# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/61 "2005-09-27T13:48:44Z")
If anybody besides **gardentraveler** šŸ™‚ was wondering where I was yesterday, I was home watching my new granite countertops take shape. Yup, they are all in now. Looks like a brand new kitchen. **bobbio** , great job on the MMP! I think you should donate your gift certificate to a church or charity or somesuch so you can feel like ya done a good deed and not so much like rocks in a sack. How long does it take you to walk six miles? I know I do about a mile in 15 to 18 minutes on my treadmill. **crankyhermit** My condolences. The loss of a loved one leaves a void no matter what the circumstances. **donkey** , itā€™s up to the noobs to figure things out all on theyā€™s own. Lessin onna us kool kids takes pity. Sorry **fcm** , Iā€™m with your kid. \ retirement classes \ Tupug ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/62 "2005-09-27T13:51:35Z")
Page 2 and no taxi! I know she was supposed to take care of her friends cat, I think the two cats may still be fighting it out. Maybe sheā€™s just standing, one cat at each arm, trying desperately to keep them separated. Maybe they won. :eek: ---
**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, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/63 "2005-09-27T14:29:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Page 2 and no taxi! Itā€™s probably thermal shock. The summer-to-autumn transition was rather abrupt this year. ---
**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, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/64 "2005-09-27T14:36:47Z")
Iā€™ve decided fried chicken, mac and cheese, field peas, corn bread and a big glass of iced tea is what I need for lunch. Why, yes I did see the faxed in lunch menu from Aunt Fannyā€™s Country Kitchen, why do you ask? Weā€™re gettinā€™ up an order here at work. Itā€™ll make me feel better. I can have soup tonight cause I got some in the freezer that I can defrost and heat up. I feel so much better when important stuff like that gets decided. **FCM** I think you and **FCD** should invest in a pottery wheel and kiln for when yā€™all retire. You can make bowls, vases, mugs and all sorts of other knickknacks to share with your neighbors, relatives and friends. Theyā€™ll love you for it! Really. Or take up growing copious amounts of zuchinni and leavinā€™ em on peopleā€™s doorsteps. ---
**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, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/65 "2005-09-27T14:37:02Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Probably not a bad thing as I will no doubt be suckinā€™ the paint off the Up to this point, I thought you were going to say something dirty. I just sold all of my Wal-Mart stock, and I should be receiving a check in 7-10 business days. I also just walked out of my French class because the professor is a douche. He gave us a mandatory seating chart after the first couple of weeks of class that placed me and the guy with whom Iā€™m splitting the book for the course on opposite sides of the room. So, for the last couple of classes, Iā€™ve been completely useless, as Iā€™ve been bookless. Yet he still calls on me to answer questions. But wait, Mr. Guy, I _still_ canā€™t answer the question! So today, I notice that the spot next to the guy who has 1/2 my book is vacant! Success! I sidle on down there, which stops his lecture dead in his tracks. ā€œThat is not your assigned seat, **chaoticbear**.ā€ "But, weā€™ve discussed before that - " ā€œThat is not your assigned seat, and you will move back to your assigned seat or I will call security.ā€ ā€œOk. ::get up and leave::ā€ I had wanted to drop his class, but I need the easy GPA boost. See, heā€™s gay, and apparently, likes the males. And is an incompetent teacher on top of that. I havenā€™t met anyone who didnā€™t get an A in his classes, and I also havenā€™t met anyone on this campus who speaks French. ---
**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 27, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/66 "2005-09-27T14:44:47Z")
Would a good enough reason be that we FORCED **donkey** to go back to being donkey on pain of never taking him seriously again? Though i spose itā€™d be fun if he was named bear but called donkey. Then i could feel like one of the old-time board members and not a n00b. Can someone remind me to pony up the dough on the 7th? Cat on each arm huh? I remember stepping out of the shower one morning and bending down to get the post as i walked by the front door. It was an important letter so i stood and opened it there and then while clutching a rapidly slipping towelā€¦and then glancing down to see the cat come in the catflapā€¦and then noticing that he had invited his mouse friend back to ā€˜playā€™ā€¦and a few seconds later i was standing there with an opened letter, rapidly slipping towel, wriggling mouse by the tail and fending off a cat intent on using said mouse as a punchbag and pushing away cat2 who had come to see what the ruckus was about with my foot (which was the only limb i now had spare). In the end i was nekkid and just threw the damn mouse out the catflap before dragging nekkid self, letter, towel and two pissed off cats into my room so i could have a think about things. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/67 "2005-09-27T16:30:34Z")
