# MMP Mystery – What’s up with Murray?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 30, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190 "2006-01-30T10:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 31, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/81 "2006-01-31T15:59:23Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Seems I recall maybe Jeannie C. Riley recorded this waaaaaaaaaay back in the 60’s. It’s one of them songs you can really wail on. OOPS! Make that Jeanne Pruett. SAAAAAAAAAAATIN SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETS TO LIIIIIIIIE OOOOOOOON!!! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/82 "2006-01-31T16:06:07Z")
Morning. I’m finally here. Just a little late to the party. Great weekend with **KeithT**. No cleaning, a little grocery shopping, and well, you can assume the rest. 😃 Had dinner at a Polish buffet with family friends (my family) Friday night. Boy, if you’re used to eating healthy, a big dinner of mostly sausage does a number on your stomach! (Insert pukey smiley here.) The food was great, just much too heavy when you’re not used to it. Saturday we went to a jeweler and had custom wedding bands designed. I’ve got an antique family heirloom engagement ring so the wedding bands will match that. I think that’ll be really really cool. Met **KeithT** ’s grandparents and had a great time. Lots of fun. My family’s not really “fun” so his is a nice change. Ate more meat (steak this time) and felt queasy again. Le sigh. Sunday met a couple of **KeithT** ’s friends. First friends I’ve met - after 8 months I was getting worried that he didn’t want them to meet me! - and we also had a great time. No satin sheets here. I’m a big fan of flannel. 😛 I can attest to the lopsided ratio that \*\*spatial \*\*referred to. But from my point of view, it’s a really good thing. I spent my first two weeks on campus just walking around grinning. 😃 But then I realized that the old saying is true: the odds are good but the goods are odd. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/83 "2006-01-31T16:13:59Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > My weekend was … eh. I mean, getting rejected bummed me out, but I’ll be okay. What’s still bothering me is the underlying cause - being single is driving me nuts. And I’m not likely to find anyone to date on campus this (my last) semester. Did I mention there are three guys for every girl at this school? I mean, three guys, forcryingoutloud. On the RPI campus, the student population is 75% male and 25% female. Twenty fucking five percent. That’s half of the voter turnout in this country, and that’s saying something. With a guy/girl ratio like this, it’s like musical chairs, only everyone sat down around 1962. RPI is where my friend figured out he was gay. So then his dating odds greatly increased. Maybe you should think about it. The water heater is in. I’m never going to put any plumbers out of a job, but then again I won’t have to spend more than $400 and four hours of my time to replace those suckers either. It all evens out in the end. **Puggy** your weight loss doesn’t sound too bad. It seems that this is the type that goes away and stays away, at that rate. Hang in there - you’l get to where youu want. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/84 "2006-01-31T16:20:30Z")
I **finally** got the last paperwork I need to do my taxes. So if I have time tonight or tomorrow, I might fire up the computer and get started. Otherwise, this weekend. **Tupug** , when I’m not sitting here in my cubicle, I work for Weight Watchers. I hate to say this, because I know it’s what you don’t want to hear, but your rate of weight loss sounds just about right. I know, you want it to be GONE RIGHT NOW. But my advice to you is just keep doing what you’re doing and have patience. It will work if you keep at it and don’t give up. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/85 "2006-01-31T16:23:50Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > The yummy bark goop, not the satin sheets. > > I have an alternative to satin! Extremely High Thread Count sheets (EHTCS). Like – 1,000. Can you even imagine. I have 600 TC and _they’re_ like satin. I can’t even imagine the 1,000. But I want them anyway. > > Swampy, that’s an old song, right? Martina must have done a cover. Satin is so hard to clean well. Unless you want to take your sheets to a dry cleaner, after a while they get nto so soft and smooth Better of with pure cotton very high thread count. Just as soft and gets softer with each washing If you’re going to make the goop, try this variation: Semi Sweet chips and mint choco chips with crushed pecans and shreaded coconut I got a million of 'em ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/86 "2006-01-31T17:05:31Z")
