# I Decided To Start This Week's MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 10, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229 "2014-11-10T10:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/181 "2014-11-15T03:33:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Jesus Christ, you guys read Torah? Well that’s one 'ell of a mixed metaphor! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/182 "2014-11-15T03:37:14Z")
This is the first time I’ve ever posted in an MMP topic. I just wanted to because I know **swampbear** on FB and have interacted with him a lot on Facebook recently (I’m Chris Nealon, if you didn’t know). You’re one cool dude! Actually, there’s a lot of posters in this thread with whom I’m FB friends with and who are awesome people. Aw hell, you’re all awesome people. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/183 "2014-11-15T04:21:39Z")
[QUOTE=Idle Thoughts] Aw hell, you’re all awesome people. [/QUOTE] You just haven’t gotten to know us properly yet! 😃 ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/184 "2014-11-15T05:02:20Z")
Worked, did the Booster Club meeting, ran errands. > [@SpazCat](#): > > I came home from irk because I’m sick. Looks like I’ve caught that Thing That’s Going Around. > > You’ve let me down, immune system. As usual. : emails chicken soup > [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > This is the first time I’ve ever posted in an MMP topic. > I just wanted to because I know **swampbear** on FB and have interacted with him a lot on Facebook recently (I’m Chris Nealon, if you didn’t know). You’re one cool dude! > > Actually, there’s a lot of posters in this thread with whom I’m FB friends with and who are awesome people. > Aw hell, you’re all awesome people. Welcome to the MMP! : pokepokepokepokepokepokepoke : 😃 ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/185 "2014-11-15T11:28:25Z")
My fever broke last night. We’ll see how today goes. Welcome aboard, Idle! swampy will be along soon with your new nickname. Donations of chocolate for the ladies and beer for the men are appreciated, and then sit back and enjoy the concert we have whipped up for our new arrivals: The Song of Gordie’s People in four-part harmony. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/186 "2014-11-15T11:41:39Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- I won’t be bugging out right after supper. I gots some couth! Plus \*\*FCD \*\*is scheduled to do a presentation to my daughter’s batch of 7th graders on Tues. He’ll be talking about space stuff, including stuff he did at NASA. I’d kinda like to go along, but I don’t know if I can handle all day in a middle school. :eek: We got a lot done yesterday. Three pies are baked, the turkey is done and sliced, as is the ham (which MIL declares is the worst ham she’s ever bought!) The tables are set up in the living room, and I believe we’re going to do this buffet-style, since 10 people plus serving dishes at a table is a pain in the patoot. Today, I’ll peel and cook the N.O.T.s for mashing, and we’ve got to bake the sweet N.O.T. casserole, the brussels sprouts, the dressing, plus warm up the turkey and the horrible ham. SIL is bringing green beans and another side. Daughter is bringing green stuff and deviled eggs. And in addition to 10 diners, there will be 4 doggies. It should be interesting. Naturally, I neglected to bring my camera. I will be glad to get home, if only to consign Higgs to her crate at night. Apparently she needs to pee at 2:30, then she thinks it’s play time. ugh. I did manage to fall back to sleep for about 3 hours, but thanks to the cramped confines of a double mattress (I miss our king size!!) I awoke with a numb left arm - it got trapped between \*\*FCD \*\*and me as we slept. Meanwhile, Higgs has been out and I’m thinking about caffeinating. Let the day begin! Welcome, **IT**!! It took me some looking to figure out your FB identity, but I done it 'cause I ar SMRT!!! 😃 Happy Saturday!! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/187 "2014-11-15T12:56:20Z")
