# It's A Bear Story - An I can't think of a Witty Title This Late MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 2, 2014, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825 "2014-06-02T08:59:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/81 "2014-06-03T20:21:24Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Um, KFC delivery wouldn’t help with the semi-frozen hunks of chicken on my counter. 😛 True, but I am under a geas that I must diss Swampy in some of my posts. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/82 "2014-06-03T20:23:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is why the first thing I will do when I become stinking rich is to buy up all the land around me and start an alligator farm. Where do I send my contribution? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/83 "2014-06-03T20:37:33Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Where do I send my contribution? My Paypal account or my Numbered Swiss Bank Account. I just got it this weekend. It was all very secret. I met an officer of the bank in the Burger King parking lot. My account number is 1. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/84 "2014-06-03T20:42:28Z")
**sari** , your friend sounds a bit like my late uncle. Back in the sixties, he and my aunt bought 10 acres ~five miles outside of Fort Wayne. Eventually, the city caught up with them and a subdivision completely surrounded them. Some of the neighbors complained that the horses stunk (? they don’t smell bad at all on the farm animal scale) and the rooster crowed. My uncle’s answer: This is still zoned agriculture. I could put pigs in here, you know. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/85 "2014-06-03T20:46:15Z")
Chikin **flytrap** order McYuckets from the drive thru at Mickey D’s. 😛 I await pizza actually. I ordered and OYKW is pickin’ it up. Didn’t wanna cook so I didn’t. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/86 "2014-06-03T20:49:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > My Paypal account or my Numbered Swiss Bank Account. I just got it this weekend. It was all very secret. I met an officer of the bank in the Burger King parking lot. > My account number is 1. Either one. I just like the idea of the plant with jaws gettin’ chomped by an animal that’s about 80% mouth. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/87 "2014-06-03T21:02:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Either one. I just like the idea of the plant with jaws gettin’ chomped by an animal that’s about 80% mouth. 😛 A hundred bucks to my Palpal account should cover it. Thanks! ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/88 "2014-06-03T21:42:22Z")
Looks like I’m finally going camping!!! 😃 There’s a HOG rally in Cumberland, MD on 19-21 June. \*\*FCD \*\*is taking the trailer behind his bike and I’m following in the car because I’m coming back before he does. Unfortunately, our site doesn’t have power, so I’ve got to figure out meals that we can make on a grill or that don’t require cooking. Anyway, that adventure is in a couple of weeks. Higgs is going along, and we’ll see how the cats fare for a couple of nights along. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/89 "2014-06-03T22:07:48Z")
I haven’t been around the MMP much lately. I’ve been busy practicing my clarinets for upcoming performances. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/90 "2014-06-03T22:15:56Z")
**Midget** have you also been takin’ your clarinets for walks? They need the fresh air you know. **MOOOOOM** I suggest Vienna sausages, hoop cheese, and crackers. None of that requires cookin’. No need to thank me. I live to help. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/91 "2014-06-03T22:33:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **MOOOOOM** I suggest Vienna sausages, hoop cheese, and crackers. Dear G-d. We should all get legal injunctions forbidding this man to be within a hundred yards of our kitchens. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/92 "2014-06-03T22:50:48Z")
**swampy** , I’m thinking we’ll have a cooler full of sammiches, salads, and beverages. We’ve got a small charcoal grill, so burgers or weenies are a possibility. I’m pretty sure we’ll survive. Oh yeah, and we’ll have to take Higgs’ food, too. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/93 "2014-06-03T22:56:24Z")
And it’s time for Colbert and Daily show. _ **MWAH!!** _ ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/94 "2014-06-03T23:03:14Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **swampy** , I’m thinking we’ll have a cooler full of sammiches, salads, and beverages. We’ve got a small charcoal grill, so burgers or weenies are a possibility. I’m pretty sure we’ll survive. Cold baked chicken and herbed mayonnaise. Deviled eggs. I do not know about Maryland, but in Arkansas a married couple with the license and a framed ketubah hanging on the wall would be considered to be living in sin if the Wife does not have a deviled egg plate. But I digress. Baked ham and a beef roast to slice for sandwiches. > [@Rubaiyat](#): > > A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread–and Thou ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/95 "2014-06-03T23:23:49Z")