Iā€™m here! Iā€™m here! My cat (singular at the moment) did not eat me. I just needed a mental health day. I slept in and then sat in front of the tv, alternately reading Harry Potter and watching tv, all day. Oh and I did clean my fridge. And made some homemade soup. So the day wasnā€™t a total loss. I was going to log on to say hi to everyone, but my silly modemā€™s not working for some unknown reason. My wonderful \*\*KeithT \*\*sent me some banana bread that arrived yesterday. YUM! I am a lucky girl! > [@Wintermute](#): > > Draelin, whoā€™d you use that only cost $300 bucks? I was going to ask the same thing. A few years ago I got a quote for a 1 bedroom apartment (moving ~200 miles though) and they said $1500! I said NO WAY! $300 would be great. I think thatā€™s less than I paid for the U-Haul. > [@chaoticbear](#): > > > [@swampbear](#): > > > > Probably not a bad thing as I will no doubt be suckinā€™ the paint off the wall > > Up to this point, I thought you were going to say something dirty. I was just about to comment on the same thingā€¦ I was wondering why ACBG wouldnā€™t want to be around for THAT! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/68 "2005-09-27T16:37:09Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > But what would new MMPers think? Theyā€™d never figure it out!!! It took me long enough to figure out who **Bobbio** was. Hey, just add that to the mystery of the multiple Canadian husbands. I say we stick with **donkey** - there are far to many bears on this board as it is (and are you really bearish, **donkey**?) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/69 "2005-09-27T16:52:18Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > save for the show oafs who ran So are show oafs more expensive than regular ones? Do they take special care, like show dogs? Iā€™m only asking out of curiousity, I donā€™t have time to follow the shows, or keep an oaf brushed etc. šŸ˜ƒ Anyway, you did good **VunderBob** ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/70 "2005-09-27T17:09:07Z")
Lunch was good but I ate too much, so now Iā€™m sleepy. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/71 "2005-09-27T17:22:04Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Lunch was good but I ate too much, so now Iā€™m sleepy. That is all. Me, too. And all I et was a Lean Cuisine. :o (This smiley looks sleepy to me so there.) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/72 "2005-09-27T17:36:34Z")
I had tuna salad for lunch. And salty, crunchy Cheetos. I had a cup of coffee this morning, so Iā€™m not too sleepy. **swampy,** wake up!!! ---
**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:** [September 27, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/73 "2005-09-27T17:41:04Z")
I have been busy doing online training today so Iā€™m all edjamacated and meet JCAHO, Command, boss requirements. Today I took my CBRNE test and scored 100%, along with my Suicide Prevention training. I scored 100% there too. Next up is Force Protection, and then Iā€™m all up to date. Yay, hooray! Pretty soon it will be lunchtime and Iā€™ll have my usualā€¦salad. The have chicken parmesan on the menu today, but, nahā€¦I think salad will be better. Other than that, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/74 "2005-09-27T17:41:58Z")
Okay, I know I know very little about the insides of computers, but this time it wasnā€™t my fault! If youā€™re going to capitalize the personā€™s codeword, rather than how it was written, you tell the person! Sweet marshmallow jeebus; I managed to make myself computerless for two days because the one combinaion I didnā€™t try was capitalizing. Also, I have a peep maker and Iā€™ll bet I could make a marshmallow jesus. The problem is, what color sugar, and are sprinkles on a deity proper etiquette? **Bobbio** , did you mean to call the walk show offs as show oafs? Cause that there is funny. **Taters** , does your daughterā€™s school require them to write their names on their clothes? Mine makes you buy a specific uniform that has a space for which to Sharpie your name upon. No one steals uniforms unless itā€™s for spite and evidently, the proper retaliation is to pee into their locker. I donā€™t want to know how this is accomplished in the girlā€™s locker room. **Swampy** , if you want you some men in kilts Iā€™ll save you a seat at my family reunion. Youā€™ll have to appreciate bagpipes and be able to throw big-ass logs around though. There will be good whiskeys and ales and stuff, avoid the haggis, bleaurgy random sheep bits that stuff. **Cranky Hermit** , youā€™re absolutely correct; your dad is in a good place now. Still hurts though, dammit. So this friday I was at the pharmacy, waiting for my prescription, and an older gentleman stood up and yelled ā€œDestiny!