# What % of Dopers are Brits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698 "2003-03-07T13:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/1 "2003-03-07T13:37:50Z")
Maybe it’s the time of day that I happen to browse the boards, but there seems to be a reasonably high percentage of British or ex-British dopers here? Is it just me? Why so many? How many are there? Enough for a London Dope-fest? Line up for a roll-call! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/2 "2003-03-07T13:43:12Z")
There’ve been a few gatherings in London already. I’m sure you could get people interested in another one if you like. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/3 "2003-03-07T13:45:06Z")
Web Developer working in Covent Garden Living in Greater London And its probably because of the time of day - don’t forget those damn ex-colonials are 5-6hrs behind us - so they don’t really hit the boards until much later. Its why the boards really slow down if you try and log on about 8-9 o’clockish GMT. ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/4 "2003-03-07T15:39:07Z")
There’s none for late night surfing… darn 'merkin bandiwidth hawgs! Guess I should look a page or two back and see the posts of the night before ere I be befuddled by the beaucoup british brainiacs! ---
**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 7, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/5 "2003-03-07T15:44:43Z")
Lessee, a short list would include Francesca, SteveWright, and RickQ. Alas, RickQ was snatched up by an American bird so he lives in the U.S. now. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/6 "2003-03-07T16:06:44Z")
Well I’m 100% British, but being an ex-pat I won’t be up for a London dopefest for a while. **garius** if your not on a diet, eat a cake at Cafe Valeries for me 😉 You can’t get decent french patisserie food over here even in San Francisco. Cheers, Bippy ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/7 "2003-03-07T16:10:20Z")
I’m a brit, but I’m an expat too ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/8 "2003-03-07T16:14:41Z")
I’m a Brit, and also an ex-pat. Maybe we should form a support group, chaps. Cricket on the village green? Warm beer? Pork pies? _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/9 "2003-03-07T16:19:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > **Maybe we should form a support group, chaps.** There is one - its called “Gibraltar”. And i know Valerie’s well - i don’t diet but i do go to the gym every night which (mentally) allows me to justify it 🙂 You can also add **Lobsang** and **Everton** to the list. I’d probably be prepared to do the London DopeFest thing - as long as we could agree on a decent pub 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boldface\_Type](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Boldface\_Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boldface_Type)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/10 "2003-03-07T16:26:23Z")
Brit, but temporarily Stateside… ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/11 "2003-03-07T16:28:14Z")
And **casdave** , and **London\_Calling** , and **SirDoris** , and **Gartog** , and **kferr** (kind of!), and **AlexB** , and **ianzin** , and **Fierra** , and **Tansu** , and I’m sure I’ve missed some people out and to them I humbly apologise. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/12 "2003-03-07T16:30:37Z")
I’m in the Uk, but I wouldn’t go to London if the streets were paved with gold. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/13 "2003-03-07T16:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I’m in the Uk, but I wouldn’t go to London if the streets were paved with gold. \*\* Well, no, they’d be really slippery then. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/14 "2003-03-07T16:33:53Z")
Another Brit ex-pat here, so unfortunately I won’t be much in evidence at a London DopeFest. But make sure you raise a glass of Theakston’s Old Peculiar and think of us. ---
**Author:** ![Boldface\_Type](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Boldface\_Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boldface_Type)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/15 "2003-03-07T16:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*Well, no, they’d be really slippery then. \*\* But what if they were paved with velcro? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/16 "2003-03-07T16:40:02Z")
There’s **Kabbes** too, of course, and **Kal** (and **Washte** in the same sort-of vein as **kferr** , and **curly chick** is a fellow Brit in Dublin. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/17 "2003-03-07T16:52:49Z")
And **Gary Kumquat** too, in Scotland. There’s someone else from Scotland as well, and someone from Cardiff, too. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/18 "2003-03-07T16:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*someone from Cardiff, too. \*\* Come on…which one of you is it?? Own up! just kidding - it’s one of my favourite places ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/19 "2003-03-07T17:34:05Z")
I’m a Brit… ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698/20 "2003-03-07T17:39:46Z")
**Celyn** is in Glasgow. **Ryan\_Liam** is in Manchester **Lobsang** and **Oblong** are both on the Isle of Man **Tir\_Tinuviel** is in South London (Tis South London, isn’t it?) **Nostradamus** is in England somewhere, I think **Gartog** is in Wales [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-dopers-are-brits/159698.md?page=2)