:Currently Sticks and Scones is avoiding writing her thank you emails: This should surprise no one! I think that today’s interview went rather well. Or at least I can’t look back at it and pick out anything overtly stupid that I said. We shall see in the next week or so if they agree. I also have an interview at another place on Monday. **Rosie** , go to the reunion and have a great time. Don’t become isolated because of your chair. The chair does not define you. You are a terrific, wonderful person who is full of life. Just think of yourself as Auntie Mame on wheels, open a new window, and go get 'em. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/96 "2014-06-04T01:31:50Z")
**swampy** , hoop cheese, vienna sausages and saltines is fishin’ food. They’re campin’! I broke down and bought a new office chair for the studio. The canister was shot on the old one. One hourand much cursing later, I’m sitting in it. It needs a couple of adjustments but it’s comfy. Surf time! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/97 "2014-06-04T01:42:44Z")
Howdy. Did not kill hubby and he is in a better mood today. But I was ready for him in case. Sick of irk. We got rain. Lots and lots of rain. Tired. These 12 hr days are taking a toll. I am getting a teen clerk for the summer (insert old roll eyes). Just what I need. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/98 "2014-06-04T02:34:30Z")
Worked, we had a good Booster Club meeting. We made a donation to my friends who had their house firebombed. > [@kopek](#): > > If you see a fairly tall soldier – late 50s-ish – from Erie name Bolla say howdy from me. I did some stuff with him through Fort LeBoeuf and the Brig Niagara. > > There is a local event at a site called Stone House. Not big but boy do they ever feed good. And re-enactors are like cats that way. Several years ago as part of the buffet were these terrific red-skinned potatoes. Almost whole and baked in butter — deelish!!! But they had so many of them that there were dozens of leftovers. > > Later that night after a beverage and cigar some people (not me of course) happened to notice that the potatoes were damn near perfect sized for the bore of the one mortar. One thing led to another and all of a sudden we were launching these things skywards. > > The next morning the folks who run the nature center about a half mile away got to work to find their building mysteriously pelted with potatoes. I won’t go into details about the aftermath but since then Stone House have only served mashed or “au gratin” potatoes. > > (And if anyone asks, rubber chickens will fire out of a 2 pound gun AND reinvent vulcanization at the same time. And glow-sticks work well in .62 and .69 muskets. Trust me ------- we have some interesting times once you Tourons leave.) I knew i liked you for a reason. 😃 And if I ever win the lottery ,we’re definitely doing Santarchy. **Butters** , if you change your mind, maybe you should ask **wiki** to look up her Kodiak friend. 😉 Good luck ,sticky! rosie, go! [Stuart Smally]You’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and dsoggone it, people love you![/Stuart Smally] Hang in there, **sari**! **FCM** , the Money Fairy leaves me cash every two weeks. 😉 : moshes on **swampy** ’s lawn : ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/99 "2014-06-04T10:07:58Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 67 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 91 for the day. Summer returneth. YAY! **doggio** I have no idea what you did in my yahd but you best clean it up. 😛 **Butters** glad things are better on the homefront. As for the teen person, hey, we all gotta start somewhere. Maybe you’ll get a good one. **Rosie** I agree with what others have said. Go and have a good time. If somebody gets on your nerves you can always “accidentally” run over a foot. **Sari and StickyBuns** appropriate/inappropriate appendages remain crossed re the house and job respectively. **Red** I pictured **MOOOOOOM** in a straw hat sittin’ on the river bank with a cane pole. **flytrap** what, you prefer potted meat over Vienna sausages? Also, one must have a least two deviled aig trays, one for everyday and a fancy one for company. Ok, that’s all I got for now. I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then, alas and alack, 'tis hump day, so irk purtification must commence. Happy (especially for **Sean** ) [Hump Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA) Y’all! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bear-story-an-i-cant-think-of-a-witty-title-this-late-mmp/689825/100 "2014-06-04T10:30:32Z")
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