# Happy/Merry HalloThanksMas The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541 "2006-10-23T08:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [October 24, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/81 "2006-10-24T14:19:50Z")
**taxi** it has been my experience that sometimes a good grrrrr is what’s needed. I had to go run an errand a little earlier, so natch, I stopped off at the wonderful coffee shop in downtown. Hey, I was within three blocks of it, that means it was close. I got me a medium mocha latte. Good thing I didn’t get a large, or I’d be climbin’ the roof right now. WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! CAAAAAAFFFFIIIIIEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEE BUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZ!!! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/82 "2006-10-24T14:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **taxi** it has been my experience that sometimes a good grrrrr is what’s needed. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but you’re a bear. It’s in your nature to grrrrr. I’m a taxi. It’s in my nature to… um, well I don’t know. Pick people up?? :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/83 "2006-10-24T14:46:30Z")
[QUOTE=taxi78cab] The only good chocolate is really dark chocolate, like a minimum of 70% cocoa. The white stuff doesn’t even deserve the word “chocolate” in its name. [/quote] I’ve never liked dark chocolate. I always found it too bitter and harsh, not enough sweetness or smoothness to appeal to my sensibilities. White chocolate, technically, _isn’t_ chocolate at all. It’s cocoa butter, so in a narrow sense you’re correct; it doesn’t deserve the name chocolate. Since it’s derived from the cocoa bean however, I’m willing to let that slide, particularly in light of the fact that white chocolate is an orgasm for the mouth. An oralgasm, if you will. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/84 "2006-10-24T14:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I’ve never liked dark chocolate. I always found it too bitter and harsh, not enough sweetness or smoothness to appeal to my sensibilities. White chocolate, technically, _isn’t_ chocolate at all. It’s cocoa butter, so in a narrow sense you’re correct; it doesn’t deserve the name chocolate. Since it’s derived from the cocoa bean however, I’m willing to let that slide, particularly in light of the fact that white chocolate is an orgasm for the mouth. An oralgasm, if you will. [/QUOTE] If you get good dark chocolate, it should be very smooth. Not sweet, but that’s the whole point. 😃 White is just an abomination. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/85 "2006-10-24T15:00:22Z")
I am also a lover of good, quality dark chocolate and the higher the cocoa content, the better. What passes for milk chocolate here in the states is awful. Good Swiss milk chocolate is okay, but, again, I say verily unto all of you, dark chocolate is the food of the gods! Okay, I finished my significant contributions. I came up with 20 them and it took three pages. I am now waiting for my boss to let me know when I can give them to him and we can go over them…sigh. I have a feeling my performance appraisal will be late this year. **gt,** my rating period runs from 1 Nov to 31 Oct of each year. I am also supposed to have an initial and mid-point counseling somewhere during that time frame. Come April, none of that will matter, as I have been informed that we are “for sure” going to fall under the NSPS system. I am not thrilled. I am not afraid of being paid to perform; that’s the way it should be. What I am afraid of is that it won’t be fully funded and we won’t really see raises. Additionally, under the current system, if one were to be promoted one full grade one receives a twenty percent raise. Under the upcoming rip-off system, you’ll see a FIVE percent increase. It’s a total rip-off. Okay, off my podium now. Sorry about that. I need to work now. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/86 "2006-10-24T15:01:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I’ve never liked dark chocolate. I always found it too bitter and harsh, not enough sweetness or smoothness to appeal to my sensibilities. White chocolate, technically, _isn’t_ chocolate at all. It’s cocoa butter, so in a narrow sense you’re correct; it doesn’t deserve the name chocolate. Since it’s derived from the cocoa bean however, I’m willing to let that slide, particularly in light of the fact that white chocolate is an orgasm for the mouth. An oralgasm, if you will. [/QUOTE] :eek: You prefer white “chocolate” to dark chocolate? HERETIC!! BURN THE UNBELEIVER!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/87 "2006-10-24T15:02:41Z")
Green and Black’s white chocolate…can’t beat it. But do I think it’s so wonderful because I also like Marmite and sprouts? ---
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/88 "2006-10-24T15:28:10Z")
> [@canine valet](#): > > You prefer white “chocolate” to dark chocolate? > HERETIC!! BURN THE UNBELEIVER!!! > [@taxi](#): > > White is just an abomination. _shuffles away discretely, making sure not to voice his chocolate preferences_ ---
