# Intimidation: the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 4, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296 "2013-02-04T11:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/61 "2013-02-05T02:58:44Z")
How ironic. Today is World Cancer Awareness Day, as well as the day a Faire acquaintance is in the end stages of a battle against diabetes and cancer. It’s also the day DH learns new acronyms like 5FU and IMRT. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/62 "2013-02-05T03:03:02Z")
I just made scones by myself for the first time! (or should I call them N.O.S. for “Not Our **Scones** ”?) I made them into circle, heart, and dachshund shapes. I’ll bring them to a sale tomorrow. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/63 "2013-02-05T03:48:42Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > I have moved enough times that the next time I have to move, I am going to set fire to my apartment, and the only stuff I can take with me is the stuff I rescue before the place is completely engulfed in flames. > > That’s how much I hate moving. Just chunk everything in the dumpster, like I did. > [@sangfroid](#): > > also, a Big Hello to **dogbutler**! Long time, no see. 🙂 > > Dang if that realtor ain’t straight outta the [uncanny valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley) d/b - kinda creeepy… Welcome back!😃 {{{{ **swampy** }}}}} Glad you made it home safe, **VBob**. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/64 "2013-02-05T04:00:31Z")
> [@ems](#): > > Evening! > > I am still a single lady tonight. **mr ems** is not back until tomorrow and I am bored. & I’m a single guy, wondering why aren’t you here yet? :mad: I purposely left the house EXTRA messy, just for your visit. :rolleyes: OBL even has the backup (smaller & uncracked) lampshade on awaiting extra skritches & hoping you’ll clean all night so he doesn’t have to go in his cage which is hard to navigate with said lampshade on. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/65 "2013-02-05T09:13:14Z")
**(((((Swampy)))))** I had a call from my doting parent yesterday, she’d been to the boob clinic for an emergency squish because she had been feeling a dull ache for a while. The doc couldn’t find anything, but referred her to the clinic anyway. Turns out to be a problem with her chest wall and not anything more serious so she’s very relieved about that. And today we have snow. Who did 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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/66 "2013-02-05T11:05:20Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 44 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 63 and a warmin’ trend on the way. Looks like Miss Mary’s funeral will be this Sattidy. Guess they’re tryin’ to get all the Nawth Keerliner relatives here. They’re all oooooooooold so I reckon it’s a four day trip. 😃 OK, that was tacky. Still I’m wonderin’ why wait almost a week. Not my bidness though. Ok, that’s all I got for now. Time for more caffiene and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Happy Tuesday 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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/67 "2013-02-05T11:24:36Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Is he bringing the new two-wheeled motorized carrige for me to see? It’s only gonna be 23° with approx 1" of snow tonite & a high of 37° tomorrow. Why does he need four wheels & an enclosed cabin w/ heat? :rolleyes: He’s going to Ephrata in the Sonata 😛 He may be a little crazy, but he’s not stoopit! I have a day of doing the drawings for something that someone else designed. It is a pretty bad design, obviously done by someone who has never actually built anything. One of the items cannot be built the way he’s drawn it from the material he specified, but \*\*FCD \*\*and I discussed it yesterday, and he suggested an alternate approach which I’m going to draw up and send to the designer this morning. CAD software needs a warning label: _JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM, IT DOESN’T MAKE YOU AN ENGINEER!_ There’s just a little bit more to engineering design than being able to draw pretty pictures. :rolleyes: Speaking of canine Cone Of Shame, not only did Higgs not need one, she bounced back from her spaying amazingly fast! The first day, she was out of it, but 2 days later, except for her shaved belly, you’d never know anything was different, and less than a week after, she’s her old psycho self. But she’s still terrified of Ziva - watching the two of them just cracks me up! Anyway, Happy Tuesday!!! 😃 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/68 "2013-02-05T11:31:26Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/69 "2013-02-05T11:33:26Z")
{{{ **Swampy** }}} Sorry about Miss Mary ☹ **Meeks**!!! :)🙂 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > He’s going to Ephrata in the Sonata 😛 He may be a little crazy, but he’s not stoopit! It’s [amphibious](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Efrata,+Israel&hl=en&ll=31.704803,35.15213&spn=0.843545,1.234589&sll=31.75239,35.221945&sspn=0.006587,0.009645&hnear=Efrat&t=m&z=10)? 😛 Tell him to say hi! when he gets here!! 😃 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/70 "2013-02-05T11:35:15Z")
