# Come on in, the water's warMMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675 "2018-01-01T05:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/81 "2018-01-03T12:29:45Z")
Back at irk, I had a list of “things boss wants me to do” waiting. Out of ten things, two were already done and seven depend on other people who happen to be on vacation. I’m now busy verifying that the positioning of my navel has not varied noticeably since last year. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/82 "2018-01-03T14:00:48Z")
It’s 13 above zero today. A veritable heat wave. I went to bed at 7pm yesterday and woke up wide awake at 3am. Made a cup of tea (gingerbread decaf) and fell back asleep on the couch. Ursula Kitteh decided thaat would be a good time to play with String. _sigh_ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/83 "2018-01-03T14:09:31Z")
Groceries have been procured and put away in the various places they live until consumed. Chikin pieces are boilin’ for chikin 'n dumplin’s. First load is in the washer. Go Me! **WetOne** when the urge to play with string is upon one, one can only play with string. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/84 "2018-01-03T14:58:30Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Just what are you trying to imply? :mad: > > Just remember I’m the guy who not only jumped into the ocean yesterday but then made snow angels on the beach afterwards. I’m **not** having a mental breakdown, I’m nucking futz! 🆒 You tell him **Snookums**! > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Futz, certainly. > I’ll wager that no one has ever called you “Snookums”, either. > :rolleyes: 😛 Other than annoying **Flytrap** I’m doing some laundry and trying to clean a little from 5 days of us both being sick at the same time. We both can get a little untidy when we’re really sick. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/85 "2018-01-03T15:51:06Z")
I managed to stay awake for most of a 90-minute staff meeting that really didn’t much apply to me since I don’t do work orders or purchase parts. What I did learn is that we’ve got a metric buttload of work this year! Gonna be busy! ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/86 "2018-01-03T16:25:50Z")
Busy is usually good, from an employment perspective, as long as it isn’t crazy making. Last night, for poorly understood reasons, I did not sleep well. Too hot, too cold, not dark enough. Sleep is weird. It takes 3 of us to get Pooka bear up the stairs now. He’s not happy unless he’s upstairs. His den/sleeping spot is upstairs. His vet is really ticking me off. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/87 "2018-01-03T17:00:42Z")
Why is it that when it’s a weekend, a holiday, or a vacation day, I wake up at six or six-thirty, and when I need to get up so I can log onto work at 0630, I can’t seem to wake up? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/88 "2018-01-03T17:03:10Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **WetOne** when the urge to play with string is upon one, one can only play with string. That’s String with a capital S. String is its own entity. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/89 "2018-01-03T17:06:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Why is it that when it’s a weekend, a holiday, or a vacation day, I wake up at six or six-thirty, and when I need to get up so I can log onto work at 0630, I can’t seem to wake up? Because the gods of sleep like to screw around with us. The bastards… ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/90 "2018-01-03T17:34:50Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > 8 PM and I am already abed. We are trying to get the cat in before we retire for the night. She has learned to somehow peck on the bedroom window. She has also been earning her keep of late bringing us very big rats. She doesn’t eat them just brings them. The last couple were so big she had to leave them downstairs. Believe me there are still plenty of hurricane junk piles. The rats are in heaven. Good Kitty. > > Feel better \*\*WetOne and Sari and son and all the sickies \*\*! > > Cat is in now. I think hubs is getting sick. Son is finally feeling better, I am really sick. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/91 "2018-01-03T17:46:30Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > We both can get a little untidy when we’re really sick. I can get untidy even when I’m well. :o > [@peedin](#): > > That’s String with a capital S. String is its own entity. Is that your, ahem, theory? It was 3° when I went out this morning. In related news, I must be a healthy puppy as my nose was cold. I borrowed **Bobbio** ’s [del]poison pen[/del] voice; tried to make a complaint to town codes dept about a neighbor; she not only knew the name of the resident from the address but she looked at the code occifer & said, “Will you go out there, _again_.” Don’t know why they were there before, but it sounds like this is for different reason **s** - yes, plural. **Mooommm** , how is said missing Mumper? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/92 "2018-01-03T17:53:53Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Because the gods of sleep like to screw around with us. The bastards… Do not taunt Morpheus. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/93 "2018-01-03T19:12:26Z")
That’s prolly where morphine got its name. :rolleyes: They gave me morphine n the horsepistol once. I loved it. It was the first time in a lot of years nothing hurt! 🆒 Sorry I missed OYKW’s birthday. Hope it was a good’n. All y’all sickies, stop that! Not much going on in Bumbaville. Wifey is getting better day by day. We’re both addicted to Wordscape now. Later ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/94 "2018-01-03T19:49:42Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > **Mooommm** , how is said missing Mumper? Last time I saw him a few weeks back, he was upright and mobile. No idea why he deserted us. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/95 "2018-01-03T20:17:50Z")
We are being threatened with 1-3" of snow overnight. Dammit. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/96 "2018-01-03T21:11:57Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Last time I saw him a few weeks back, he was upright and mobile. No idea why he deserted us. I thought we had an idea, back at the time. All forgotten now. Please let him know we miss him and to please come home before the spiders with boots or spears or whatever that was coming looking for him. I am medicated on schedule today, so I am not in crazy pain. This is good, so I will play video games. This is about my speed today. Heh. 😛 ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/97 "2018-01-03T22:42:58Z")
Supper was rotissed chickie, instant smashed N.O.T.s, and broccoli. Tin Roof Sundae later. Time to batten down the hatches before the snow… ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/98 "2018-01-03T23:17:35Z")
Chikin ‘n dumplin’s hit the spot on a cold day. There was snow east of us today! Ok, maybe an inch but still snow in south Jawja. Nuttin’ here however except cold. As I always say re snow, better thee than me. The “NO SNOW” signs earned their keep today. **{{{Sari}}}** hope you feel better soonest. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/99 "2018-01-03T23:58:57Z")
I will sing the song of my people: I don’t want to go to work tomorrow. _incoherent singing and wailing_ _drum banging_ ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675/100 "2018-01-04T00:20:52Z")
What **doggio**? No french toast fixins or TP? :eek: **sunny** , have y’all considered one of those stair chairs for Pooka? We had a veritable heat wave this morning. When I took Nelson out, it was 16F. It actually almost got above freezing today too. I’ll be glad when this hellish cold stuff goes away. In local news, the big house in Nashville lost heat NYD and still doesn’t have it fully functional. [Tennessee's Riverbend prison loses... | WCYB](http://www.wcyb.com/news/tennessee/tennessees-riverbend-prison-loses-heat-in-boiler-malfunction/680548016) A local church is taking donations of blankets that will be inspected for contraband by COs so that the prisoners can try to stay warm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-in-the-waters-warmmp/805675.md?page=6)