**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:** [October 24, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/89 "2006-10-24T15:30:36Z")
[QUOTE=taxi78cab] Yeah, but you’re a bear. It’s in your nature to grrrrr. I’m a taxi. It’s in my nature to… um, well I don’t know. Pick people up?? :eek: 😛 [/QUOTE] And you get to charge by the tenth of a mile! 😃 You could just honk at somebody. It’d get their attention for dang sure! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/90 "2006-10-24T15:38:22Z")
it’s perfectly okay to enjoy the white confection made from cocoa butter, but no cocao liquer - just DON’T call it chocolate. I like the white stuff. I used to onky eat milk chocolate, bt of late I developed a fondness for the dark stuff. I’ve yet to try anything darker than 80%, but I am lookig forward to it. (I know 100% tastes awful, but it must be great for baking) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/91 "2006-10-24T15:41:41Z")
[QUOTE=me] I used to onky eat milk chocolate, bt of late I developed a fondness for [/QUOTE] that should read > [@](#): > > I used to only eat milk chocolate, but of late, I have developed a fondness for I need more coffee. And I think the heating in my office is run by the same folks at **Drae** ’s. I am currently wrapped in a blanket and still shivering ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/92 "2006-10-24T15:58:51Z")
Wow. When’s the last time two MMP’s were sequential threads? Cool. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/93 "2006-10-24T16:15:57Z")
What’s with the weird phone calls? I came home last night to 2 messages, both heavy breathing. The housekeeping service finished my house yesterday. However, in their desire to be thorough, they managed to lock me out of the house. It’s funny how there is never anyone around, but while I was breaking the chain lock, about 50 people must have passed by. I think it’s definitely time to get a 2nd house key made, lest I make a habit of this. Oops. I forgot I ordered oatmeal, gotta go! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/94 "2006-10-24T16:19:03Z")
You ordered oatmeal to do what **Jah**? 😛 I had some sliced steak on a green salad with croutons, parmesan cheese and bleu cheese dressing for lunch. It was good. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/95 "2006-10-24T16:19:42Z")
[QUOTE=Jahdra] What’s with the weird phone calls? I came home last night to 2 messages, both heavy breathing. [/QUOTE] Just ignore **Sean**. He’s harmless. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/96 "2006-10-24T16:40:28Z")
[QUOTE=Alistair McCello] _shuffles away discretely, making sure not to voice his chocolate preferences_ [/QUOTE] Nah… just wait for \*\*mika \*\* to come around. She’ll support you in this. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/97 "2006-10-24T16:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=taxi78cab] Nah… just wait for \*\*mika \*\* to come around. She’ll support you in this. [/QUOTE] I’m on the white train, too. Don’t get me wrong, I like milk, I can deal with dark (if it’s all that’s available), but white’s the way to go, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t care if it’s not “real” chocolate. It’s damn tasty. And for those interested in a temperature update, it’s warmer _outside_ than it is in the office. There’s a storm front brewing in the hall, where the cold air from Marketing/IT meets the pleasant warmth of Customer Service/Accounting. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/98 "2006-10-24T16:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] There’s a storm front brewing . . . [/QUOTE] Quick! Call Billy Joel! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/99 "2006-10-24T16:50:18Z")
I waited too long to pick up my order, the toast was barely warm. But the oatmeal was just right. I love white chocolate in small doses, especially with peanut butter. If regular chocolate disappeared off the face of the earth, it wouldn’t bother me. I’d miss it, but it wouldn’t be traumatic. One of the transferred partners has decided that she wants me for her admin. She’s being sneaky, though, since she knows I only support managers. She has her managers call me, and not say who the client is until the very last second. Very clever. So I’m, ah, aggressively charging my time to her clients. It’s a win-win, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541/100 "2006-10-24T17:05:48Z")
Coach’s show last night was fun. He didn’t come right out and promise, but it looks as if my player will be a keeper. 🙂 I was talking with our new player/assistant coach after the game, discussing the new rule enforcement. ( **DB** , that is one reason why the PIMs were so high in that game - hooking and interference are no longer tolerated. Of course, there were at least 8 fights, also.) We have 2 guys on our team who are about 5’6" and fast as hell - AC says he’d hate to play against them under the new enforcement rules. “Before, I’d just grab them as they went by. Can’t do that anymore!” So there are going to be a lot of penalties until the players get used to the new enforcement. Which will really slow down the game. Boo Hiss. I have to make the trek all the way across town to PetsMart for cat food. Grrr. I also need to get stuff for Connor’s road bag - they’ll be leaving right after the game on Friday for the away game on Saturday. I need to get moving but would rather sit here and drink coffee. Oh well, PetsMart is open until 9. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-merry-hallothanksmas-the-mmp/377541.md?page=6)