# Awarding the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 1, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822 "2016-02-01T07:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/181 "2016-02-05T15:05:08Z")
{{{ **Gotti & DH** }}}. Does the long stay mean they’re trying stem cell treatment? Kidlet 2 is off to school. He is grumpy because a disagreement over dodge ball means he can’t go to lunch off campus (with a teacher) today. I have asked the school, again, why they let the kids play dodgeball. Kid 1 was up until 2am finishing her makeup work from being sick. She is barely awake and still hiding in bed. I will have to chase her off to school in a few minutes. We all “have to” work from home to avoid Super Bowl traffic today. Shucky-darn says I. 😃 I’s tahred. A nap may be in order at some point. Happy Firday all! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/182 "2016-02-05T15:05:32Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > 20-30 hours of OT will buy a lot of hockey. 😃 Or one beer at the arena. 😉 I always have this great mental conflict at Consol ---- they have fine beer but it is also the only place I know of anywhere near here with RC Cola on tap. Now as you well know I do indeed love my beer but --------- WE’RE TALKING RC!!! So usually I leave there ashamedly sober. :smack: Prayers and hugs out for **gotti** and **DH** -------- **gotti** , I’ve hated my longer hospital stays and all that test and treat crap but I always look at it this way; its allowed me to stay around and active and being a pain to all those who don’t like me very much. Hang in there and we’ll keep everything possible crossed. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/183 "2016-02-05T18:31:16Z")
**gotti** , hugs to you and DH. A tablet or laptop, grown up coloring book, colored pencils and/or markers pass the time between tests and naps in a hospital bed. **Lily** , I’m with you on the bras. I’ll go commando with drawers before I’ll buy a cheap bra again. 😛 **sari** , your dog could be having a weird dream and when you touch him, he becomes awake. TGIF! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/184 "2016-02-05T19:11:06Z")
**BLURF** Long draggy day. Weather by Sybil in the Keys today. Was in the 80’s yesterday and today down to the low 60’s with gale force winds. I guess it’s going to stay cool for a few days. TGIF though. I am with the other ladies that there is nothing worse than an uncomfortable bra. Even a comfortable one is the first thing I shed when I get home everyday. I feel kind of bad for my boss. There is a Kid’s Fun Day scheduled out in the field for tomorrow. A carnival is coming and other activities and the weather powers that be are calling for 70% rain in the day and 90% tomorrow night. We will have to pay over 10K either way. I did not volunteer to help out nor was I asked and I am glad. I need my two days of sloth. It has been an especially hard week for me. I am going to happy hour with one of my employee’s this afternoon and hope I can get some raw oysters as I have a craving. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/185 "2016-02-05T19:17:23Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > **MetalMouse** , I had a phone I called Linda Blair, very weird phone. AT&T phone so I took the sim card out and loaned it to a friend. He gave it back the next day, it freaked him out. It had a way of turning itself on and off at random. Then I loaned it to another friend. She and her husband were driving along and wondered what the noise was. They had put the phone in the glove box and forgotten about it. It had been in there for weeks, the battery should have been dead, but it all of a sudden came on and the alarm was going off. They pulled over and dumped it in the nearest trash can. > Fine by me, I didn’t want the damn thing back. :eek::eek::eek: THEY are taking over!!! _Looks for my tinfoil hat_ > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Break time! What a morning it’s been! I drove in thru snow - enough to make the road slushy, and enough slush that a passing car threw it on my windshield and temporarily blinded me. I’ve been busy, so time has been moving. Yay! God, I used to hate that, especially if it was a truck because I knew exactly what was coming and there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it. > [@missred](#): > > **Lily** , I’m with you on the bras. I’ll go commando with drawers before I’ll buy a cheap bra again. 😛 _Note to self; never ask women about buying bras…it apparently drives them temporarily insane…_🆒 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/186 "2016-02-05T21:00:22Z")
Howdy Y’all! Irk has been survived. Let the weekend begin! YAY! When OYKW gets here we are headed to the good local (as in not a chain) [del]hog trough[/del] country cookin’ buffet. They have nummy fried chikin which OYKW has a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for, and also, since ‘tis Firday, they have catfish filets, which I lurve. Plus, they have real nummy hush puppies. We shall be stuffded, but, hey, he’s buyin’, so I’m eatin’. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/187 "2016-02-05T21:05:48Z")
