# 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:** 8
**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 12, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/141 "2015-08-12T23:24:09Z")
taking a break at work. > [@April\_R](#): > > So upset. Went to clean my daughter’s fish tank just now and discovered her female betta fish had passed. I am not looking forward to telling her when I pick her up from school today. My husband Jimmy isn’t being very sympathetic, but he did get me an old playing card box for Allison to put her fish in so we can bury it. > > RIP Squishy Fish > > [http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/Mobile%20Uploads/FB\_IMG\_1439393323644\_zpswalrza4f.jpg](http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/asahlin2/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1439393323644_zpswalrza4f.jpg) ☹ RIP Squishy Fush. And {{{}}}} to you and the kid. > [@missred](#): > > **doggio** , come to Indiana for Christmas and you’ll get barbecoa, stuffed cabbage, peirogis, tamales and breaded pork tenderloin. We like our groceries, no matter where they originated. 😃 > > **nettie** , over the years, I’ve found promotions that placed me in a position of authority over former coworkers tended to be problematic. The shared history lends itself to power struggles. > > **Mooom** , the kids in my county went back to school two weeks ago (we’re usually the first county in the state to start) and most of the rest of middle Tennessee went back last week. Sis’ school in Houston begins next week, although she had to be there Monday after driving from Indiana over the weekend. > > I’ve been such a blonde today. First, I left home without my ever-present coffee mug, which meant that I had to commandeer the soup mug in my desk for coffee duty. Then, I discovered that I was wearing no earrings (and now I feel naked). At lunch, I found that I had neglected to pack the noon meds. :smack: It has to get better. Sounds like the oddest Christmas dinner since I did Cajun Cornish hen with red beans and rice and lime corn. 😃 > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I’m grumpy, grumpy, grumpy. > I got my baby shower invitation in the mail today. I did not want an invitation, I do not want to go. It’s addressed to me and guest, so I guess it’s one of those mixed showers. I hate showers, right up there with weddings. and I don’t like the mother to be. I’ll try to think of it as like a funeral, I’m not going for the guest of honor, I’m going for her family. It’s in a restaurant so at least the food should be good. Could be worse. Instead if a shower, you could had to lick 'em clean like the beasts do. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/142 "2015-08-12T23:51:03Z")
More idiocy of the day to report. There I was, comfy and firmly ensconced taking my after irk nap, when the phone rang. It was an HR recruiter from the 'Bammy branch of [del]The Hellhole[/del]my former employer, wanting to set up a phone interview for a position I applied for a year ago at the Huntsville orifice. :rolleyes: Where were you SOBs when I wanted out of my job, but was still willing to be a loyal company dude? I’m going to take the call, mostly for the entertainment value. The new gig is growing on me, so I’m not so willing to walk out on them. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/143 "2015-08-13T00:14:12Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Sit in the car in front of the bank with the engine runnin’ while a friend makes a deposit Thou don’t sit in the car in front of the bank with the engine runnin’ while a friend makes a ‘withdrawal’. :eek: **Nettie** , you need a three-sided coin! What are you referring to when you talk about barbecoa? My googlefu is finding both a drink & an entree. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/144 "2015-08-13T01:36:16Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > More idiocy of the day to report. > > There I was, comfy and firmly ensconced taking my after irk nap, when the phone rang. It was an HR recruiter from the 'Bammy branch of [del]The Hellhole[/del]my former employer, wanting to set up a phone interview for a position I applied for a year ago at the Huntsville orifice. :rolleyes: > > Where were you SOBs when I wanted out of my job, but was still willing to be a loyal company dude? I’m going to take the call, mostly for the entertainment value. The new gig is growing on me, so I’m not so willing to walk out on them. If they ask for five bucks then you know you’re dealing with the [Homestarmy](http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Homestarmy). I should probably think about going to bed soon. I need a regular sleep schedule or I get all wonky in the middle of the day. ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/145 "2015-08-13T01:48:12Z")
**doggio** , that’s what you get when a bunch of HoobillyTM Poles and a Mexican boyfriend grt together for the holidays. 😃 **spidey** his barbecoa is of the main dish variety. We don’t get much fancier than beer or whiskey for drinks. 😛 ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/146 "2015-08-13T02:33:47Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > You know I had to go look that up which brought me right back here A disease invented by an eighteenth century quack to sell his snake oil. It is referred to by Patrick O’Brien in novels of which _Master and Commander_ and _The Far Side of the World_ are part. I had to cut Rocky the Southern Flying Squirrel away from Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) shirt. He is very irritable tonight. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/147 "2015-08-13T02:53:37Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > taking a break at work. > ☹ RIP Squishy Fush. And {{{}}}} to you and the kid. > ) She didn’t even get upset. She first asked if she could keep the body in her room in a box and when I said no, she said we could have a short funeral service in the bathroom. We said what we would miss about Squishy, my son played drums on his toy bongos, and then DD flushed the fish. I have weird kids:dubious::rolleyes: ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/148 "2015-08-13T03:02:54Z")
Night, y’all. ---
