# Vancouver Dopefest Wrap-Up Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069 "2002-07-21T07:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069/21 "2002-07-23T18:10:17Z")
A couple of days ago, I managed to confirm via email with **Sinshine** that we know the same person: Mark Hainsworth. Last night, I got together with a bunch of people at someone’s house, and told Mark this whole freaky story of how **Sinshine** and I met, and how we figured we both knew him. (plus **Barbarian** ’s part in the whole thing) He thought it was so bizarre that he told the entire room about it, then added: > [@](#): > > “It’s like my world is converging in upon you! Three people I know from three distinctly different places in my life now know each other in some way. What a small world!” (note: he knows me from one church, **Sinshine** from the other church he goes to when they have two services instead of just one during the summer, and Derek from the Bach Choir) You may or may not remember the girl and guy I met at the seawall; the guy on his cell phone and the girl who said hi to me. Those were my friends Irene and Joe; Joe happened to be there last night, and upon hearing the story, said: > [@](#): > > “You were with those people? I thought it was very strange to see a mini-Mark!” Yes, I was with “those people,” and as has been stated before, thought pretty much the same thing as he did. Everyone thought the story was amazing, and very bizarre. Heck, I still do! 🙂 Then everyone asked about the message board, and what we talked about on here. I explained a little about it, and sent them links later when I got home. Maybe they’ll look at the thread, because everyone thought the story was certainly the most bizarre thing they’d ever heard! **Barbarian** , I did not know that Derek was heading off for theology school. Then again, I don’t know him that well to start with. When does he leave, and where is he going? Do you know? P.S. You should have heard both Mark and Derek sing some Mandarin song at the karaoke night… it was quite entertaining. We made them sing it five times during the course of the night because people kept coming late, and as soon as they heard that Mark could sing Mandarin… well, they wanted to hear it for themselves. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069/22 "2002-07-23T19:52:23Z")
Oh, by the way, **Barbarian** … my friends want to see your pictures. (just to have photographic evidence of this guy who looks almost exactly like our friend Mark… not that they don’t believe me or Joe) So when you get those pictures developed, is there any way you could post them up here or elsewhere? (I want to give my friends a link to them, if at all possible) Thanks! 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069/23 "2002-07-24T19:25:51Z")
**I AM NOT A MINI ANYTHING!!!** And I wasn’t taking pictures… I think Joe and Rob had cameras, but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069/24 "2002-07-24T19:40:21Z")
Oh, suuuuure you’re not a mini-anything, **Barbarian** … that description seems to fit you well, at any rate. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069/25 "2002-07-24T20:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > **I AM NOT A MINI ANYTHING!!!** You know, I just had this really creepy flash of **Barbarian** hugging the leg of a larger version of himself, _a la_ Austin Powers/Dr. Evil. Now I’m gonna need therapy. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069/26 "2002-07-24T21:05:25Z")
Thank you very much for putting that image in my head, **Larry**. …and I thought the image **jackelope** out in my head last night of him eating (the equivalent of) dogfood was bad… F\_X [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-dopefest-wrap-up-thread/120069.md?page=1)