# I call Shot Gun MMP
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Tags:** mmp
**Created:** [June 3, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998 "2013-06-03T04:12:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/41 "2013-06-03T19:13:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I found a penny in a parking lot Saturday, but I didn’t pick it up.
And all the day you did not have good luck.
When my younger brother and I lived together as adults (may Gary RIP) I did all the laundry cause, well, he was a slob. I dutifully went through pants and shrit pockets before throwin’ in the washer and I found sixty bucks in a pair of his pants. I gave it back to him and told him from now on what I find I keep. Durin’ the three years we lived together I’d find ten or twenty bucks in his pants a couple times a month when I did laundry. I always thanked him for the beer money. 😃
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/42 "2013-06-03T19:22:22Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> And all the day you did not have good luck.
_Dammit!_
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/43 "2013-06-03T19:24:20Z")
We got our 2x4s then went to Red Robin for lunch. One of **FCD** ’s former minions came in and we called him to lunch with us. There was chat about how screwed up things are and how there’s not much work to do. I think \*\*FCD \*\*is relieved to be out of there.
We’ve put in all the joist hangers and installed the mid-span supports and 3 joists. Most of the deck boards that I painted look horrible - it was stain, not paint, so the coverage sucks. Plus I hate Olympic, so there’s that. After we install the boards, they’ll get a second coat, and if it still looks sucky, I’m going to order the stuff I wanted to use in the first place.
On the way back, we stopped at the Amish market and got some beeyooteeful 'maters and some itty-bitty new N.O.T.s - I’ll add some fish, and that’ll be supper. Yum. We also stopped at the credit union to dump a bag of coinage in their counter. I was surprised that we had $71.03 in the various containers around the house. Yay for loose change!
I’ve closed the house again - it’s not all that hot, but it’s really muggy out. Tonight it’s supposed to cool down to 60°, so I’ll open the windows again. But for now, conditioned air. And relaxation. Life is good.
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### Author:  [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/44 "2013-06-03T19:57:12Z")
Not really having a very good day due to many circumstances coming together to conspire against me… Hope it gets better soon.
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### Author:  [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/45 "2013-06-03T19:59:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I found a penny in a parking lot Saturday, but I didn’t pick it up.
I won’t pick them up unless they are face up
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/46 "2013-06-03T20:07:45Z")
I used to pick up pennies. Now that we no longer use them in my country, I don’t know if I’ll be picking them up anymore.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/47 "2013-06-03T21:02:39Z")
Howdy from da cave! Did a quick dindin of sliced turkey boob, peas ‘n carrots and new **N.O.T.** in a white sauce. OYKW et and then left to go to his place to purty up a little bit. He has a meetin’ (some kind of professional org thingy) to go to this evenin’ poor thing. Anywho, everybody is fed and tummys are happy. I suppose I should go clean up the kitchen.
**{{{StickyBuns}}}** hope your day is gettin’ better.
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/48 "2013-06-03T21:16:56Z")
I love turkey boobs.
School has been attended, the maple sugar candies have been finished off, and the bass clarinet has been walked.
Work tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/49 "2013-06-03T21:18:59Z")
> [@April\_R](#):
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> I won’t pick them up unless they are face up
Me, too!
I always heard “see a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck”
unless it’s face down, in which case - DOOM!
Well, still working toward my ambitious goals for the day, but not there yet. The suspense is killing me.
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### Author:  [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/50 "2013-06-03T21:26:36Z")
> [@sangfroid](#):
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> Me, too!
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> I always heard “see a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck”
> unless it’s face down, in which case - DOOM!
Exactly!
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/51 "2013-06-03T21:37:53Z")
Supper’s almost ready. Another band of rain is moving in. I think I’ll log off till tomorrow.
_ **MWAH!!** _
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/52 "2013-06-03T22:38:28Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> He has a meetin’ (some kind of professional org thingy) to go to this evenin’ poor thing.
My brain saw the ORG & the extra letter on THING & ran them together. I’m thinking way, way, _way_ to much TMI, even for you. :o
> [@EmilyG](#):
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> School has been attended, the maple sugar candies have been finished off, and the bass clarinet has been walked.
Did you make said maple candies? If so, can I PM you my address??? The only thing better is barley sugar pops, aka instant cavity on a stick.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/53 "2013-06-03T22:44:03Z")
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> My brain saw the ORG & the extra letter on THING & ran them together. I’m thinking way, way, _way_ to much TMI, even for you. :o
Hey, if it was a professional orgy I’d be the one attendin’. 😛
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/54 "2013-06-03T22:45:05Z")
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> …
> Did you make said maple candies? If so, can I PM you my address??? The only thing better is barley sugar pops, aka instant cavity on a stick.
Sorry, I bought them at a local market. It’s in Cote-des-Neiges in Montreal, near the community centre where I work.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/55 "2013-06-03T23:10:13Z")
> [@EmilyG](#):
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> the community centre where I work.
I have always wondered if Canadians put their tyres in the boot and park next to the kerb.
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### Author:  [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/56 "2013-06-03T23:12:05Z")
It’s been over 10 fucking months but some days I just miss my boyfriend. ☹
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### Author:  [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/57 "2013-06-03T23:14:21Z")
Morn…err,evening, all! Work is busy as I’m still learning everything. It will be some time before I really KNOW everything, but as the lady who has been covering my position gores out for surgery in a couple weeks, I’m doing my best to at least half half a clue by then.
I’m kind of a non competitor. Sure, I LIKE to win, but chances are 99 percent that if I’m doing something it’s cause I want to, which means i enjoy it , which means for me that winning isn’t the goal.
Except gambling, lol. I get bored mighty fast if I have even a short streak of bad luck.
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/58 "2013-06-03T23:18:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I have always wondered if Canadians put their tyres in the boot and park next to the kerb.
No, we put tires in the trunk and park next to the curb.
“Centre” is how we spell “center.” “Centre” is also the French word for center. The place where I work has a French name incorporating the word “centre.”
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/59 "2013-06-03T23:25:12Z")
> [@EmilyG](#):
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> “Centre” is how we spell “center.” “Centre” is also the French word for center. The place where I work has a French name incorporating the word “centre.”
Do the British not also spell it “centre”? Perhaps they swiped it from the French.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shot-gun-mmp/659998/60 "2013-06-03T23:27:37Z")
I caught a moth on the curtains.
I leaned past Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) as she stood with the front door open smoking a cigarette, tossed him out, and the little bastard flew right back inside.
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