# PorkDope 2002, a.k.a. Porkapalooza. June 1, Mpls **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438 "2002-03-11T02:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/21 "2002-03-12T21:57:35Z")
Done deal. I’ll be there with bells on. What the hell does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/22 "2002-04-01T16:16:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Side dishes and nonalcoholic beverages are of course welcome, as are donations to defray the cost of the pig and the park. Are we allowed to bring alcoholic beverages to parks in Minneapolis, or in this case Golden Valley? Methinks some spiked Lemonade wouldn’t get noticed. ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/23 "2002-04-01T17:22:57Z")
After checking their website a little bit, I saw that we can purchase a permit for beer and wine for $5, which I can cover in the interest of all. LNO, this needs to be paid when the reservation is paid for; I hope it’s not too late. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/24 "2002-04-01T17:29:52Z")
I already paid the $5 deposit for beer and/or wine. Unf, I say. Unf. Two months from today! ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/25 "2002-04-01T18:14:52Z")
Always thinking, I tell you that lno is always thinking! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/26 "2002-04-01T19:04:36Z")
Yeah, but sometimes it’s hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/27 "2002-04-01T19:52:51Z")
Azaezelya and I will be booking tickets this month sometime. Where’s everyone staying? ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/28 "2002-04-01T20:06:58Z")
I can let people crash at my place, but be warned, I will NOT be cooking breakfast, nor making Bloody Mary’s ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/29 "2002-04-02T00:36:45Z")
PORK PORK PORK PORK! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/30 "2002-04-02T03:35:06Z")
Um, Porkapalooza is a website devoted to Joe Don Baker-star of “Mitchell”. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/31 "2002-04-02T03:43:29Z")
::: Looks out the window :::::: Yeah, we outta be thawed out by June 1st. _ **GOB DANG FLIP A-RIPPIN DING DONG MOTHER RUBBIN SNOW!!!** _ ::: pant, pant, pant ::: I’m going to bed. Wake me up when the thermometer reaches 75. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/32 "2002-04-09T20:37:26Z")
Pig pig pig pig. I’m bumping this so that I can get an accurate account of who I’m gonna get to torment in Minneapolis. Do we have a headcount yet? ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/33 "2002-04-09T20:51:55Z")
Here’s what we’ve got tentatively. Correct me if you’re here and shouldn’t be, or aren’t here and should be. Several folks have told me they intend to come, but we’ll play it safe for the time being and go with those who stated their intentions in this thread or have made it abundantly clear that they’re coming:[ul][_]lno[_]JavaMaven1[_]Just Plain Bryan[_]Tripler[_]Ethilrist[_]porcupine (pending ride from Chicago)[_]The Punkyova[_]Silver Fire[_]chique[_]Spider Woman[_]imthjckaz[_]Rysdad[_]Beadalin[_]rubes[_]malkavia[_]thinksnow, providing the beerApproximately two dozen non-Dopers[/ul]I swear it won’t be below freezing that weekend, and if typo mna gets his act together, we’ll consider cooking the pig by breathing fire on it for twelve hours. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/34 "2002-04-10T01:54:33Z")
Hey, I’m in for some of that fire-breathing this time. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/35 "2002-04-22T09:58:08Z")
My mother has a hand-crank ice cream machine. If attendees **promise** they will help crank, I shall **promise** to bring said machine, ingredients, and toppings. And maybe taco salad. ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/36 "2002-04-22T13:54:00Z")
OK, I think we’ve just got our last snowstorm, though they are talking about a little bit more maybe this weekend. Should be melted by June, so come on up north dopers. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/37 "2002-04-22T14:09:17Z")
Just goes to show you that 90 degree heat is sometimes just a trick to get you to take down the insulating plastic wrap off the windows. [Mother Nature]FOOOOOOOOOLED YOU![/Mother Nature] ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/38 "2002-04-22T14:24:12Z")
_ahem_ AHEM! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/39 "2002-04-22T15:02:21Z")
I told you I would be there. Jesus will weep, bitchfucker. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438/40 "2002-04-22T16:13:26Z")
I will be there. I will try to get a carload from Chicago to join me. Now that **JoeyHemlock** ’s signed up, it’s officially going to be a big barrel of fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porkdope-2002-a-k-a-porkapalooza-june-1-mpls/97438.md?page=3)