# MMP - As serious as a heart attack. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 12, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230 "2005-12-12T07:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/161 "2005-12-14T20:26:41Z")
Another from the Limerick thread, courtesy of **swampy, Puggy,** and yours truly … This week, in the ol’ MMP A heart attack **Bumba** had he The Frostys are mating And Santa’s deflating While **Taters** ’s a little bitchy. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/162 "2005-12-14T20:34:51Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Another from the Limerick thread, courtesy of **swampy, Puggy,** and yours truly … > > This week, in the ol’ MMP > A heart attack **Bumba** had he > The Frostys are mating > And Santa’s deflating > While **Taters** ’s a little bitchy. :eek: :eek: :o :o K’ guys, y’all need to slap me upside the head! I’m going to do my level best to knock that crap out. If I get out of line, let me know, immediately! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/163 "2005-12-14T20:38:52Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > I just found [this recipe](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/dining/141nrex.html) for Molten Chocolate Babycakes. Do you think I should try it? I can see it just fine, either because RPI has a school wide account, or I registered who knows how long ago and forgot about it. I say you should make it on Saturday and bring some to Ali Baba’s for **Mika** and me to try! 😃 **Drae** , what’s this bell tower you’re moving into? Is it in Bergen County? I don’t remember anything like that around my hometown area, but that could be because I spent most of my first 18 years in my own little world. You wanna go, where everybody knows your name … ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/164 "2005-12-14T20:45:45Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Rigs** are you saying the Frostys are about to make little Frostys? Should I alert Wendy’s of possible trademark infringment? HAH! I slay me! > > \ Doesn’t it have to snow first? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/165 "2005-12-14T20:48:23Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > I just found [this recipe](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/dining/141nrex.html) for Molten Chocolate Babycakes. Do you think I should try it? Only if you’re sending some to the rest of us… can’t hurt to try… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/166 "2005-12-14T20:49:08Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > **Drae** , what’s this bell tower you’re moving into? Is it in Bergen County? No, it’s in Denville–Morris County (I’m in Essex, now.) Where are you from? And **Taters** , I’s just funnin’ ya. 🙂 You go ahead and be bitchy, it’s allowed when you’re sick, and I think **swampy** will agree with me (as long as it’s not ACBG bein’ bitchy). ---
**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:** [December 14, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/167 "2005-12-14T21:03:57Z")
My hometown is Wyckoff, but I’m also familiar with Ridgewood, Oakland, Franklin Lakes, Hawthorne, Paramus, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/168 "2005-12-14T21:06:55Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > My hometown is Wyckoff, but I’m also familiar with Ridgewood, Oakland, Franklin Lakes, Hawthorne, Paramus, etc. The name Wyckoff has _always_ made me \. Though not necessarily quite as much as Ho-Ho-Kus. 🙂 Most of my Bergen County experience comes from running the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ cast at the theater in Teaneck, but I spent a lot of time in that neck of the woods. If you happen to have gone to RHPS at any point between 1997 and 2000 (and what I know of you thus far makes you a candidate 😉 ), we probably know each other. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/169 "2005-12-14T21:59:29Z")
I got this as a joke from my SiL. Seeing how **Welby** is having trouble with gossips… ======================================= Mildred, the church gossip, self appointed monitor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business. Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a mistake, however, when she accused Henry, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town’s only bar one afternoon. She emphatically told Henry and several others that everyone seeing it there would know what he was doing. Henry, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn’t explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing. Later that evening, Henry quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred’s house . . . walked home . . . and left it there all night. You gotta love Henry . . . ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/170 "2005-12-14T22:14:56Z")
Bwah! Love the Henry story… Love, love the limericks! We got us some talent here in the MMP. The snowman courtship ritual refers to artificial snowmen(more accurately, snowpeoples) only. You know those large inflatable snowglobes you see everywhere this year? Those are the baby snowpeople incubators! I am astounded that such intelligent people as yourselves remain ignorant of this phenomena. Sorry to hear about the work gossip, **welby** --I hate stuff like that. And **Taters** has been mashed! Oh, no. Awful being sick, no? Such a waste of time (especially now)–what do you do at the hospital? Just curious. Took me an hour to get home from my meeting, between trains, traffic, weather and stupid people who somehow got driver’s licenses. Geesh. Hafta go out again tonoc to finish the shopping. Hafta stay home tomorrow for Scooter McKenzie! ---
