# The Great Dope Post Card Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181 "2004-03-24T20:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/261 "2004-04-19T00:21:52Z")
> [@libwen](#): > > Anyway, after the first two, I’ve also received cards from: > > **Archergal** , of the Dutch Mill in Duluth. You know, west Michigan has a large Dutch population, so that’s a familiar scene! Uh, not me. I’m not from the Michigan Duluth, and my (home-made) postcard was of Stone Mountain, GA. Unless my Evil Twin ™ in the northern Duluth is messing with me. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/262 "2004-04-19T00:24:46Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > Uh, not me. I’m not from the Michigan Duluth, and my (home-made) postcard was of Stone Mountain, GA. > > Unless my Evil Twin ™ in the northern Duluth is messing with me. Oh, wait a minute – I forgot about the 12 store-bought cards I purchased! Yours was probably one of those. Doh!! Sorry!! \ But it’s still the Duluth in the south, not the Duluth in Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/263 "2004-04-19T00:28:25Z")
I know it’s Sunday but dammit, everybody go out and check their mailboxes. Maybe mines stuck to the top or something. It’s been a full 7 days! **Stern** , You’re not on my list but I sent out as big a variation as I could. I’m from Philly so anyone who lived close to me got a picture of the valley forge battlefield instead (because people near Philly hate philly). **nocturnal tick** , It just occured to me today that my stickperson was discovering electricty BECAUSE I’m from Philly (Ben Franklin). Holy Hell, I can be dense! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/264 "2004-04-19T00:28:37Z")
While rooting through the mail for bills to pay, I found a Terminator card sent by **Screech-Owl**. Thanks, and sorry I missed it when I reported the others. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/265 "2004-04-19T11:28:24Z")
Another thanks going out to **Tastes of Chocolate**. > [@Rooves](#): > > **nocturnal tick** , It just occured to me today that my stickperson was discovering electricty BECAUSE I’m from Philly (Ben Franklin). Holy Hell, I can be dense! Also to **Rooves** , (and everyone else, but mostly **Rooves** ) I honestly chose my cards at random because I didn’t want to pick and choose between you all. What a good coincedence though, huh? I’ll take credit for it if you want. 😃 For that reason, **ToC** what one did I send you again? I was wondering what you hope was not from personal experience. ---
**Author:** ![libwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@libwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/libwen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/266 "2004-04-19T13:39:24Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > Oh, wait a minute – I forgot about the 12 store-bought cards I purchased! Yours was probably one of those. Doh!! Sorry!! \ > > But it’s still the Duluth in the south, not the Duluth in Minnesota. Oh, yeah, I knew that. I just thought it was funny to get a symbol of Dutch culture from the South when I pretty much live in Dutch Central in the Midwest! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/267 "2004-04-19T16:39:14Z")
Took me a while, but I’ve finally put my cards in the mail. Y’all should be getting some lovely scenes from Boston in the next few days. So far I’ve got cards from **Archergal** , **Lok** , **dbygawdcapn** , **jackelope** , and **Bambi Hassenpfeffer**. I haven’t checked my mail in kind of a long time, so I’m sure there are plenty more goodies waiting for me. Excellent cards, people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/268 "2004-04-19T19:00:11Z")
I just replied to several doper emails. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/269 "2004-04-19T19:25:02Z")
You have just reminded me **misstee** that I have given you a hearty thankyou for starting this whole exchange. So from **nocturnal\_tick** (((( BIG HUG )))) Cheers! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/270 "2004-04-19T22:18:24Z")
Another Thank You to **misstee** for organizing this. I have received cards from **roxx222** **Chicago Faucet** **GorillaMan** **screech owl** **lok** **torie** **Cowgirl Jules** **MsRobyn** **archergal** **Hugh Jass** **Bambi Hassenpfeffer** Thanks to all, including anyone who sent one that hasn’t arrived yet. I have been using my cards to wallpaper around the splash guard in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/271 "2004-04-19T22:53:02Z")
In today’s mail, **Tanookie** and her castle! ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/272 "2004-04-19T23:13:47Z")
**rox222** , fear not! I got your card today. I’ve never had a bilingual postmark before. Nor have I ever received a postcard with a trilingual caption. I’m so used to seeing Spanish down here, but never French – even with all the Canadian visitors. Montréal looks stunning, and I promise to make your crêpes recipe sometime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/273 "2004-04-20T07:27:33Z")
One today from **Rodd Hill**. I guess we can tell how they entertained themselves on Saturday nights. 😛 Lok ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/274 "2004-04-20T10:56:52Z")
Up to now, I got cards from **aankh** **Archergal** **Bambi Hasenpfeffer** **dbygawdcapn** **Elenia25** **Hugh Jass** **Lok** **nocturnal\_tick** **Rooves** **screech-owl** … and my mum. 🙂 Thank you very much, this is fun. At the moment, I haven’t got the time to do the scans, though — next week maybe. Same goes for individual answers to your cards, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/275 "2004-04-20T12:21:03Z")
WooHoo! Somebody got a card from me! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/276 "2004-04-20T13:36:25Z")
**Archergal** - Archie’s Barn, Duluth GA. She says it’s historic. **Ashkicker** - Gatlinburg TN at night, with sort of a green glow, as if it were radioactive. **Bambi Hassenpfeffer** - beautiful St.Petersburg. For anyone else who’s wondered about my username… “laina” (nickname for Elaine) + “f” (1st letter of last name). **dbygawdcapn** - “We trekka to Mecca”. Beyond a doubt, the strangest card I got. **Hugh Jass** - Austin, TX. I lived there for 8 years, and I miss it. Every spring I say I’m going back to see the bluebonnets, but so far I haven’t. **libwen** - a robin, the Michigan state bird. The state bird of Mississippi is not the robin, but oddly enough our state soil is also kalkaska.\* **Low Key** - Göteborg. Actually, I did know who Carl von Linné was. **quiltguy154** - Amish Shadow quilt (very psychadelic). I read your card to a 7-yr-old neighbor boy. He wanted to know what “bucolic” meant. I said, “Sort of country-like, with trees and plants, peaceful.” He started shrieking, “THAT’S NOT WHAT IT MEANS! THAT’S NOT WHAT IT MEANS!” Very weird kid. **Ravenous Lady** - manatees (very cute). And, no, so far I haven’t received statebird=mosquito cards from Florida or anywhere else. **Sternvogel** - Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwate. I also got a card (unsigned) from Islands of Adventure. \*probably not really ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/277 "2004-04-20T14:07:28Z")
I just wanted to apologize for being late getting my cards out. It turns out the postcards are hard to find when one lives in the middle of nowhere. And since I’ve been in the process of moving, I haven’t had much time to find some sort of postcard worthy attraction (who am I kidding, there are no attractions here) and search some out. I promise to range farther afield this weekend, and locate some. However I have very much enjoyed the cards I have received so far. Doper postcards are the first mail I’ve received at my new house. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/278 "2004-04-20T15:57:43Z")
> [@quiltguy154](#): > > **screech owl** : A roller coaster in Florida that looks for all the world like a giant green rubber band. First guess: The Incredible Hulk at Islands of Adventure. Second guess: Kumba at Busch Gardens. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/279 "2004-04-20T16:59:05Z")
I’ve sent out my cards. I thought they would have arrived by now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/280 "2004-04-20T19:51:27Z")
> [@lainaf](#): > > I also got a card (unsigned) from Islands of Adventure. > [/SIZE] I’d wager thta it’s from **screech-owl**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181.md?page=15)