# A Special Manly MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120 "2010-08-23T01:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/61 "2010-08-24T00:01:24Z")
wait - Monkeys? or Monkees! ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/62 "2010-08-24T01:12:22Z")
Good evening. I survived work and the commute and that’s about it. I’ve got to get dinner going in a bit, then after we eat, I need to go out and run a few errands. I’m feeling rather tired today, I don’t know why. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/63 "2010-08-24T01:13:51Z")
I stopped off at my favorite bar, and had the $5 fajitas and a cople of $2 Yuenglings. Now i’m home. > [@swampy](#): > > Heidi Klum (and just who is she again?) Supermodel. A monkey once ripped off her bikini top during a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photo shoot(I envy that monkey).😃 Howdy **Poly**! long time, no see! **Ruble** , axes are manly, or so I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/64 "2010-08-24T01:41:57Z")
Last week was danger week at work. A co-worker fell down the stairs, I hit my head by standing up into a bookshelf and my boss hurt his knee. I think my headache has finally gone away or at least it isn’t as bad. For some reason, we are suddenly having summer this week. Going from 75F to 90F is a dirty trick! Tisiphone is incensed by the heat. She wants to know why we don’t have AC. 😃 Manly things involve fire, smoke, meat, things that go boom and “hey, y’all, watch this!” ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/65 "2010-08-24T02:07:10Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I stopped off at my favorite bar, and had the $5 fajitas and a cople of $2 Yuenglings. Now i’m home. > > > [@swampy](#): > > > > Heidi Klum (and just who is she again?) > > Supermodel. A monkey once ripped off her bikini top during a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photo shoot(I envy that monkey).😃 > > Howdy **Poly**! long time, no see! > > **Ruble** , axes are manly, or so I’m told. I did not know about Heidi’s monkey incident. See this MMP is already turning into a Monkey MMP! I don’t have a lot of monkey experience. I don’t know if I should be responsible for a Monkey MMP. I don’t know if I can handle the responsibility. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/66 "2010-08-24T02:09:49Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > wait - Monkeys? or Monkees! We are not picky. Either one will do. And will devolve into the other, I’m sure. See **Wile E** , you already have some ingredients for your OP. (Which, actually, could consist of the word _Monkeys_ and still be a success. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/67 "2010-08-24T02:14:47Z")
> [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](#): > > Manly things involve fire, smoke, meat, things that go boom and “hey, y’all, watch this!” [Kaboom! A Dynamite MMP](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389612&highlight=Kaboom)😃 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/68 "2010-08-24T02:47:45Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > > [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](#): > > > > Manly things involve fire, smoke, meat, things that go boom and “hey, y’all, watch this!” > > [Kaboom! A Dynamite MMP](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389612&highlight=Kaboom)😃 From that old thread: > [@Kaboom! A Dynamite MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaboom-a-dynamite-mmp/374023/18): > > I haven’t seen _Top Secret_, and have never heard of it. Googling tells me nothing. Is it porn or a real movie? I LOVED THAT MOVIE!!! > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Comcast. > > Comcast. > > Comcast. > > AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! Alex, what are the four signs of the apocalypse? (I hate Comcrap) > [@gotpasswords](#): > > Our attempts to grow tomatos this year was an absolute bust. Think we spent about nine bucks per tomato for what we were able to grow and keep away from the wild rabbits that roam the neighborhood. And they were grape tomatos. :smack: > > As it turns out, with the weather we’ve had, we did OK. Our neighbor didn’t get any at all out of two plants. We did fair but should have done better. I got the soil right, the rain was heavy and regular, and we dodged the blight. Problem is with the joys and responsibilities of adulthood, we ended up letting the plants go “free range”. In other words, we never tied them up or did any ongoing care with them. > [@dogbutler](#): > > **Ruble** , axes are manly, or so I’m told. I was hoping someone would say that so I could say Not so much so since Lizzie Borden. 😃 > [@Wile\_E](#): > > I don’t have a lot of monkey experience. I don’t know if I should be responsible for a Monkey MMP. I don’t know if I can handle the responsibility. Of course you can. Here – have a banana. And just don’t think “Howard Cosell” when writing it. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/69 "2010-08-24T03:03:02Z")
I ate part of a monkey once, in the Phillipines. Is that manly enough? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/70 "2010-08-24T03:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **gotti** I did not get the flamin’ endorsement on my gay card so it’s ok I don’t know who Heidi Klum is, that yogurt suckin’ uncouth lout! [/QUOTE] As if I’d know anything about flaming? Besides, if I even tried flaming, SIL would come along in her big red truck with the flashing lights and extinguish me. As for the yogurt commercial, I have no idea. Thanks to the DVRs, we don’t see all that many commercials. I think I have see one with a woman slurping on yogurt, but didn’t pay any attention to who it was. FWIW, Heidi is married to musician Seal. No idea if she’s now Heidi Seal, or if he’s Seal Klum. One-named people bug me. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/71 "2010-08-24T03:08:49Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > > [@dogbutler](#): > > > > Ruble, axes are manly, or so I’m told. > > I was hoping someone would say that so I could say > Not so much so since Lizzie Borden. 😃 Well, she has a farm, so I’d be worried if she _didn’t_ own an ax. > [@Wile\_E](#): > > I don’t have a lot of monkey experience. I don’t know if I should be responsible for a Monkey MMP. I don’t know if I can handle the responsibility. Like any of us are responsible? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Looey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Looey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Looey)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/72 "2010-08-24T03:22:59Z")
