# 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:** 4
**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 29, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/61 "2012-02-29T01:38:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I don’t specifically recall that, but since I used to work at the puzzle factor I may well have. I do know that we’ve met, and I think it’s been more than once… It was at a Philly suburbs Dope get together. We all met for dinner (maybe lunch, but I’m pretty sure it was dinner). I think we all did it two or three times. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/62 "2012-02-29T02:04:19Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > This thread got me thinking - is it just me, or has the Dopefest phenomenon all but died out? I can’t remember the last time I saw a Dopefest thread. No, there are still some. One is coming up in Boston soon but I don’t know if I can attend. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/63 "2012-02-29T02:31:25Z")
Dozens I guess, not sure how many in all. It would be good to have another Jersey Dopefest but I am not up to hosting one currently. Maybe we could figure out some other way to get together. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/64 "2012-02-29T03:01:07Z")
Not counting the two who I live with, I met 8 or 10 at a DopeFest in San Francisco a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/65 "2012-02-29T04:46:51Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > It was at a Philly suburbs Dope get together. We all met for dinner (maybe lunch, but I’m pretty sure it was dinner). I think we all did it two or three times. I definitely remember the one out at Calif. Pizza Kitchen in KofP that **Rockle** came to – were you at the one at Phil’s at Broadaxe? and/or the one at the Persian place in Lafayette Hill? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/66 "2012-02-29T04:48:25Z")
Somewhere in the 50-55 range. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/67 "2012-02-29T04:58:49Z")
None. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/68 "2012-02-29T05:19:30Z")
Wait…you guys are real? I thought I was hallucinating… I haven’t met anyone from the Dope IRL. I wonder how much of a South Florida community we have. Hell…if I threw a Dopefest in the Winter, maybe we’d get out of town guests! -D/a ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/69 "2012-02-29T10:47:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Will you take a check?😃 > > I’ve met one Doper in real life. Pittsburgh Santarchy; I was a Naughty Santa handing out adult DVDs, he was an Amish Santa handing out cigars. Hohoho!!! I’ve met **kopek** , too.😃 I’ve met 10 or so other ones, including one I see on a regular basis at hockey games. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/70 "2012-02-29T12:08:31Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I’ve met **kopek** , too.😃 cool! ---
**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 29, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/71 "2012-02-29T12:55:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I definitely remember the one out at Calif. Pizza Kitchen in KofP that **Rockle** came to – were you at the one at Phil’s at Broadaxe? and/or the one at the Persian place in Lafayette Hill? I think I was at the KofP one. I’m not sure about the others. I think the making of plans is probably in the archives somewhere but I wouldn’t even know what to search on. Maybe we could try to do it again. (Or maybe there are current regular get-togethers that I haven’t been aware of.) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/72 "2012-02-29T12:56:55Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > As in posters, not those who say they have visited the board. > > In over ten years here, I have only met one- and that was in Edinburgh. (I discount my sister.) I have communicated with heaps and exchanged proper mail and gifts. > > However, overall I have only met one. > > What is your score? I’ve met one that I know of. He was visiting Edinburgh! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/73 "2012-02-29T13:14:30Z")
I think maybe about 40, to one extent or another. I was a charter member of the B.A.D.'s, more or less. Most of my close friends when I lived in SF were from the boards. There were the semi-regular get-togethers, there was the SLO-Dope, there were the two NYC-Dopes I went to. Oh, I’ve had some adventures with my fellow Dopers over the years. Now I’m an old fuck living in the armpit of nowhere in New England. I haven’t laid eyes on a fellow Doper years. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/74 "2012-02-29T13:17:23Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Oh, I’ve had some adventures with my fellow Dopers over the years. Now I’m an old fuck living in the armpit of nowhere in New England. I haven’t laid eyes on a fellow Doper years. New glasses time for me. I read that as “I haven’t laid a fellow Doper in years.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/75 "2012-02-29T13:19:24Z")
My attorney has advised me not to respond to the previous post. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/76 "2012-02-29T13:30:16Z")
More than 40, less than 75. Pretty good population in the Twin Cities, and we’ve had a couple of well attended Dopefests . Met Dopers in Seattle, Dublin, and Texas. The only thing I regret is not meeting **QED** when I was in DC. We just couldn’t make our schedules sync. I should have made a better effort. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/77 "2012-02-29T13:34:00Z")
To my knowledge, none. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/78 "2012-02-29T13:39:24Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Not counting a couple of people I knew before they became Dopers, this is pretty much the same list for me, as well\*, seeing as we all met more or less at the same time\*\*. > > Too long ago, might I add. We need to get something together after this brutal winter has loosened its grip on the Carolinas. > > - Given the obvious reciprocity with **Maus**. > > \*\* Not counting **melodyharmonius** , of course, who I knew before she became a Doper. That’s right: like it or not, you all have me to thank for the Ron Thread existing. 😉 You all should head down to the Waxhaw Pub Crawl, hosted by our own **Southern Yankee** in April. It’s fun, it shoots business to Downtown Waxhaw (we’ve got TTHREE stoplights now), and it raises money for a good cause. Best of all, it’s after Lent. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/79 "2012-02-29T14:33:47Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > At least 30 at meets over the years. Some are now good friends of mine. Probably not 30 but a goodly subset of the same circle as **Sam** (including her, of course). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252/80 "2012-02-29T14:50:36Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I read that as “I haven’t laid a fellow Doper in years.” Me either. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-dopers-have-you-met-irl/614252.md?page=5)