# Did Someone Order a MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 14, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119 "2018-05-14T09:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/21 "2018-05-14T22:00:23Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I’ve always seen these MMPs and sometimes quietly lurk… so I thought maybe I’d jump in on a Monday morning and be part of the in-crowd. Yay! Welcome. 🙂 Now comes the nickname… Suggestions anyone? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/22 "2018-05-14T22:09:46Z")
Howdy Y’all! I cleanded da cave and put up a new ceilin’ fan in the guest room. Go Me! OYKW arrived around three and we have supped so life is good. Oh and I made brownies. I used a boxed mix. Don’t judge! **GrandMOOOOOOM** bathroom is a work in progress. It was kind of a PITA to move the drain to the center of what will be a walk in shower but that’s done. The guy doin’ it was also sick with whatever that creepin’ crud/epizootis was that went around these parts for about a week and a half. He said he’d come over to do some stuff while he was sick but I told him it was perfectly fine with me for him to keep his germs all to himself. 😃 I want this done but I want it right so I’m not upset that it’s takin’ a while. Still haven’t done anything about the floors yet but that will happen in due time. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/23 "2018-05-14T22:37:56Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > First day I sent my kids to school/daycare in shorts. There have been days when I could have, but I didn’t. It’s finally warming up for the year in Wisconsin! > > I also busted out my capris and sandals for work… hooray business casual! I wore uniforms to elementary school and shorts under the skirt on gym days. While it’s refreshing to see kids wearing clothing more to their taste, with the rest of the dress code in most schools, uniforms would definitely be easier on the parents. **sunny** , my hair is light blonde as well and during the summer, I’ll put Kool Ade dye streaks of fun colors in it at times. The nice thing about those is that ten days later, I’m back to blonde. Today began my covered up week of the month. To top it off, one of my cow-orkers is on a cruise for ten days and IT came bringing in a new desktop for me. The weekend guy needed Windows 10 for one of his tasks, so that’s what we got. It took me two hours to get things set back up, find where stuff was and have one of our departmental geeks make an adjustment to our database so that I could actually work. I still need to find out how to set the font across the board to geezer size. Once I find that (maybe big type to find the big type?), I should be good. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/24 "2018-05-14T22:44:12Z")
I never judge the use of cake or brownie mix. Nor do I judge the use of frozen or unrolled pie crusts. But if you use cream-of-anything-soup in any recipe, I will judge. You can still be my friend, but I’ll still judge. 😛 Anyway, my scratch brownies never seem to match brownies from mix. 100% chance of t-boomers tonight and up to 2" of rain! I anticipate a broken night’s sleep, dammit. But it’s a short week, so there’s that… ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/25 "2018-05-14T22:50:59Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Spidey,** I appreciate your efforts to become a wit. You’ll be glad to know you’re halfway there. Yours is like a room lit by an underpowered light bulb…dim. :dubious: > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Now comes the nickname… Suggestions anyone? Pssst, see post #10 > [@Spiderman](#): > > [Del]Fresh meat[/del] Welcome to the MMP, **Class of**! ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/26 "2018-05-14T22:55:39Z")
Any _other_ suggestions? 😉 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/27 "2018-05-14T23:49:48Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Any _other_ suggestions? 😉 Edith Ann has something to say to [you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLKbN7xNdBg&t=2m29s). 😛 I _knew_ that was gonna happen. Product support called back just as I pulled the piskettis off & was trying to drain the water from them. They sat on the stove, untouched, for about 20 mins til I got the issue resolved turning into a glutenous mass. Olive oil brought 'em back, but now I need another bottle. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/28 "2018-05-15T01:34:45Z")
**Moooom** , I’m with ya on pie crusts, cake and brownie mixes as well as the _cream of_ crap soup. Frankly, a simple white sauce is easier to make than shopping and opening the can. I just found out that Nelson will eat the peanut butter off celery but spit the celery out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/29 "2018-05-15T01:39:43Z")
Unsure of why my roommate is teaching a voice lesson at 9:30 at night. Maybe something to do with the fact she goes to bed at 3 AM or something and gets up around noon. Whatever, it’s not like I’m being kept awake or anything. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/30 "2018-05-15T01:44:55Z")
they did but sent it back for being too salty ok so no green bean casserole for moom duly noted (ive never had it totally from scratch ) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/31 "2018-05-15T01:51:07Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Unsure of why my roommate is teaching a voice lesson at 9:30 at night. Maybe something to do with the fact she goes to bed at 3 AM or something and gets up around noon. > > Whatever, it’s not like I’m being kept awake or anything. you could have me for a room mate …for some reason ive been known tor to not sleep for a week …its sort of why I originally joined here I needed something ot do after the 3rd night… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/32 "2018-05-15T02:40:44Z")
