# It's Alive!-A Bachelor Fridge MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355 "2010-07-12T03:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/21 "2010-07-12T13:45:11Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Okay, I looked several times but I’m missing it… who is “Rigs” and where is his/her birthday first mentioned? **Rigs** is **Eleanor Rigby** , who’s hung around here long enough that most of us know when her birthday is. Facebook helps with the reminders, too… Oh, and another weird thing in my fridge: I have a mostly eaten jar of kimchi. Gallon sized. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/22 "2010-07-12T13:52:32Z")
**Happy Birthday, Rigsy!** All good food in my fridge. I’m probably as anal as **Swampy** when it comes to food organization. Happy Monday, ya’ll! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/23 "2010-07-12T14:18:49Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > My fridges are pretty organized and I manage to use the stuff that’s in 'em before it expires. I truly do know what stuff is in both of 'em and how long it’s been there and when whatever will be used. I know. Obnoxious ain’t it! 😃 I predict something will fall out of the fridge and onto your head very soon. :D:D Happy Birthday, **Rigs**!!! Ok, I’ve been doing a bit of cleaning this morning and filled a 55 gallon trash bag with junk and it doesn’t look like I’ve even made a dent. Also, I found a dog biscuit, probably sent by 1800petmeds that I had put in the medicine cupboard along with the dog medicine. It was riddled with tiny little holes and tiny little bugs. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! I reached for anything to kill the bugs and the first thing I came across was the Febreeze. So, I’ve now got some good smelling bugs, well, dead bugs. And then I cleaned out the entire medicine cabinet after that. Yuck. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/24 "2010-07-12T14:19:33Z")
How long do jars of opened pickles that you can’t remember when you opened them last? Cuz I gotz 2 jars of sweet midgies that are opened but I can’t find an expiration date. I ate one t’other night and haven’t died yet. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/25 "2010-07-12T14:32:09Z")
**Happy Birthday Rigs!!!** Ugh, back at work, but not happy to be here. I’m tired too, so that doesn’t help. I’m glad you’re back,\*\* FCM \*\*and look forward to hearing about your trip! That’s about all I’ve got for now. I haven’t caffienated yet, even though I’ve been up since around 4:30 am. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/26 "2010-07-12T14:33:38Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Actually, **kopek** , I was thinking about you when we passed the sign for Waldameer. We did go to the Butler Hamfest but it was totally a bust because of the rain and howling wind. No fun at all. If you ever do Erie again, hit the park. They have the most amazing haunted houses - one ride and one walk through funhouse. Both are classics and well maintained. The park has free admission and parking so you can just get the tickets you need instead of an all day wrist band. > [@suranyi](#): > > This reminds me. . . > > My then-fiancee moved into my house on January 1, 2006. On that day my refrigerator contents were similar to those listed in the OP. > > On January 2, she went shopping and filled the whole fridge, and pantry too, with real food. “A person can’t live like that. or at least I can’t,” she said. I would take that last line as a bet and an out ------ but that’s just me. 🙂 _ **Happy Rigs Day!!!** _ > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Incidentally, **Jules** , referring to your age comment from the last MMP, I’m 56 - can you beat that?? \*\*swampy \*\*will be joining me soon… 😃 Now I have this mental picture of you, me and Swampy all in a hot-tub together. It also raises the expression “a rose among thorns”. Beyond that I am staying silent. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/27 "2010-07-12T14:38:58Z")
**peed** , hmmm… we may have to work on that one, they are pickles. Meanin’ they have been pickled. As long as they were refrigerated after openin’, they should be good forever, like :eek: Velveeta :eek:. I have done two loads of laundry and been to the sto’. That’s bein’ productive! Also I got told not to make dindin as there’s a severe pizza gnawin’ and cravin’ goin’ on that must be satisfied. Works for me! ETA: **Ruble** it just so happens I have a hot tub! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/28 "2010-07-12T14:59:41Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Happy Birthday **Rigs**!! 🙂 > [@Marlin Perkins from Wild Kingdom voice](#): > > A hush falls over the these observers and we get to see the most elusive creature of the MMP, native to the Middle East, though at times sighted in New England and Upstate New York,… the red-crested, serious faced, joke making, **SPECIAL 1**! A rare find, indeed. Hi **Nooner**! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/29 "2010-07-12T15:04:52Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > How long do jars of opened pickles that you can’t remember when you opened them last? Cuz I gotz 2 jars of sweet midgies that are opened but I can’t find an expiration date. I ate one t’other night and haven’t died yet. I’ve got one of those, too. Can’t remember how old it is, but I’m betting close to a year. It’s been at least a month since I’ve eaten one, because I keep forgetting about them. ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/30 "2010-07-12T15:10:35Z")
Nothing weird in the fridge because it recently needed thawing so we got rid of anything that expired in the 1990’s. I used to have hail from the big hailstorm in '99 or '00 but we lost that in a fridge breakdown. Now I have a very small Tupperware container of the scrapings from my Ped-Egg. Yes, it’s kind of gross. I was seeing how well it worked by measuring it’s output, now I just can’t stop. