# It's a dirty job but somebody has to do it MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 21, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799 "2013-10-21T09:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/341 "2013-10-26T19:48:44Z")
> [@Rougarou](#): > > I lurves me some one hunnert percent cotton shirts. I hates me some ironin’. I need a maid. A studly maid, who will iron my shirts while I watch. Woe is me. The kind that wear tight black pants and have a mock white collar and black bow tie around their neck? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/342 "2013-10-26T20:07:17Z")
Executive decision has been made and pizza has been ordered and should be enroute soon. Yum! We didn’t have lunch so we’ll have an early supper. My sweetie is crashed with a cat in his lap and a dog near his head on the back of the loveseat. If my camera batteries weren’t dead, I could take a pic. The work table is in the new paint room - that was a challenging evolution, since the doors are just 24" wide and there’s not a lot of space to turn an 8’ long table top. There was some sheetrock damage, but nothing we care about. Now he’s got to run an air line to the room and fashion an exhaust fan/filter system to mount in the window. We got a lot more done today than I expected. Yay!! \*\*sari \*\*- if you were moving fairly soon, I’d set the hutch aside for you. ☹ ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/343 "2013-10-26T20:07:39Z")
> [@Brains on the Half Shell](#): > > The kind that wear tight black pants and have a mock white collar and black bow tie around their neck? Nah. Nekkid, but wearin’ an apron cause the iron is hot. 😃 **Skully** please! The man would put even more wrinkles in the shirts whilst ironin’ 'em. Thus, he sends one hunnert percent cotton shirts to the dry cleaner. No I do not offer to iron ‘em for him. Heck, I hates ironin’ my own. However, I’m cheap. Chili cheese onion slaw dawgs for dindin tonight. I’ll tell y’all when to get upwind. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/344 "2013-10-26T20:23:19Z")
> [@Carom Fa Thymi](#): > > And there are tons of books to be sorted thru. Where’s a good place to donate unwanted books? I figure if we haven’t looked at them in 9 years, we won’t miss them. Library. What they don’t take Goodwill will. I’d help you out, but that’s a far drive and I’m already in my hermit cave for the evening. _glances suspiciously out windows, hisses_ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/345 "2013-10-26T21:16:47Z")
> [@Rougarou](#): > > Nah. Nekkid, but wearin’ an apron cause the iron is hot. 😃 > > **Skully** please! The man would put even more wrinkles in the shirts whilst ironin’ 'em. Thus, he sends one hunnert percent cotton shirts to the dry cleaner. No I do not offer to iron ‘em for him. Heck, I hates ironin’ my own. However, I’m cheap. > > Chili cheese onion slaw dawgs for dindin tonight. I’ll tell y’all when to get upwind. So? Get _him_ topay for the dry cleaners! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/346 "2013-10-26T22:48:39Z")
I’d rather he pay for breakfast, N.O.L., and dinner out. 😃 Speakin’ of dindin, now is the time to stay upwind. Also, ironin’ is done. YAY!!! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/347 "2013-10-26T23:46:33Z")
> [@Rougarou](#): > > Nah. Nekkid, but wearin’ an apron cause the iron is hot. 😃 > > **Skully** please! The man would put even more wrinkles in the shirts whilst ironin’ 'em. Thus, he sends one hunnert percent cotton shirts to the dry cleaner. No I do not offer to iron ‘em for him. Heck, I hates ironin’ my own. However, I’m cheap. > > Chili cheese onion slaw dawgs for dindin tonight. I’ll tell y’all when to get upwind. I don’t have to iron. 😛 Chinese BBQ chicken is cooking. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/348 "2013-10-27T00:14:43Z")
> [@I ate Spock's Brain](#): > > I don’t have to iron. 😛 I don’t _have_ to iron, but I run the risk of the Gay Mafia if I show up in public in a wrinkled shirt. The Gay Mafia is brutal! ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/349 "2013-10-27T00:21:14Z")
> [@](#): > I need a vacuum cleaner attachment that works on sinuses. A new upper respiratory tract would also be good. TMI warning: If I’m going to have cramps, would be nice if that threatening period would just get going and get this over with. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/350 "2013-10-27T00:38:56Z")
Be glad they’re not both in the same orifice. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/351 "2013-10-27T02:02:44Z")
> [@Rougarou](#): > > I don’t _have_ to iron, but I run the risk of the Gay Mafia if I show up in public in a wrinkled shirt. The Gay Mafia is brutal! Surely they are not brutal, but fabulous! 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/352 "2013-10-27T02:18:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Surely they are not brutal, but fabulous! > 🙂 They’ll make him wear stripes _and_ plaid. If that ain’t brutal, I don’t know what is.:eek: ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/353 "2013-10-27T04:21:44Z")
