# It's a New Traditions MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 9, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882 "2013-12-09T08:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 11, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/61 "2013-12-11T02:11:03Z")
N.O.T. is MMP for potatoes, meaning Not Our **Taters**. We’re nice and we wouldn’t mash her. 😃 I think it’s addressed in the MMP FAQ thread, along with other oddities. _\_ ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/62 "2013-12-11T02:20:12Z")
True or false: I got drunk at the office Christmas party today. yayaaay! haha I’ll probably feel better in the morning. I hope. haha 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/63 "2013-12-11T02:27:35Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Please pardon my ignorance and intrugue, but what is this N.O.T. of which I have seen referenced a few times? Something about salad and something about mashed. Google is no help! Must know about food things! N.O.T means regular potatoes “Taters” we have our own **Taters** as a **Fellow Mumper**. We need a list, we are confusing both Newbies and Vets of the MMP. Does potato need an E to be plural? I remember the Dan Q thingy and since have never been able to get it right. **MOOOOOOOOM** I have been pondering your day plan back in 83’… Start day What uniform do I wear? Go to IRK, salute and IRK Leave base, Get Married, Mickey D’s Court Martial :eek:_Wedding Night_:eek: 😃 Do you have a Day Planner or sumpin’? IOW tell us (who haven’t heard it, the rest of ya’ll _shush_) a story, of young love, nay, scandalous love and the court room drama that followed. Also, why Mickey D’s? C’mon give it up Why did that statement seem highly inappropriate ::taps foot:: **Jim** ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/64 "2013-12-11T03:41:36Z")
Irk did not blurf me. The hockey tonight…grrrr. Yay for getting bone, **gotti**! \ **Don** , my favorite Christmas movies to watch are the Doctor Who Christmas specials. Cool about the tree **VBob**. But do you have a Festivus Pole? ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/65 "2013-12-11T03:50:40Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > True or false: I got drunk at the office Christmas party today. yayaaay! haha > > I’ll probably feel better in the morning. I hope. haha 🙂 You have my best wishes, Emily. I used to work at a place where you could get drunk at the Christmas party. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/66 "2013-12-11T04:27:57Z")
Thanks muchly! Of course that makes perfect sense. Though I don’t post in the MMP much, I thought I lurked enough. Clearly not. Going home from a short day at work now, thinking of what to get from the store for dindin. Actually thinking of corn and n.o.t., 'cause I’m supposed to still be on a kind of bland diet for a couple more days. ---
**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 11, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/67 "2013-12-11T10:52:14Z")
Blurfity blurf. ---
**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 11, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/68 "2013-12-11T11:17:25Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 37 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 61 for the day. This is normal weather for this time of year down heah. Oh and it shall be sunny. **flytrap** **MOOOOOOM and FCD** have class. They didn’t go through the drive thru at MickeyD’s. They went inside and had a proper post-nuptial sit down luncheon. 😃 Ok, now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants sustenance. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Happy [Hump Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA) Y’all! Just. Does. Not. Get. Old. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/69 "2013-12-11T11:17:48Z")
Holy freaking crap. I thought I had my drinking under control. But my having been violently sick a few times today seems to suggest otherwise. ☹ I have seriously got to stop drinking completely. I’ve ended up out of control way too many times. It’s something I should’ve done a long time ago. I’m such an idiot. ☹ ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/70 "2013-12-11T11:32:13Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Cool about the tree **VBob**. But do you have a Festivus Pole? Of course not. That’s the holiday for the \*rest of us! \* ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/71 "2013-12-11T12:00:53Z")
Morning all, Work related Holiday party one of three (Mine-Contract Company) is this evening. The other two are Saturday (Mine-Military Command I work for) and Sunday(His Contract Company) respectively. I really hate when I sleep badly the night before I must be socially aware. Makes it that much harder to keep a smile plastered on my face when I would rather be home relaxing/not dealing with co-irkers who either I see for 10 hours a day or twice a year. It was so cold this morning that Mr. Jynxster’s car doors froze shut. It was 75 degrees here last week. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/72 "2013-12-11T13:11:58Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > My annual Christmas watchin’ includes both MST3K Christmas episodes, “Santa Claus Conquers [the Martians](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vARATfoWZoQ/UNFF_Zq_yvI/AAAAAAAAB_w/sMed7R7jlSE/s1600/Martians2.jpg)” and “Santa Claus” which I call “[Lupita Beats the Devil](http://deathensemble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/And-Lupita-was-tempted-of-the-Beast.jpg)” because that’s what happens. This year SCCTM was featured as the third Rifftrax Live of the year which I watched (and fell asleep near the end of–what? I’ve seen it many times) last Thursday. I watched Lupita Beat the Devil on Sunday. Lupita’s my favorite. While I’ve never seen the original episode, I too went to see Rifftrax last week, and I totally watched _Santa Claus_ on Sunday. 🙂 I was also insulating my bedroom windows at the time, but it was at least on the television. I thought it was Thursday this morning. I am upset. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/73 "2013-12-11T13:23:43Z")
b.l.u.r.f. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/74 "2013-12-11T13:25:00Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > N.O.T. is Not Our **Taters** , meaning real potatoes, not the MMPer. Cuz eating one of our own is oogie. That would depend on one’s tastes and whether quotes are involved. ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/75 "2013-12-11T14:00:43Z")
Off today, it’s quite cold out. > [@Nava](#): > > That would depend on one’s tastes and whether quotes are involved. Fava beans and a nice Chianti?:dubious: {{{{ **Midget** }}}} ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/76 "2013-12-11T14:04:10Z")
No, **canine servant** : eating vs “eating” and which way one swings. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/77 "2013-12-11T14:04:34Z")
First one here to deliver me a piping hot cuppa caffeination wins a dollar. Ok, go! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/78 "2013-12-11T14:11:00Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Cool about the tree **VBob**. But do you have a Festivus Pole? I happen to have a 10 foot Pole AND an 11 foot Hungarian. ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/79 "2013-12-11T14:26:39Z")
Happy Hump Day! It’s a frigid 28 degrees with a high of 34, but the sun is shining and the roads are clear. I have to go walk piddlepup today and tomorrow - brrrrrrr! I’ve not even been up an hour and I’m already irritated. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/80 "2013-12-11T15:36:05Z")
I just realized the irony, or the curious similarity between species. Our dog is getting on in years, has arthritis and at about the same time as my big surgery in July, she had a knee surgery to replace a blown ligament. Yes, I know the joint is properly called a stifle, but to most people, “stifle” was something Archie Bunker yelled at Edith. She was on tramadol (aka ultram) for a while, and is now on gabapentin (aka neurontin). After my surgery, and after the heavy narcotics, I was on tramadol, and now I’m going to be on gabapentin. I just find it striking that two rather different mammalian species have similar enough physiology that we can both use the same medications for the same purpose. At least I don’t need the xanax that she gets whenever fireworks or thunder is happening. That dog is seriously skittish with loud bangs, and even the beeping of a UPS will make her go bonkers. There’s something in the particular tone that APC uses, I guess, as the everyday beeping of the stove, microwave, printers, phones, etc. doesn’t bother her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882.md?page=5)