# So, How Many Dopers Have You Met IRL? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252 "2012-02-28T14:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/21 "2012-02-28T17:07:27Z")
13 that I can identify. And one of them, I actually me twice. But I actually feel most honored to have met Eve’s mom when they came to visit Charleston. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/22 "2012-02-28T17:17:49Z")
None that I’m sure of, although I think one guy may have been a lurker since he made a reference to Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/23 "2012-02-28T17:19:47Z")
Met, none, been in the same room with and did not realize it or greet them as such, one. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/24 "2012-02-28T17:20:44Z")
Dozens. Cleveland has a fairly decent amount of moderaters, SDSAB’s and posters. I’ve hosted several dopefests and once I haf 2 moderaters spend the night! And there is a poster in Ireland who flies out here and we get to win trivia nights. I now have several people that I’ve come to consider as good friends. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/25 "2012-02-28T17:26:30Z")
Probably about 20 for me, too. We also like to meet up with Dopers on our travels, and so far they have all been awesome! (We’re planning a driving trip down the coast of California this fall - I’ll let all you West Coast Dopers know when and where we’ll be. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/26 "2012-02-28T17:28:15Z")
> [@RoniaBorkason](#): > > Met, none, been in the same room with and did not realize it or greet them as such, one. There must be a story behind that. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/27 "2012-02-28T17:31:22Z")
Zero, though apparently **madmonk28** lives just a couple blocks over from the house I own in DC, so it’s possible we’ve unknowingly crossed paths (though I don’t spend much time at that house anymore). ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/28 "2012-02-28T17:33:25Z")
I met my first last year! i was selling my jewelry at an art festival, and this lovely woman walks into my booth and asks, “Are you freckafree? I’m **Garden Traveler!**!” I was sooooo excited! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/29 "2012-02-28T17:39:21Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > I met my first last year! i was selling my jewelry at an art festival, and this lovely woman walks into my booth and asks, “Are you freckafree? I’m **Garden Traveler!**!” I was sooooo excited! Ahem. 😉 😛 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/30 "2012-02-28T17:40:06Z")
A handful. I don’t recall the exact number but I think it was half a dozen or less. I think one of them was **Twickster** and she gave me some puzzle books. She can correct me on that if I’m remembering wrong. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/31 "2012-02-28T19:25:34Z")
I’ve met so many I’ve lost count. I’m friends off-board with maybe a dozen or so through Facebook, though. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/32 "2012-02-28T19:32:36Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I think one of them was **Twickster** and she gave me some puzzle books. That’s cool. I think the only one I’ve met not at a dopefest was **Motor Girl** , who went out of her way to get me some gourmet hot dogs. And she didn’t even want money for them! (I insisted, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/33 "2012-02-28T19:43:42Z")
One who I knew before I realized he was here. I also went to a Dopefest at one point. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/34 "2012-02-28T19:44:34Z")
At least 30 at meets over the years. Some are now good friends of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/35 "2012-02-28T19:56:03Z")
ZERO! No fair! When and where are the Fort Worth dopefests? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/36 "2012-02-28T20:27:31Z")
Twenty or twenty-five, I’d guess, because of the Dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/37 "2012-02-28T20:29:35Z")
I’ve met: **tdn** , **Cal** and his wife. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/38 "2012-02-28T20:38:37Z")
If my count is right I’ve met a dozen. Several in Ohio, several in Dublin. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/39 "2012-02-28T20:40:44Z")
On a technical level I’ve met two. There is a long time, consistent member here I’ve met on several occasions. Then there is a member here with like less than ten posts, that has at least one parent here that is a consistent poster. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/40 "2012-02-28T20:43:12Z")
I just got a virtual dope slap (or is that a Doper slap?) from **Sticks and Scones** , who pointed out to me that we have met IRL, although when I met her, I didn’t know she was a Doper! 🙂 Another art show meet-up, although we were both selling at that show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252.md?page=3)