# UK Autumn/Winter Dopefest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127 "2004-09-20T13:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/141 "2004-10-28T12:28:30Z")
Here you are [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=216128) ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/142 "2004-10-28T13:45:44Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > The Axe of the Righteous thats a pain in the arse to lug about all day unless you make Gary carry it Axe. > > You know you love it, and its the best thing that ever happened to any of us. I may deign to allow you all to buy me pints for this. Yes, yes I think I shall. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/143 "2004-10-28T13:47:52Z")
> [@curly chick](#): > > Here you are > [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=216128) **No, The Answer Is Not ‘Tir’** ha ha ha ha ha! I had forgotten all about that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/144 "2004-10-28T13:53:18Z")
**Tir!** Look! Shiney thing – over there! ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/145 "2004-10-28T14:40:22Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Pah! Not so long ago in this very thread you were advocating that I should be ‘poked in the ribs’ - an unwarranted and unworthy act of violence, contrary to the established Doper standards of peaceful and non-violent behaviour (_extract from Dopefest rule book: you can be stupid, you can be drunk, but you can’t be violent_). And now you’re trying to be considered ‘nice’, nay, ‘super-duper’ nice. The hypocrisy! The breathtaking double standards! The sheer… > > (I could go on and on, as you all know, but I won’t.) > > Suggest: (a) retraction of ‘poke in ribs’ threat (b) rugelach to be supplied for Nov 27th for all to enjoy (c) then you get your calendar, even if I personally have to pay for it to get from the mighty \*\*Garius \*\* to your good self. The era of peaceful non-violence is restored, and everyone gets what they want. Ah, but being the sophisticated and nuanced person that I am, I am capable of poking you in the ribs while still retaining a modicum of civility toward **Garius.** (Besides, I am a pacifist; I may carry a big stick, but I poke softly. And anyway, as I have been neither stupid nor drink in your presence, don’t I get one out of three?) I will gladly provide rugelach, but someone will have to provide a postal address, plus assurances that I will not be arrested by British Customs for smuggling. But I have my doubts that the darn things would make it in time, even airmail. And I won’t have time to bake anything until the weekend. I really wish I could make this one, but I gave 2 weeks’ notice at my job yesterday ( **I GOT THE JOB!!!** ), and as my new boss is pregnant enough to burst at this point, they want me to start ASAP so she can train me before she goes out on her maternity leave. So I don’t think they’d appreciate my running off to another continent. Really, it’s too bad that the timing didn’t turn out just a tad differently. ::::sigh::: And that, my dear friend, is why I had to deputize someone else to poke you in the ribs. I know, we Americans are chicken, always getting the Brits to do our violent dirty work for us… ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/146 "2004-10-28T14:43:25Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > I really wish I could make this one, but I gave 2 weeks’ notice at my job yesterday ( **I GOT THE JOB!!!** ), and as my new boss is pregnant enough to burst at this point, they want me to start ASAP so she can train me before she goes out on her maternity leave. So I don’t think they’d appreciate my running off to another continent. Really, it’s too bad that the timing didn’t turn out just a tad differently. Wooooo!!! Go Eva! I could simply bake rugelach in your absence, thus saving your having to bake and post… ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/147 "2004-10-28T14:44:36Z")
Iceland has his brain ticking to come up with some questions to stump you lot (I’ll borrow some from my pub quizzes)… Ponders…Would a Strip DopeQuiz be acceptable? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/148 "2004-10-28T14:50:36Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > Ponders…Would a Strip DopeQuiz be acceptable? 😃 Depends. Are you in good nick? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/149 "2004-10-28T14:51:52Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > I could simply bake rugelach in your absence, thus saving your having to bake and post… Well, I could think of it as my way to be there in spirit. Plus then maybe someone would be grateful enough to send me a calendar. Actually, the last times I’ve posted things to the U.K. by airmail, they’ve gotten there in less than a week – and that was to Middle of Nowhere, Kent. I imagine London proper might be even a tad faster. Of course, it cost more to mail the darn things than it did to buy them. But proper homebaked rugelach cannot be bought, only commissioned or coerced through Jewish guilt. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/150 "2004-10-28T14:53:24Z")
> [@curly chick](#): > > Depends. Are you in good nick? Yes.I can prove it.Are you.Can you? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/151 "2004-10-28T14:56:36Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > But proper homebaked rugelach cannot be bought, only commissioned or coerced through Jewish guilt. Good point. Now, how do we properly guit you then? I do a good line on Indian guilt, is that similar enough? ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/152 "2004-10-28T15:04:56Z")
I’ve seen **Curly Chick.** She’s _Hot_, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/153 "2004-10-28T15:04:59Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > Good point. Now, how do we properly guit you then? > > I do a good line on Indian guilt, is that similar enough? Well, I’m not so observant, so probably any ethnic guilt will do the trick. Besides, having seen Indian guilt in action, it’s really not so different. Or you could just ask nicely, check with Customs, ad send me a postal address. 🙂 I’m easy. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/154 "2004-10-28T15:06:23Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > Yes.I can prove it.Are you.Can you? God, no and certainly not! In that order. 😛 But that is neither here nor there, as I shall be attending this here fest with mine very own boyfriend, **kferr** , who most certainly is in very good nick indeed. I can’t speak for all the young things at this LonDope, but I’d say the chances of a strip quiz in the pub are _somewhat_ remote. I could be wrong, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/155 "2004-10-28T15:15:10Z")
> [@curly chick](#): > > I can’t speak for all the young things at this LonDope, but I’d say the chances of a strip quiz in the pub are _somewhat_ remote. I could be wrong, of course. I’d say _very_ remote. 🙂 **Eva** , you can post stuff to me. I’m checking with Customs as I type as to if there’s any restrictions. I have in fact just got off the phone with them, and there are no restrictions! Post away! ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/156 "2004-10-28T15:15:55Z")
If I say you’re hot, you’re hot. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/157 "2004-10-28T15:18:08Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > If I say you’re hot, you’re hot. I don’t know if I’ve told you lately, **pauly** ; but you’re madder than a bag of jam. It’s one of the things I like best about you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/158 "2004-10-28T15:25:39Z")
Have I told you lately that I love you? Have I told you there’s no one else above you? You fill my heart with gladness, and take away all my sadness. Ease my troubles that’s what you do. A serenade, from me to you. Pint of Kronenbourg, as I believe they serve int Silver Cross. Ta! ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/159 "2004-10-28T15:30:53Z")
> [@curly chick](#): > > I don’t know if I’ve told you lately, **pauly** ; but you’re madder than a bag of jam. > It’s one of the things I like best about you. 😃 Can I bring a bag of jam with me? ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127/160 "2004-10-28T15:34:28Z")
> [@paulberserker](#): > > Have I told you lately that I love you? **Have I told you there’s no one else above you?** You fill my heart with gladness, and take away all my sadness. > > Ease my troubles that’s what you do. A serenade, from me to you. Pint of Kronenbourg, as I believe they serve int Silver Cross. Ta! Now come on, look at the facts - there’ll be beer; it’s in a pub and yet you think there’ll be no one above me?!? Off the top of my head; **kferr** , **garius** , **Matt** , **sirtonyh** , **Confessor Knight** , **Kal** and **qts** are all taller than me. Doubtless there are others. But I shall still buy you pints. O yes indeedy. Provided you sing that song, on the day. In the style of Ozzy Osbourne. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-autumn-winter-dopefest/265127.md?page=9)