**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:** [December 14, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/171 "2005-12-14T22:22:50Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Bwah! Love the Henry story… > > Love, love the limericks! We got us some talent here in the MMP. > The snowman courtship ritual refers to artificial snowmen(more accurately, snowpeoples) only. You know those large inflatable snowglobes you see everywhere this year? Those are the baby snowpeople incubators! > I am astounded that such intelligent people as yourselves remain ignorant of this phenomena. > > Sorry to hear about the work gossip, **welby** --I hate stuff like that. > And **Taters** has been mashed! Oh, no. Awful being sick, no? Such a waste of time (especially now)–what do you do at the hospital? Just curious. > > Took me an hour to get home from my meeting, between trains, traffic, weather and stupid people who somehow got driver’s licenses. Geesh. Hafta go out again tonoc to finish the shopping. Hafta stay home tomorrow for Scooter McKenzie! I’m a Health Systems Specialist/Data Analyst for our Managed Care Divison. I track and report data such as referrals to the network, unappointed appointment requests, schedule availability, and other such things. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/172 "2005-12-14T22:28:11Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > No, it’s in Denville–Morris County (I’m in Essex, now.) Where are you from? Hey - I grew up in Morris County! My parents still live there. We’ll have to meet sometime when I go to visit them. Susan ---
**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 14, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/173 "2005-12-14T23:08:52Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > I think some people are going to be mightily screwed when the NSPS pay system is activated though. Pay for performance is going to be a real wake up call. We’ll be under NSPS in Feb, unless they slip it again. I think it’s a great idea and it should have been in place ages ago. So many people here are in _Paranoia Overdrive_, but I don’t see where it’s too different from real world business. My chuckle for today - I had to get a prescription filled for **FCD** today. It cost me a whopping _sixty-three cents_!! :eek: That’s got to be the cheapest meds we’ve ever gotten! And I don’t think it got above freezing here today. I wussed out and didn’t walk. Too freekin’ cold for delicate me. How much longer till spring?? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/174 "2005-12-15T00:08:17Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > We’ll be under NSPS in Feb, unless they slip it again. I think it’s a great idea and it should have been in place ages ago. So many people here are in _Paranoia Overdrive_, but I don’t see where it’s too different from real world business. > > My chuckle for today - I had to get a prescription filled for **FCD** today. It cost me a whopping _sixty-three cents_!! :eek: That’s got to be the cheapest meds we’ve ever gotten! > > And I don’t think it got above freezing here today. I wussed out and didn’t walk. Too freekin’ cold for delicate me. How much longer till spring?? I don’t fear the whole concept (too much), but I do fear funding issues. Our start time is the same as yours. I have a bad feeling that once it’s initiated with the one time WGI buy-in, and the congressional colas are no more, that there won’t be enough money to fund the pay pools in future years. I also don’t like NOT knowing what I’m going to be paid. Don’t give me a range, tell me what I’m going to make for pete’s sake. ---
**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 15, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/175 "2005-12-15T00:22:35Z")
From what we’ve been told, COLA is mandated. I dunno - I don’t understand a lot of it, and I confess, since I’m so close to retirement, I find it hard to get too wound up. On the other hand, it would make no sense for them to jerk the workers around - they’d risk losing too many and being stuck with the no-loads who don’t think they could get jobs elsewhere… Did that make sense? There’s logic in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/176 "2005-12-15T01:30:18Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Just remember that if anything disgusting happens, you have to tell us. Does snow count as disgusting? We’re in the middle of a blizzard, took me over an hour to get home from work! ☹ so far at least 6 inches, with 2 - 4 more to come before morning. I have 2 dogs, so disgusting will be easy. > [@swampbear](#): > > Welcome **Wallflower**! Send chocolate to **FCM** and beer and cookies (sometimes cockies) to me as dues payment. Also, posting some really weird/gross TMI is always welcomed. The only cockies in this household belong to hubby, and I don’t share that out. I am planning the big Xmas baking this weekend though. Speaking of chocolate, Target has a new line of high end chocolate called Choxie. It’s very yum! (full disclosure, I work for Target 😃 And yes, I do leave a large chunk of my pay behind.) Thanks for all the welcomes, everyone! ---
**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 15, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/177 "2005-12-15T01:32:53Z")
AWWW… **Taters** don’t take the limerick to seriously. I thought it was a hoot! Look at it this way, it’s a limerick MMP twofer! Only us COOL KIDS ---
**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 15, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/178 "2005-12-15T01:35:32Z")
DAMMIT! I hit one wrong key and the ham **p** sters have to be on the ball for once. Anywho, like I was sayin’ Only us COOL KIDS could rate a limerick twofer. Right? ---
**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 15, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/179 "2005-12-15T01:41:25Z")
Where are my manners?? Welcome to the Cool Kids Club, **Wallflower**! Pull up a comfy chair and kick off your shoes. Next week is your turn to sweep. 😃 ---
**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 15, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230/180 "2005-12-15T03:37:04Z")
So this is turning into one long discussion of chocolate, huh? I keep walking by the Choxie at Target (I average one visit per day during the Christmas season); maybe I’ll pick some up sometime soon. I still have presents to buy for work… **taxi** , you definitely have to make the chocolate babycakes; they sound yum. (For the rebels out there, they’re basically pudding-y cakes with lots of chocolate.) We’ll expect a full report. I’ve just eaten some chocolate waffle cookies. Yummmy. I first saw those inflatable snow-globe thingies at the zoo this year. And then, all of a sudden, they were everywhere! We don’t have any on my street, but the gym at the end of the street has a bunch of them. They look OK in the right setting, I guess, but houses don’t tend to be the right setting… Well, I’m sleepy, so I think I’ll go to bed and maybe add a little more in the a.m. GT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-as-serious-as-a-heart-attack/335230.md?page=10)