# It's the MDMMP!! (Memorial Day Monday Morning Post...Fool!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619 "2006-05-29T11:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/81 "2006-05-30T15:10:29Z")
The pun, the puns! God save us from the puns! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/82 "2006-05-30T15:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Well, despite **bobbio** cheating – burgoo is NOT chili! It’s similar to Brunswick Stew, which I’m sure **swampy** can tell us about when he gets back. It’s a really, really thick stew that’s about half meat. \<:rolleyes: me the poor former vegetarian :rolleyes:\> Ours was mostly mutton, potatoes, corn and a tomato base; I have a burgoo recipe that calls for One Squirrel. Actually I think any varmit will do. [/QUOTE] :Taps foot aggressively: And when are you going to get around to posting the recipe? :dubious: 😉 ---
**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:** [May 30, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/83 "2006-05-30T15:57:00Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] :Taps foot aggressively: And when are you going to get around to posting the recipe? :dubious: 😉 [/QUOTE] The first one on [this page](http://www.burgoo.org/burgoo/recipes.htm) looks pretty interesting. You’ll have leftovers too. ::running off to catch 9 hens:: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/84 "2006-05-30T16:15:28Z")
The Moonlite Barbecue recipe on the page **MBG** linked is what we had; that’s where the burgoo came from! An emissary brought us some from Owensboro. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/85 "2006-05-30T16:33:35Z")
It’s really really hot. Could someone please make it be winter again? I’m trying to decide if I want to go downtown and buy some unecessary beads to make a highly unecessary necklace. I made a really over-the-top beaded choker a couple of days ago in silver and clear crystal, and I want to make another one in red and black. The cat just hopped on my lap. Get down, evil beastie! I’m all sticky! I think we’ll either have fondue or pita and dip for dinner. Anything that doesn’t involve real cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/86 "2006-05-30T17:08:33Z")
When I was a little sprout, I hated summer. Now, I don’t mind whne it gets hotter. Dad LOVES it when it’s really hot and really humid. The hotter and more humid, the better. Winter is bad. Can’t have (as much) fun outside. No outdoor sex is possible in the winter. When I win the lottery, I’ll never be cold again, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/87 "2006-05-30T17:08:53Z")
Did someone say puns? I’m only too happy to oblige. > [@](#): > > Pun of the Day: > > Then there was an explosion. > “AH! Look at that! Someone call the police!” > “I just did! Okay, calm down. SWAT will be here soon?” > “S’what?” > “Yes.” > “Huh?” > “I said, SWAT–” > “No, that’s what I asked you.” > “I mean, very soon the SWAT team will be here.” > “The WHAT team?” > “Yes.” Personally, I think this one and the one yesterday are sort of eh. I’ll be trying something new for tomorrow to give it more direction. Just you wait and see. > [@eleanorigby](#): > > I heard something at a speech yesterday that sounds so like an urban myth that I must ask it here. (I will put it in GQ tomorrow). I heard that Fred Rogers, of Neighborhood fame had been in the service (that’s not the odd part) and had tattoos all up his arms, from wrist to shoulder, bilaterally. Hence, he wore long sleeves at all times. [Snopes says it’s false.](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp) I love Snopes, it has the (heh) straight dope on so many bullshit stories. Today is more video games, mostly the Metroid ones. I’m also waiting for my high school English teacher to email me back so we can have lunch this week before I head off to Florida. And I need to read the Dartmouth Handbook for Grad Students, and then possibly send them emails to ask questions. What a busy life I lead. :o I go to Florida in five days. Now THAT is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/88 "2006-05-30T17:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] It’s really really hot. Could someone please make it be winter again? I’m trying to decide if I want to go downtown and buy some unecessary beads to make a highly unecessary necklace. I made a really over-the-top beaded choker a couple of days ago in silver and clear crystal, and I want to make another one in red and black. The cat just hopped on my lap. Get down, evil beastie! I’m all sticky! … [/QUOTE] Cats always seem to get affectionate when you’re all hot and sweaty, that way more fur sticks to you. It’s a cat thing. I had to work Memorial Day, from 11am to 9pm. It was supposed to be longer but things finally slowed down and my feet were on fire and I could not walk anymore, so I left early. I got to eat my lunch around 8pm, an hour later I got dinner. My legs and feet still hurt. I need new shoes, my shoes are not good for long shifts, although I don’t think anything would help with ten hours straight on one’s feet. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/89 "2006-05-30T17:28:10Z")
