# I'm Craving a Tall Glass of MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554 "2012-12-10T01:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/41 "2012-12-10T05:23:24Z")
Great idea for the OP, **Apes** , although my cravings aren’t pregnancy cravings …or they better not be, considering that I turned 60 a few months ago! :eek: When I was pregnant with my son (who is now 25), I craved taco salad, of all things, and ate it several times a week (one of the cafeterias had a taco salad bar, and yes I ate there when ever I could LOL it wasn’t expensive, fortunately). My son can’t stand Mexican food, though. ☹ I do love chocolate, though. We have had a serious temperature drop in New Mexico! There is even snow in the northern and some central parts of the state, although we haven’t seen any in Albuquerque. It’s been all around the area, and definitely up in the mountains. I have had to turn on the heat in my bedroom (I normally don’t unless it is really cold out, and even then I usually have the window cracked). Winds are up to, which makes it feel even colder. BRR!!! **Taters** , you and your family remain in my prayers. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/42 "2012-12-10T05:58:48Z")
I’ve never been pregnant, but do get occasional food cravings. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of carbs. When I’m stressed or not feeling well, my body demands meat, cheese, and other protein. I tend to take the view that if I’m having food cravings, my body knows it needs something in the food I’m wanting, so I’d better give it what it needs. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/43 "2012-12-10T07:26:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > So, is SOL Yiddish, or not? > 😕 Whatever language it started in, it’s become international. I don’t **think** I’ve ever had any Pregnancy Cravings, you know, what with being a guy and all… Sometimes I get a craving for falafel. Luckily I’m somewhere where it’s relatively a relatively easy craving to satisfy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/44 "2012-12-10T10:04:59Z")
All this time, I thought SOL was Amurrkin Redneck… Blurf. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/45 "2012-12-10T10:59:26Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > All this time, I thought SOL was Amurrkin Redneck… > > Blurf. Well, _English speaking_ international, at least. I think. I mean, I know what it means and the last time I lived in the US for any length of time, Reagan was busy getting shot at… ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/46 "2012-12-10T11:22:35Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ _YAWN_ 'Tis 55 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 78 and maybe rain. 'Tis also waaaaaaaay foggy out. Cravin’s hmmmm… well, cookies (duh!) as I am a serious cookieholic. I like beer but I don’t _crave_ it. When I do get a big jonesin’ for sump’n I refer to it as a gnawin’ and a cravin’ which is a good ol’ southern term for a big cravin’. Pizza is probably a big cravin’ cause when I want it nuttin’ else will do until I get me some pizza. **Apes** the twins are just lil’ ol’ cuties! Love the baby pic! **gotti** hope you find suitable pain meds soonest. I’m also glad to know you have not taken to storin’ your cheesey poofs in panties. 😃 Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas and alack, 'tis Monday thus irk purtification must commence. Happy Monday Y’all! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/47 "2012-12-10T11:28:51Z")
Good morning! I got to come to work alone because my poor sweetie is feeling icky and he had a lousy night. He was going back to bed as I was leaving. Foggy drive in today, not that you’d know it from the way some people were driving. Apparently “seeing” isn’t important to some drivers. :rolleyes: One yutz in a pickup was probably cussing me because I wasn’t speeding down a dark, winding stretch of road. Silly me - between not being able to see far ahead and not wanting to risk hitting a deer (again) I was doing about 35. So he was 12 seconds later getting to the intersection - boohoo! 😛 **Apes** , the babby pic is adorable! And the photographer managed to get both of them in the cute mode simultaneously! When I was 11, with sibs 10, 9, 4, and newborn, my folks had a photographer come to the house to do a portrait of the lot of us. I was standing, holding the baby, and the other 3 were lined up on a bench in front of me. The three of them were all smiley, the baby was writhing and crying, and I was captured looking down at her - fortunately, I wasn’t shooting daggers at her with my eyes… 😉 Hey, that gives me an idea - we need to post pics of ourselves when we were kids. That’s a MMP that’ll require some advance planning for some… like me… _hmmmmmmm_ Happy Monday, all! Christmas is 2 weeks from tomorrow, just in case you don’t have enough to panic about! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Comadrona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Comadrona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Comadrona)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/48 "2012-12-10T11:55:57Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > So as most of you know I am pregnant with my third child. (Second pregnancy) > I haven’t been craving anything in particular for very long, but I have had waves of cravings such as: > Milk. Mmmmm, tall glass of cold milk. > Peanut butter toast (With a tall glass of cold milk of course) > Orange juice > String cheese > Microwave green chili and beef burritos > > I haven’t been craving sweets very much this pregnancy. I also get intense cravings for meat sometimes, and other times it makes my stomach curdle. > > So what do you crave? May I suggest that if you are craving carbs, you search out some more protein (in forms other than meat) in your diet? It seems to be the body’s way of trying to get more energy to grow the baby but, as we all know, too many simple carbs will just make a fat baby whereas protein will develop him/her without the excessive fat. You can also get lots of calcium not just from dairy but from legumes and from fresh green vegies. And don’t discount the value of drinking at least 3 litres of water a day - more in summer - which will keep your kidneys happy. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/49 "2012-12-10T11:57:16Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. laundry afterwards. **FCM** , don’t remind me. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/50 "2012-12-10T12:01:31Z")
