# MMP: How to make Gravy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309 "2006-02-20T11:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/201 "2006-02-22T17:31:45Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I haven’t read any of this thread, but… A lot of people say that. Especially when they really mean, “I read it up to this point but I have _no_ idea how it changed so much!” ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/202 "2006-02-22T17:32:45Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > I promise that I won’t tell your friends about the Good Grips peeler that works perfectly in my left hand. I appreciate that. I don’t know what it is–my roommate got me a peeler that _looked_ ambidextrous, and I promptly took off a few layers of my own skin with it. I have trouble with non-electric pencil sharpeners. My new stove is against the wall on the left side, and even _that_ gives me trouble. I’m all but hopeless. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/203 "2006-02-22T17:39:33Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Hands? Ha-we didn’t have hands to use! We had to train our toes to clutch the handles of the baskets, and scoot our way to the laundry room. Shirts? What’s a shirt? We counted ourselves lucky if we had a burlap sack to tear a hole in to cover ourselves. These tended to shred in the dryer, so we had to knock other folks over the head and steal their sacks. Life was rough in college in the '80’s, I tell ya. But we knew how to live–we knew how to struggle and by Gum, kids today…there’s no gumption, no inner fortitude. Spoiled brats, everyone… You had _ **toes** _? We had to use our stumps. And we were thankful for them! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/204 "2006-02-22T17:41:40Z")
I find a vegetable peeler to be perfect for all my left handed peeling purposes. When I was in college, I worked for a while at a library. The Head Librarian, while a nice guy was dumber than a box of rocks. I once told him that it’d be nice to have a left-handed typewriter to use. He actually put in a request for a left-handed typewriter. 😃 I turned the telephone at the circulation desk around backwards one day and told him it made it easier for me to answer it with my left hand. He didn’t buy my ploy about a left-handed date stamper though. Every once in a while all three of his brain cells would fire at once and he’d see right through me. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/205 "2006-02-22T17:47:56Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I find a vegetable peeler to be perfect for all my left handed peeling purposes. It’s entirely possible that I’m just defective. But are you even partially ambidextrous/ My right hand capacity consists of dialing a phone or changing the radio station while I’m driving, and that’s about it. If I think really hard about it before I start, sometimes I can turn a doorknob. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/206 "2006-02-22T17:49:40Z")
I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous. Now _that_, ladies and gentlemen, is a rimshot. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/207 "2006-02-22T17:53:16Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > A lot of people say that. Especially when they really mean, “I read it up to this point but I have _no_ idea how it changed so much!” Yeah, but I actually didn’t read it. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/208 "2006-02-22T18:50:06Z")
Hey **swampy** , I was reading the thread about the one guy killing his roommate because he didn’t replace the terlet paper, and immediately thought of you. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/209 "2006-02-22T18:53:03Z")
My husband is a local truck driver. The horror stories he tells of bad drivers! Every time I hear of an accident with an eighteen-wheeler I worry it’s him. I can’t picture him exchanging recipes, though! Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/210 "2006-02-22T18:59:09Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Hey **swampy** , I was reading the thread about the one guy killing his roommate because he didn’t replace the terlet paper, and immediately thought of you. I emailed that to my roommate, to let her know that she’d better watch herself. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/211 "2006-02-22T19:07:04Z")
Well, not replacing the terlet paper should be a crime worthy of severe punishment. Especially if you happen to be in my house and like know me at all, cause you **know** there’s at least two four-packs of terlet paper in the cabinet in each bathroom at any given time plus og only knows how much stashed away in that little storage room in the garage. There must always, _always_, **always** be plenty of terlet paper on hand. Have I mentioned before that I’m kinda obsessed with having lots of terlet paper on hand? 😃 **Drae** I’m pretty much a lefty all the way here. I’d dang near kill myself trying to peel something with a knife but a veggie peeler I can handle. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/212 "2006-02-22T19:20:56Z")
Does _Performance Plan_ in a corporate context have anything but negative connotations/meaning? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/213 "2006-02-22T19:23:43Z")
I don’t think it has any negative connotations. Example: Here at RPI we’re currently getting underway in what our wonderful school president calls _The Rensselaer Plan_. No one knows what it is, really, or what it’s supposed to do. (“That’s the beauty of it - it doesn’t _do_ anything!”) But there you are. Now, a 12-Step Plan … ---
**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:** [February 22, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/214 "2006-02-22T19:24:52Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Does _Performance Plan_ in a corporate context have anything but negative connotations/meaning? It generally means you best straighten up yo’ bohunkus but fast anytime I’ve ever seen it or heard of it used in the corporate context. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/215 "2006-02-22T19:30:54Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > It generally means you best straighten up yo’ bohunkus but fast anytime I’ve ever seen it or heard of it used in the corporate context. Well, yeah, that’s exactly what I meant -I always thought it was kind of a precurser to getting fired, like saying: “You suck, we’re documenting that you suck, and you’ve got three months to un-suck yourself, or you’re fired.” Kind of a way to protect yourself from a wrongful term lawsuit. I mean, being on a performance plan is _never_ a good thing, right? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/216 "2006-02-22T19:33:17Z")
Bread’s rising. Should I make brownies? We’ve got a friend coming over tonight who’s really, really thin, and I’m always trying to fatten her up. Yes, brownies are a good idea. Mr. Lissar says he’s taking it into consideration, **scout**. I’ll get back to you later today. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/217 "2006-02-22T19:34:41Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > Bread’s rising. Should I make brownies? We’ve got a friend coming over tonight who’s really, really thin, and I’m always trying to fatten her up. Yes, brownies are a good idea. > > Mr. Lissar says he’s taking it into consideration, **scout**. I’ll get back to you later today. Yes. Brownies. Make many brownies and pass some thru the CD drive. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/218 "2006-02-22T19:50:09Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Drae** I’m pretty much a lefty all the way here. I’d dang near kill myself trying to peel something with a knife but a veggie peeler I can handle. I am just the opposite. Veggie peelers drive me buggers. I have two knives I can use for peeling that work perfectly fine as long as you aren’t all anal about how much is peel and how much is veggie. Short attention span leads me not to give a crap. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/219 "2006-02-22T19:58:01Z")
Can you make the brownies with pecans? I love pecans. 😉 Ooh! I just remembered I have a brownie mix in my pantry. It only has walnuts, but that’s ok. I’m making them tonight. We’re having fried catfish and salad and brownies. Mmm… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309/220 "2006-02-22T20:16:27Z")
**Smitty** --you’re not on a Performance Plan, are you? psssst: dont’ tell Harvard! It doesn’t sound like a good thing at all. I never did go to the store. My girlfriend called and we had alot to talk about. So, we had a 4 hour phone convo. I haven’t done that in about 20 years! My ear hurts, now.And I still don’t have food in the house. Ah well, I ate yesterday. Parent Orientation Night at the HS tonoc. I hafta go for # 1 son. Maybe I’ll shop after, with all the single people… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-how-to-make-gravy/345309.md?page=12)