# It's the Independence Day in December MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 14, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399 "2015-12-14T06:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [December 16, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/101 "2015-12-16T18:14:45Z")
WTG, **nettie**! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/102 "2015-12-16T18:24:11Z")
And now I shall nap. I know you were all wondering about that ---
**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:** [December 16, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/103 "2015-12-16T19:12:20Z")
Did not win a door prize but had a yummy lunch. Now I am ready for a nap. ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/104 "2015-12-16T19:15:39Z")
Happy Hump Day! It’s a bit gloomy outside, but I am inside and all is well. All this talk of naps and I just woke up from one. I needed it. Lots to do today. I got my wrapping paper and should start wrapping soon. The kicthen is a mess. Trying to catch up on stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/105 "2015-12-16T19:20:59Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Meanwhile, there’s a disturbing lack of chocolate in my immediate vicinity. Dammit! Want some hazelnut milka? _offers from the tablet she bought this afternoon_ ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/106 "2015-12-16T20:15:44Z")
Mmmm… Hazelnut milka… Today was a hell of a day. I brain-farted the office holiday luncheon, which normally is no big deal since it’s catered. But my agency forms teams and plays cutthroat Jeopardy. And I was on a team. Since I’m a Doper, my team needed me. We won by an astonishing amount. 😃 I also won a nice wallet as a door prize, so it was an afternoon well spent. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/107 "2015-12-16T20:23:15Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ah, much better - I’m back in my pjs. > [@anyrose](#): > > And now I shall nap. > > I know you were all wondering about that What were you doing during the past 2.5 hrs? > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I … should start wrapping soon. **Sari** ’s going gangsta on us. 😃 ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/108 "2015-12-16T20:33:23Z")
in a box I got toys for my nieces boys and some gifts for mom for when I go home they’re all sitting there in their boxes bare but there’s expectations of holiday decorations so I gotta do the wrap the wrap wrap wrap ---
**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:** [December 16, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/109 "2015-12-16T20:44:42Z")
I am officially over Christmas. ---
**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 16, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/110 "2015-12-16T21:27:59Z")
Howdy Y’all! Another day survived. YAY!!! As soon as OYKW gets here we shall head over to the church house to make pimento cheese sammiches for soup 'n sammich night. I also have two gallons of sweet tea to take. ‘Tis gloomy out and goin’ to get rainy in a while so soup 'n sammich sounds like a good thing for dindin. **Sari** impressive!😃 **Butters** I have been over the entire holiday season since sometime around Labor Day. Bah Humbug! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/111 "2015-12-16T21:35:21Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > I am officially over Christmas. Aw, c’mon, **sari** ’s \*wrap \*wasn’t that bad! 😛 Home, semi-brain-fried. \*\*FCD \*\*isn’t here yet - guess he got hung up after his marathon meeting. But supper’s gonna be clean-out-the-fridge, so I’m not too concerned. Busy and frustrating afternoon - there’s some text on my drawing that doesn’t want to show up in the .pdf and I don’t understand that! I’ll mess with it tomorrow. And if all goes well, tomorrow will be my last day till the 28th. We shall see… tahred… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/112 "2015-12-16T22:59:33Z")
**Sari** - yay for settlement! **Nettie** - yay for school. **2gig** - glad it’s quiet. I was in LA during the Rodney King riots. Quiet is better. **BooFae** - I have pub jealousy. One more day, then I’m off until the fourth of 2016! :eek: Where does the time go? First child home, off to fetch the second. One more day… ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/113 "2015-12-16T23:30:14Z")
They announced a mistrial at 3:30pm and the city… did nothing. Which is darned good, because the police were ready that’s for darned sure. One guy acted up, got warned once then WHAM into handcuffs. Took a lot of wind out of the protests. ---
**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 17, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/114 "2015-12-17T00:04:25Z")
I worked, I dealt with Teh Crazies. Traffic. Beer. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I…should start wrapping soon. > [@Spiderman](#): > > **Sari** ’s going gangsta on us. 😃 > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > in a box I got toys > for my nieces boys > and some gifts for mom > for when I go home > they’re all sitting there > in their boxes bare > but there’s expectations > of holiday decorations > so I gotta do the wrap > the wrap wrap wrap [Word, yo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/115 "2015-12-17T00:13:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ah, much better - I’m back in my pjs. > [@anyrose](#): > > And now I shall nap. > > I know you were all wondering about that > [@Spiderman](#): > > What were you doing during the past 2.5 hrs? Sitting at my desk, playing on the 'net. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/116 "2015-12-17T00:17:26Z")
I’m gathering that folks on the MMP have actually done their holiday shopping. This is a signal for me that I should perhaps consider getting my ass in gear. I have presents for a total of 1 (one) person. That person is NOT my children or husband. I am in deep doo-doo. Thank goodness for online shopping. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/117 "2015-12-17T00:52:45Z")
My shopping consisted of two $10 gifts for our goofy exchange (both from Think Geek) and a gift for my daughter (also ordered on line.) I wrapped them all last night. I’m done. \*\*FCD \*\*got his parents tickets to their local theater - he phoned in the order and it was mailed directly to his folks. No wrapping needed. Can’t get much easier than that. Meanwhile, I’s tahred - I’m going to log off and veg till I drag my carcass to bed. \*\*\* MWAH!\*\*\* ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/118 "2015-12-17T01:10:19Z")
Howdy Y’all! Home from big eats and Evening Prayer over to the church house. ‘Twas a really nice time of hangin’ out with church folk followed by Holy Communion. However, I’s a tahrd bear. Matter of fact there are two tahrd bears in da cave who may both crash shortly. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/119 "2015-12-17T01:10:44Z")
I clocked in to work for the first time today at 5am. I didn’t know there _was_ a 5am that didn’t involve hunting or fishing. Clocked out for good at 7pm. I’m getting too old for this \*&#%. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/120 "2015-12-17T02:20:03Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I worked, I dealt with Teh Crazies. Traffic. Beer. > [Word, yo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8) 😃 Think I could make it big? 😃 That one is nice. This one isn’t [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztkwpwPo\_U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztkwpwPo_U) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399.md?page=7)