# Nothing to write home about - a very early MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 19, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252 "2006-06-19T04:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/201 "2006-06-22T13:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] **welby** did you get a gift certificate for Ear Hair removal? 'Cause I think that would be cool. [/QUOTE] I’ll second that! I didn’t care when I started getting gray at 23, nor did I mind when I went bald. I lost it when I started growing grampa hairs from my earlobes… :mad: ☹ ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/202 "2006-06-22T13:24:31Z")
Ok, more guesses then… A gift card from [del]Homo[/del] Home Depot. A case of beer and a pack of bratwursts. A gift certificate for a bikini wax. A lap dance. A new outfit to wear to your Dakron or Darkon or Drakon or Dacron or what ever that thingy is. Brunch with Laura Bush. Am I close yet? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/203 "2006-06-22T13:25:38Z")
**Welby** : A banana thong? ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/204 "2006-06-22T13:25:49Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] How bout a deep fried twinkie, coated in chocolate, topped with ice cream and hot fudge sauce. [/QUOTE] Well, I’ve never been deep-fried, but the coated in chocolate part…_maybe!_ And this Twinkie will always have a little real whipped cream, so thanks for thinking of me, **lightingtool**. Hmm.. I was gonna guess that **welby** got a tie, but **FCM** beat me to it. And, on preview, I see it was wrong, anyway. Socks? My husband got a Frisbee. **gt** , how come the guy in the bar didn’t know Fred? Stopped to buy a bottle of wine to have with dinner last night (went to see two friends, as I mentioned). When we got to the wine shop, there was a distributor there with several samples open. He and the proprietor were ready to share! Now, I’m not much of a drinker, so even with the “swill and spit,” (only for the ones I didn’t like!) I still walked away with a silly grin and tripped over my own feet. Good thing the shop is walking distance from my friend’s house! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/205 "2006-06-22T13:28:08Z")
Igotit Igotit Igotit!!! A free ‘Cancel my account now with no bullshit’ card from AOL…!.. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/206 "2006-06-22T13:30:55Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Igotit Igotit Igotit!!! A free ‘Cancel my account now with no bullshit’ card from AOL…!.. [/QUOTE] Hee, you’ve been reading that thread. Mmm… a pet? A book? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/207 "2006-06-22T13:32:49Z")
OK - another guess then. A cheese log? ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/208 "2006-06-22T13:40:45Z")
**Swampy** , I’m impressed! You identified three of the components in your list. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/209 "2006-06-22T13:43:57Z")
Ooooh, ooooh my turn!!! a Cecil Adams bobblehead doll! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/210 "2006-06-22T13:47:27Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Ooooh, ooooh my turn!!! a Cecil Adams bobblehead doll! [/QUOTE] Okay. They got me the _second_ coolest gift ever. ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/211 "2006-06-22T13:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=welby] **Swampy** , I’m impressed! You identified three of the components in your list. [/QUOTE] A gift certificate for a lap dance with Laura Bush? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/212 "2006-06-22T13:59:46Z")
Twinkie, you are sick sick _sick sick_ **sick**!!! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/213 "2006-06-22T14:04:05Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I’m ok with being Mrs Robinson, if you are. 😉 [/QUOTE] I don’t think I’m okay with being Mrs. Robinson. Why don’t you be Mrs. Robinson, and I’ll be Benjamin Whatshisface, 'kay? 😃 > [@welby](#): > > **Swampy** , I’m impressed! You identified three of the components in your list. Ooh, I know what it is: a really really _really_ cool tie. Right? 😛 **gt** , I bow to your superior guy-who-knows-everyone joke. _bow_ Today I face another boring day at work. A long one too, because my ride home is doing some sort of dodgeball tournament this afternoon. I have graciously abstained, because those rubber balls are personal friends of mine, and if they were in a hurry to get somewhere I wouldn’t want to accidentally impede their progress with, say, my face. All a matter of courtesy, you understand. And now for something completely[sub]what? what do you mean that gag’s been done? oh, fine[/sub]-- We apologize for the fault in the introduction. Those responsible have been sacked[sub]this one too? for crying out loud[/sub]-- Without further parroting, a pun: > [@](#): > > Pun of the Day: > > When I found Julie she was, as usual, up to her ears in insects, studying some obscure thing or other in the entomology lab. Today’s order was apparently aphids. They flooded by the tens of thousands over the little network of foliage Julie had set up for them. > “Again, Julie? Don’t you want to study anything new? You’ve been on this for months!” > “What can I say, I have an aphidity for them.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/214 "2006-06-22T14:05:36Z")
Spats, I won’t read your puns on your LJ, I’ve found. I wait for them to be posted in the MMP. I don’t want to ruin the surprise. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/215 "2006-06-22T14:06:44Z")
Zhat’s vhat ze LJ-cuts are for, dahlingk. 🆒 ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/216 "2006-06-22T14:28:39Z")
A flying saucer? Cheap cologne? A really big trout? I did not forget **Spats** , **gt**. He’s right in the middle of the list. I need something new to read. I’ve been doing a dance of avoidance around _The Kite Runner_, because it’s so popular. I might read _Three Day Road_, or maybe pick up _Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities_. I dunno. There’s also the new Julia Child. Hmm. Today I must quest for something new for Mr. Lissar to eat for lunch. He’s gotten tired of sandwiches. It must be easy to assemble, freezable, and available in bulk. No, not ladybugs. Apparently his co-workers can’t stand the smell of Chinese food or curry. Is it just me, or is that weird? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/217 "2006-06-22T15:19:18Z")
A new outfit to wear while giving Laura Bush a bikini wax? A new outfit from Home Depot made out of beer cans and bratwursts? A new Dacron thingy outfit to wear for brunch at Home Depot? A lap dance and brunch at Home Depot? A gift card for a lap dance and bikini wax from Home Depot? A gift card for a lap dance at a Dacron thingy plus a beer and bratwurst brunch with Laura Bush? A bikini wax by Laura Bush and a six pack? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/218 "2006-06-22T15:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] A bikini wax by Laura Bush and a six pack? [/QUOTE] Well, you’ve put me right off my feed with that one… _\_ ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/219 "2006-06-22T15:34:09Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] A bikini wax by Laura Bush and a six pack? [/QUOTE] Dude, if you know of a six pack that can give bikini waxes, I want in. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252/220 "2006-06-22T15:40:05Z")
so sorry to hear about your father, lightningtool! I know how you feel; I lost my own dad at 25. Still miss him, every day. I’m feeling a little low today, myself, so I look forward to any and all frivolity and juvenility! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-write-home-about-a-very-early-mmp/361252.md?page=12)