# A Fishin’ we will go. MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064 "2006-03-27T10:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/161 "2006-03-30T00:05:43Z")
Hey, I’m actually serious! **Bumba** does a little business selling soaps and such. _:: send your advertising fees via PayPal, Bumbahon. ::_ ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/162 "2006-03-30T00:10:30Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I got this from my dad, but when in a sit-down restaurant (and this is even more effective as the fanciness level increases) and the waitperson takes the plate off the table, I usually say “Oh thanks, now i have somewhere ot put my feet.” My ex practically hid under the table the first time I busted out with that one. That **is** the intended response. [/QUOTE] Such is getting old. Do that when you’re 19, and you’re devilish and clever. Do it when you’re 36, and it "Oh, Dad! :rolleyes: " ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/163 "2006-03-30T00:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Such is getting old. Do that when you’re 19, and you’re devilish and clever. Do it when you’re 36, and it "Oh, Dad! :rolleyes: " [/QUOTE] I know. Dad’s done it a few times too. I suppose it’s got to be passed on to the next generation (and inflicted on the next generation’s significant others) somehow, right? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/164 "2006-03-30T00:37:36Z")
My dad would totally do something like this. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/165 "2006-03-30T00:47:53Z")
My dad wouldn’t have, but my husband would. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/166 "2006-03-30T01:06:31Z")
Oh man. I am SO pulling that gag next time I’m in a fancy restaurant. High-larious. I anticipated the objection about basil. Consider that mustard and wasabi are also herbs, as listed [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_herbs_and_spices). The OED defines condiment as "Anything of pronounced flavour used to season or give relish to food, or to stimulate the appetite. " So really, herbs and spices are a subset of condiments. And if you’re still not convinced, too bad. They’re my puns and I’ll do what I want, so nyah. 😛 Anyway, today could’ve exploded in my face, but somehow it all worked out. I got the homework that was due at 5 pm done, and more importantly I think I made a very good impression on Dr. Sorkin of Syracuse University, who was giving a colloquium today, and I and several other undergraduates had lunch with him. Turns out he’s A) on the admissions committee for Syracuse’s grad program, and B) disappointed with the recent downward trend in students studying fundamental theory, as I told him I want to do. Sooooo, hopefully this will swing the pendulum in my favor. Cornell and Penn State are official rejections. I’m remarkably unconcerned. I’ve still got six other schools with a good shot of letting me in. I need to make some more phone calls though. And a very very merry un-birthday to you, **welby**. 😃 Getting anything good from friends/loved ones this year? I have more work to do for tomorrow and I’m already very tired. _whine_ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/167 "2006-03-30T01:21:01Z")
[QUOTE=Bumbazine] I think you’re right **Ashes[sup]2[/sup]**, I need a charm. I think a perfect charm would be a $100.00 bill. Anybody wanna send me one? I just know I’d feel a lot more lucky iffen I had one of those. [/QUOTE] I got all kinds of bills in the $100 range, how many you want? Thanks so much for helping me pay them off… ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/168 "2006-03-30T01:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] My dad wouldn’t have, but my husband would. [/QUOTE] Don’t know him, but like him just the same. Yup. My kinda guy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/169 "2006-03-30T02:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I got this from my dad, but when in a sit-down restaurant (and this is even more effective as the fanciness level increases) and the waitperson takes the plate off the table, I usually say “Oh thanks, now i have somewhere ot put my feet.” My ex practically hid under the table the first time I busted out with that one. That **is** the intended response. [/QUOTE] My dad would probably have taken it a little further, verbally at least, stopping just short of actually doing it btw - [meet my new grand-nephew](http://home.comcast.net/~joshuarose/IM000237.JPG) Jonathan joined the world at 5pm today, at 7 lbs, 6 oz, 22 inches (and I think that’s my nephews hand on Jon’s stomach ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/170 "2006-03-30T03:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] My dad would probably have taken it a little further, verbally at least, stopping just short of actually doing it btw - [meet my new grand-nephew](http://home.comcast.net/~joshuarose/IM000237.JPG) Jonathan joined the world at 5pm today, at 7 lbs, 6 oz, 22 inches (and I think that’s my nephews hand on Jon’s stomach [/QUOTE] ahhh..a fresh-squeezed baby. That’s a little one, isn’t it? I don’t know baby. