# Hopefully an easy week MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 14, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201 "2013-10-14T10:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/21 "2013-10-14T15:53:28Z")
Afternoon! Collected more chestnuts, and delivered 'em to people- got given so many nice chestnut recipes by one of the people that I’m now getting tempted to go get some more, just to try 'em out :rolleyes: 😃 Mind you, I just looked up how much the amount I found would have cost at the local supermarket- _£29!_ That’s over $45! Not bad for about half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/22 "2013-10-14T15:56:02Z")
Short work week here. Going to a weekend retreat on Friday, but I might work half a day, seeing as I have about 6 hours of PTO left for the rest of the 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:** [October 14, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/23 "2013-10-14T15:58:59Z")
Irk email is down and will be for the rest of the day. Whatever shall I do without the tons of usually pesky email! 😃 **flytrap** ya gots class! It’s N.O.L. time. Da bear is hongry! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/24 "2013-10-14T16:40:49Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **flytrap** ya gots class! Thank you, Sir. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/25 "2013-10-14T16:50:39Z")
Blurf. Yes, noontime blurf. I woke up this morning to discover that my mouse was giving me the Red Light of Death and I was out of AA batteries. Oh well, I needed to get Older Sister a birthday card. Then I went to the library and just as I got in line to check out, the computers all went down. Fortunately they had a backup piece of paper and pencil. 😃 I’m going to do nothing today. I’m still tired. No idea why, I just am. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/26 "2013-10-14T16:53:29Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > ETA: **DeathMistress** , eleven hours on Sattidy? ICK! Baker is DeathMistress? Bwhaaaa, what did I miss? She’s waaaay too sweet for "Death_Anythang_. ---
**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 14, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/27 "2013-10-14T19:08:22Z")
**loo** those of us who play [Celebrity Death Pool](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=674062) know **Baker** as **DeathMistress** , even those of us (moi) who well and truly suck and have a big ol’ goose aig for the year thus far. Beast stew and corn bread for dindin. Chewy chawklit chip cookies with pee-kahns for dessert cause I made em. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/28 "2013-10-14T19:24:28Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **loo** those of us who play [Celebrity Death Pool](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=674062) know **Baker** as **DeathMistress** , even those of us (moi) who well and truly suck and have a big ol’ goose aig for the year thus far. I only played for one year … as I recall, I put Gerald Ford on my list and then he promptly went and died about a week before the new year began. So I gave up. I think I ended the year with 0 points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/29 "2013-10-14T19:26:06Z")
Blurfity blurf blurf blurf. [This one](http://cheezburger.com/2014823680) sums it up for me. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/30 "2013-10-14T19:46:31Z")
I have today off since it’s a holiday, and I also have tomorrow off. I got much accomplished today. Finished some clay hedgehog ornaments, worked on some music, did some laundry, scanned some sheet music. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/31 "2013-10-14T19:47:55Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **loo** those of us who play [Celebrity Death Pool](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=674062) know **Baker** as **DeathMistress** , even those of us (moi) who well and truly suck and have a big ol’ goose aig for the year thus far. > > Beast stew and corn bread for dindin. Chewy chawklit chip cookies with pee-kahns for dessert cause I made em. And of all the folks who do have points I am the lowest! I have three whole points! For two celebrities, one was 98 and one was 99 when they died. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/32 "2013-10-14T20:11:49Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Baker is DeathMistress? Bwhaaaa, what did I miss? She’s waaaay too sweet for "Death_Anythang_. Flattery and bribery will get you nowhere. G-d knows, I have tried. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/33 "2013-10-14T20:14:21Z")
Home, having survived the day. rah. We’ve got our flights to Heathrow booked - going on Icelandair via Keflavik - it cost us a whopping $407.20 each!! That’s like $1K less than most other carriers. So we’re flying in a day early and staying at a hotel at Heathrow in a semi-feeble attempt to thwart jetlag. We leave DC on Monday night, get to London just before noon on Tuesday, and catch the bus to the ship at 9 on Wednesday morning. So we’ll use Tuesday to get the sleep we won’t get on the plane. Since we’ve both been to London, we’re not going to do the tourist thing. Plus the cruise is around Great Britain, so we’ll see lots of stuff anyway. Yay! Big ball of fire in sky has been more present than not today - I actually had to pull down my sun visor on the ride home! 😃 It’s a nice change after a week of dreary. If I wasn’t so tired, I’d go futz in the garden. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe not. Whatever. Pseudo-tuna casserole for supper - I’ll be mixing tuna, peas, and mushrooms into some Pasta Roni. It’s a cheater casserole, but who cares - I’s tahred! 😛 For the record, I don’t have a bedazzler, nor do I sport bedazzled underwear. It seems a waste to use them on Depends… 😃 Happy Moanday! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/34 "2013-10-14T20:22:35Z")
Hubby worked a 36 hour shift Sat/Sun and is now a cranky pants. I’m hiding out until he gets better. Could we please change my nickname from picu to _nurse_! I guess, I’m a little cranky, too. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/35 "2013-10-14T20:26:21Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Could we please change my nickname from picu to _nurse_! I guess, I’m a little cranky, too. How do you feel about **Nurse Cranky**? 😃 ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/36 "2013-10-14T20:39:17Z")
Hp about Ratched? 🙂 And why, when I’ve never had numerous blood sampling hurt, it felt as though she had a crowbar jammed in my vein? ---
**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 14, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/37 "2013-10-14T21:25:52Z")
Dindin is et. I make good beast stew if’n I do say so myself. Go Me! Ok **Nurse!** it is then. The exclamation point gives it a certain je ne sais quoi. 😃 Hubby has a right to be a cranky pants right now. However, if it get’s too much a couple valium crushed up in his cocoa should help. ---
**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 14, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/38 "2013-10-14T21:46:15Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Hubby worked a 36 hour shift Sat/Sun and is now a cranky pants. I’m hiding out until he gets better. > > Could we please change my nickname from picu to _nurse_! I guess, I’m a little cranky, too. _Hellllllllloooooooo, **Nurse!**!!!_😃 Moanday’s almost over.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/39 "2013-10-14T21:55:46Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Hubby worked a 36 hour shift Sat/Sun and is now a cranky pants. Oooh, Alex, I’ll take ‘_nurse_! curse’ for 1000 please. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201/40 "2013-10-14T22:30:21Z")
I’ve been catching up on how ugly sweaters and questionable hats help with [Everyday Courtesy](http://archive.org/details/Everyday1948). [Edumacation!](http://www.roflcat.com/edumacation-learn-me-a-book) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopefully-an-easy-week-mmp/671201.md?page=3)