I believe I mentioned PA upthread! 😛 Take notes if you can’t keep up! 😃 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/71 "2013-02-05T11:43:57Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I believe I mentioned PA upthread! 😛 Take notes if you can’t keep up! > > 😃 That’s right! Efrata **is** in the **P** alestinian **A** uthority!!! 🆒 What…? 😕 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/72 "2013-02-05T12:02:17Z")
**blurf!!!** My givadammer is seriously malfunctioning today. When I saw Scott, based on what I witnessed with my mother, he’s got about a week or two left. But he’s already defied the predictions of more experienced experts. Seeing sister, aunts and uncles, and a sizeable portion of healthier cousins was worth it. Visited with the VunderKind and FDiL, and stayed overnight with her family. Good, normal people (no comments from the peanut gallery!), and the dynamic in their house reminded me a lot of Sunday dinners with my mother’s side of the family back before I could drive. Well, without the Bible-thumping of grandma. Driving back yesterday was a LOT easier than the snowfest I went through on Firday. I hate snow. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/73 "2013-02-05T12:23:34Z")
Morning. My condolunces (I know that is spelled wrong but I can’t be bothered to look up the spelling and I can’t load the spell check thing on my irk computer) **Swampy**. I hate Tuesdays. There I said it. Y’all happy now!!! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/74 "2013-02-05T12:24:17Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **blurf!!!** What he said. Sorry about your friend, **swampy**. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/75 "2013-02-05T12:34:00Z")
Thanks for all the hugs and condolences y’all. I yanked a ham out of da freezer last night to thaw. I shall bake it and take it over for the family to nosh on. I figure ham is a good thing cause one can make sammiches and so on with ham. Besides, hey, ham! I thought about sump’n earlier that kinda gave me the giggles. Mr. Jim was raised Baptist. Miss Mary was raised Quaker. So they got married and thought, hmmm… we need a compromise here, so they became Whiskypalians. Don’t know how that is a compromise meet in the middle type thing, but there it is. 😃 I also have a grrrrr. I did not check irk email last night, so this mornin’ what do I have but an email remindin’ me of a meetin’ tonight that I did not know about. It’s the Workforce Investment Board which is kinda sorta one of those things one cannot blow off. GRRRRRRR… A six p.m. meetin’. Oh well, at least they feed us so I guess that’s a good thing. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/76 "2013-02-05T13:33:59Z")
I am impatient by nature and today my impatience has made me look like an idiot. :smack::o I am so embarrassed right now and could go crawl under the table if it wouldn’t hurt my knee. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/77 "2013-02-05T13:42:23Z")
Sorrry I didn’t honk and wave at you yesterday, **GT**. I passed through downtown at 7 AM on the nose, and took a guess you weren’t up to see. Didn’t want to wake you… 😉 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/78 "2013-02-05T14:11:58Z")
It’s Toosday. Got to walk hell pup today. Pizza day for Sah-kid but I have so much food around here I won’t get anything. I need to go to irk. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/79 "2013-02-05T15:11:07Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I am impatient by nature and today my impatience has made me look like an idiot. :smack::o I am so embarrassed right now and could go crawl under the table if it wouldn’t hurt my knee. Oh no, no, no, no no! This is completely unacceptable! You can’t say that you did something :smack: & not give details! This is totally against the rules - see Chapter 2.56.35 sub ¶ 2g (or something like that???). As punishment, you are prohibited from posting to the MMP for the next 27 seconds. :rolleyes: On other fronts, is it too late for my **BLURF**? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296/80 "2013-02-05T15:14:16Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > On other fronts, is it too late for my **BLURF**? Yes. Lazy dukey butt. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intimidation-the-mmp/649296.md?page=5)