# A time-traveling, hijacked MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 19, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613 "2009-04-19T11:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/21 "2009-04-19T20:39:59Z")
Draelin – was it a rechargeable battery or disposable? What you described should never happen. Who manufactured the product? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/22 "2009-04-19T20:53:41Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Draelin – was it a rechargeable battery or disposable? What you described should never happen. You’re telling me! > [@](#): > > Who manufactured the product? Disposable battery, Rayovac, only installed about a week ago. As for who made the apparatus, I honestly couldn’t tell you, and I’ve removed the Object of my Mortification out of the house. I would lay the blame there, though. It was old, and I had already decided to replace it when I had the cash. Now I kinda _have_ to. I’m not looking to sue anyone–because really, how to I tell my grandma about my upcoming civil case? How I I take days off to visit my lawyer? 🙂 **Swampy** , I called TMI on myself before I even typed it _and_ I used spoiler tags. If you know about it, it is now officially your own fault. 😛 **Bobbio** , glad to hear AmEx didn’t just put the charge through. Sometimes I’m glad for those credit card fraud detection departments. Except when they decide a day trip to Pennsylvania couldn’t _possibly_ have been me using my own card fifty miles from my house and cut it off without telling me first. **gt** , life in the Bell Tower is the same as always. Oooh! I wasn’t around last summer to tell you guys the great Saga of how we got hit by lightning (the building, not the people) and how we spent four hours out in a pouring thunderstorm while the firemen put the house out. There was no damage to my unit, but I was in the tower at the time and was probably no more than thirty feet away from the spot on the roof where it hit. Of course, I was too busy screaming, running out of my room, saying “Holy %&#\*, did you hear that?” to Roomie and then lamenting the non-surge-protection of our Wii to notice the building was on fire until a fireman knocked on our door. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/23 "2009-04-19T21:18:57Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > It was old, and I had already decided to replace it when I had the cash. Now I kinda _have_ to. Rode hard, and put away wet? 😛 ---
**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 19, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/24 "2009-04-19T22:50:43Z")
I have been useful. Da cave has been dusted and vacuumed and the bathroom and kitchen cleaned to a level of sanitary. I had popcorn for dindin. Maybe I need some strawberry ice cream for dessert. What? Corn is a veggie and strawberries are a fruit. That means it’s healthy. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/25 "2009-04-19T23:15:00Z")
Welcome back, **Drae**! Tis good to hear from you again, although :eek: at what happened … and a chuckle after things returned to normal. What a bizarre thing to have happen, though! I’m laying about waiting for “Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency” to come on - it’s a good show, on HBO though, if anyone is interested. 🙂 **Soapy** lighting a candle for the Holocaust victims. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/26 "2009-04-19T23:22:49Z")
The fire sounds interesting… I made dinner AND cleaned up the dishes after AND made brownies, which are in the oven as we speak (type?). What do I get? I stripped more off the front porch swing, but it was so cold and damp outside, I gave up. I also went to a wake today. 57 year old man, thin, in shape–at the health club several times/week; vegetarian. Massive heart attack. He leaves a widow and 2 girls: one out of grad school and working in DC and the other a sophomore in college. ☹ Back to the salt mines in the morning. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/27 "2009-04-19T23:24:56Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Rode hard, and put away wet? 😛 Oh, **Bobbio** - I love you. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 20, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/28 "2009-04-20T00:34:26Z")
Sorry for your friend, **rigs**. **Bobbio** , you are a bad, bad man. 😃 :eek: on the fire, too, **Drae**. I pulled approximately one million dandelions from the lawn and the driveway. Also a bunch of thistles and some other weeds that were blooming. Then I walked to the grocery store to get the rest of my food for the week. Still need to get onions, it turns out, though. Now I have my candle lit and I’m knitting for a bit and winding down for the weekend. Don’t know if I’ll be back before tomorrow… GT ---
**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 20, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/29 "2009-04-20T08:47:55Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ here. 'Tis Monday, sigh. It’s warm out. Feels stormy warm. Wonder what the day will bring. Ok, that’s all I got. Time for more caffiene, brekkies and work purtification. Later Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/30 "2009-04-20T10:15:21Z")
Up and caffeinating here too … had half a bagel as well, yum. 🙂 And it’s off to work. Happy Monday to all. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/31 "2009-04-20T10:54:03Z")
Hai everybody. Back to work today. Not sure if I got any sleep last night (or any of the past few nights, for that matter), so it may not be pleasant. In other, better, news… I had a knitting class yesterday and I think I’ve got the hang of it at last. I need to learn to knit a little less tight, but by George, I’ve got it! I’ll have to post pix of my hat once it’s finished… it’ll be a bit uneven and wobbly, but I’ll wear it with pride. **Draelin** , that is some truly awesome cross-stitch. I’m still giggling over the humping bunnies. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/32 "2009-04-20T11:25:51Z")
Morning. Thanks to all who read and commented in my other thread. I decided they should have baskets of puppies to play with as you leave the ceremony. And bubbles. Man, I didn’t go to sleep for hours, decompressing. I like dandelions. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/33 "2009-04-20T11:31:30Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Oh, **Bobbio** - I love you. 🙂 > [@gardentraveler](#): > > Bobbio, you are a bad, bad man. 😃 Apparently, I have a fan club. Blurf, y’all. Stormy Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/34 "2009-04-20T11:52:13Z")
Good morning. Frickin’ Monday. Fie on you, Monday! Fie! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/35 "2009-04-20T12:01:47Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I like dandelions. You can have mine. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/36 "2009-04-20T12:38:43Z")
**rigs** , I’m sorry about your friend. **Drae** , there aren’t enough :eek!: in the world. We have sort of important news. To us, at least. Nat’s going to have a sibling to fight with come December. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/37 "2009-04-20T12:39:39Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > **rigs** , I’m sorry about your friend. > > **Drae** , there aren’t enough :eek!: in the world. > > We have sort of important news. To us, at least. Nat’s going to have a sibling to fight with come December. LiLi!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/38 "2009-04-20T12:44:28Z")
Yay for Nat-sib! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/39 "2009-04-20T12:54:09Z")
Woo hoo, congrats to **LiLi** , **Mr.Lissar** and to **Nat** - sibling! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613/40 "2009-04-20T12:56:28Z")
Congrats, **LiLi**!! (And I’m totally ashamed to admit that I apparently missed Baby #1 while I was gone, so congrats on that, too!) **Mahna,** the humping bunnies took me _forever_ to plot correctly. However, the clowns brandishing battle axes for another piece went much quicker. 🙂 I’m cheating from work. I shouldn’t be here. But I hate Monday and this is my reward. Or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-traveling-hijacked-mmp/493613.md?page=3)