# An Artsy-Fartsy Aftermath MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 11, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546 "2007-06-11T09:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/261 "2007-06-14T18:48:15Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] As far as I am concerned, if there’s any pictures, you’ll have to put out the fire first, then mop the puddle up off the floor 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s _disgusting_. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/262 "2007-06-14T18:55:33Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] That’s _disgusting_. [/QUOTE] Um… that **wasn’t** what I meant! Really :o (I was thinking “man melts into a puddle”, OK?) And _you_, young lady, have a dirtier mind than I do, which is quite an accomplishment! 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/263 "2007-06-14T18:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] As far as I am concerned, if there’s any pictures, you’ll have to put out the fire first, then mop the puddle up off the floor 😉 [/QUOTE] I don’t have a warm-n-fuzzy that he’s asking for my professional help… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/264 "2007-06-14T18:59:10Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] That’s _disgusting_. [/QUOTE] HAH! You just made my day, **'mika**. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/265 "2007-06-14T19:04:14Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] They are working on the Mobil across the street, and when I came in this morning there were a whole bunch of 21-28 YO hot young guys, shirts off in the heat, wearing those construction pants, standing around (and working.) Beautifully built and in the prime of health, muscles rippling and everything. Nice eye candy first thing this morning. [/QUOTE] I meant to say earlier… YUM! ::fans self:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/266 "2007-06-14T19:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] I don’t have a warm-n-fuzzy that he’s asking for my professional help… 😛 [/QUOTE] _I_ do the burnin’, _you_ stay professional… 😛 At least I’m sure I won’t be getting any competition from **Swampy**! (Appendages still crossed, BTW!) \*\*Haze \*\*-- if this is getting to be too much, just tell me to knock it off, OK? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/267 "2007-06-14T19:13:38Z")
Yay for **PapaTigs**! That is way cool!! Hugs to \*\*TPlay \*\* and Mrs. TPlay - be strong - you’ll get thru this. Not gonna get distracted by muscular young semi-clad studs sweating in the sun. Nope. Not me. No way. OOPS - \*\*swampy \*\* is interviewing at this very moment - guess I should stop typing and start crossing… ---
**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:** [June 14, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/268 "2007-06-14T19:29:25Z")
Appendages crossed here, too, **Swampy**. **{{Tokyo’s}}** We had a cool lunch-n-learn today. This company that manufactures fiberglass products. We maybe could use some of their stuff to lighten up our heavy-ass equipment. And there would be less welding. Might work! That’s all I got. Is it 5:00 yet? ♪♪♪ It’s five o’clock somewhere! ♪♪♪ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/269 "2007-06-14T19:31:43Z")
Hey **Some1** , I wanna change the subject a bit. One of my day dreams is to tour Israel on a bicycle, probably starting in Tel Aviv, and winding up in Eilat, but I’m flexible on the route. I could see doing a round trip if I’m missing too much stuff the other way. How feasible is it? How hard WRT laws, visas, and the like? Any cool places to visit that are not religious tourist traps? ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/270 "2007-06-14T19:42:45Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Hey **Some1** , I wanna change the subject a bit. One of my day dreams is to tour Israel on a bicycle, probably starting in Tel Aviv, and winding up in Eilat, but I’m flexible on the route. I could see doing a round trip if I’m missing too much stuff the other way. How feasible is it? [/quote] Extremely feasible, November through April or so. It’s well under 1000 miles for the round trip (Tel-Aviv -\> Northern Israel -\> Down to Eilat -\> Back to Tel Aviv,) no matter how roiundabout you try to make the route. Not so much the rest of the time (too Og-D\*\*n hot!) > [@](#): > > How hard WRT laws, visas, and the like? American? Don’t need a visa for tourism. Just show up. > [@](#): > > Any cool places to visit that are not religious tourist traps? All of Tel-Aviv at night, Some beautiful scenery and nature spots in the North and South (South is desert, so it may be an acquired taste, but IMHO there are some truly awesome places there, on par perhaps with the Grand Canyon and such) Many not-strictly-religious but very interesting historical sites. And there are **so many** religious sites, even they can’t all be made into tourist traps! