# A Festivus MMP For The Rest Of Us **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 18, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756 "2017-12-18T05:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/41 "2017-12-19T17:01:31Z")
OK – I seem to be caught up. The double yesterday turned into two 3-and-outs with me basically napping in the car for an hour and a half. But the weather was upper 40s so that wasn’t bad. Most of the snow is melted but there is just enough ice happening in places that I am thinking car more than bike. Two more doubles left (tomorrow and Friday) and then my adventures through Da Jungle go more back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/42 "2017-12-19T17:13:05Z")
I have accomplished the dentist, N.O.L. and another load of laundry. Now if FedEx would just show up. Trackin’ says my meds are on the truck for delivery. I prefer nappage but will await FedEx alas. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/43 "2017-12-19T17:34:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Trackin’ says my meds are on the truck for delivery. I prefer nappage but will await FedEx alas. Will they not leave packages at the door in your neighborhood? 😕 I walked away from an accident this morning…literally. Light turns green & I start to cross. Box truck going the other way turns right, but that’s okay as I’m not that far thru the pedestrian crosswalk yet. The SUV behind him also starts to turn right, but she stops when she sees me in the crosswalk. The car behind her didn’t. :eek: It was only a minor fender-bender as it was the third car in line from a complete stop but I was officially not involved so I kept going. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/44 "2017-12-19T18:03:11Z")
I’m the **best** at Mumper gift ideas: [ul] [li] **Doggio** - a [Lump of Coal](http://www.ridgewaybrewery.co.uk/uploads/8/6/9/8/86989568/published/lump-of-coal.png?1503743777)[/li][li] **flytrap** - we decided should get a new [chair](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=n1I5WtDGMIbF_Qbk14SoAg&q=old+sparky).[/li] > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Oh well, I am saving myself for the gym tonight, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! [li]& since **BooFae** likes the gym so much, she should get a [Buns of Steel](https://www.etsy.com/listing/554797826/i-want-buns-of-steel-but-i-also-want) shirt.[/li][/ul] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/45 "2017-12-19T18:23:04Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Last night, I wrapped our $10 exchange gifts and our white elephants. We’re hoping to be rid of a lamp that **FCD** ’s folks passed to us as well as a popcorn can full of ballcaps. 😃 Years ago, we traded traditional gift-giving for the cheap gift swap as part of a game, and our daughter added the white elephant aspect to it. So it should be fun! White elephants are awesome! I hope you guys have some groud rules though. I’m still bitter about the year I got UNIX manuals, out-of-fate UNIX manuals. > [@swampbear](#): > > I’m all purtified to go visit the dentist. Plus I have a load of laundry all washed, dried, folded and put away. Nice clean undies. YAY! Clean undies are a good thing. 😃 > [@dogbutler](#): > > Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off today. Afternoon hockey today. 🙂 > > If I hadn’t gotten the jump on things, that would have been another Grievance to air. > > A day of [sinning](https://pics.me.me/the-7-deadly-sins-1-lust-5-wrath-gluttony-6-4973205.png)? > But cool on the payback. > > Feel better, **Sunny**. Thank you for managing to avoid a grievance. We’re all happier. > [@kopek](#): > > Any time I feel like that I immediately want to find some heavy equipment to operate. But I usually settle for my cannon. 😉 I could see that. Probably a bad idea in my case, but I could see it. [quote=“Spiderman, post:44, topic:804756”] I’m the **best** at Mumper gift ideas: [ul] [li] **Doggio** - a [Lump of Coal](http://www.ridgewaybrewery.co.uk/uploads/8/6/9/8/86989568/published/lump-of-coal.png?1503743777)[/li][/quote] Sure, OK [quote] [li] **flytrap** - we decided should get a new [chair](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=n1I5WtDGMIbF_Qbk14SoAg&q=old+sparky).[/li][/quote] :dubious: [quote] [li]& since **BooFae** likes the gym so much, she should get a [Buns of Steel](https://www.etsy.com/listing/554797826/i-want-buns-of-steel-but-i-also-want) shirt.[/li][/quote] [/ul] Nice shirt! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/46 "2017-12-19T19:26:04Z")
\*\*Sunny \*\*- there are no rules - it’s all about silliness. I just hope we don’t end up with the same lamp - it’s pretty hideous! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/47 "2017-12-19T19:57:24Z")
FedEx delivered. YAY!!! **Spidey** I have to sign for delivery for the meds. I am hopin’ one day the pharmacy from whence the meds come (I get 'em free so I shouldn’t complain, I guess) will decide that delivery by US mail is an OK thing. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/48 "2017-12-19T21:41:55Z")
Home. Leftover stew and fresh Eyetalian bread for supper. Pepperidge Farm Chocolate cake for dessert. \*\*FCD \*\*had a 3:30 meeting in my building - no idea when he’ll get home. But supper’s nuke-able and it can be ready pretty quick. Two more work days, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be off all next week. I finished a bunch of Tim’s stuff and no one else has much that needs to be done, so sluggage shall ensue. The calm before the storm, methinks… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/49 "2017-12-19T23:08:35Z")
We have supped upon beast stew and cornbread. 'Twas good. Chillage now ensues. I want chawklit cake but not enough to go out and get it so I shall suffer. Woe. Alas. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/50 "2017-12-20T00:32:09Z")
