# How I spent my Saturday – a boring MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 17, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829 "2006-07-17T09:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/201 "2006-07-18T16:36:33Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] What? No talk of shorn scrota, **Mika**? [/QUOTE] I had to cut it out for obvious reasons! ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/202 "2006-07-18T16:37:08Z")
Pun intended, I assume. 😛 ---
**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:** [July 18, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/203 "2006-07-18T16:51:51Z")
**Snakes** try planting brussels sprouts in your yard. Since they are the most foul, disgusting thing on earth maybe they’d gross the armadillos out so bad they’d just leave. I know brussels sprouts would keep me from digging in your yard. Or, just throw the elephant poop at ‘em. I’d leave to keep from gettin’ elephant poop flung at me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/204 "2006-07-18T17:04:48Z")
I should point out here that five pages on a Tuesday is durned-near unheard of. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/205 "2006-07-18T17:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Pun intended, I assume. 😛 [/QUOTE] Er…of course! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/206 "2006-07-18T17:56:09Z")
I’ve got nothing to add to today’s discussion. I’m working too hard today, and I have a meeting in about 20 minutes, and then I get to leave early for a doctor appt. But if I don’t jump in now, I’ll never be able to keep up! I love all the pictures! What a group of lovely and talented people we have here in MMP-land. **Swampy** , I’m sorry to hear that today is treating you so badly. Here, have a lollypop. Also, don’t pee yourself. Mustang owners don’t pee themselves. (My best friend just bought a mustang. Dark gray with gray interior, pony package. H-O-T.) Just for reference, how does one arrange to acquire elephant poop from the circus? Do you have an in with a trapeze artist? Or did you just hang around the smelliest tent? And, how many poops do you need per square foot of garden? I am not mocking – I _need_ to know. Also, what kind of plants are you fertilizing? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/207 "2006-07-18T18:01:05Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] I should point out here that five pages on a Tuesday is durned-near unheard of. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Sure, go ahead see, it’s posts like this that got it to 5 pages on a Tuesday ---
**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:** [July 18, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/208 "2006-07-18T18:03:07Z")
So. I hear that five pages by Tuesday is durned near unheard of. This true? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/209 "2006-07-18T18:26:43Z")
:mad: I _KNEW_ things were going too well with the VunderLair. Accoring to VWife, it’s now gorgeous after the cleaners left yesterday. The DirecTV guy and the carpet guy both showed up today, comfortably early, and everything there is painless, except for the check-writing… The movers have a contract in hand, and all there is set. We’re down to living out of boxen, so there’s only a couple hours of packing left. So, what can go wrong? According to NWS, it appears we’ll be moving Friday in a tropical storm… :eek: :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [July 18, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/210 "2006-07-18T18:30:44Z")
You mean I’ll get the chance to see if that gazebo we put up on the deck can withstand a tropical storm? [Peter Griffin] Freakin’ Sweet! [/pg] ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/211 "2006-07-18T18:42:34Z")
I just came back from that GQ thread called “Electric Sun” or whatever. My God is that confusing. My head hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/212 "2006-07-18T18:59:46Z")
I just got an email from my mother at the end of which she wrote “Mom Love” instead of “Love, Mom,” for some reason, and I’ve been giggling about it for more than ten minutes. I have no idea why it’s so damned funny. Doing my part to make six pages by quittin’ time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/213 "2006-07-18T19:00:04Z")
[QUOTE=Twinkie] Just for reference, how does one arrange to acquire elephant poop from the circus? [/QUOTE] Usually, all you need to do is show up with a shovel and something to put the stuff into, and you’re welcome to all you can carry off. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/214 "2006-07-18T19:06:57Z")
**Mika** I peeked in that thread. My first thought was: “This is your thread. This is your thread on drugs. Any questions?” I did not pee in my pants. As a matter of fact my pants are still dry. I still hate today though. I’m gettin’ in the pool when I go home. I may not come out for the next ten days. Or until I get hungry. I’m not sure which yet. Did I mention how much I hate today? **Bobbio** did you honestly think you’d have nice weather to move? You should know better. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/215 "2006-07-18T19:42:17Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I just came back from that GQ thread called “Electric Sun” or whatever. My God is that confusing. My head hurts. [/QUOTE] 😕 I can’t find anything like that in GQ, even with a search. Can you link me? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/216 "2006-07-18T19:43:53Z")
Spats, that’s because it’s in GD. Duh. 😛 > **[Electric Sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=378726)** > > The most detailed pictures ever taken of the Sun reveal the insides of striking snake-like filaments that reach from bright portions of the solar surface into the dark hearts of sunspots. The pictures... ---
**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:** [July 18, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/217 "2006-07-18T19:45:30Z")
Okay, I don’t have any pictures of myself as a child. They didn’t have cameras back then, we had to smash rocks into our faces and hope to transfer our likenesses to the rock that way. However I do have a few recent pictures on this computer, so here’s one where I don’t look either asleep, or like Gomez Adams: [linky](http://mysite.verizon.net/bear503/xmas.jpg) From left to right, standing up: TheBoyChild, TheGirlChild, GirlChild’s hubby, BoyChild’s wife. Sitting, from left to right: #1Granddaughter (the one who just got married), #2Grandson (he just turned 3 Sunday), Wifey, #3Granddaughter, #2Granddaughter, me, #1Grandson. They’re all bigger now, 'cept me, I’m smaller. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/218 "2006-07-18T19:48:29Z")
Bwahahaha! The MMP has taken a seriously silly turn this week. And I’m trying to help reach page 6. So… I need advice. Should I leave it here or start its own thread? Here’s the issue: for the wedding, a friend of **KeithT** ’s family has offered to play violin. Cool. Except I don’t know any appropriate violin+wedding music. I’d been thinking of Beethoven’s Sonata Pathetique (sp?) for walking down the aisle, but that won’t really work on a violin. (And yeah, I know it’s really too fast anyway, but neither of us want the wedding to take forever so who cares if I walk fast?) I don’t want “Here Comes the Bride.” Bleh. Anyway, what other music would sound good on a violin for a wedding? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/219 "2006-07-18T19:51:58Z")
Yeah, that occurred to me after I asked for a link. Anyway, I read over the first page of the thread, and if that’s any indication then this really isn’t all that complicated. **TheFonz** opened up discussion on a very unstandard theory of stellar physics, and they’re going back and forth on it. The other participants in the thread think **TheFonz** is a nut, and in all likelihood they’re right to point out that the theory he’s supporting has way below the critical mass of evidence needed for serious consideration. But hey, on the off chance that the theory is right, or that elements of it need to be added to the current theory, I think that a minor kerfluffle on a message board is just what the doctor ordered. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829/220 "2006-07-18T19:52:43Z")
[QUOTE=taxi78cab] Anyway, what other music would sound good on a violin for a wedding? [/QUOTE] For the love of all that’s decent and holy, no more Pachelbel’s Canon. Every wedding I’ve been to in the last ten years has used that for the bride’s entrance. Yes, it’s pretty. I’m so sick of it. Of course, to my knowledge, I am not actually invited to your wedding, so you can use it if you want, just don’t tell _me_ you’re doing so. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-spent-my-saturday-a-boring-mmp/364829.md?page=12)