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    Princess of the OT adina's Avatar
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    Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Well, it's that time of year again. Various members of pr.com will be in Chicago on the weekend of November 18th-19th. If anyone would like to join us for dinner, we are planning on the 18th.

    Let me just point out that those of us who will be in Chicago are some of the coolest people ever. If you don't have dinner with us, you are definitely missing out. We rock.

    This is not a gathering. I repeat, not a gathering. However, if anyone wants to spend the day in Chicago and then meet us cool people for dinner, they are more than welcome to.
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by adina
    Let me just point out that those of us who will be in Chicago are some of the coolest people ever...
    Sounds good. I'm in... :thumbsup:

    Just one request. Last year at dinner, I had to sit at the dork table. Could I sit with the cool people this year???? :2:
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by Asylum Steve
    Sounds good. I'm in... :thumbsup:

    Just one request. Last year at dinner, I had to sit at the dork table. Could I sit with the cool people this year???? :2:

    I'm trying to remember if I was sitting next to you.....
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    I sat with both of you, so obviously that's where you were!

    I'm probably in...

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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    may i ask why some people will be in chicago that particular weekend ? also where is this meeting of the "cool people" being held ? very good possibility me and the wife may take a trip down there for this "cool people dinner"

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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Can't make it. Too far of a drive.
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Oh come on. If I can fly in, so can you.
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastian
    Can't make it. Too far of a drive.

    Hmmm, I think if I could drive from the Indy area, you could drive from the "burbs" Seb. I just may have to make this trip
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastian
    Can't make it. Too far of a drive.
    Not a problem. We'll come to you. Now, I just have to remember to pack that baseball bat...
    "Riding along on a carousel...tryin' to catch up to you..."

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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by another view
    I sat with both of you, so obviously that's where you were!...
    Hmmm, now that I think of it, we were all at the dork table. Seems we all only became cool during this past year...
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by WsW-WYATT-EARP
    may i ask why some people will be in chicago that particular weekend ? also where is this meeting of the "cool people" being held?
    Well, I was trying to keep it under wraps, but if you must know, the Asylum Steve Amazing Technicolor Photographic Road Show and Psycho-Babble Rap Symposium (where of course, Henry the Horse dances the waltz!) will be in town that weekend.

    As to where we'll end up meeting and eating, hah...you obviously don't know us. We have no clue. We usually run around the city making frantic cell calls for hours to try to find each other, then wander around together aimlessly until we finally discover one of the few eating establishments in Chicago that doesn't know any of us from past years.

    If we're lucky, we get through the meal without being thrown out of the joint... :thumbsup:

    And if you're really lucky, we may even pause briefly on the street to present the famed and fabulous plastic tiara crown to this year's SELF PORTRAIT QUEEN (or King). It's a ceremony with all the splendor and pagentry of a ROYAL WEDDING...:ihih:
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    But I don't even like baseball...
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastian
    But I don't even like baseball...
    That's ok. I invented a new game...
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Sounds fun! Can't wait to try it.
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by Asylum Steve
    And if you're really lucky, we may even pause briefly on the street to present the famed and fabulous plastic tiara crown to this year's SELF PORTRAIT QUEEN (or King).
    Well, that's not going to work. I'm not going to be anywhere near Chicago that weekend. You'll have to mail it to me.
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    Well..

    Quote Originally Posted by walterick
    Well, that's not going to work. I'm not going to be anywhere near Chicago that weekend. You'll have to mail it to me.
    ...the bylaws for the ISOSP (International Society of Self Portraitists) clearly state that one of the requirements for the newly crowned King or Queen is to be present at the, er presentation ceremony, which Adina informs me is being held this year in Chicago that weekend.

    Wow, who knew...

    Furthermore, in the event that the newly crowned aforementioned King or Queen cannot, blah blah, blah, fullfill their rightful duties as newly crowned aforementioned King or Queen, yada yada yada, the...ah, RUNNER-UP then rightfully and justifiably assumes the title. Etc., etc., etc...

    Uh, Adina informed me of that, too... :ihih:

    Look at the bright side. You still have time to book a flight and room for the weekend. Heck, we'll even let you have dinner with us...

    Now, whether you'll get to sit with the cool people is another matter altogether...
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    How?

    Quote Originally Posted by adina
    We rock.
    Yeah? How do you rock? Like AC-DC or like the Grateful Dead? Please be specific. This is very important.
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    Re: How?

    Quote Originally Posted by Photo-John
    Yeah? How do you rock? Like AC-DC or like the Grateful Dead? Please be specific. This is very important.
    Like AC-DC and the Grateful Dead all rolled into one! That's how cool we are!
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    Re: Dinner in Chicago 2006

    Quote Originally Posted by WsW-WYATT-EARP
    may i ask why some people will be in chicago that particular weekend ? also where is this meeting of the "cool people" being held ? very good possibility me and the wife may take a trip down there for this "cool people dinner"

    Because we're damn cool! In fact, we're so cool, that a reservation at dinner goes for $100, you can send payment to me, I take checks or credit cards, or small unmarked bill.
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    Re: Well..

    Quote Originally Posted by Asylum Steve
    ...the bylaws for the ISOSP (International Society of Self Portraitists) clearly state that one of the requirements for the newly crowned King or Queen is to be present at the, er presentation ceremony, which Adina informs me is being held this year in Chicago that weekend.

    Wow, who knew...

    Furthermore, in the event that the newly crowned aforementioned King or Queen cannot, blah blah, blah, fullfill their rightful duties as newly crowned aforementioned King or Queen, yada yada yada, the...ah, RUNNER-UP then rightfully and justifiably assumes the title. Etc., etc., etc...

    Uh, Adina informed me of that, too... :ihih:

    Look at the bright side. You still have time to book a flight and room for the weekend. Heck, we'll even let you have dinner with us...

    Now, whether you'll get to sit with the cool people is another matter altogether...
    What Steve said.

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    Re: How?

    Sorry, the Grateful Dead don't rock.
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    Re: Well..

    Quote Originally Posted by Asylum Steve
    ...the bylaws for the ISOSP (International Society of Self Portraitists) clearly state that one of the requirements for the newly crowned King or Queen is to be present at the, er presentation ceremony, which Adina informs me is being held this year in Chicago that weekend.

    Wow, who knew...

    Furthermore, in the event that the newly crowned aforementioned King or Queen cannot, blah blah, blah, fullfill their rightful duties as newly crowned aforementioned King or Queen, yada yada yada, the...ah, RUNNER-UP then rightfully and justifiably assumes the title. Etc., etc., etc...

    Uh, Adina informed me of that, too... :ihih:

    Look at the bright side. You still have time to book a flight and room for the weekend. Heck, we'll even let you have dinner with us...

    Now, whether you'll get to sit with the cool people is another matter altogether...
    Um... like I said, I can't be there, so you'll have to mail it to me

    Or, you all could just come and present it to me here in Phoenix! :aureola:
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    Yes!

    Quote Originally Posted by walterick
    Sorry, the Grateful Dead don't rock.
    Exactly! They are the sleepiest band ever. Only band that can make Jumping Jack Flash sound like a lullaby.

    But as long as you can rock some AC-DC, I approve
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    Re: Well..

    Quote Originally Posted by adina
    Judging will be based on the most recent sp thread.
    Uh-oh, did I even post in that?
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    Re: Yes!

    Quote Originally Posted by Photo-John
    But as long as you can rock some AC-DC, I approve
    I tried learning the intro to Thunderstruck once.

    It was hard.
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