# Looks like umkay is back, so we may as well get this thread started... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570 "2013-07-15T16:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/221 "2013-07-16T14:17:07Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > My car’s having an MOT today, and I have a lot of work to do so in any case I could only have stopped for a few minutes. How long do you think it would have taken for Cinnamon to verify that you were actually for real. Hell, you could have rolled by and waved through the window and we all would’ve been happy. I call BS, again. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/222 "2013-07-16T14:17:59Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > For those of us who only speak American, the MOT test is the UK’s annual vehicle inspection. The kind of thing that’s a PITA because I have to make an appointment for the inspection, find someone to go with me to the place so they can drive me to work after I drop the car off, find someone to pick me up afterwards so I can get my car back - unless I can get it done on a Saturday and cool my heels for a few hours while they work on it. > > In other words it tends to be the sort of thing one would be aware might pose an inconvenience, especially in regards to keeping appointments one makes oneself… That’s why I was going to get the bus. The first one didn’t turn up and the next was a step entrance vehicle, by that time I thought fuck it, I’ve got work to do and it’s not really important anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/223 "2013-07-16T14:18:40Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > That’s why I was going to get the bus. The first one didn’t turn up and the next was a step entrance vehicle, by that time I thought fuck it, I’ve got work to do and it’s not really important anyway. What kind of work do you do? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/224 "2013-07-16T14:19:35Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > In other words it tends to be the sort of thing one would be aware might pose an inconvenience, especially in regards to keeping appointments one makes oneself… My car’s MoT was made slightly less inconvenient since the garage I use is on a bus route into the city centre. Sadly I can’t vouch for this being the same in t’other user’s case since I travel on the number 6 and not the number 18. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/225 "2013-07-16T14:20:37Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > What kind of work do you do? School work. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/226 "2013-07-16T14:21:07Z")
I have no bets in the real/troll debate, but even if she is real, why show up? She/he/it is getting all the attention as it is. Concluding the matter just ends it. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/227 "2013-07-16T14:21:22Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > What kind of work do you do? Fishing. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/228 "2013-07-16T14:21:52Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > That’s why I was going to get the bus. The first one didn’t turn up and the next was a step entrance vehicle, by that time I thought fuck it, I’ve got work to do and it’s not really important anyway. Work like…post on here immediately after missing the meetup? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/229 "2013-07-16T14:22:24Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Fishing. Toll collector. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/230 "2013-07-16T14:25:46Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > My car’s MoT was made slightly less inconvenient since the garage I use is on a bus route into the city centre. Sadly I can’t vouch for this being the same in t’other user’s case since I travel on the number 6 and not the number 18. The test centre I use is in East Kilbride. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/231 "2013-07-16T14:27:09Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I have no bets in the real/troll debate, but even if she is real, why show up? > > She/he/it is getting all the attention as it is. Concluding the matter just ends it. But then she could get us all back to talking about what she came here to have us talk about. Oh yeah, we’re already talking about that. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/232 "2013-07-16T14:27:16Z")
\*\*Hermitian \*\*has a point. This does not preclude the awesomeness that is **Cinnamon Imp**. All hail **Cinnamon Imp**! Go forth an use your powers for awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/233 "2013-07-16T14:28:35Z")
Hark! When the fool is trolling Cinnamon Imp is prowling Loudly and proudly prowling, at the Tesco. There where no troll is showing Now feel the blood a-leaping, High as the spirits of the old Highland men. Chorus (Towering in gallant fame, Tesco my shopping hame, High may your proud standards gloriously wave, Store of my high endeavour, Store of the discount p(uh)-rice, Store of my heart for ever, Tesco I crave.) Over in the Costa coffee shop, Out by the too cheap jewelry,\* Brave Cinnamon Imp when she’s on the prowl. Scared are the trolls to meet you, Staunch are the friends that watch you, Sure as can be that you will find the real truth. Chorus Way over by Glasgow Town Sad are the Internet trolls Yearning to yank chains of the Teeming Millions Whose hero is prowling Admiration we give while Hoping, hoping you’ll catch the troll in a lie. Chorus * * * \*Sorry. I’ve never in my life been to the building in question so I have no idea of the layout. Plus, I’m just too lazy a tthe moment to check online for a shopper’s map of the place. ETA: Take a wild guess the tune this one’s set to. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/234 "2013-07-16T14:28:41Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > For those of us who only speak American, the MOT test is the UK’s annual vehicle inspection. The kind of thing that’s a PITA because I have to make an appointment for the inspection, find someone to go with me to the place so they can drive me to work after I drop the car off, find someone to pick me up afterwards so I can get my car back - unless I can get it done on a Saturday and cool my heels for a few hours while they work on it. > > In other words it tends to be the sort of thing one would be aware might pose an inconvenience, especially in regards to keeping appointments one makes oneself… Besides I booked it in last week, not at 1 in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/235 "2013-07-16T14:31:25Z")
In about three minutes on Google Maps I was able to figure out where a MOT facility in the area was and also which bus line I would need to get to the Tesco in question. Just in case anybody is foolish enough to believe that her knowledge of those things lend her any kind of credence here. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/236 "2013-07-16T14:31:52Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > **M** inistry **O** f **T** ransport test, a compulsory exam of the car in the UK to check it’s roadworthiness. That ain’t standard English anywhere either, friend. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/237 "2013-07-16T14:32:39Z")
The registration of my car is MW04 WVD. Does that help you believe it exists? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/238 "2013-07-16T14:34:27Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I wonder if she has died in a horrible car crash en route to Tesco? Oh my God, Bob Dooka correctly predicted this! Her brother is going to show up to inform us that she’s died in a fiery car crash. > [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > Hey, I did it in the name of Science! Oh, and defending the Scottish accent from her slander. HA! I cannot stop laughing at this. > [@jaymac1](#): > > Sorry I didn’t show, the number 18 bus didn’t turn up. Oh god, even better! I can’t take this thread anymore. I am _dying_. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/239 "2013-07-16T14:35:34Z")
I still think you’re all wrong. All this crowing is actually quite sickening, if you are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570/240 "2013-07-16T14:35:58Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > What kind of work do you do? He just told you in post #222. Unimportant work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-umkay-is-back-so-we-may-as-well-get-this-thread-started/663570.md?page=13)