Holy crap on a cracker, was in insane in WalMart!! Lucky for me, I had only 17 items, so I could get in the express lane. Unlucky for me, one of the windshield washer fluid bottles I picked up wasn’t sealed and it spilled in my trunk - about half the jug leaked. Dammit. \*\*FCD \*\*is in bed - from the looks of things, he hasn’t been drinking anything today, which displeases me. We shall have words when he gets up. Then I’ll need to figure out supper. I want shrimps - we’ll see what he thinks about that. TGIF!! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/188 "2016-02-05T21:06:32Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > temporarily 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Calla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Calla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calla)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/189 "2016-02-05T21:30:32Z")
My stylist is sick and had to cancel my hair appointment. Again. I am super disappointed, probably more than is appropriate. After yesterday’s crapfest of a day though, I was really looking forward to having a cut and color. Sigh! Oh well, I still have my pretty new bras. My hair may be looking rough, but at least the girls are presenting well. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/190 "2016-02-05T21:59:00Z")
Home from getting groceries. It’s messy out back, so I’m still parking in the front. I caught that **Flytrap** :mad: One nice thing about working from home is I don’t have to wear a bra. \*\*Red \*\* you may be right, maybe he was having a dream. I need a nap but I have to irk at 6, so not much sense in it. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/191 "2016-02-05T22:05:07Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*is up and showered. He said he slept most of the day. I saw a little bit of blood on his dressing, but I don’t think it’s enough to worry about. Tomorrow when I change the dressing, I can take a look at the area. He’s asked for soup tonight, which is easy. I found a lone tuna steak and the last of a bag of sweet N.O.T. fries, so I’ll have that. And maybe some fruit. Speaking of fruit, I’m going to make a peach french toast casserole for breakfast. Gotta build that tonight. Laundry tomorrow. I may even get to hang some of it out. We shall see. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/192 "2016-02-05T22:33:05Z")
Back from the [del]hog trough[/del] buffet. Traffic was surprisingly light for a Firday late afternoon. We managed to get there before the throngs started to descend so that was a break. There was all fresh stuff on the buffet as well. OYKW gnawed through the fried chikin and I gnawed through the catfish fillets, so we are both well fed. Plus, peach cobbler with ice cream for dessert! Life is good. OYKW is about to prepare himself a soak in the tub and I am in chill mode. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/193 "2016-02-05T23:20:45Z")
Supper was meh. We’re in chill mode. I expect an early night. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/194 "2016-02-05T23:57:07Z")
Logging off. \*\*\* MWAH!\*\*\* ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/195 "2016-02-06T00:33:55Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I caught that **Flytrap** :mad: Moi? :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/196 "2016-02-06T00:51:36Z")
So my “short” day turned out to be 9 hours. But a dog walk, a bathroom cleaning, and a nap later, I’m ready to watch hockey. 😃 > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > One nice thing about working from home is I don’t have to wear a bra. Pfft. I work in public, and I never wear a bra. **Ruble** , well if you have a DD, and the day off after, Carson Street can fix that conundrum. 😃 **Flytrap** , remarks like that are why you end up with **Mrs. Flytrap 7.0** , before it’s all said and done.:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/197 "2016-02-06T01:20:52Z")
No big plans for tomorrow. More importantly no funerals this weekend. YAY! We may or may not go out for N.O.L. It’s all willy-nilly! For now, however, 'tis time to retire unto the boudoir to watch teevee etc, until sleepy time. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/198 "2016-02-06T02:02:55Z")
Had bloody Mary’s and oysters and clams at happy hour. Came home and had another Bloody Mary and just finished an egg and cheese sandwich. I am all ready sleepified at 9pm on a Firday night. I am calling it a night soon. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/199 "2016-02-06T03:24:18Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > **Flytrap** , remarks like that are why you end up with **Mrs. Flytrap 7.0** , before it’s all said and done.:rolleyes: Check out my Facebook page, dogbutt. We just missed 25 years for various reasons. :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822/200 "2016-02-06T06:55:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 😕 > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I caught that **Flytrap** :mad: Friends – we are gathered together to mourn the passing of **carnivorousplant**. He was a fine man — he was a respected man – OK – he was a man. As far as we know. But we will miss him. Maybe. It’s hard to say really. 😃 > [@dogbutler](#): > > **Ruble** , well if you have a DD, and the day off after, Carson Street can fix that conundrum. 😃 I actually paced myself one per hour. It was a nice get together after a slightly strange week where there was nothing really standard about what we call Standard Work. It was enough of one of those weeks that two of the bosses joined us. It was more laughing than a beer and bitch and was really fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awarding-the-mmp/744822.md?page=11)