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/271 "2007-06-14T19:52:10Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] Gorillas for sale [Magilla Gorilla](http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/magilla.htm) For sale! Won’t you Buy him Take him home and try him… [/QUOTE] Have you seen the Boomerang Channel? It’s Cartoon Network’s little brother or something. They’ve got a video set to this song, and play it sometimes. Of course, since that I’ve posted this _without_ checking the rest of the MMP from **gt** ’s post, someone will have mentioned it already. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/272 "2007-06-14T19:55:21Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] \*\*Haze \*\*-- if this is getting to be too much, just tell me to knock it off, OK? [/QUOTE] Pffft. My friends have the most inappropriate senses of humor you’ll ever come across. I have yet to meet my “too much” threshold. 😉 I just combed through my entire house looking for an envelope with $100 in it - at least, I think it had $100. I wanted to look into it to make sure, but I can’t find it. I’m thinking that maybe my mom threw it out while she was here - and if she did, I’m pretty sure that it was empty, because she’s quite careful about such things. Still, it’s nagging me. Okay, am getting mind of the gutter and scuttling off to work. Have a lovely afternoon/evening! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/273 "2007-06-14T20:01:23Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Pffft. My friends have the most inappropriate senses of humor you’ll ever come across. I have yet to meet my “too much” threshold. 😉 [/quote] Is that a dare? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/274 "2007-06-14T20:05:45Z")
MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! …Can I do next week’s MMP? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/275 "2007-06-14T20:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Is that a dare? 😉 [/QUOTE] I’d consider it a challenge. But then again, I’ve been to too many “Team Building” workshops in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/276 "2007-06-14T20:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] inappropriate senses of humor… you’ll ever come across. [/QUOTE] I can still win this hands down, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/277 "2007-06-14T20:14:47Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I can still win this hands down, you know. [/QUOTE] Actually, I think this contest calls for hands to be slightly more… involved 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/278 "2007-06-14T20:15:16Z")
Been too damn busy round the office to properly catch up, but I just had a freaky thing happen. So I answer the phone as is my wont (and part of my job description) and the following conversation (approximately) takes place: Woman: "Hi, this is [woman’s name] from the Trillium Health Center… Me: [scribbling down name and company, as I like to keep a log of my calls] Woman: "…and I’m calling on behalf of your father Mr. [somethingorother; it didn’t immediately register] to do a follow up prior to his being discharged from the hospital. Me: [temporarily stunned, thinking _Hospital? Discharged? Dad? The hell? When was he in the hospital?_. Once my brain kicks into gear, I think, maybe she’s got the wrong number. I mean, this is a place of business, so I say, "Um, you’ve called Place Where I Work. Woman: “Yes, your dad gave us your name and this number as a reference to call.” Me: “Um. I didn’t even know my dad was _in_ the hospital.” Woman: “Is this Mindfield?” Me: “Yes, it is.” [I’m getting a little freaked at this point, though I can’t figure out what he’d be doing at Trillium when he lives one city over and has tons of other hospitals he could’ve gone to.] Woman: “And your father is Mr. Loit?” Me: “Um, no. Mr. Lastname.” Woman: “Really? Not Mr. Loit?” Me: “No, definitely not.” Woman: “And this is (905) 555-5555?” Me: “Yes, that’s right.” Woman: “Well, this is very weird. He gave us your name and this number to call.” Me: “You’re telling me! Definitely not my dad though.” Woman: “Can I just ask you to verify your home number?” Me: “(905) 555-6666.” Woman: “Well, that’s not the same. I am very sorry if I alarmed you about this!” Me: “That’s okay, I’m just glad it _isn’t_ my dad.” It was a bit surreal. They had my correct first name, and the correct company name and phone number, but nothing else matched. I admit I was a tad shaken at the mention of my father being in the hospital, but talk of him being discharged when I had no idea he’d even been admitted just confused me. I had that scare once about 12 years ago, except it was him, so that’s why I got a bit freaked. Whew. Okay, back to the grind. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/279 "2007-06-14T20:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! MOM! …Can I do next week’s MMP? [/QUOTE] Now, dear, you have to wait for the **bear’s** crickets. (But I figure you’re a shoe-in.) 🙂 **tp** , sounds like you are in a lot of pain. Don’t be macho…take the meds. Sometimes life hands you shite and it’s necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546/280 "2007-06-14T20:25:18Z")
**Mindfield** , that’s scary, but it’s probably good karma for you dad! **Swampy** – how’d it go, dude? Can appendages be uncrossed yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-artsy-fartsy-aftermath-mmp/407546.md?page=15)