# A Substitute fun MMP(now elbow free!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 22, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474 "2012-10-22T01:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/281 "2012-10-26T18:18:21Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > And people wonder why I drink. Obviously not to forget. šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/282 "2012-10-26T19:12:28Z")
I have become extremely crabby. Itā€™s irrational to yell at your best friend because she canā€™t spell another friendā€™s name correctly. Right? (Caroline vs. Carolyn) I did not yell. But, honestly weā€™ve all known each other for almost 20 years now. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/283 "2012-10-26T19:21:29Z")
Rationality doesnā€™t enter into. Available resources to maintain an even keel do. Youā€™ve been under tons of stress, depleting your resources. Apologize to your bud and give yourself a break. {{{ **Scones** }}} ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/284 "2012-10-26T19:36:32Z")
Thank you **phoukaroo**. I didnā€™t yell at her, though. I didnā€™t say anything at all about it because I knew it was a silly thing to be upset about. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/285 "2012-10-26T19:42:55Z")
:eek: Sandy is going to collide with a cold front coming in from the Midwest and make SNOW!!! :eek: ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/286 "2012-10-26T19:48:30Z")
You know that thing about brownies? Well, there are two different stories that Iā€™ve found concerning who was the first to make them. One of the stories is about a woman named [Bertha Palmer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Palmer). This is the story I ended up going with because she is a very interesting lady. She was married to Potter Palmer who built the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago (the supposed makers of the first brownies). She did all kinds of things to promote womenā€™s rights. She was also a a diplomat, philanthropist, and real estate tycoon after her husband passed away. The [Palmer House Hotel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palmer_House_Hilton) was built and then destroyed 13 days after its grand opening and then rebuilt and opened two years later and then rebuilt again after that. Itā€™s the nationā€™s oldest hotel thatā€™s been in continual operation since 1875. And the pictures look absolutely beautiful. The restorations which started in 2007 were $170 million dollars. I could go on and bore you some more about her and the hotel, but I wonā€™t. šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/287 "2012-10-26T19:56:13Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Itā€™s irrational to yell at your best friend because she canā€™t spell another friendā€™s name correctly. Right? (Caroline vs. Carolyn) > > I did not yell. But, honestly weā€™ve all known each other for almost 20 years now. My daughter is 27. My sister still spells her name wrong, using the less-popular alternate spelling. What 'cha gonna do?? Home, but not for long. Weā€™re going to the Fall Festival fund raiser at Daughterā€™s school. Weā€™ll eat supper there - itā€™s part of the fund raiser and the school is in a poor part of the county, so our coupla bucks can make a difference. Plus I donā€™t have to cook, so yay! šŸ˜ƒ Three days in a row, we came home to voice mail - all regarding the impending elections. I will be soooooooooo glad when all the campaigning is done - have I mentioned that in the last 5 minutes?? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/288 "2012-10-26T20:40:21Z")
Work is swapping out all our cell phones. So, I got a new phone. Which I donā€™t want. Because I can barely keep my own personal cell phone charged up and on my body. But eventually (in November), Iā€™m going to be on call again. Hell. Spite. Grrrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/289 "2012-10-26T20:57:16Z")
people at irk not being much of a help. I told them I didnā€™t know how to do the cost analysis and they took all day, so I went a head and tried it myself because the client requesting it needed it before EOD, and then irk calls them and lets them know that there is a problem doing the analysis and now I look stupid because I did it and already returned it to them. Why did irk call MY client without telling me, and this was after they took all day not to do what I asked them to do in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/290 "2012-10-26T21:04:46Z")
Oops, late for the happy burfdying: Happy Birthday Rebo!! Spent most of the day defilthifiying the house, and doing silly errands Iā€™ve been putting off, the parents are coming for the weekend, so I have to pretend to be a responsible adult for a few days. Theyā€™re due any time from now (itā€™s a long drive anyway, but traffic at ye Great Bottleneck of Birmingham can delay it for anything up to 4 hours), and Iā€™ve suddenly realised I have only a teeny tiny bit of milk left- and I bet if I went to the shop, theyā€™d show up while Iā€™m not there (both are luddites, and donā€™t really use mobile phones), and it does seem ill mannered to leave them on the doorstep after a 5 hour drive. Hope they make it before the shop shuts, or Iā€™ll have a choice between driving to the 24 hour supermarket, which I donā€™t really like doing late on friday night, or having no milk in the cawfee, which I really donā€™t like doing. Such a terrible dilemma. Was going to do some more felting while I was waiting around, but broke the felting needle Iā€™ve been using for weeks- so I got my last spare needle out and it just snapped in minutes. Bah. Had to stop mid-frog. Anyways, happy weekend, hope the naughty weather stays away! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/291 "2012-10-26T21:12:37Z")
