# We need entertainment before the long Michigan winter drives us insane...A2 Dopefest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324 "2003-03-05T20:00:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/1 "2003-03-05T20:00:55Z")
Must…have…social…interaction… NO! Not snow! NOT MORE SNOW! Need fun! Come on, I know you want to. This Friday, or is that too short of notice? I’m thinking a nice Ethiopian feast at the Blue Nile in Ann Arbor, then maybe some drinks, some nice conversations and horrible behavior. You know, the norm. Anyone interested? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/2 "2003-03-05T20:09:22Z")
So this is all you do to get a DopeFest started?? Why did I think it was more complicated?? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/3 "2003-03-05T20:11:31Z")
Er, yeah. In my humble opinion, we should have a Dopefest. See, I meant to put it here! Okay, I make mistakes too. Mods? Can I get this moved to MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/4 "2003-03-05T20:13:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avarie537 \* > \*\*So this is all you do to get a DopeFest started?? Why did I think it was more complicated?? \*\* Well, you need to get your Dopefest License, first. That’s the complicated part. There’s a written, there’s an interview, you have to be able to spell **manhattan** correctly, and he has to approve of your cleavage, as well. It’s a strenuous process. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/5 "2003-03-05T20:16:27Z")
Luckily I’m qualified. And up for it! ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/6 "2003-03-05T20:21:27Z")
If I can steal a car or beg a ride I’d probably be able tomake it ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/7 "2003-03-05T20:23:54Z")
Woohoo! And even if it’s just **Hello Again** and me, we’d have a good time. It would be a Lord of the Rings Geekfest, but we’d have fun. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/8 "2003-03-05T21:31:16Z")
Too bad, Kyla. It ain’t gonna be just you and HelloAgain, because I’m crashing your little party! Whenever two or more of you are gathered in Cecil’s name… there is looooooooooooooooooooooooooove, there is loooooooooooooooooooove. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/9 "2003-03-05T22:04:29Z")
A party’s not a party till **Cranky** shows up! 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/10 "2003-03-05T22:13:05Z")
> [@](#): > > …you have to be able to spell **manhattan** correctly, and he has to approve of your cleavage… Makes it tricky for the guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/11 "2003-03-05T22:26:34Z")
Hey Kyla, if ya ask **UncleBeer** , not only might he move the thread for ya, who know, he might even show up. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/12 "2003-03-06T00:30:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*Makes it tricky for the guys. 🙂 \*\* That’s why only chicks have Dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/13 "2003-03-06T00:55:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*Er, yeah. In my humble opinion, we should have a Dopefest. See, I meant to put it here! > > Okay, I make mistakes too. Mods? Can I get this moved to MPSIMS? \*\* As you wish. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/14 "2003-03-06T01:05:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*If I can steal a car or beg a ride I’d probably be able tomake it \*\* I’d love to go. _pout_ But due to the fact that I shall be in school, the fair Lady can’t take me as well. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/15 "2003-03-06T02:45:18Z")
I think I could arrange to be present too. Let me know what time. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/16 "2003-03-06T03:24:25Z")
**Sane** don’t you get out of school at like 2? This sounds like a dinner thing which means with a 45 min drive, plenty of time. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/17 "2003-03-06T06:21:20Z")
Hrrrmmm. If the weather’s decent, I guess I might make it. _Maybe._ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/18 "2003-03-06T14:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*As you wish. \*\* Thank you! [sub]Bump a thread? Me? Never![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/19 "2003-03-06T17:49:53Z")
If Blue Nile is involved, this guy might just crash it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324/20 "2003-03-06T18:16:48Z")
I don’t think I can make this one. With the one I’m already planning to attend in Toledo and the studying I should be doing, the weekend’s pretty well shot. Next time perhaps. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-entertainment-before-the-long-michigan-winter-drives-us-insane-a2-dopefest/159324.md?page=2)