I’m glad that your friend is doing well enough to pay old debts **metal mouse**. Were you expecting to be involved in an accident **swampy**? 😃 Today was a gray day. Not just the weather, but at irk. My boss, who just came back from leave to care for an elderly parent, announced that he is taking a position as a consultant with the company to return to Wisconsin to care for his father. ☹ He later told me that he wouldn’t be in until lunch tomorrow because he had to have his cat put down (elderly with kidney failure). With all of the other changes, this one saddens me the most. We will have an interim supervisor who, until now, has been in the Finance department upstairs. I have to interact with her in that position, but I have no clue how much she knows about the operations end that we have to deal with. When I got home from irk, FedEx had left the order of Nelson’s food, a new toy and toothbrushes and the USPO one of my Amazon packages. Now all I’m waiting on is the rest of Amazon and a tablet charger cable from :eek:Wally World:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/51 "2017-12-20T00:59:19Z")
Ran, only 4 tonight. Dinner shall be leftovers - flank steak & other stuff. Then I gotta go out for a bit, do some irk, & be in bed in time to get up before I go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/52 "2017-12-20T01:32:24Z")
Both **Emily** and I posted in the wrong MMP today. Why didn’t someone tell us? Anyway, the tree is fluffed and decorated and was pronounced the prettiest tree we ever had. Now I get to wrap prezzies for cat, dog and hubby. I want cash or a new car. We had hamburgers for suppage. It will get us by until the next one. Now for beddie bye. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/53 "2017-12-20T01:45:03Z")
Oops. Don’t know how that happened. I’ll be more careful in the future. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/54 "2017-12-20T01:46:23Z")
So I went out watched the [Canes game](https://media.giphy.com/media/26FPy3QZQqGtDcrja/giphy.gif).:rolleyes: Want to impress the new owner ,guys. [quote=“Spiderman, post:44, topic:804756”] [li] **flytrap** - we decided should get a new [chair](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=n1I5WtDGMIbF_Qbk14SoAg&q=old+sparky).[/li][/QUOTE] > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > :dubious: Oh, he’ll be amped to get that!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/55 "2017-12-20T01:51:55Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Oops. Don’t know how that happened. I’ll be more careful in the future. Well I posted first bumping it so it was all my fault. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/56 "2017-12-20T03:17:34Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Ran, only 4 tonight. Dinner shall be leftovers - flank steak & other stuff. Then I gotta go out for a bit, do some irk, & be in bed in time to get up before I go to bed. Does your dad dance a jig on your grave though? > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Both **Emily** and I posted in the wrong MMP today. Why didn’t someone tell us? _wails_ I didn’t know! wahhhhhh! > [@](#): > > Anyway, the tree is fluffed and decorated and was pronounced the prettiest tree we ever had. You are a Very Good Wife. 😃 I walked to the second corner! Woo-hoo! I am the Boss! Tomorrow I will go. All. The. Way. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/57 "2017-12-20T09:41:36Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Does your dad dance a jig on your grave though?. 😕 Up, (somewhat) sheveled, sustenanced, & already out. It’s gonna be a _loooong_ day! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/58 "2017-12-20T10:27:02Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 64 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 75 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse this afternoon. We shall see. It did rain some overnight. Today I shall go to the Pubic Sto’ for geezer day and attend a brunch at ten-thirty this a. of m. We shall sup upon grilled salmon, steamed asparagus, baked N.O.T. and rolls. The Pubic Sto’ has a sale on salmon filets so I shall purchase a couple for grillage. **Sunny** yay for the walk! Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then I suppose I should purtify if I am to go about the public today. Rah. Happy Hump Day Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/59 "2017-12-20T10:49:34Z")
**Spidey** - cool shirt indeed, I think I deserve one of those! And buns of cinnamon, of course, since 'tis the season 🙂 There are only five of us in the office today so it’s very quiet, not quiet enough for me to avoid a meeting that I didn’t really want to go to. Next up is the “Professional Services Festive Forum” which I also don’t care to go to. Then a leaving presentation for a colleague who’s retiring, I’ll miss her because she has been my go-to person for a lot of things over the years. We’re due a team meeting today too, but our manager is off sick so I think we’ll be skipping that one. Pub night tonight though, that’s something to look forward to. My turn to cook tonight too so it shall be meatballs and sketties 'cos that’s what I want to do. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756/60 "2017-12-20T11:30:27Z")
Looks like the county finally approved the company’s new building - an engineering and manufacturing facility. Sadly, I’ll probably never work there - no way it’ll happen before June. Ah well… Tomorrow is our group’s holiday lunch as well as **FCD** ’s last day at work here. So instead of being an employee, he’ll be a contractor to the contractor. 😃 Then on Firday, we’ve got the gawd-awful drive to FL. ugh. Not looking forward to all day on I-95. But for now, I need to get thru today. So far so good. Happy Wednesday! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-festivus-mmp-for-the-rest-of-us/804756.md?page=4)