# A Spooky & Furry Critter MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734 "2013-04-15T00:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/321 "2013-04-21T07:10:19Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > I’m still up. Not sure why, though… > There is a very delicate, long-legged spider on the ceiling above me, eating another spider. > I’m finishing my glass of wine, fast. Reminds me of that Blink-182 song 😃 ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/322 "2013-04-21T11:08:01Z")
{{{ **gotti and DH** }}} Somehow I spent most of last night dreaming about buying a new tent for this year’s season. I’m sure no one will be surprised that [this](http://www.amazon.com/Canopy-Gazebo-Purple--Model-Upgraded/dp/B00ANRRHY2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366542231&sr=8-1&keywords=purple+canopy+tent) is the one I was considering. If **MsChilePepper** still posted here, she’d be telling me not to do it because not as much light will come through it (as compared to a white tent), but I don’t care. You only live once and besides those rings get HOT to the touch in the summer, maybe this would help to keep them cooler. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/323 "2013-04-21T11:40:13Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffienated and brekkied already! 'Tis a chilly 42 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 74 for the day. Should be nice! **{{{gotti and DH}}}** hope y’all can get to feelin’ better soonest! **StickyBuns** it’s always all about style. Thus, the purple tent would \* have\* to be the one. 😃 Ima take myself and OYKW (if’n he’s goin’) to Lutheran deheathenization at nine o’clock so’s N.O.L. preparations can commence. The biggest thing will be to grill chikin boobs which won’t be too bad since they are boneless and cut in strips. Right now they are marinatin’ away. Ok, need to go purtify for Lutheran deheathenization and roust OYKW to see if he’s goin’. Happy Sunday Y’all! ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/324 "2013-04-21T12:02:33Z")
Chopped up night full of weird dreams - ugh. From 2AM on, idiot Taz would wake me by trying to open one of the locked guest room doors (we can’t let him in them - he’s been known to pee on beds) or I’d suddenly wake because my arm was asleep, or I’d be having stoopit dreams and that’d wake me. I finally gave up around 7. I’ve got a load of jeans in the washer, I fed my sweetie breakfast and made me a bagel with cream cheese and cashew butter. He’s on his way to a motorcycle swap meet in Howard county… I think he’s insane, since it’s only 43° here, but what ya gonna do?? My plan for the rest of the morning is to finish the rest of the laundry. I’m not going to work in the yard till it gets well into the 50s. I took some preemptive ibuprofen - I’m still achy from yesterday. In fact, that’s part of what kept waking me - my right foot hurts and I’m pretty sure it’s from where I step on the shovel to drive it into the ground - I bet I bruised it. I’m hoping the ground is still wet enough from the Friday storm that it’ll be easy to dig… I hope… Meanwhile, I’ll finish breakfast and finish the laundry. Happy Sunday!! ---
**Author:** ![pastense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pastense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pastense)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/325 "2013-04-21T12:21:58Z")
… but I used to have a working farm ☹ ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/326 "2013-04-21T12:22:24Z")
Blurf ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/327 "2013-04-21T12:56:15Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Ok, need to go purtify for Lutheran deheathenization and roust OYKW to see if he’s goin’. I misread that as \*\*roast \*\*OYKW. :eek: All this talk of trilliums is making me want to go to Sunday Service Up a Mountain. There might be some coming up there. I’ll head up as soon as I finish this cuppa coffee and N.O.Stickybun. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/328 "2013-04-21T13:05:40Z")
Happy Sunday! It’s 8 degrees above freezing, what happened to Spring? {{{Gotti and DH}}} Have to IRK! today. It has been a slow week. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/329 "2013-04-21T13:12:42Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I think he’s insane, since it’s only 43° here, but what ya gonna do?? My plan for the rest of the morning is to finish the rest of the laundry. I’m not going to work in the yard till it gets well into the 50s. I don’t care if you can buy a $40,000 Victorian house in bad shape, and you have trillium and trout lilies, it is\*\*\* too damn cold\*\*\* up there! 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/330 "2013-04-21T13:14:02Z")