Kitties love heat. =^.^= Smokey is never happier than in the sun, even when the a/c wasn’t working. Silly Kitty ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/90 "2006-05-30T17:30:56Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Cats always seem to get affectionate when you’re all hot and sweaty, that way more fur sticks to you. It’s a cat thing. [/QUOTE] This is a perfect example of the Evil that all cats have in thier very marrow. Note that it’s not just regular, every day evil. It’s Evil. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/91 "2006-05-30T17:38:08Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] The vets here in [del]Mayberry[/del] town got standing ovations and much cheering and applause. We have 3 just back from Iraq. No more WW1 vets, though. ☹ I am getting old–I remember when there were some. I miss the Shriners as well–silly old men on mini-bikes, wearing odd hats (fezs)-but they do good work (or did-do the Shriners still exist?). [/QUOTE] The Shriners still exist, and still do good work - see [AAONMS](http://www.shrinershq.org/hospitals/geninfo.html). 21 orthopeadic, burn, and spinal cord hospitals in Mexico, USA, and Canada. > [@](#): > > There is never a charge to the patient, parent or any third party for any service or medical treatment received at Shriners Hospitals. Shriners Hospitals accept and treat children without regard to race, religion or relationship to a Shriner. Any child may be eligible for treatment at a Shriners Hospital if the child is under 18 and if, in the opinion of the hospital’s chief of staff, the child has an orthopaedic or burn condition that Shriners Hospitals can help. Please, if anyone knows of a child in need of serious medical care, contact a local Masonic Lodge. Besides the Shrine, the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is “one of the nation’s leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions, certain related neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia.” Sorry for the hijack. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/92 "2006-05-30T17:46:04Z")
The beauty of the MMP: It is it’s own hijack. Thanks for the info, i was wondering myself. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/93 "2006-05-30T18:35:58Z")
[We have a Shriner’s Hospital here](http://www.shrinershq.org/shc/lexington/index.html) > [@](#): > > If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, please call our toll-free patient referral line: In the U.S.: 1-800-237-5055. In Canada: 1-800-361-7256 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/94 "2006-05-30T18:46:03Z")
My kitties are mostly lying around on the nice cool floor, looking reproachful. I left them all alone. But I got lots of pretty beads, and a chocolate chiller (Second Cup concoction: a slushy made out of hot chocolate mix, milk, and crushed ice. Yum) I will putter at crafts for one hour and then I will do some housework. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/95 "2006-05-30T19:54:33Z")
My hockey jersey is here! It came from the West Coast so I decided it took the scenic route. It is 94 degrees outside. That is entirely too damned hot for May. By August I will have melted into a puddle of goo. I wanted to do some yardwork but to hell with that! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/96 "2006-05-30T20:03:09Z")
those of you pining for winter? fie on you!!! Need I remind you of sub-freezing temps? 4 foot high snow drifts? and asshats in mammoth SUVs who think owning that vehicle means they don’t have to practice safe driving habits. Gimmee summer with obnoxious motorcyclists darting in and out of stopped rush hour traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/97 "2006-05-30T20:08:21Z")
Nope. I’ll take winter. No screaming teenagers out in the middle of the street at two in the morning, no heat, no bugs, no humidity, sweaters and hot chocolate, a reason to eat all the grease you want (insulation), pretty snow, no smog, Christmas, wood fires and apple cider. Winter all the way. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/98 "2006-05-30T21:17:26Z")
I just got back from a 45 minute massage at the hands of the Dryly Sarcastic Jennifer. Today just got better, thank you Jennifer. And poo on winter. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/99 "2006-05-30T22:07:08Z")
Actually…I just want to live somewhere with a less variable climate. Something nice and moderate. Some snow in the winter, but not too much; some heat in the summer, but not too much. Surely such a place exists? With no other down-sides, of course. **Ellen** , I knew about burgoo because they did a Hidden Kitchens story about the tradition on NPR a ways back. Just looked for the [link](http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/hiddenkitchens/) and - lo and behold! - they were actually in Owensboro for the story. I linked to the Hidden Kitchens page because they’ve had lots of good stories (and it’s about food, so I know it will be popular). The burgoo story is from November 5, 2004, so you’ll have to scroll down a bit. Also: > [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > so let’s just say we secretly pine for those absent, and rejoice in the presence of all, shall we? 🙂 I completely agree! It usually takes me till about Thursday to notice that regular contributors are gone. And that’s in a good week. I’m just stopping in to say hi for a moment… I’m heading out to garden for a while. I’m seeing mixed reports of whether we’re about to get storms. I’m at least going to do up some more containers. Back after a while… GT ---
**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:** [May 30, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619/100 "2006-05-30T22:14:27Z")
**gt,** I live in the Pacific Northwest for exactly the reasons you’ve listed. We have a nice, moderate climate (most of the time). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-mdmmp-memorial-day-monday-morning-post-fool/358619.md?page=6)