# Guest MMP: I got a rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 26, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474 "2005-09-26T11:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/41 "2005-09-26T20:14:53Z")
**I HAVE CIDER DOUGHNUTS!** šŸ†’ I just got the package, and in addition to pink packing peanuts, I have 6 cider doughnuts. Since I just finished my lunch and am full, I havenā€™t eaten one yet. But I caught a whiff of them, and they smell GOOD. Thank you so very very much!!! ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/42 "2005-09-26T20:28:55Z")
**Cranky Hermit** , you have probably been grieving for a long time now, and I understand the part about relief from pain and suffering. I am sending you hugs and energy and love, and I hope you can take some time off and do some nice things for yourself. Iā€™m so sorry for your loss - beckwall ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/43 "2005-09-26T20:39:20Z")
Wait!! iā€™m confused - is **ChaoticBear** really **ChaoticDonkey**? Cos if so then i prefer the name **ChaoticDonkey**. I propose that he be forced to change the name back - could someone please second that so we can put it to the vote and get our donkey back? **Swampbear** you can get non-drowsy Benalyn. Wellā€¦you can where i live. I guess itā€™s not that helpful to offer to send some since iā€™m so far away is it. **Vunderbob** how is **Vundervife** doing? I hope she is well. **Cranky Hermit** iā€™m so sorry for your loss. My Grandpa was the same way - just got so thin and kinda ā€˜absentā€™ from this world. I was actually happy when he finally went. Not happy exactly but i knew it was where he needed to go and that he had run out of time here. Relieved i guess is a better word. If i was Charlie Brown i would have been so happy to get rocks. I love rocks, always have. When i was young i read a book called [A Gift From Winklesea](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0340715014/qid=1127767509/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0862398-0842566?v=glance&s=books) which totally rocked my world (sorry). A couple weeks ago i was at Brighton beach which is shingle and i found loads of egg-shaped rocks. I brought a bunch home and iā€™ve put them in a nest in case they hatch. I do like rocks šŸ™‚ I also love autumn - the weather is getting damper which messes with my arthritis but iā€™ve bought an exercise bike and i find it helps to stumble out of bed and just do some peddling for a bit before anything else in the morning. And have a nice warm bath afterwards. So other than the ole joints itā€™s a good time. All those hiiiiiiiiigh skies to enjoy šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [September 26, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/44 "2005-09-26T20:49:48Z")
Ya know, he may have changed his name, but ya can still call him **donkey**. šŸ˜ƒ **Cranky Hermit** I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. I lost my father due to Alzheimerā€™s. Itā€™s hard but he and your father are in a better place now. **cb** I do indeed have a cute stalker. šŸ˜‰ Oh, and itā€™s been raining here, so whateverā€™s in the air is settling down so I feel better. YAY! ---
**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:** [September 26, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/45 "2005-09-26T21:25:59Z")
I had my first retirement training class today. My darling child, when told I was taking this class, said ā€œYou need training to sit on your butt all day?!?ā€ Yeah, sheā€™s a peach. As for my weekend, [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=336586) was the big excitement. We went to my sisterā€™s to pick up some tools my BIL gave my husband, and to my momā€™s to pick up some hardware. Mostly, we vegged. It was a good weekend. We need rain. I want rain. I demand rain!!! And thatā€™s all Iā€™ve got. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/46 "2005-09-26T21:35:50Z")
Whoa, am I late to the MMP or what? My computer got heartburn or sumpinā€™, and I couldnā€™t get on the internet. Anyway, my weekend was half good, half bad. The good part is our new Best Buy opened Friday, and I exchanged my Eaglesā€™ DVD, and bought the first season of The 4400. The bad half is that I think Iā€™m getting a cold, the van is busted again, and it was 104 degrees F. the last two days. I think whoever is in charge of the weather forgot that it is almost October for Peteā€™s sake! **Swampy** , I feel your pain. I couldnā€™t breathe last night, and didnā€™t get to sleep until about 4:00 a.m. Bleah **Vunderbob** , ya done good. I think itā€™s a rock too. I need a water pump, not a tranny! For those of you that i have not mentioned by name, Happy Monday! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/47 "2005-09-26T21:40:16Z")