Curse you, **anyrose**! Now I crave bark… Satin sheets are only good cool–satin when I’m hot–eww. I also like a high thread count for sheets, but can’t afford 'em! Grrrr…app is giving me headaches today. Trying to send out the stuff for my transcripts (which cannot be done online–how odd is that?) and I keep getting an error message on the page which I’m supposed to access to get the correct mailing address. Being online, of COURSE the website doesn’t bother to put their mailing addy anywhere. Grrr. #1 son back from dentist–he has some “softening” right at the base of his four bottom front teef. He cannot lose his front teef! Gack! Dentist recommended a turbo toothbrush, flouride rinse and prescription toothpaste (whole new worlds have opened up to me today!). Went to my local Walgreen’s–store is closing (to rebuild) so all stuff is $1 (almost all stuff)…so I got me some cool, battery operated toothbrushes for a buck! (got me one, too) **Pug** --how about redistributing your 1500 calories? More at breakfast and lunch and not much at dinner? Works for me. Also, increase your activity some more–park further away, take the stairs etc–it all adds up, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/87 "2006-01-31T17:20:55Z")
Oh! I forgot to say before… we did engagement photos over the weekend. [Here’s](http://photobucket.com/albums/v685/taxi78cab/?action=view¤t=engagement_horizontal_small.jpg) us! Aren’t we just soooooo cute?? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/88 "2006-01-31T17:35:26Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Carrot Cake-_no, but got this nice lemon meringue pie instead._ > Some of the Medditeranian cheese style yogurt. NOT the regular yogurt, the cheese style yogurt.–_NONE of this–but it intrigues me no end._ > Seven cans of chili–_chili does not enter this house._ > Alka Seltzer –_no need, see above._ It would have been fine if you’d gotten the Carrot Cake. Sigh. The Med Yogurt is something the wife found at Trader Joe’s (some kind of semi-hoity toity place I think). It’s really good with some fresh fruit, or honey, or carrot cake. Well, not with carrot cake, but with lots of other stuff. Table water crackers, for eample, adn a bit of cucumber. MMMMM. Why no chili? It’s good AND good for you! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/89 "2006-01-31T17:49:17Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Oh! I forgot to say before… we did engagement photos over the weekend. [Here’s](http://photobucket.com/albums/v685/taxi78cab/?action=view¤t=engagement_horizontal_small.jpg) us! Aren’t we just soooooo cute?? AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW… just cuter than a bug’s ear! Cuter than a basket of puppies! Cuter than a flower girl walking down the aisle flinging rose petals everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/90 "2006-01-31T18:02:36Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Oh! I forgot to say before… we did engagement photos over the weekend. [Here’s](http://photobucket.com/albums/v685/taxi78cab/?action=view¤t=engagement_horizontal_small.jpg) us! Aren’t we just soooooo cute?? Quick! Where’s my insulin? Your sweetie looks a little like Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall/News Radio) ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/91 "2006-01-31T18:05:24Z")
I’m working on a rental agreement for New Roomie and myself, and as usual, we can’t be serious about anything. _sigh_ > [@](#): > > 1. Rent will be paid bi-weekly (per paycheck) into a joint account opened for household purposes. Mandi will pay at least $XXX per paycheck into the account, Jessie will contribute a proportional amount of her own paycheck into the same account. Utility bills, maintenance fees, insurance, taxes, and other household expenses (as agreed upon by both Jessie and Mandi) will be paid directly from this account. > 2. If Mandi decides to move out, refunds and repayments will be negotiated at that time. > 3. Chunk the Cat belongs to Mandi, and will go with her when she moves, unless other arrangements have been made. > 4. House policy states that dancing through the living room in one’s underwear is acceptable at any time, therefore it is required to call the house before bringing any visitor in unexpectedly. Vindictive measures will be taken should either roommate fail to abide by this rule. > 5. Seafood is not permitted in the house unless specifically stated otherwise by Jessie. No exceptions will be made for tuna in any form, so don’t even try it. Mayonnaise is negotiable. (Yes, I have issues.) > 6. Overnight guests are permitted with roommate’s consent. Consenting roommate is allowed to smirk at aforementioned guest in the morning, should she choose to do so. > 7. No sex in the fire exits. (This is a joke from our _Rocky Horror_ days, it’s only funny to us.) Oh yes, we’re coming up with more. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/92 "2006-01-31T18:28:31Z")
