksgiving Techie!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too Commander.
Just FYI I am not a happy Springs resident, but then again I wouldn’t be happy in the People’s Republic of Boulder…OY, both places make me sick.
They are so diametrically (sp?) opposed and I am a Libertarian, niether one of the are my “thing”!!!
But I wouldn’t poopoo a gathering of SDMBers down here, as, I am sure, Lexicon would love it, he can’t afford the time outside of town. We are the only two Dopers down here but there are some okay places to hang out…well kinda < giggle >
We have lots of country bars < barf > and many, many with stuck up conservative snobs here. Yep I am sure you will find a FOTF employee or two at a bar here…hey they are attoning for the sins of some of their leaders. Okay I know some of the more normal places in this town though like Meadow Muffins.
My next move is back to Denver where it’s neutral or to Grand Junction where people don’t give a shit as to who you are! You could be green or purple there and they don’t give a hoot as long as you are a nice person.
OY!
Well, have fun with your mini Dopefest but don’t forget to take pictures and let us all see you!
Wow, techchick…Meadow Muffins is still there? I lived in the 'Springs from 1985-1988 & used to go. Also the Adams Rib cafe in Manitou Springs was good.
I wouldn’t be opposed to a meeting, although Boulder makes me hostile. I’m not sure if I’m allowed there, actually. I smoke (though I roll my own, so maybe that’s ok.) I let my unleashed dogs harass prairie dogs. I voted for neither Gore or Nader. I shave my legs, don’t drive a volkswagen or a Volvo, eat meat, and opress ethnic minorities by hiring them to take care of my yard, though for all I know they could have PhD’s & drive Volvos when I’m not looking.
The Oasis was good the last time I was there though, and I love sushi
Yep, but not on 12/7 thru 9.
I’ve always wanted to respond: “Free Tibet? Great! I’ll take two!”
I’m a Californicator who arrived in '95. Never thought I’d find anyplace stranger than So. Cal. until I got to Boulder. I do take pride in being outside the city limits.