**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 13, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/149 "2015-08-13T04:07:56Z")
Goodnight Daddy, Goodnight Elizabeth, Goodnight John Boy, Goodnight Jim Bob, Goodnight Grampa, Goodnight Erin, Goodnight Jason, ---
**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 13, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/150 "2015-08-13T07:53:45Z")
Up, caffeinated. off to work. > [@April\_R](#): > > She didn’t even get upset. She first asked if she could keep the body in her room in a box and when I said no, she said we could have a short funeral service in the bathroom. We said what we would miss about Squishy, my son played drums on his toy bongos, and then DD flushed the fish. > > I have weird kids:dubious::rolleyes: 😃 ---
**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 13, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/151 "2015-08-13T09:53:10Z")
Today is chimney cleaning day!!! And all I have to do is write a check! Then I get to go grocery shopping in the CAR!! \*\*FCD \*\*drove his bike to work. That pretty much sums it up. Happy Thursday!!! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/152 "2015-08-13T10:05:32Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, purtified, and caffeinated, so no _YAWN_ ‘Tis 70 Amurrkin out and way less humid than usual with a predicted high of 93 for the day. We’re goin’ to have a \ Quickie! \ for brekkie this mornin’. After that I shall head down to the southwest forty for irk. That should take up most of the irkday for me. Rah. I hear rumblin’s from the bedroom which indicate that OYKW has finished purtification so I reckon we’ll be headin’ out shortly. Good, cause I’s hongry! Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/153 "2015-08-13T10:43:28Z")
blurf ---
**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 13, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/154 "2015-08-13T11:10:23Z")
Blurf. I am at irk, it is still as irksome as yesterday for all the same reasons. My co-irker who is meant to be doing timetabling is abdicating all responsibility for it so I am doing it instead. When I am back from my hollibobs, I’ll be having a meeting with my line manager and telling her I’ll take timetabling from him but he has to have the departmental meetings in return because I would really like to get out of minuting those. Seems a fair exchange to me! Today is A-level results day when our prospective students get their exam results and find out if they have got good enough grades to come and study with us in September. We have a clearing process where those who haven’t got the grades they wanted can try to find places in different universities and on different courses but we don’t have any clearing places for our department. Some of the others do, but we are officially full 🙂 **Apes** , sorry to hear about Squishy Fish. An ex-b/f had a goldfish known as Judge Fish which eventually died. He waited for me to come round and dispose of the body because he didn’t want to. **Sari** - I often turn down invites to stuff and just tell people I’m shampooing the cat. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/155 "2015-08-13T11:46:18Z")
Question of the day: who do you call when you [wreck the fire truck \*\*and \*\*the ambulance](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article30717933.html)? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/156 "2015-08-13T11:53:08Z")
blurf ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/157 "2015-08-13T11:57:23Z")
I had a great morning thanks to a up and ready husband 😉 No blurfing here, hehe ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/158 "2015-08-13T12:00:35Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Question of the day: who do you call when you [wreck the fire truck \*\*and \*\*the ambulance](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article30717933.html)? A happy dance day for lawyers? Hope everyone is OK. Chances of that happening are…well, at least one time. Article said that both vehicels were from the same firehouse…could make for some awkward conversations. Otherwise, a blurfy Thursday. At least my kidneys let me sleep to 5am today; they had been on a 3:30am setting most of the week. ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/159 "2015-08-13T12:25:02Z")
I’ve got a load of towels in the washer, and a load of shorts-n-t-shirts to go next. Chimney guy should be here between 10 and noon. I’ll need to catch and lock up Taz in the bedroom to keep him from trying to escape. Not sure what I’ll do with Higgs, since I don’t know how much time the guy will have to be inside. That pretty much sums up my morning. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437/160 "2015-08-13T12:41:38Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Question of the day: who do you call when you [wreck the fire truck \*\*and \*\*the ambulance](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article30717933.html)? [Not the first time, that’s for sure.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3uoVOOlT2s) When the emergency vehicle approaches the intersection, sees everyone pulling over / getting out of the way, they assume it’s for them alone. Checkout [www.statter911.com](http://www.statter911.com) for all things Fire/EMS related. It’s run by a former colleague of mine who was always well informed of such matters. [Oh look a whole collection of crashes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz4pQh3DJdE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-in-the-clouds-mmp/727437.md?page=9)