ā€ Now I know thatā€™s a name as well, but the way he yelled it wasnā€™t like he was calling someone, as much as a statement of philosophy. I think that is what life must have been for Salvador Dali. Or not. I canā€™t really remember saturday. It was so much like every other saturday, I woke up on sunday, stunned I didnā€™t have another day of weekend. I should have baked those potato chip cookies for which I found a recipe. How could you resist trying that? Itā€™s either going to be stuningly horrible or delicious. Both ways you win. [sub]Donkey will always be **Donkey** to me. Plus and, ChaoticDonkeys are _adorable_, ChaoticBear makes me go eeeeeeek![/sub] ---
**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, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/75 "2005-09-27T17:47:26Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > **Bobbio** , did you mean to call the walk show offs as show oafs? Cause that there is funny. That one was intentionalā€¦ ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/76 "2005-09-27T17:54:32Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Hey, just add that to the mystery of the multiple Canadian husbands. I say we stick with **donkey** - there are far to many bears on this board as it is (and are you really bearish, **donkey**?) I think so. But young. Think of a poor, hairy-chested man, who at 18, still canā€™t grow a full beard without it looking crappy. ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/77 "2005-09-27T17:57:52Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Okay, I know I know very little about the insides of computers, but this time it wasnā€™t my fault! If youā€™re going to capitalize the personā€™s codeword, rather than how it was written, you tell the person! Sweet marshmallow jeebus; I managed to make myself computerless for two days because the one combinaion I didnā€™t try was capitalizing. Also, I have a peep maker and Iā€™ll bet I could make a marshmallow jesus. The problem is, what color sugar, and are sprinkles on a deity proper etiquette? Yes. You have to use white sugar for regular Jesus peeps, and red and/or black for the Catholic version, to represent the dark and fiery bowels of hell, which is where youā€™ll go if you eat them. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/78 "2005-09-27T18:28:08Z")
Iā€™ve had potato chip cookies before. Actually, theyā€™re pretty good. ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/79 "2005-09-27T18:32:16Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Yes. You have to use white sugar for regular Jesus peeps, and red and/or black for the Catholic version, to represent the dark and fiery bowels of hell, which is where youā€™ll go if you eat them. The red sprinkles should be on the hands, feet and side. Iā€™m not sure which side but AIR on crucifixes I think itā€™s the left side usually. Maybe you could stick little chocolate sprinkles on the hands and feet to represent spikes. Maybe Iā€™ll get hit by a bolt of lightning next time I go outside. ---
**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, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474/80 "2005-09-27T18:44:19Z")
I think you should use lily-white sugar for your Jesus peeps and put red sprinkles on the hands and feet, and somewhere on the side, I forget just where. And you could put a ring of gold sprinkles around the head for a halo. I donā€™t know what you should do for a loincloth. Jesus had loins didnā€™t he? I would think so. Well, Iā€™m finally getting this computer sorted out. See, Wifey is now the managing broker at the real estate office and just moved into her big, new, freshly painted, office. Of course, the rule is; the bigger the office, the smaller the electronic gadgetry, so she decided she should have the laptop I bought for the shop, and I should get her desktop 'puter from her old real estate office. Itā€™s a nice computer, but it didnā€™t like the move. I just got it to talk to the internet last night. I set up my mailboxes this morning, and Iā€™m now listening to Eva Cassidy on Windows Media Player, so Iā€™m making progress. On preview, I see that **Swampy** and I had the same thought abnout sweet marshmallow Jesus. Iā€™ll let my post stand however. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-mmp-i-got-a-rock/323474.md?page=5)