# The Dope Before Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104 "2007-11-19T23:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104/21 "2007-12-24T17:47:16Z")
That was great **Mindfield!** I showed my husband and explained that you always do birthday cakes when it’s someone’s birthday too. He asked me how you do it. I told him, I don’t know, but it’s always cool to look at. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104/22 "2007-12-24T18:02:35Z")
Very nice! ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104/23 "2007-12-24T18:17:54Z")
_awestruck_ Awesome poem, **Mindfield**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104/24 "2007-12-24T18:22:17Z")
Bravo, and well done, sir! I shall read this to my wife and our cats later today, with full credit to you, of course. (“See, honey, posts and posters like this are why I like the SDMB so much.”) BTW, glad you gave it a bump today–I missed it the first time around. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104/25 "2007-12-24T18:32:06Z")
Huzzah for **Mindfield** - very well done! Warmest wishes of the season to all of my fellow Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104/26 "2007-12-25T01:26:40Z")
Muchas gracias for the compliments. 🙂 **Taters** - The tree ain’t hard to do, just tedious. One of these days I’m going to write a program to make it easier, then everyone around here can be an arteest. **Spoons** - I asked my cats to proof it before I posted. Three of them fell asleep. The other one told me to go change the litterbox, then peed on the printout while I was occupied. Everyone’s a critic. **Sunspace** - Is that Polish? So _that’s_ where they put all the vowels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-before-christmas/427104.md?page=1)