Had to take Valentino (one of the cats) in for his annual vaccinations, so heā€™s not speaking to me at the moment. When a Siamese cat isnā€™t speaking to you, you _know_ youā€™re in trouble. Heā€™s also a stress-shedder, so thereā€™s enough extra fur to crochet a cat hanging around in the Wrangler. **Cranky** , my thoughts are with you, and the wonderful reunion your parents are sharing. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/48 "2005-09-26T22:36:35Z")
**Cranky Hermit** , Iā€™m sorry for your loss. **VunderBob** , sorry about the rock. Too bad the transmission place isnā€™t closer to youā€¦ Could have come in handy sometime. Sounds like it was a fun event anyway. And thanks for starting the MMP this week! As for rocksā€¦well, I came across several trying to plant stuff at church last week. Very annoying. (Gardens arenā€™t really places where you want to find rock collections.) Oh, and other rock: Sweet Marshmallow Jesus would be a good moniker for a musical group of the rock and roll persuasion, no? So, Iā€™d never ever heard of cider doughnuts before last week (that I can remember, at any rate). So what do I come across in last weekā€™s food section of the newspaper? ā€œI am looking for recipes for cider doughnuts made with apple ciderā€¦ā€ The paper has a little recipe request section. I am envious of **scout**. **FCM** , I believe we had your rain. It rained here Saturday morning, last night and all of this morning. Itā€™s nice now, so maybe the rain headed in your directionā€¦? And the rain directly contributed to the sinus stuff Iā€™ve been enduring today. Either that or I caught it through the MMP. šŸ˜ƒ My old roommate and I moved lighter stuff when I bought this house, but we hired movers for the heavy parts. And actually, I did the same thing the time beforeā€¦ First time I used someone that a friend had recommended - very cheap. Last time I used the local ā€œTwo Men & a Truck,ā€ although in my case it was 3 men and a truck. Not terribly expensive and definitely worth it. In both cases we had friends who could also help, but I have some REALLY HEAVY furniture and didnā€™t want anyone to get hurt. **lightingtool** , congrats on the new place. Your forthcoming change of residence has been duly added to my ā€œstuff about **lightingtool** ā€ notes, of course. Iā€™m having lentil soup with banana and pineapple for dinner. I think itā€™s a Carribean invention. I cheat and use Progresso lentil soup. Itā€™s yummy. **Sean** , we are temporarily \*\*Rue-\*\*less, at least as far as MMP-starting goes. [Hereā€™s his post from last week.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6601568&postcount=96) I canā€™t remember who volunteered to start next weekā€™s. **Puggy** , maybe? By the way, where is she? GT ---
**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:** [September 26, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/49 "2005-09-26T23:31:05Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **FCM** , I believe we had your rain. It rained here Saturday morning, last night and all of this morning. Itā€™s nice now, so maybe the rain headed in your directionā€¦? Weā€™re having a nice little shower now. Wish itā€™d last all night, but Iā€™m not counting on it. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/50 "2005-09-26T23:53:45Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > Wait!! iā€™m confused - is **ChaoticBear** really **ChaoticDonkey**? Cos if so then i prefer the name **ChaoticDonkey**. I propose that he be forced to change the name back - could someone please second that so we can put it to the vote and get our donkey back? > > **Swampbear** you can get non-drowsy Benalyn. Wellā€¦you can where i live. I guess itā€™s not that helpful to offer to send some since iā€™m so far away is it. Yes, Iā€™m one and the same. But I canā€™t change my name back, because you only get one name change. Unless you have a really good reason or something like that. So Iā€™m **chaoticbear** , and youā€™ll deal with that! šŸ˜› If you press the button on the front of your computer, a little tray will pop out. Insert non-drowsy Benadryl, and proceed to send it to our poor **swampy** No one ever answered my questionā€¦ am I now **donkeybear** or **cd** or **beario** or **chaoticy** or some yet undiscovered name? Also: Dare to dream, hope, believe, seek, feel, find, and love (\in bed!\) and my friend got the even vaguer: Study metaphysics - you will find much to appreciate (\in bed!\) ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/51 "2005-09-27T00:01:34Z")
Personally, I like the idea of calling you **Donkey** ā€¦ So there. šŸ˜› (Did I get that right, **swampy**?) GT ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/52 "2005-09-27T01:52:32Z")
Evening. I want **Draelin** to know that I have a copy of the new Diana Gabaldon, that isnā€™t supposed to be released tonight, and Iā€™m on page 130. Nyah nyah. Where are my doughnuts, **Ex**? I should go do something useful like dishes before bed. Yes. I should. I think we should still call **donkey** ā€¦ **donkey**. In spite of the name change. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/53 "2005-09-27T02:04:36Z")
