# Conversations with kids - a thoughtful, giggle-induced (and highly parenthetical) MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913 "2009-08-10T10:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/61 "2009-08-11T13:26:30Z")
car made noises - so I took it to the mechanic’s - power steering hose clamp unclamped and leaked all over the place - I need a new pump today - I’ma take a nap until he calls ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/62 "2009-08-11T13:36:17Z")
Happy Birthday, Dotty! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/63 "2009-08-11T14:07:56Z")
**Happy Birthday, Dotty!** I hate to tell you this, **Soapy** , but your husband may be heading in to hot weather. We’re getting our first week of really hot summer weather after a very cool summer - highs may be in the 90s Wed-Fri this week. Not sure about Rochester, but that’s what the Twin Cities is expecting anyway. Which should help my grape tomatoes to ripen, but I’m with **FCM** on preferring fall weather. Hopefully a week or so of this and we’ll just head straight into fall. Although on the good side of the hot weather, I’m having a couple work friends over for a pool party on Friday so hot weather would be good for that. We had grilled pork tenderloin last night. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/64 "2009-08-11T14:11:33Z")
My work laptop had a melt down on yesterday and wouldn’t let me log to the work network. The Help(Less) desk couldn’t figure it out and neither could the local support guy. It was however interesting to to listen to the Help(less) desk yelling at the local support guy while he quietly cursed at them in French because she had re-added me to the network couldn’t understand why I still could not log on. She was following a script and he was deviating from it. 🙂 They finally gave up and re-imaged my laptop so I didn’t get it back til 10.30 today so I have been scrambling to try to get done what I needed to get done yesterday before I leave on vacation This time tomorrow I will be at the airport drink in hand and in the interests of keeping you all informed 2 more sleeps til HubbyTime!:D:D:D Happy B’day **dotty** Sorry for the expensive car repairs **rosie & bobbio** Hi **snow bunny**! etc etc etc ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/65 "2009-08-11T15:22:16Z")
Hey, **SnowBunny** , good to see you, and tell **MaMaTigs** that she is sorely missed in the MMP. Good to see you too, **kaiwik** , please come back and fill us in on what’s been happening with you. Many hugs to you, too! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/66 "2009-08-11T15:38:32Z")
Happy Birthday **dotty**!!! **mmmmm** , hope the days go fast. I’m off today, so I’m just gonna recover from my vacation. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/67 "2009-08-11T15:40:38Z")
> [@Blisters](#): > > So…this is probably a silly question, but I’ll ask anyway. This thread is kinda all over the map. Talking about the kiddos, but also chatting about…life, laundry, love, loss. > > Why is that? I don’t see it on other threads, that I can think of anyway… This is the one thread in all of Doperdom that can’t be hijacked. Think of it as being like to the mini rants in The Pit, but more for the mundane things in life. Or, as **FCMom** would say, “Keeping MPSIMS tidy because we’re nice, dammit.” ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/68 "2009-08-11T16:27:33Z")
Happy Birthday Dotty! I stayed up late last night watching bad movies, so I slept in today. \*\*Pale Bunny! \*\* It’s good to see you again! It’s nice and quiet right now. The kids are sleeping and hubby is off at work. My mother is supposed to come over tonight. Frankly, I’m not looking forward to it. All she does is complain about her docs, her health and her job. I understand the need to vent, but I don’t find it necessary to spend the whole time you’re with someone bitching and moaning. Ugh…I love her, but I find it difficult to be around her. It’s raining. It started raining yesterday and I’m glad. We really needed it. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/69 "2009-08-11T16:29:09Z")
Howdy all. Thanks for the burfday wishes. The day got briefly worse when hubby (who sat up late watching horror movies) grumped at me on his way out the door, without so much as a happy birthday kiss, then better when he redeemed himself by sending me a big bunch of roses at the office. It further improved when my best friend took me out to lunch, but the afternoon slowly declined when my sister-in-law called to ask me, on my way out to the hospital to visit my other SIL and the new baby, to take a 30km detour to collect the “baby party favours” from someone who was going to the hospital as well. Huh??? I acquiesced, then called back and told her (in very polite words) to FRO. Just got home, and am now waiting for hubby to come home and cook my birthday dinner (grilled spicy turkish sausage with mashed NOTs). ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/70 "2009-08-11T16:51:28Z")
Happy Birthday, Dotty! Enjoy your evening. I hope you’re wearing the stuffed animal backpack at work today, **Muppet**. Right. Nat’s just gone to sleep. Someone motivate me to fold laundry. My stomach feels all icky and I have a crappy detective novels that’s calling to me. Motivate me to do something useful. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/71 "2009-08-11T16:58:57Z")
Folding laundry is better than ironing it. Promise. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/72 "2009-08-11T17:02:10Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > I hope you’re wearing the stuffed animal backpack at work today, **Muppet**. 😃 Sadly, no. My hard-earned professional credibility would never have recovered from that. Now go fold your laundry. You know it’ll get all wrinkly if you don’t, and then you’ll have to iron instead… and really, who wants to do _that_ when it’s sticky and muggy and gross outside? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/73 "2009-08-11T17:10:49Z")
Hah! It’s on the drying rack! It won’t wrinkle! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/74 "2009-08-11T17:13:02Z")
Happy Birthday **Dotty**!! (Sorry, no fancy coding for me today) Hey! It’s **Alice’s Best Friend in Wonderland**!! 🙂 Long time no see, and good to see you. I hate ironing with a vengeance, although mostly perma-press clothes and air-conditioning do a lot to alleviate the pain… Congrats to both **ems** and **Nava** on their respective countdowns rapidly approaching zero 😃 Sorry for the expensive car repairs, **Bobbio** and **Rosie** ☹ Home after another day of work. It’s falling back into a pattern at last, except for any help I need from a co-worker, it’s odds on whether they are or are not currently on vacation… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/75 "2009-08-11T17:28:18Z")
**Happy Birthday, Dotty!!!** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/76 "2009-08-11T18:32:45Z")
$700 and 6 hours later - everything has been fixed ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/77 "2009-08-11T18:55:56Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > $700 and 6 hours later - everything has been fixed You too? Mine was worth it. The beast handled like a dream, which was a first… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/78 "2009-08-11T19:24:44Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You too? Mine was worth it. The beast handled like a dream, which was a first… better than shelling out $xxx per month on a lease or a new car ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/79 "2009-08-11T20:10:40Z")
We just - at 3:04 p.m. - got an email from IT: “The database update is running late today and won’t be available until 3:00 p.m.” :dubious: :smack: ---
**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:** [August 11, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/80 "2009-08-11T20:15:09Z")
\ CLEARING THROAT \ \*\* HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR DDDOOOTTTIIIEEE!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! \*\* Howdy Y’all! I survived day one of my work week. YAY! I’m all alone tonight so dindin shall be leftovers from last night, which ain’t shabby, so I will survive. Hey, it got me all good and “appreciated”. 😃 Yuck on the car repairs **BioRosie and BBBobbio**. Glad the cars are doin’ better though. Anybody else picturin’ **mmmmmmmmm’s** climbin’ the walls? **doggio** I’m impressed. Earnin’ enough to cover the food and bar bills. I’ll check out the pics in a bit. Yays, boos, hugs, trouts, chitlins, noogies, how _you_ doin’s. Distribute as needed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913.md?page=5)