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/171 "2006-03-30T03:40:06Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] ahhh..a fresh-squeezed baby. That’s a little one, isn’t it? I don’t know baby. [/QUOTE] it’s in the middle - it’s healthy - niece-in-law is a tiny person (well, half the size of her husband anyway) so the baby size seems appropriate to me ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/172 "2006-03-30T04:18:00Z")
I had real food for dinner tonight! I threw a chicken breast some carrots and onions in my grill pan. Then I made a yogurt/roasted garlic/dill sauce to serve with it. I had to find a way to get some yogurt in there. I am going to be so sick of yogurt. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/173 "2006-03-30T04:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I had real food for dinner tonight! I threw a chicken breast some carrots and onions in my grill pan. Then I made a yogurt/roasted garlic/dill sauce to serve with it. I had to find a way to get some yogurt in there. I am going to be so sick of yogurt. [/QUOTE] well, it’s either the yogurt or acidophilus gelcaps ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/174 "2006-03-30T04:33:41Z")
Hm. Actually, I could go for some yogurt. Part of that is because there’s only a little bit of rice and spaghetti left in the apartment with the roomie. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/175 "2006-03-30T04:40:46Z")
I’m grumpy. My hockey team lost last night, so we are out of the playoffs and I have no idea what I am going to do with myself until October. ☹ We are having one last get-together with the guys Friday night to say 'bye for the summer. I’ll get my game jersey then. Happy Birthday, **Welby**. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/176 "2006-03-30T05:09:46Z")
Mr. Lissar talked to his mother tonight and found out that she’s had a mild stroke. Ack! We won’t find out the details until Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/177 "2006-03-30T05:13:48Z")
I don’t know if I’ve wished it, but happy freaking birthday, **Welby**. I’d do the pretty colors for your name if i could bold it and do colors, but that kind of coding is beyond my mortal comprehension. **LL** , sorry to hear about the in-law. Hope she’s doing well. Has she ever had any sorts of those conditions before? **Snakescatlady** , what team? The Thrashers? Doesn’t matter anyways, my Red Wings are definitely in. The real season starts now anyways. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/178 "2006-03-30T10:34:24Z")
Nah - I’m minor league. The SPHL Columbus Cottonmouths. I’m still grumpy. And knowing there are two louvered doors waiting for my attention and the paste stripper doesn’t help the grumpiness. **ll** , hope your mil is ok. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/179 "2006-03-30T11:07:51Z")
**Lissla** , sorry to hear about your **MIL**. Hope “minor” is really “minor.” **rosie** , awwwww, a baby. I always forget how little newborns are. But boy do they grow fast! Congratulations! Sorry about those Snakes, **SCL**. You know October will be here before you know it! **Bumba,** sorry about your friend. I was just about to ask if you were OK when you posted. Sounds like that was a cool opportunity yesterday, **Rifty**. Is Amsterdam still a possibility, or is that a separate thing? **Smitty** , _I_ thought the butterfly crack was funny. Does that count? I _love_ the idea of a Laundry Fairy and a self-cleaning kitchen. I would get so many other things done!!! **Ashes[sup]2[/sup]**, feel better. Oh, and go stare down that Evil Eye and tell it to stop messing with your car!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, welby!!! Work yesterday was ick. Just ick. Had the joy of being sidetracked by stupidity pretty much the whole day. All I can say is, I hope everyone takes their smart pills this morning! But I had a really nice lunch with some old friends and ran into another old friend at the restaurant. Which really helped me survive the day… Well…gotta get up and get something done before I go off to work. Is it Friday yet? GT ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064/180 "2006-03-30T11:58:57Z")
Ooooh…I almost forgot. Our newspaper is having a “Pimp your Peep” contest! They had pictures of dressed up Peeps (one with a little motorcycle!) yesterday to provide inspiration. GT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fishin-we-will-go-mmp/350064.md?page=10)