And that **Apes** is why it is called, most appropriately, irk. Pizza has been ingested along with a couple of refreshinā€™, sanity restorinā€™ beerverages. All is good. **StickyBuns** you mean no Hamburger Helper and Mrs. Oā€™Learyā€™s cow? šŸ˜ƒ **flytrap** indeed I do not drink to forget. I want to remember. I want to remember for the day I assume my rightful place as Emporer of The Universe. I want to remember those who have peeved, irked, poed and generally caused unpleasantness to come into my life. They shall answer for their misdeeds. Oh yeah, they shall answer. I shall then inflict painful paper cuts upon them and offer them lemon juice to cleanse their wounds. Maybe I need another beerverage instead. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/292 "2012-10-26T21:54:46Z")
A joke, because I desire to tell it. Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely. After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, ā€˜I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!ā€™ ā€˜IMPOSSIBLE !ā€™ said the groom broom. Are you ready for this? Brace yourself; this is going to hurt!!! WE HAVENā€™T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER! šŸ˜ƒ Thank You! Iā€™ll be here all week! Tip the veal! Try the waitstaff! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/293 "2012-10-26T22:59:18Z")
Bad **swampy**! No biscuit! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/294 "2012-10-27T00:11:37Z")
_BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! BAAAAAAAD!!!_šŸ˜› Home from the fall festival, which was cute. We got to see daughterā€™s classroom, which looks really nice - she did a good job setting up this year. Then we went to Steamerā€™s for supper and now weā€™re home. Long day and Iā€™s tahred. I think it might be a melatonin night. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/295 "2012-10-27T00:39:11Z")
Yay, got paid for the first time for my new job today. So, it is possible, and the auto-deposit does work. Now to find out how much each paycheck is supposed to be, and when theyā€™re supposed to get deposited. But still. Paid. Now I can buy me more insulin & food & gas while I wait for the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/296 "2012-10-27T01:05:39Z")
Congrats,\*\* Ethilrist\*\*!! šŸ˜ƒ Today has been completely blurf. But while MrTao was in Mexicali last night for a bachelor party, he saw gas there came out to 2.80 a gallon. :eek: Almost worth the border wait time, lol. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/297 "2012-10-27T10:30:05Z")
Good Morninā€™ Yā€™all! Up and caffienatinā€™. _YAWN_ ā€˜Tis 62 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 79. Accordinā€™ to the weather PTB next week we shall have lows in the 40s. Well, BRRRRRR! Speakinā€™ of weather, Mumpers in the path of the storm, be safe! Yay for payday **Ethi**! Yestiddy was my payday too. I likes payday. Ok, now I need more caffiene and should feed rumbly tummy. Todayā€™s agenda includes mowage of OYKWā€™s yahd cause it needs it bad. Fun times! Happy Sattidy Yā€™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:** [October 27, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/298 "2012-10-27T10:57:11Z")
Happy Caturday, folks! Temperatures over here have dropped considerably since mid-week and I am contemplating putting the winter-weight duvet on the bed. Iā€™m only contemplating because I canā€™t take the other duvet off until Shadow has finished with it. Well, you canā€™t disturb a sleeping cat, can you? I have a few errands to do it town this afternoon and then Iā€™m getting my hair cut. Iā€™ve been looking forward to that all week and once itā€™s done Iā€™ll be able to see properly again! I have a plan to make beef and butternut lasagne tonight from a Fat Club recipe so I kind of donā€™t hold out much hope for it because itā€™s one of their low-fat recipes but Iā€™ll see how it turns out. I might be pleasantly surprised. Since I went to bed late last night and slept in this morning, I have skipped brekkie. Thus I am considering a large bowl of porridge to start my afternoon before I have to venture outside in the cold. Thereā€™s nothing wrong with having breakfast for **N.o.L** , right? I watched ā€œBattleshipā€ last night, it wasnā€™t too bad and I was amused at the old battleship game idea plus the cross between Transformers and Power Rangers! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/299 "2012-10-27T11:08:56Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > Happy Caturday, folks! Temperatures over here have dropped considerably since mid-week and I am contemplating putting the winter-weight duvet on the bed. Iā€™m only contemplating because I canā€™t take the other duvet off until Shadow has finished with it. Well, you canā€™t disturb a sleeping cat, can you? Not unless you like being covered in scratches. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474/300 "2012-10-27T11:09:11Z")
**BooFae** of course thereā€™s nuttinā€™ wrong with it. Itā€™s called brunch. šŸ˜ƒ I am considerinā€™ goinā€™ back to bed for a bit. Or not. Decisions! Decisions! Decisions! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-substitute-fun-mmp-now-elbow-free/638474.md?page=16)