\*\*flytrap \*\*- that’s how we keep out the riff-raff! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pastense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pastense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pastense)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/331 "2013-04-21T13:17:18Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **S** unday **E** vening **P** ost - for those who start the MMP the night before rather than rise with the birds. 😃 > > I decided to cancel our cruise in October… —\> I’ll just wait and hope I can do the British Isles cruise with my mom in 2014. With all of the [cruise ship disasters of late](http://www.cruisejunkie.com/events.html), it seems to me that your rationale is not only practical and pragmatic, but **sane** , from a _survivalistic_ point of view! :eek: And if you get to missing the feeling of cruise ship luxury, just have some chocolate! Your neurotransmitters won’t know the difference between one serotonin boost or the other! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/332 "2013-04-21T13:29:35Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*flytrap \*\*- that’s how we keep out the riff-raff! 😛 A shame to cancel your cruise, FairyChat. Have you considered [Bermuda?](http://usmanhashmi.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/story-behind-bermuda-triangle/) 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/333 "2013-04-21T13:34:40Z")
\*\*pastense \*\*- Long before I took my first cruise, I vowed that I’d never go on a Carnival cruise - I hated their commercials that much! But you are wise in your chocolate recommendation! Did I say wise? I meant GENIUS!!! 😃 Unfortunately, the only chocolate in the house at the moment is a box of hot cocoa packets, and that’s not the same as Lindt truffles or any number of other yummies. I’m too tired and achy to venture forth to find some, so my serotonin levels won’t get boosted today, alas… Third load in the washer, second in the dryer, first put away. The temp is all the way up to 45°, but it’s very sunny, so I expect in a few hours, we should break 50°. Meanwhile, I’m wallowing in sloth - much as I would if I was on a cruise ship, which bring this post full circle. 😃 \*\*flytrap \*\*- we were going to go to Bermuda in October, but with me out of work and spousal unit on reduced hours, and no idea when we’ll get back to normal, I won’t spend the money - I can’t justify $2000+ going out for something as frivolous as a week of vacation. And I’m pretty sure there are no UFOs in the “Bermuda Triangle.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/334 "2013-04-21T14:21:54Z")
Good…morning? everyone ugh. up late. too much wine. Is there a Major Blurf…? Ah well, Sundays is for repentance, right? We had a load of firewood delivered yesterday for next heating season that has to be stacked off, so that will count as penance. "Tis hard work, but actually enjoyable, to me anyway. The kiddos, not so much… 😃 Happy Sunday, everyone! ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/335 "2013-04-21T14:36:26Z")
Someone with mad photoshop skillz could make a Major Blurf with the addition of a couple of gold oak leaves. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pastense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pastense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pastense)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/336 "2013-04-21T14:47:35Z")
**FairyChatMom** \<\<\\>\> Not sure that I’m genius, but I _am wise_ to **The Ways Of Chocolate**. A teaspoon of baking cocoa gets stirred into every morning’s first cup of coffee. Two things I can’t imagine living without! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/337 "2013-04-21T15:19:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I don’t care if you can buy a $40,000 Victorian house in bad shape, and you have trillium and trout lilies, it is\*\*\* too damn cold\*\*\* up there! 🙂 Flytrap! That’s not cold, it’s invigorating. You want cold you got to go to Michigan. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/338 "2013-04-21T15:33:40Z")
**Spaz** as of this post OYKW remains unroasted. As long as he behaves and acts like I’ve trained him to act he should be ok. 😃 All deheathenated Lutheran style, chikin is grilled, friggin’ good N.O.T. ready to get nukealated in a bit. Rolls ready to go in the oven as well. Everything else is ready and I am partakin’ of the obligatory Bloody Mary. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/339 "2013-04-21T15:42:30Z")
The laundry is done and it’s still under 50° out there according to my weather gadget. So I’ll have a little lunch, put on some shoes, then head out and see whether I want to get grubby or not. I just remember that Daughter is coming over for dinner tonight - I need to pull something out of the freezer. Or maybe I’ll just make some weenies. Or order pizza. We shall see how it goes… ---
**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:** [April 21, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734/340 "2013-04-21T16:03:45Z")
I found an ejookayshunul film all about our very own [**flytrap**](http://archive.org/details/CarnivorousPlants)! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spooky-furry-critter-mmp/655734.md?page=18)