Home from watching piddle pup. How she manages to piddle one time and hit all 4 weewee pads?! Actually it’s now Sunday. So Happy Sunday! It’s a dark cool 51 degrees outside with a projected high of 56. It will probably drop to 40 before it comes back up to 56. I have to watch piddle pup in the am and then I will irk irk irk. My hearing is almost back to normal. I wanted to irk at piddle pup’s house but they have plug ins in every room and I am so allergic to the damn things that my head was pounding the whole time I was there. **FCM** I wish I was moving soon but I think it will just have to wait. I still check the listings everyday just to see what else comes up, but so far nothing. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/354 "2013-10-27T10:23:36Z")
> [@Rougarou](#): > > I don’t _have_ to iron, but I run the risk of the Gay Mafia if I show up in public in a wrinkled shirt. The Gay Mafia is brutal! So what will they do - muss up your hair and knock all your throw pillows on the floor?? 😛 Actually, since I’ve seen how short you wear your hair, mussing it up could be rather painful… :eek: Good morning! I’m having leftover pizza for breakfast - how could my day possibly get any better?? Higgs woke me about 5:45, so that wasn’t too terrible. \*\*FCD \*\*is still abed, but he stays up later than I do watching TV. As it was, I was up till 10:30 last night - we were watching Becket on Netflix - it’s one of my sweetie’s favorite movies. I’ll never understand why Richard Burton was considered to be such a great actor - he seems almost robotically stiff to me - but Peter O’Toole is wonderful, and he was so pretty when he was young. That movie is 50 years old!!! Dang! I’m going to try to work in the yard for a few hours today. It’s 37° right now, but it’s supposed to hit 60, which will be nice. A week from today is my sweetie’s birthday - what to do, what to do… I’ve got time to figure something out. Meanwhile, Happy Sunday!! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/355 "2013-10-27T11:25:57Z")
[QUOTE=I ate Spock’s Brain] They’ll [The gay mafia] make him wear stripes _and_ plaid. If that ain’t brutal, I don’t know what is.:eek: [/QUOTE] Worse. We’ll make them wear a polyester blend. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/356 "2013-10-27T11:35:51Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffienated and brekkied already. Go Me! 'Tis 41 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 77 for the day. Not too shabby. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Surely they are not brutal, but fabulous! > 🙂 The Gay Mafia is two guys named Bruce and Guido. They wait until you’re not home, break in your house, rearrange your furniture all ugly, take pictures, and then go knock on your neighbors’ doors, show ‘em the pictures, and make fun of your decoratin’ skills over mimosas. They’re brutal! :eek: Today I am a Luterun. I shall be Lector and ush at the nine o’ clock service. ‘Tis also [Reformation Sunday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Day), which is a big deal amongst Lutherans. I suppose I should feel honored that a Whiskypalian should be asked to be Lector. 😃 In the Episcopal Church (and other churches i.e. Presbyterian churches) this is also the Sunday of the Kirking of The Tartans. What does that have to do with bein’ Whiskypalian you ask? Ok, or didn’t ask but Ima tell you anyways. It is done because… > [@](#): > > What is the Kirking of the Tartan and why do we celebrate it? Bishops in the Episcopal Church were historically consecrated in England in the Anglican Church and pledged allegiance to the King. After the American Revolution, our bishops were consecrated in Scotland thereby creating our ties to the Scottish Episcopal Church and avoiding a pledge of allegiance to the King of England. We remember that connection by the blessing our family tartans or plaids at the altar; thus the “Kirking (churching or blessing) of the Tartans.” Ignernce fought. Or useless trivia added to your collection. I’m good either way. Ok, I must commence purtification for Luteran style deheathenization. Happy Sunday 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:** [October 27, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/357 "2013-10-27T12:40:22Z")
I forgot about the unfinished chores from yesterday - I now have 3 boxes of files sitting next to me that need to be sorted and filed or shredded. Good time ahead!! :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:** [October 27, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/358 "2013-10-27T12:41:09Z")
Happy day to you all! I’ve gotten some box-painting done today. Still so much to do. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/359 "2013-10-27T13:08:01Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Worse. We’ll make them wear a polyester blend. :eek::eek:_ **GASP!** _:eek::eek: So, **swampy** , does that mean everyone in church will be wearing kilts and nailing things to the churchhouse door today? Here’s a fun story for Reformation Sunday: I asked SpazMom once why church doors were always red. She told me, “Because Martin Luther banged his thumb when he was nailing up the 95 Theses.” I believed her for the longest time. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-mmp/671799/360 "2013-10-27T13:47:03Z")
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