# Mmp! Mmp! Mmp! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 18, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297 "2015-05-18T09:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/141 "2015-05-21T05:21:52Z")
It’s amazing how a quickly even a beautifully maintained lawn can turn into a hayfield when you have tons of rain. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/142 "2015-05-21T10:10:33Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 72 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 90 and sunny for the day. Also, there’s a little bit of a cool breeze this mornin’. **redneck** bein’ as my yahd is mostly dried up grass right now, I wouldn’t know. We have had a definite lack of rain here in south Jawja this Spring. I need to turn on the sprinkler system and I don’t like to do that. **flytrap** ftr I don’t have a mortgage either. So There! 😛 Ok, that’s all I got. I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. At least today is my Firday. YAY! Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/143 "2015-05-21T10:44:14Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > For that many cents, he had to take off both shoes. Hell, he needs to unzip to count to 20½. :o Blurf. (More later; though not sure if that more Blurf or more text) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/144 "2015-05-21T10:59:51Z")
Slept in till 6:30-ish which led to some bizarro dream clips: Paul McCartney having to perform as a street musician, then me trying to get out of a mansion and not finding an exit, then me on a bike trying to carry my dog Candy (who was a family pet when I was in high school - yoiks!!) The last hour or so, I got into a position that left me with an incredibly stiff neck - I hate when that happens!! It rained already and lots more is promised thru the day. My only actual plans involve studio work, altho I might become bored enough to pull out the vacuum cleaner. We shall see. \*\*FCD \*\*plans to work in his shop for the entire long weekend, altho tomorrow we’ll be driving to Fredburg to pick up his paint. It’s official - the bike will be green. With skulls. Bikers are so boring about skulls. _\_ I’ll probably run to the grocery store also, since I didn’t go yesterday. And I have to call and arrange to have the oil changed in the Sonata on Tues - 85K miles since Jan 2012 - the joys of living in the boonies and having to drive long ways for everything… So, Happy Thursday, all! ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/145 "2015-05-21T11:31:33Z")
Gah! My guinea pig decided that 6:15 was a good time to start a squealing fit - after I went to bed far too late watching the last Letterman show. Then I went in the kitchen and was alarmed at how hot parts of my refrigerator are. A few minutes research has determined the Condenser Fan has failed (it was making a huge amount of noise the past few weeks then silence). So I had to pull the back panel off the fridge and set up a fan to cool the coils. This should save the fridge (and prevent a house fire), and the new fan motor from [Dappz.com](http://Dappz.com) will arrive Monday. After I send this I’ll try for another hour of sleep. I am taking a long weekend with the kids starting tonight. Good morning all! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/146 "2015-05-21T11:40:14Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to work. Looks like it might rain today. **giggity** , maybe you have the Lassie version of a guinea pig, and he was yelling, “Hey, the fridge condenser is toast! Also, Timmy fell down a well again.” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/147 "2015-05-21T11:47:12Z")
\*\*doggio \*\*- I think you’re right - what a heroic guinea pig!! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/148 "2015-05-21T11:56:00Z")
Also: T.G.I.H! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/149 "2015-05-21T13:27:54Z")
thank goodness it’s hockey? ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/150 "2015-05-21T13:31:40Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > thank goodness it’s hockey? That, too. 😃 “Thank God It’s tHursday” ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/151 "2015-05-21T13:37:05Z")
I went to a wonderful play last night. It was called “33 Variations” and was about Beethoven working on a piece of music, and about a modern-day music scholar studying the piece of music, and about her relationship with her daughter. It was so good! I forgot to set my alarm, so I got up much later than I intended. Oh well. Must try to get my work done. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/152 "2015-05-21T13:49:20Z")
Back from grocerying. It’s still dreary and drizzly. I just can’t seem to get motivated - it doesn’t help that Higgs is snoring behind me. On the plus side, I pulled a loaf of 'nanner bread out of the freezer - yum awaits when it thaws!!! And tomorrow, I’m going to smoke 2 racks of ribs - more yum!! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/153 "2015-05-21T13:57:05Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > That, too. 😃 > > “Thank God It’s tHursday” Let me help you with [that.](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+day+is+it%3F) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/154 "2015-05-21T13:59:18Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > That, too. 😃 > > “Thank God It’s tHursday” No, it’s So Happy It’s Thursday. How can you not know that?? 😃 ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/155 "2015-05-21T14:00:16Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Gah! My guinea pig decided that 6:15 was a good time to start a squealing fit - after I went to bed far too late watching the last Letterman show. > > Then I went in the kitchen and was alarmed at how hot parts of my refrigerator are. A few minutes research has determined the Condenser Fan has failed (it was making a huge amount of noise the past few weeks then silence). > > So I had to pull the back panel off the fridge and set up a fan to cool the coils. This should save the fridge (and prevent a house fire), and the new fan motor from [Dappz.com](http://Dappz.com) will arrive Monday. > > After I send this I’ll try for another hour of sleep. I am taking a long weekend with the kids starting tonight. Good morning all! Sounds like piggie was trying to tell you about the problem. Good little rodent! We once had a puppy wake my mother by freaking out (father and grandfather had already left the house very early that morning). Turned out someone (probably my grandfather) had gotten careless with a lit cigarette and left it on the arm of a sofa, and puppy turned out to be a very good smoke detector. 🙂 Called out sick today. Anyone know where I can get a new throat and some new sinuses? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/156 "2015-05-21T14:04:54Z")
Try Herb’s Discount House of Throats and Sinuses. You’re welcome. 😃 I’m so bored - I really should head down to my studio… ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/157 "2015-05-21T15:35:38Z")
Howdy Y’all! [del]Minion[/del] Assistant and I are slurpin’ on MickeyD’s frozen strawberry/lemonade as I post. We each have our own. I splurged. 😃 The dang things are soooooooo good! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/158 "2015-05-21T16:04:21Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Called out sick today. Anyone know where I can get a new throat and some new sinuses? No but I’m willing to go looking for a donor if some other Mumpers want to join me in the _harvesting_. 😉 Which sort of indirectly brings me back to this moment. Spent the morning ammo shopping after a late night of watching the last Late Night. I fell away from the show maybe 15 years back when I started working days more regular but for the final one I had to tune in. I regret not seeing the Giant Door Knob one last time but the shots of Larry “Bud” were good and some of the stills from the old Chris Elliot routines. I enjoyed the show but was never a serious fan; I will be curious if the new guy can bring some new life back to it all. Other than that its work work work and me with a stiff back and hip. Not a totally fun day. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/159 "2015-05-21T16:07:03Z")
Greetings fellow Mumpers. Posting from irk of course. Today seems like Firday to me. Kinda slow day at irk. I have a three day weekend! I may ask to be off tomorrow and make it a four day weekend. Y’all be good. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297/160 "2015-05-21T16:18:58Z")
I was never brave enough to post on this board from work, because sometimes I’d written not-so-nice things about work on this message board. Though really, my office job was really nice so I didn’t have much to complain about. I posted from school often, but didn’t care as much about that. 😛 Though I work from home at the moment so I guess I kind of am posting from work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mmp-mmp/720297.md?page=9)