# Things I've/you've learned from meeting other doper in the real world. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063 "2008-01-11T00:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/21 "2008-01-21T17:29:39Z")
Dopers know a lot (e.g. DMark re Las Vegas). Dopers are patient (I can’t remember who I explained the rules of cricket to, but they didn’t yawn once 🙂 ). Some Dopers are even nerdier than me - which is something coming from a chap into chess, roleplaying + computer games :eek: . (Kurilla’s hubbie has the most fantastic roleplaying collection. 🆒 ) Rico is jolly tall. What? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/22 "2008-01-21T17:45:40Z")
**lno** taught me how to breathe fire. Beat that. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/23 "2008-01-21T20:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Aren’t “Montreal” and “cool” mutually exclusive?! [/QUOTE] No, they’re a tautology. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/24 "2008-01-21T20:51:47Z")
Architecture _can_ be cool. I swear, I had no idea… _ducks_ (We need to organize another Toronto Dopefest, anybody up for it?) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/25 "2008-01-21T20:54:19Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Architecture _can_ be cool. I swear, I had no idea… _ducks_ (We need to organize another Toronto Dopefest, anybody up for it?) [/QUOTE] Okay, twist my rubber arm. I’m up for it. Now we just have to start throwing thngs in the general direction of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/26 "2008-01-21T22:39:11Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] I haven’t gone to any yet, but if there’s going to be kissing, I think I may have to go sometime. [/QUOTE] Some of the LonDopes were notorious for the vast amounts of kissing going on. And the number of Dopers getting together… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThirdCultureKid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@ThirdCultureKid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdCultureKid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/27 "2008-01-21T23:10:07Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] No, they’re a tautology. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Preach it! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/28 "2008-01-22T01:33:24Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] 3) The use of “Hi, Opal!” is somewhat misunderstood. [/QUOTE] I’ve learned that it’s much harder to work “Hi, Opal!” into a list when you are actually saying Hi to Opal. I also learned that dopers don’t look anything like how I pictured they would look from their user name. And I pronounce it em pee sims. I may have actually picked up this pronunciation from the first Gettysdope. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/29 "2008-01-22T01:39:00Z")
I’ve learned that dopers are like heffalumps and woozles, coming in every shape and size. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/30 "2008-01-22T01:49:49Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] Huh. I say em-pee-sims. And yes, meeting Dopers IRL is great! I’ve met a lot of the Floridopers, and they’re all wunnerful. [/QUOTE] Former Floridopers are wunnerful, too! 😃 As are MADs. There are some I like a lot, some I just didn’t “click” with, some I found I just didn’t much like. Kinda like in real life. What a concept! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/31 "2008-01-22T01:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Dopers are patient (I can’t remember who I explained the rules of cricket to, but they didn’t yawn once 🙂 [/QUOTE] That would be **desiresjohn** and myself. 😃 **Rico** is a bloody mountain. But I think **giant freaking marine** edges him out by a millimeter (you pick the direction). I have a twin brother I never knew before. It’s pronounced “Mip-Sims.” Dopers know how to cook. Better than I can. And I’m good. Dopers, like everybody else, are a bunch of narrow-minded little conformists when it comes tp appreciating the sartorial splendour that is a proper Hawaiian shirt. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/32 "2008-01-22T03:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=araminty] I learned some Dopers are really good kissers. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I learned that, too! 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063/33 "2008-01-22T04:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] Huh. I say em-pee-sims. And yes, meeting Dopers IRL is great! I’ve met a lot of the Floridopers, and they’re all wunnerful. [/QUOTE] Well, you’ve managed to avoid _me_ so far. ☹ 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-youve-learned-from-meeting-other-doper-in-the-real-world/433063.md?page=1)