A friend, when she was pregnant the first time, made the decision to go organic wherever possible - she cut out all junk, sweets, and overly processed grains - and had a 13+ pound baby. So for her second pregnancy she kept all the “bad for you” foods in her diet, in moderation of course, and still had an 11+ pound baby. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/51 "2012-12-10T12:20:08Z")
First on Page 2! And the sun still ain’t up in Merrylande! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/52 "2012-12-10T12:21:06Z")
**rosie** , I’m inclined to think some people just squeeze out big babies, purely based on personal anecdotes, of course. When I was in the Navy, there was a guy in our squadron whose wife had two monster-sized kids - I think one was over 14#!! :eek: I’d never met her, but he was a kinda short guy, so it’s not like he had linebacker genetics or anything. I wonder if the kids grew up to be exceptionally big. Doing the mental math, they’d be in their 30s by now… dang, I feel old. Two drawings done (to be fair, they just had minor fixes) and now I’m diving into a 10-page monster drawing from the depths of, um, someplace dark and full of pages. Sure hope today goes fast… ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/53 "2012-12-10T12:26:06Z")
I wonder how many of those kids that were born sans antlers were products on moms with undiagnosed gestational diabetes? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/54 "2012-12-10T12:38:36Z")
Page two already! Dang what a buncha jibber-jabberers! 😃 So begins the irk week. I should get motivated and dive in the pile o’ stuff awaitin’ me. Or not. Tonight is my very last Vestry meetin’ over to the church house. YAY! Also a little ☹ cause I have enjoyed my three year term and have seen a lot of good stuff happen like payin’ off the mortgage. Now I shall have to figure out what to do with myself on the second Monday night of each month. Ok, go to irk bear! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/55 "2012-12-10T12:53:49Z")
Happy Monday! Or something like that. Today is water aerobics and then maybe a walk around the track and then time for more homework. I’ll be so glad when it’s all done. Still feeling very blah but hoping that will go away soon. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/56 "2012-12-10T13:05:32Z")
Mornin’. Its gonna be 74 here today. 74!!! WTH? Did someone forget to tell Mother Nature that its December. Did I just get transported to Australia or Florida or somewhere else besides southern VA in December? Currently I be craving some cold weather so I can sit in front of the fake fire with the kittehs. Mostly I just crave salty things. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/57 "2012-12-10T13:39:22Z")
blurf ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/58 "2012-12-10T13:54:23Z")
It went from a high in the 70s yesterday to snow on the rooftops at work today. Brrrrr. Church choir is big into Christmas music, but we have a new-to-me director, and he’s not into the traditional stuff as much as I’d like. I’m happy to try some of the new songs and different arrangements, but I still want my figgy pudding, so to speak. Oh, and I stayed up waaaaaay too late and only got five hours of sleep. Also, I need to send a Secret Santa gift to an international location, and I found out last night that today is the last day to ship Express Priority in order to get it there by Christmas. I don’t even want to know what the cost on that is going to be. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/59 "2012-12-10T14:02:22Z")
Oddly enough, I’m not craving food. I’m craving a cigarette. I quit 4 years ago but dang, I want to smoke. Firday night the 6 pound tin of Harry London chocolates was delivered. I opened it, had 2, put the lid back on and stuck it in the garage. Now it’s at irk, hidden in the stacks. I hope there is some left for Christmas Day. Cuz some days, you just NEED chocolate at irk. Although when I have a fuds craving, it’s for salt. Popcorn with butter, chips, stuff like that. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554/60 "2012-12-10T14:33:47Z")
I hear ya **WetOne** I could eat an entire biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig bag of **N.O.T.** chips at one sittin’. To me those are the single serve bags. 😃 Thus I rarely buy ‘em. This is also why I will not buy a box of Little Debbie’s Swiss Rolls. I lurve those and as long as I know they’re in da cave I can’t stand it! The set there in the fridge tauntin’ me the evil things. I should have known better than to attempt to order tires via teh intartoobz. I should have had 'em last week. Sears sent me an email to tell me they are on back order. Thus I have cancelled the order. I’ll just go to the tire place and get dang tires. Sheesh! Not from Sears though cause they have made da bear mad. I won’t buy ‘em from Sears just because of that. Matter of fact, I’d sooner buy tires from somebody sellin’ 'em on the side of the road than from Sears. I shall feel that way forever or until the next time I want to buy sump’n from Sears whichever comes first. Here endeth the rant [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-craving-a-tall-glass-of-mmp/643554.md?page=4)