I have always been a night owl. I can remember as a young girl reading with a flashlight under the covers then not wanting to get up. Gonna sleep good tonight though since I did not nap and been awake since 3 AM ish. Night. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/33 "2018-05-15T02:48:40Z")
**nightshade,** I doubt you went a whole week without sleep; at least you were napping off and on. (Unless you are Mick Jagger or Keith Richards). Still, some folks are night owls, others rise at the crack of dawn. YMMV. **Sunny,** it’s a tough name to work with, but since most anything is better than Spidey’s, but since Serenata is Spanish for “serenade”, and the working definition of serenade is: > [@](#): > > 1. A piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at night under the window of his lover. Then I humbly suggest **Romeo** or **Juliet** , depending on their plumbing (Serenata?). At least there is some logic there. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/34 "2018-05-15T03:52:14Z")
Worked, laundered ,napped. Watching hockey.🙂 > [@Serenata67](#): > > First day I sent my kids to school/daycare in shorts. There have been days when I could have, but I didn’t. It’s finally warming up for the year in Wisconsin! > > I also busted out my capris and sandals for work… hooray business casual! Welcome! I’m a fellow Wisconsin expat. Good people here.\* \*don’t loan **Flytrap** money or car keys. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/35 "2018-05-15T03:52:51Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I’ve always seen these MMPs and sometimes quietly lurk… Knew of a guy who used to do the same things around windows. Luckily he never jumped in at all or the judge may have been tougher on him. 😉 > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Yay! Welcome. 🙂 > > Now comes the nickname… Suggestions anyone? **Windy**? I had a 1967 FLH that loved open air as well. > [@Spiderman](#): > > Pssst, see post #10 No self-respecting Mumper name can have “class” in it; that is one of many reasons **Ivory Tower Denizen** had to be **Soapy**. Even that was too damn close to having class for around here. We have low standards and by God we mean to keep them! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/36 "2018-05-15T03:55:12Z")
On other news I got to scan tonight which I enjoyed so much I volunteered for a double tomorrow. Sober. Although if anyone asks tell them I was drunker than a lord. Gotta maintain _my_ standards as well. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/37 "2018-05-15T10:15:10Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out with a light rain with a predicted high of _ONLY_ 81 (BRRR!) and rain/tstorms/apocalypse for the day. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow and Thorsday as well. We shall see. Today’s big plan is laundry and puttin’ up the last new ceilin’ fan. We shall sup upon brekkie tonight, pancakes, snausages, and scrambled aigs. Both of us have a gnawin’ and a cravin’. I have no problem with cake and brownie mixes or sto’ boughten pie crusts. I do agree about cream o’ stuff as a white sauce is so easy to make and flavor up. **Shades** to tell the truth, a green bean casserole made from a scratch white sauce (I add ‘shrooms to the sauce) tastes about the same as one made from cream o’ ‘shroom soup when canned green beans (which I also have no problem with) are used. Sometimes I make it with fresh green beans and my own white sauce and then it is definitely mo’ better and nummy! Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day. I should go ahead and get that ceilin’ fan up. Then I can binge on some Netflix. What? Netflix will not binge watch itself you know! Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/38 "2018-05-15T10:33:36Z")
Boy, howdy, did we have a toad-soaker last night!! It was worse in some nearby areas - Spotsylvania county in VA has closed its schools today because of power losses. I guess lots of trees fell on lots of wires. But we’ll make up for it today with temps in the 90s and high humidity before more storms roll in. N00b starts work at 5:30! I’m no longer the first one in! And I think he’s the one stealing _my_ parking spot. No, parking isn’t assigned here, but when you get in among the first, you usually can claim the same spot. Not any more, dammit. 😛 Thus begins another day in paradise. Happy Tuesday! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/39 "2018-05-15T10:35:30Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Geezer that I am, I still can’t get used to kids wearing shorts to school. Think of it as being a throwback. Kids used to not be allowed into long trousers until they could be trusted to not rip them at the knees 🙂 I’d propose Tuna for Serenata, but then I’d have to explain that a _tuna_ is a music group, originally and in theory still one formed by university students, which can be hired to serenade one’s beloved. 's not a fish, it’s guys in 16th-century dress and capes with lots of ribbons (each ribbon should be a gift from a girl) and mementos from places the dude has played in (they’re allowed to get those themselves). Their songs fall into the realm of “it’s supposed to be completely un-classy to admit you know any of them by heart, but everybody does”. [These](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpq8jkkqeCA) are from a Law school, so they’re a lot more serious-looking than average. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119/40 "2018-05-15T11:41:16Z")
Morn… uh… afternoon all! Supposedly revising, actually trying to organise my camping trip next week. When I say organise a camping trip, what I’m actually doing is researching local microbreweries so’s I can provide interesting beer for the people who are picking me up and lending me gear. If I’m going by train on a complicated route, there’s a bit of a limit to what I can carry. I just hope I’ll be able to carry all the beer without accidentally drinking it. **Tuna** sounds like a suitably bewildering nickname, I say go for it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-order-a-mmp/814119.md?page=3)