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/31 "2010-07-12T15:17:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > ETA: **Ruble** it just so happens I have a hot tub! Does **OAK** know about it yet? Maybe _that_ will change his mind! 😃 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/32 "2010-07-12T15:26:18Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > If you ever do Erie again, hit the park. They have the most amazing haunted houses - one ride and one walk through funhouse. Both are classics and well maintained. The park has free admission and parking so you can just get the tickets you need instead of an all day wrist band. I thought about it but we were just exhausted having gotten up around 4 to be on the road by 5. TVMan was snoozing is the passenger seat (as always) and I was trying very, very hard to stay awake while driving. Maybe next time we’re up that way, but we’re definitely NOT going to do that hamfest again. B-O-R-I-N-G. Ok, so I’m trying to get stuff done before we go see my Great Aunt and Uncle, but it’s not working very well right now. Guess I’d better get a move on. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/33 "2010-07-12T17:59:53Z")
Back from erranding. We picked up the laminate that daughter needs for her lab tables. We also got some bread and milk and some salad fixin’s for supper. I just took a load of whites out of the dryers - yay for clean unders!!! Got a load of miscellaneous in the dryer and the rest of the miscellaneous in the washer. So my laundry is almost done. It’s clouding over - maybe we’ll get some rain? We sure could use some - the cornfields are turning brown. ☹ I’m going to fold the unders, then get back to organizing the mess that is the green room. Then the blue room. Ugh - we have too much crap… Speaking of which - I have a bunch of VHS tapes - pre-recorded and self-recorded - and they need a new home or a recyclin’… I’m not going to offer them to any schools or libraries because they all use DVDs. I’ve got them listed as a freebie ad, and I need to get them on freecycle, too. I looked for a way to recycle them, and that involved mailing them off. As many as I have, that would be $$$ :eek: Stoopit outdated technology. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/34 "2010-07-12T18:05:38Z")
**Ruble** if I couldn’t entice him with a pool and real beer. Reckon he’d agree if I sweetened the deal with some meat on the grill and/or smoker and the hot tub? 😃 It’s rainin’. YAY! ETA: Even though it will mean I have to let water out of the pool. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/35 "2010-07-12T18:59:38Z")
**HIPPO BIRDIE, RIGS!!!** I think pickles keep because of all the vinegar in th pickling juice. No bacteria would dare grow in there. I haven’t had anything weird in my fridge since the hurricanes of 2004 when there were eleventy billion liter bottles of ice in the freezer to keep things cold when/if the power went out. (Okay, lame, I know…but it’s the weirdest I can get.) I made my all time best shish kabob on Sattidy night. I don’t bother skewering the veggies just to let them fall into the flames. I cut them up and put them in one of those disposable grill basket thingies. Only the meat gets skewered. It was delish! That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/36 "2010-07-12T19:32:19Z")
Happy BD **Rigs** Remember a few weeks ago Hubby and I went to the _Wheel of Fortune_ audtions? Well, this week we’re going to the _Who Wants to be a Millionaire_ auditions. Wish us luck. It will probably be a lot of standing in line, but who knows? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/37 "2010-07-12T20:55:21Z")
**picu** what some people will do to be famous! 😛 Good luck y’all! I just ordered pizza online from Papa John’s. I’m leavin’ in a few to go pick it up and by the time I get it back home OYKW should be here. He says he’s tahrd! I bet cause that’s one looooooooooooooong ass drive acrost Alabammy. Ok, time to go get pizza! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/38 "2010-07-12T21:01:46Z")
Futon is assembled and in place - it’s also been peed upon by Pugzilla. Idiot dog… Piano has been moved so the room looks bigger, I guess. I’ve still got more tidying, but I’m tired. Laundry is done, and I just need to get stuff off the bed before bedtime. Back to work in the morning. rah. 😛 Thunders are rumbling - maybe we’ll get some much-needed rain?? \*\*swampy \*\*- will you pick up a pizza for me and drop it off please? I’ll be yer friend forever!!! 😃 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/39 "2010-07-12T21:36:25Z")
And… they’re at it again. My township’s oh so UN-informative facebook page. There’s an event this weekend which I’m not involved with but I happen to know a bit about the details. They’ve gotten it all wrong. Completely. And when I told them that things had changed, the reply I got was nearly incomprehensible due to the spelling errors. The concerts will be at the ‘Gazaboo’. I mean really. You can’t even spell ‘Gazebo’ correctly? It’s no wonder you think the concert will be on the other side of the lake. DUH!!! Thanks, I feel better now. 😛 ETA: Ha ha ha. He just posted a new status with the correct information. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/40 "2010-07-12T21:59:50Z")
I posted my resume on Craigslist. It specifically says ‘I don’t do sales’. What’s the first response I get? Farmers Insurance to sell insurance. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355.md?page=3)