# Joy To The World! There's A New MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 24, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999 "2012-12-24T10:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/401 "2012-12-30T20:44:48Z")
{{{\*\*Spaz \*\*& **SpazDad** }}} Yay for power, **FlyTrap**! Sorry 'bout the fishie ☹ Congrats on the planned trip, FCM – I love Paris too (and like you can kinda, sorta get by on my HS French) > [@EmilyG](#): > > I wish I could go to France. I know French very well. > [@Gomez Addams](#): > > Oh, Tish, that’s French! I wonder – are Quebec and France like the US and Britain? Two (sorta) countries separated by a common language…? OK, haven’t read _that_ far back, so yays, boos, hugs and gropes to thems what need 'em, and see you in tomorrow’s edition… ---
**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 30, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/402 "2012-12-30T20:51:50Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I know French very well. I went out with her once… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/403 "2012-12-30T22:24:20Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Arrgh! After that gigantic snowstorm a few days ago, the sidewalks STILL haven’t been cleared. Meaning I have to walk ON THE ROAD on even the busiest major roads. Not safe at all. See, that’s one of the things that really freaked me out about driving in the Twin Cities… I’m creeping along, worried that I’m going to end up stuck in a snowdrift, I don’t dare stop, and there’s somebody trudging along in the ruts left by the other cars, and I have to drive off into the un-driven-on snow to get around him because he won’t get out of the way. Which means I start flailing and fishtailing and THEN he scrambles for the side of the road, and I’m stuck sideways in the middle of the block. ---
**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 30, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/404 "2012-12-30T22:32:33Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I know French very well. Yeah, nice guy but that “gentleman’s gentleman” arrangement he had goin’ with Uncle Bill always made me go :dubious:. Since I know you have no idea what I’m sayin’, [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Affair) will explain it. Yay for the trip **MOOOOOOM**! Sounds like it’ll be a ton o’ fun. Plus since you’ll be sixty, you can qualify for all those French geezer discounts! 😃 Back from my gourmet fine dinin’ experience with OYKW. I had a burger and fries, He had a ham 'n cheese omelette with grits and toast. We are quite the gourmands, we are! ---
**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:** [December 30, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/405 "2012-12-30T22:35:38Z")
Good thoughts headed out to **SpazDad**. Hope he’s up and about and pain-free soonest. Hugs. > [@sahirrnee](#): > > **FCM** … **GT** what is it with people who yell at inanimate objects hoping to change the outcome of a game hundreds of miles away? Dunno. I’ve been known to exclaim a bit, but my brother gets way worked up. I point and laugh. 😉 Trip sounds marvelous, **FCM**. I’m extremely envious. I only spent about 3 days in Paris when I went, but LOVED it. (My French is somewhere between rudimentary and non-existent and I got on quite well.) It was gorgeous out today. I went out to get something at the supermarket and then went back out just to go for a walk and take pictures. It was quite postcardy. Pics in the next MMP. Off to get stuff done. Hugs all. GT ---
**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 30, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/406 "2012-12-30T23:12:04Z")
Ok, there are a lot of weird products advertised on teevee. Some, however, are just gross! I just saw a commercial for sump’n called “Tag Away” to remove “unwanted skin tags.” First off, does anyone ever have a “wanted skin tag?” Second just ewwwwww! :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:** [December 30, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/407 "2012-12-30T23:23:50Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Ok, there are a lot of weird products advertised on teevee. Some, however, are just gross! I just saw a commercial for sump’n called “Tag Away” to remove “unwanted skin tags.” First off, does anyone ever have a “wanted skin tag?” Second just ewwwwww! :eek: I’m more fascinated by the Wax Vac, and more grossed out by the gadget the scrapes the dead skin off feet. I’m also amazed at the number of people who can’t seem to flip a pancake or peel a boiled egg. ---
**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 30, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/408 "2012-12-30T23:29:06Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I’m more fascinated by the Wax Vac, and more grossed out by the gadget the scrapes the dead skin off feet. > I’m also amazed at the number of people who can’t seem to flip a pancake or peel a boiled egg. Or hang up their clothes, or drain pasta without gettin’ third degree burns, why, tv world is just fraught with horrors! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/409 "2012-12-30T23:44:31Z")
And did the FlowBee look like a good idea to anybody? ---
**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 30, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/410 "2012-12-30T23:52:10Z")
**Swampy** I had to read the family affair wiki and remembered Anissa Jones’ bad end, I was a kid when it happened. Her wiki has a quote from the coroner " most severe overdose" he had ever seen, yoowch. **Midget** I love Montreal in the summer, we were at Jazz Fest 2010 but no no keep me outta Canada in the winter. Be careful please Actually all you snow birds be careful, I will be riding my bicycle in shorts in a few days ::duck from hail of angrily thrown snowballs:: See you guys next week Cheers **Jim** ---
**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 31, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/411 "2012-12-31T00:15:47Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Actually all you snow birds be careful, I will be riding my bicycle in shorts in a few days ::duck from hail of angrily thrown snowballs:: **Jim** Over here in Montreal, a snowbird is the opposite: it means someone who lives in Canada in the summer, but goes south to Florida or other warm places for the winter. Phooey, I say. If you’re too wimpy to stay here in Canada for the whole frozen winter, then don’t live here in the first place. 🙂 ---
**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 31, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/412 "2012-12-31T00:37:46Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Over here in Montreal, a snowbird is the opposite: it means someone who lives in Canada in the summer, but goes south to Florida or other warm places for the winter. > > Phooey, I say. If you’re too wimpy to stay here in Canada for the whole frozen winter, then don’t live here in the first place. 🙂 You are right I incorrectly used snowbird, don’t worry I get to 40c in the summer we get to sweat in the shower :eek: **Jim** ---
**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 31, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/413 "2012-12-31T00:44:21Z")
Oh no! The dog did go but the snow did blow Now where to clean up, I just don’t know; I’m filled with woe. ---
**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 31, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/414 "2012-12-31T01:32:40Z")
My dad is finally out of surgery after…oh seven hours. This is what was going on: > [@](#): > > **Older Sister’s Text** > Aneurysm in the back of the leg. Vein bypass. Muscle and nerve damage. 50% chance nerves will heal and he can walk and live on his own. This is major. He isn’t out of recovery. We are going home to return tomorrow. Looks like a trip to Concord is in my near future. Gas budget be damned. It’s cheaper down the mountain anyway. ---
**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 31, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/415 "2012-12-31T01:40:43Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > My dad is finally out of surgery after…oh seven hours. This is what was going on: > > Looks like a trip to Concord is in my near future. Gas budget be damned. It’s cheaper down the mountain anyway. {{{spaz}}} ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/416 "2012-12-31T01:48:32Z")
more **{{{{{SpazCat}}}}}** hugs lovely afternoon with my homies eating chips and playing Apples to Apples. Too bad I have to irk tomorrow. ---
**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 31, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/417 "2012-12-31T02:04:15Z")
Irked, laundered, came home. {{{{ **Spaz** }}}} ---
**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 31, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/418 "2012-12-31T02:17:44Z")
Damn, SpazCat. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999/419 "2012-12-31T02:21:02Z")
Next MMP awaits [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15846375#post15846375) when anyone feels so inclined. Please consider all needed/wanted congratulations, sympathy, etc. distributed as desired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999.md?page=20)