Better get the time allotment in the bathroom sorted out, quickly. And what about borrowing of clothes and accessories (this does not include stray menfolk, btw). Food–communal or labelled? Music(this is why I want to live alone) Cat puke The list goes on… **Welby** -you want carrot cake? You go to the store for that, kay? I love Trader Joe’s–but it’s kinda far from here. Chili is just nasty. I loathe the texture of beans in my mouth–they feel like vomit (and taste that way, too-to me). I don’t like the smell, the silly arguments about chili, the taste, the clean up–nothing about chili is good. I hope I’ve been clear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/93 "2006-01-31T18:39:50Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > And what about borrowing of clothes and accessories (this does not include stray menfolk, btw). My boss suggested that, as landlady, I get first crack at anybody Mandi brings home. Of course, we don’t like the same type of men, and she also likes women, so I don’t think this is necessary. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Music(this is why I want to live alone) This is pretty much why we made sure there’s a room that’s _not_ the living room that we can also hang out in. Luckily, we like mostly the same music. The only problem I forsee is that the only cable hookup is in the living room, and Roomie Tivos half the shows there are. I watch most of them with her, and I do have a TV/DVD/VCR in my room, so there’s not likely to be an enormous problem that can’t be overcome, but I’m going to have to get the cable company to put in another hookup upstairs, I think. > [@](#): > > Cat puke As with the litter box, whoever sees it cleans it up. This will actually work to my advantage, as she both wakes up and gets home from work before I do and will therefore usually be the one to find cat puke in public areas. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/94 "2006-01-31T18:43:03Z")
High thread count sheets expensive? It is to laugh. [Overstock.com](http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=1172400). Wait and they’ll mark 'em down to $99. I wonder if you even _need_ that high of a count to get softness. My 600 tc, which I got for $99 at Steinmart, are as soft as a baby blanket. Taxi, you all are CUTE!! Congratulations again. You all met as Dopers, right? Tell me: RPI? I never caught what school this is. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/95 "2006-01-31T18:44:02Z")
Well, I for one, **love** carrot cake. Moist, yummy carrot cake. No nuts in mine please. I don’t like nuts IN my cake or my chocolate. I’m just picky that way. Chili is good. I like GOOD chili. I like meat AND beans. Yes, I know, REAL chili doesn’t have beans in it (supposedly). This yogurt you’re all talking about sounds very intriguing. I have a couple of Trader Joes within 20 miles of me, but, I’m too lazy to drive that far. If you all saw the traffic out where I live, you’d understand why. I may have to go sometime though. **taxi,** very cuuuuu-yute! The work day is just interminable. I have crap to do, and I’m doing it, but I don’t WANNA do it. **Drae,** are there going to be um, er, noise limits when guests are over? I agree that bathroom rights are very important and should be agreed upon BEFORE hand. What about who cleans, what and when? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/96 "2006-01-31T18:45:24Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > And what about borrowing of clothes and accessories (this does not include stray menfolk, btw). \ Can I borrow this? He looks so good with my new shoes! \ ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/97 "2006-01-31T19:23:03Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > **Welby** -you want carrot cake? You go to the store for that, kay? > > I love Trader Joe’s–but it’s kinda far from here. > > Chili is just nasty. I loathe the texture of beans in my mouth–they feel like vomit (and taste that way, too-to me). I don’t like the smell, the silly arguments about chili, the taste, the clean up–nothing about chili is good. > > I hope I’ve been clear. > > 🙂 That’s why I sent YOU. Or why you sent yourself. And if you hate chili, then you’ve never had the real thing. I’ll have you over sometime for my Extra Special 3 3/4 Chili. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/98 "2006-01-31T19:26:38Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > \ Can I borrow this? He looks so good with my new shoes! \ You think this doesn’t happen? Silly naive lil **Swampy**. 😉 **Taters** -except for the chili, we’d get along great. I would eat all the choc with nuts and you could all the choc without! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/99 "2006-01-31T19:28:58Z")
> [@welby](#): > > That’s why I sent YOU. Or why you sent yourself. > > And if you hate chili, then you’ve never had the real thing. I’ll have you over sometime for my Extra Special 3 3/4 Chili. Go ahead–do your worst-I will not eat chili. I am no Sam I am. I would RATHER eat green eggs and ham! Well, you know what they say–if you want something done… 🙂 Just had one of those single serving brownie thingies that you microwave–tis good! (and deadly to my waistline). Love the way the box suggests topping it with ice cream… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190/100 "2006-01-31T19:51:01Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Well, you know what they say–if you want something done… Hmmm. Need to add to my list of things to remember: Rigby, Elanor - UNRELIABLE when it comes to carrot cake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-mystery-what-s-up-with-murray/342190.md?page=6)