Manly: eatin’ meat… rare fire blowin’ crap up… not just on accident, but for the _fun_ of it power tools gettin’ dirty killin’ big hairy spiders for the little woman changin’ the oil (and any other ‘car stuff’) sayin’ “Now tell me that don’t stink!” (thank-you Jeff Foxworthy) ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/73 "2010-08-24T03:30:32Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > I ate part of a monkey once, in the Phillipines. Is that manly enough? It depends on the part you ate and if you enjoyed it. _wink, wink, nudge, nudge_ If you know what I mean! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/74 "2010-08-24T06:04:04Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > > [@Bumbazine](#): > > > > I ate part of a monkey once, in the Phillipines. Is that manly enough? > > It depends on the part you ate and if you enjoyed it. > > _wink, wink, nudge, nudge_ If you know what I mean! It had a paw attached, and it tasted like chicken. 😉 To be honest, I thought it _was_ BBQed chicken until I saw the paw, but I ate it anyway. I refuse to eat possum, however. Them things is just too ugly to eat! And I’ve eaten alligators, snakes, and a few bugs. (Though I don’t recommend the bugs, some of those taste Just plain nasty.) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/75 "2010-08-24T06:20:27Z")
Wanting to have an orderly house is not manly. When the man is young, man-houses tend to be empty except for piles of Stuff and discarded holey underoos, with the greatest amount of furniture in the living room (TV stand, TV and assorted peripherals, sofa). Later more furniture grows (starting with a side table beside the sofa), the underoos learn to walk themselves to the washing’s basket and the bookshelves mutate from planks-on-bricks to something bought in an actual store. On the other hand, assembling furniture is extremely manly. My manly brother who works in construction and is worse than me at assembling IKEA furniture has informed me that my tools are very satisfyingly manly. You see, he’d had a Honey Do list with Mom for months, and he finally got in the mood to tackle it just on the same day I was preparing my luggage to move down here, including rearranging the tool boxes. So, he proceeded to “clean” my tool box for me (sigh - yes, later I could have used some of the stuff he threw away), and in the process he discovered that I buy Good Stuff. Like I told him, only because I’m not going to use it a lot doesn’t mean I’ll buy crap. I’m not familiar with the brands of most of my tools, but if there’s three of something in the store, one feels like it will break apart if it drops off a chair, another one is way too heavy, and the third one feels right, I’ll buy the one that feels right. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/76 "2010-08-24T07:55:11Z")
I have a terrible earworm and it’s [**astro** ’s fault!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=575611) The problem isn’t the song itself (could be worse), it’s picturing the look in my coworkers’ faces if I burst out singing… it’s o-kéy to be géy, lalala lalala in de géy guéeey… damn but where is a feather boa when you need one… The only thing saving y’all from a U2B link is that I’m at work. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/77 "2010-08-24T09:26:52Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > you don’t say how to prepare the aubergine. Peeled and sliced, cubed, otherwise chopped? Sorry, **GT** , it wasn’t my recipe to start with and I just copied it from the Fat Club site! I cubed my aubergine but I think it would work if you just sliced it instead because it has to be layered over the pasta so it doesn’t really matter how you prepare it. I cooked last night so I’ll be having the rest of the pasta bake tonight after Fat Club, and on Wednesday I get leftovers from last night’s chicken paprika. I am such a cheapskate, living on leftovers. Last night was busy, I fed the cats, cleared up the dry laundry and put it away, put a load of towels in to wash, hung them out to dry, put the bins and recycling boxes/bag out, did my ironing, cooked, ate, washed up and then collapsed on the sofa! Off to my team meeting now… ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/78 "2010-08-24T10:51:53Z")
> [@Looey](#): > > blowin’ crap up… not just on accident, but for the _fun_ of it Yes. TVMan would agree with this one. Well I’ve got one lunch today and I’m thinking about baking some cream cheese almond pound cake. Should be yummy! ---
**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:** [August 24, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/79 "2010-08-24T11:30:18Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. Nuttin’ to report from swampland. If’n it turns out to be sunny we’ll be at the pool for a while, the while bein’ until it gets too hawt. The heat index here the past few days has been especially bad. Oh and we eat leftover good Eyetalian for lunch and burgers for dindin. Not leftover burgers cause Ima grill 'em today which makes 'em first time around burgers. Happy Tuesday! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/80 "2010-08-24T12:00:33Z")
Blurf. With sugar on top. > [@swampbear](#): > > **BBBobbio** I will not click on that link cause I know what it is. You ain’t gettin’ me to look at a snake. 😛 Until you posted that, I had never watched **Badger Badger Badger Mushroom** long enough to see the snake. The clip is funny, but I can only watch it for about 30 seconds before I get an overwhelming urge to gnaw off my left arm. Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120.md?page=5)