**Lissla** , I think you may need to start dealing with the possibility that your doughnuts have been confiscated by the Canadian Border Services Agencyā„¢ and are being tested (with coffee) for [official announcement] **possible hazardous terrorist type substances, or yummy goodness, or waitā€¦ weā€™ll thing of somethinā€™** [/official announcement]. Or maybe theyā€™re just going through the normal Canada Post bottleneck. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/54 "2005-09-27T03:57:32Z")
But what would new MMPers think? Theyā€™d never figure it out!!! It took me long enough to figure out who **Bobbio** was. If I had a say in the matter (which I donā€™t), Iā€™d suggestā€¦ well, I donā€™t know what. Something thatā€™s not **donkey**. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/55 "2005-09-27T04:18:33Z")
I too am in possession of six, no, make that three, yummy doughnuts. šŸ˜ƒ Thanks muchly **Ex**. Iā€™m sorry for your loss **Cranky** , as Iā€™ve said many times before, Iā€™m no good at this expressing sympathy stuff, but I _am_ sympathetic. I had to go in to Portland and play programmer today and didnā€™t get to read the MMP until late. Good job **Bob**. Hope **VunderVife** is better. Hope **FairyChatDad** is better too. And everybody else whoā€™s not feeling quite up to snuff. Iā€™ve been suffering the ravages of hay fever lately, myself, but nothing else so far, thanks be to the Sweet Marshmallow Jesus. I really donā€™t have anything else today. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/56 "2005-09-27T09:16:46Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > But what would new MMPers think? Theyā€™d never figure it out!!! It took me long enough to figure out who **Bobbio** was. > > If I had a say in the matter (which I donā€™t), Iā€™d suggestā€¦ well, I donā€™t know what. Something thatā€™s not **donkey**. ā€˜Bobbioā€™ is what I plan on changing my name to after I lose all the weight and become a buff dudeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/57 "2005-09-27T12:06:48Z")
Note to donut recipients: I sealed 'em up the best that I could, and I hope they didnā€™t get too stale. I _strongly_ recommend banging them into the microwave for a few seconds to heat them through. Warm donuts are softer and taste even better. > [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > Where are my doughnuts, **Ex**? When I was filling out the customs declaration at the post office I discovered that mailing baked goods without commercial packaging to Canada is Not Allowed. So I lied. I am a bad, bad man for using the United States Postal Service and the Canada Post to smuggle illicit cider donuts into Toronto. Itā€™s entirely possible that your donuts are being held as evidence for my upcoming trial. Exgineer - International Criminal Mastermind ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/58 "2005-09-27T12:27:59Z")
**CrankyHermit** , Iā€™m so sorry about your father! It is never an easy thing. Iā€™m glad he is at peace now. Take care of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/59 "2005-09-27T12:57:53Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > Evening. I want **Draelin** to know that I have a copy of the new Diana Gabaldon, that isnā€™t supposed to be released tonight, and Iā€™m on page 130. Nyah nyah. My jealousy is moderated by the fact that I wonā€™t have time to read it for at least a month. šŸ™‚ But how is it? My spoiler-happy friend is convinced that thereā€™s something coming sheā€™s _really_ not going to like, so another friend of ours is picking it up today and ā€œtaking one for the team,ā€ to warn her of anything that utterly sucks. I, of course, will read it anyway. But probably not for several weeks. ā˜¹ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/60 "2005-09-27T13:43:58Z")
I still donā€™t feel real good. Better, but not wunnerful. However, I am at work. Iā€™m trying my best to get some stuff done but it takes a long time to do anything. I canā€™t help it. My brain is all fuzzy. Dang sinuses! ACBG spent the night with me last night. When I woke up this morning he wasnā€™t in the bed. I found him in the guest room sound asleep. He said I was snoring really really bad last night. This from a man whose snoring causes furniture to move, so it must have been bad. šŸ˜ƒ So, we went and had breakfast together this morning cause heā€™ll be seeing patients probably til around eight or after this evening so we wonā€™t see each other this evening. Probably not a bad thing as I will no doubt be suckinā€™ the paint off the wall with my snoring tonight as well. I want some soup. I need some soup. Soup would be good right now. Or chicken 'n dumplinā€™s. Thatā€™d be good too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474.md?page=4)