Up and caffeinated. it’s 25 outside right now. Yay for broken fevers, **Spaz**. **FCM** , middle schoolers are best handled in blocks of 10 minutes or less. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/188 "2014-11-15T14:03:52Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffienated, brekkied and purtified! ‘Tis 33 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 59 for the day. Actually it’s nice out. I know cause we’ve been out and about already. We had brekkie at IHOP, then went to :eek:Wally\*World:eek:, and to the grocery sto’ already. OYKW has gone back to nap for a while and I’m kinda wired up so no nappage for me. Yet awhile anyways. **IdleThoughts** welcome! As **doggio** said poke_poke_poke_poke_poke. Hmmm… a nickname… Let’s see now, Idle Thoughts=IT which makes me think of Cousin ITT from the Addams Family. You recently grew a beard that would have made Cousin ITT jealous, so I propose ITT as your nickname. 😃 Thanks for callin’ me a cool Dude. Makes me blush. :o Also I already knew your IRL name. It’s all over the doper facebook page as is mine and everybody else’s (almost) who haunts the doper facebook page. Also juvenile rules here, so \ and juvenile humor are always welcome. We frequently break out in silly jokes and puns. **flytrap** especially likes the puns. **MOOOOOOM** I suppose it’s good to have some suaveness and not bug out right after chowin’ down. I say go with FCD to your daughter’s school. You could make funny faces at him durin’ his presentation. That way you’d fit right in at a middle skool. 😃 **spaz** yay for fever breakage! **flytrap** we have lessons from the OT and NT each Sunday along with a reading from the Gospels, plus we sing (chant) all or a portion of a Psalm. Ok, let me see what else is up on teh intartoobz this mornin’. Happy Sattidy Y’all! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/189 "2014-11-15T14:05:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Cool. > Which opera is it? It was “Venus and Adonis” by John Blow, and Rameau’s “Pygmalion.” Double-bill Baroque operas. And **swampy** , I remember watching “What’s Opera, Doc?” in film music class in university. Nice to have a course where we could watch cartoons. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/190 "2014-11-15T14:35:44Z")
Dang **midget** if I had to pay double bills to see the opera I’d be baroque too! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/191 "2014-11-15T15:49:24Z")
Haha. 🙂 It was actually very reasonably priced. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/192 "2014-11-15T15:54:25Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **IdleThoughts** welcome! As **doggio** said poke_poke_poke_poke_poke. Hmmm… a nickname… Let’s see now, Idle Thoughts=IT which makes me think of Cousin ITT from the Addams Family. You recently grew a beard that would have made Cousin ITT jealous, so I propose ITT as your nickname. 😃 Thanks for callin’ me a cool Dude. Makes me blush. > [@swampbear](#): > > Dang **midget** if I had to pay double bills to see the opera I’d be baroque too! 1. That’s a long & convoluted path for a nickname. 2. He could shave, which would not make him so Itt-ish 3. If he thinks you’re a cool dude despite comments like the above, he is definitely **Thoughtless**! (C’mon, we can _poke_poke_poke_ at a mod & _not_ get in trouble!) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/193 "2014-11-15T16:14:08Z")
Hi, **Thoughtless**. (_pokepokepokepokepokepokepokepokepokepoke_) Welcome to where the cool kids hang out. That automatically makes you a cool kid. I am far less blurfy today because the cat let me sleep in. She had no choice. I’d refused to respond to her 6am mewings. She finally gave up, curled up, and purred. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/194 "2014-11-15T16:59:57Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Aw hell, you’re all awesome people. …I have no money. :dubious: ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/195 "2014-11-15T18:03:24Z")
One can poke a mod all one wants on facebook **spidey**. **Thoughless** hee! I like it! I’m thinkin’ a grilled pimento cheeze sammich and a bowl of beef veggie soup would be good right now, so Ima go do that. OYKW is in complete agreement btw. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/196 "2014-11-15T18:38:38Z")
Supernatural forces are keeping me in front of the tee vee _forcing_ me to watch one of the two greatest movies of all time, “Blues Brothers”. It’s not like it own it on DVD & can watch it whenever I want or anything. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/197 "2014-11-15T18:54:59Z")
I love the Blues Brothers movie!! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/198 "2014-11-15T18:59:23Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Supernatural forces are keeping me in front of the tee vee _forcing_ me to watch one of the two greatest movies of all time, “Blues Brothers”. It’s not like it own it on DVD & can watch it whenever I want or anything. :rolleyes: What do you want for nothing? Rubber biscuit? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/199 "2014-11-15T19:43:07Z")
Dang, **spidey** , I’m envious. All I watched this morning was National Lampoon’s _Vacati on_. I did get the dishes washed and the kitchen floor swept though. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-decided-to-start-this-weeks-mmp/704229/200 "2014-11-15T20:45:08Z")
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