# Head in the clouds MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 10, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437 "2015-08-10T08:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/61 "2015-08-11T11:27:20Z")
\*\*BooFae \*\*- can you translate _stroppiness_? I can’t figure it out from context. On the other hand, I’m loving _“face down in the custard”_ - how to work that into a conversation??? I really need to get moving and be productive. Don’t wanna, but gotta. Dammit. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/62 "2015-08-11T11:39:57Z")
**Mooom** , _stroppiness_ is like having a temper tantrum. Pretty much the same as throwing your toys out of the pram! If you can imagine a grown man laying on the floor kicking and screaming because he doesn’t want to do something, that’s my co-irker having a strop. If you want to use ‘face down in the custard’, you just need something to have the potential to go wrong 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/63 "2015-08-11T11:46:56Z")
rainy and humid and I feel l like crap ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/64 "2015-08-11T12:00:57Z")
\*TIMBERRRR!!! \* I heard and felt something in the back yard. Turns out a rather large piece of dead branch decided to let go, and it landed with a substantial thump! Fortunately, it was in an empty section of the yard, so no deck or shed was endangered. Plus Higgs was inside, so there was no final yelp of a pug being crushed… :eek: A fair bit of dead branch remains but I don’t know if we have a ladder that reaches that high. A quick swipe with the chainsaw would dispatch it in short order. Or maybe I could fling a length of rope over it and yank it down with the mower or truck. _Hmmm_… Meanwhile, I just ate an egg-n-provolone sammich, so breakfast is no longer an issue. Now I just need to attack the pellet stove. ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/65 "2015-08-11T12:41:12Z")
Happy Toosday! Another cool morning. What is up with August this year? I’m not complaining, I love having the windows open, but this is not normal. I finally fell back asleep, but I still woke up earlier than I wanted to. I feel a bit blurfy still. Guess I will call the hospital billing department and get it over with. I still hadn’t filed the bill away from the last time I talked to them so at least I don’t have to dig through a stack of papers to find it. SSDD ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/66 "2015-08-11T12:58:19Z")
That was easy, the hospital has the correct amount and has no idea why my statement is wrong. Told me not to worry about it so I won’t. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/67 "2015-08-11T13:16:01Z")
Blurf. It’s rainy here too. I think I’ll stay inside and get work done. The perks of working from home… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/68 "2015-08-11T13:22:26Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > A fair bit of dead branch remains but I don’t know if we have a ladder that reaches that high. A quick swipe with the chainsaw would dispatch it in short order. I’d figure than FCD would climb the tree with the chainsaw in his teeth. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/69 "2015-08-11T13:58:06Z")
\*\*flytrap \*\*- it wouldn’t surprise me. When his dad was clearing the lot for their house in FL in the 80s (making his dad in his mid-50s), he was at the top of an extension ladder with the chainsaw in one hand reaching waaaaaaaaaaaaay over to lop off a branch. I’m honestly amazed the man is still alive today, and if that’s genetic, I’m in for some interesting years. Meanwhile, the pellet stove is clean - well, as clean as I’m going to get it. Much gunk has been scraped off the walls and much ash and gunk has been vacuumed. It’s time to clean me up - I’m a sweaty mess. On to the shower!!! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/70 "2015-08-11T14:07:11Z")
Humid, trying to be hot ----------- in general just a flat-out blurph. (I know ---- but we _are_ getting closer to the Phoenix Phall Phunfest at Knoebels 🙂 ) ---
**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, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/71 "2015-08-11T15:36:05Z")
Off to work. It’s raining. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/72 "2015-08-11T15:41:20Z")
Tuesday flavored BLURF Guess where I am? Irking of course. I’d much rather be back home in the bed sleeping. No sooner do we get over the accreditation process it is time for the employee evaluation process. I need some down time with no processes. Yesterday was the biggest money day of all time here at irk. I have plenty to do just in day to day stuff. Evaluations are my least favorite duty of managerial duties. Why me? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/73 "2015-08-11T16:33:00Z")
Sigh. I got introduced to the ap game Ingress over the weekend. I am hooked. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/74 "2015-08-11T17:20:34Z")
**doggio** , Gordie following you around for two hours was just making sure that you didn’t [del]hopelessly abandon[/del] him again. 😛 Today is an overcast Monday of a Tuesday. The areas that I usually reconcile on Mondays were waiting for me this morning. I have to stop at the post office and mail Sis’ sweetie’s rings that he left at my house. He will owe me barbecoa at Christmas for that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/75 "2015-08-11T20:10:56Z")
Sah-dog always follows me around the house. I feel bad for him sometimes, especially when he loses me and gets a little frantic trying to find me. We had some rain, now the sun is shining and there’s a nice breeze. Time to get some stuff done around here. Need to order books for school. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/76 "2015-08-11T20:19:20Z")
Higgs is pretty much my shadow, but then she’s home alone with me most of the time, despite being **FCD** ’s dog. When I’m on the computer, she’s on the love seat behind me or on the floor next to my desk. When I go to shower, she takes up her station on the bath mat, only bothering to move when I step out and start dripping on her. When I’m preparing dinner, she’s sitting in the kitchen doorway, waiting for a snack. And of course, when I’m in the recline position, she’s usually on the foot rest with her chin on my leg. I didn’t want a dog, but I seem to have one. ---
**Author:** ![mortal\_wombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/77 "2015-08-11T20:22:12Z")
Women - can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Not a sexist comment - it works the same for us guys… I gotta be somewhere else now, and I think that place is here instead of home drama Anybody got any tips on how to keep a relationship that’s destined to fail on the right track and away from that inevitable train wreck that everyone else is warning you about? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/78 "2015-08-11T20:33:25Z")
**wombie** , couples therapy, or a reality check. Are you married? Is there community property that will need dividing? or children to be cared for? If the relationship has gone sour, it may be time for both of you to have a good long think about whether or not it’s worth salvaging, or cut the cord, deal with the loss, and move on to a happier one. How long have you been together? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/79 "2015-08-11T20:54:04Z")
**Luckylouiedog** is my shadow too. He follows me around the house from room to room and of course comes to irk. He sleeps in the bed. We are together 24/7 most of the time. I had to leave him home all last week until Friday and he thought he was being punished. But, he is back this week and I plan to bring him everyday until the next time we have VIP’s. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/80 "2015-08-11T21:24:47Z")
> [@mortal\_wombat](#): > > Women - can’t live with them, can’t live without them. I worked with a guy who would follow that with, “but if you could put them in a sack…” :rolleyes: The only advice I can give you is try to bribe the judge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437.md?page=5)