# Ok, I'll start this week's MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 17, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295 "2012-12-17T11:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/302 "2012-12-23T15:41:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Many of my facebook friends are posting pictures of angels in Christmas-y settings - I have to fight the urge to comment “Don’t Blink!” on each one! 😉 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/303 "2012-12-23T15:43:01Z")
Going to be a grumpy day around here. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/304 "2012-12-23T15:47:07Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > 😕 It’s a Doctor Who thing ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/305 "2012-12-23T16:09:25Z")
Well, I’m about to venture forth in search of milk, tissues, and maybe some medicinal ice cream. 😃 Or perhaps some cough lozenges. I shall do my best not to breathe when in the presence of humans… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/306 "2012-12-23T16:24:58Z")
I’m watching _The Wizard of Oz_ for the umpteenth time - “Hurry” Dorothy cries “the hourglass is almost empty!” Even at age 7 I asked the TV why she didn’t just turn the stoopit thing over. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/307 "2012-12-23T16:30:22Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Any Bay Arean MMPers out there? Am I nuts? Or, is this a bad idea, in case me being nuts is not a deciding factor? I would go for it! Join Audible and listen to audio books while you cruise back and forth, or look for a bunch of podcasts you like. Given that traffic isn’t an issue, I would think as long as you view the commute as time to chill, rather than an annoyance, it would be fine! So, some vile plague has descended on \*\*Dark2Phoenix \*\*and he was up all night with tummy rebellion, now also laid low by body aches. No fever though, so we are puzzled: food poisoning? tummy bug? delayed reaction to rich foods, combined with soreness from said all night rebellion and exhaustion? Urg, sometimes being overly analytical will make you crazy. I’m hoping hard for something non-contagious. Meanwhile, I was up three times with the little one, to deal with a leaky pullup, then two rounds of sore throat. At least I know the sore throat isn’t a virus - we mucked out the study yesterday so the nice man could fix our internets. It hadn’t been cleaned, dusted, or vacuumed in mumblemumble, and we removed more than a cup of dust, to judge by the vacuum. But of course a lot of dust just broke free to float about and cause surges of histamine in the susceptible family members. Anyway, I’m exhausted, had to get up and pay bills/budget, which I hate, and now I get to do all my chores plus Dark2’s. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/308 "2012-12-23T16:59:15Z")
Afternoon all, Was a Helpful today- the housemate has been leaving everything absolutely last minute regarding shopping, and had told me last night that she really needed to get everything done today… so at 2pm, realising the shops shut in 3 hours, I woke her up… I then spent the next three hours frantically driving round getting presents for all her family, finally getting the last one less than 5 minutes before the shops all shut. I’ve got her to knit mittens for cousin’s babbeh, I reckon she owes me one… Found a really nice finger puppet for babbeh’s big bro, in a craft 'n toy shop less than 200 meters from the house. Don’t know why I didn’t think of there rather than going all over the city to mahoosive toy shops and fighting the seething hordes- they’re dead close, have really nice stuff, and are incredibly cheap, but anyway- that should be it, but Dad’s present has still not arrived, it has tomorrow morning, otherwise I’m going to have to get something else on the way… Wish me a fast postie! I’m glad we only have to do this rubbish once a year. ---
**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 23, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/309 "2012-12-23T18:50:52Z")
Howdy Y’all! Home from deheathenization and a trip to :eek: _The Maul_!!! :eek: Actually it wasn’t to bad bravin’ :eek: _The Mail_. :eek: I found a close parkin’ space and managed to go into the two anchor stores I needed to go to without enterin’ :eek: _The Maul_ :eek: proper. I’ve had me a hoagie sammich and some chips and am now in chill mode. **Nuts** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for your dad’s present arrivin’ tomorrow. **ForbiddenSpice** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed that no vile plague has descended. **MOOOOOOM** ice cream is always medicinal when one has the vile plague. I’m really likin’ the term “vile plague.” 😃 I have decided that I am in desparate need of a nappy poo. Laterz! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/310 "2012-12-23T19:50:42Z")
Fruitcake in oven. Even being verrah tired, it’s hard to be cranky with the smell wafting through the house! Best part is I put together a “kit” for making a second batch as I was measuring and chopping and all. So later this week I can make moar fruitcake with minimal effort! ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/311 "2012-12-23T20:31:57Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Many of my facebook friends are posting pictures of angels in Christmas-y settings - I have to fight the urge to comment “Don’t Blink!” on each one! 😉 Again, I double dog dare 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:** [December 23, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/312 "2012-12-23T21:30:55Z")
I just got off the phone with my mother. She has made the followin’ goodies: Red Velvet Cake Coconut Cake German Chawklit Cake Fried Apple Pies Sweet **N.O.T.** Pie Pee-Kahn Pie Chawklit Chip Cookes Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Chawklit Fudge Peanut Butter Fudge Geez ma! Cuttin’ back this year? 😃 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/313 "2012-12-23T21:41:27Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- how many folkses will your mom be hosting this year?? Yoiks!! I’ve eaten yet more soup, and I just finished emptying and refilling the dishwasher and cleaning the cat box since I forgot to do it earlier. This afternoon has been a marathon sneeze-fest that has now turned into a cough-a-thon. ugh. I finished making a hat earlier, then started another - I’m not worried about germifying whoever gets them since I always launder my creations before I donate them. It’s rare that something I make doesn’t end up with some dog or cat spit on some of the yarn, since they think my hobby is their plaything. Idiot animals… :rolleyes: And wouldn’t you know while I was at the store, I forgot to get cough drops and hot chocolate mix… ☹ I knew I shoulda made a list. Oh well… back to knitting… ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/314 "2012-12-23T21:50:24Z")
Still a grumpy day. I’d take it to the pit but I’m too fed up and angry to even post it there. ---
**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 23, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/315 "2012-12-23T21:53:00Z")
**MOOOOOOM** there’ll be sixteen for dindin but others will come and go durin’ the festivities of the day so all totaled around twenty-five. My mother is a bakeoholic. Seriously. She cannot like bake _a_ cake or _a_ pie. It’s at least one of each and that’s just on a normal ordinary day. Oh and do not ever suggest she use a store boughten crust. The horror! :eek: ETA: **{{{sari}}}** ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/316 "2012-12-23T22:03:18Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I have decided that I am in desparate need of a nappy poo. > > Laterz! I googled “nappy poo” just to see what I would get. It wasn’t pretty. :eek: 😛 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/317 "2012-12-23T22:09:55Z")
We don’t have cats, we have miniature mountain goats. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/318 "2012-12-23T22:14:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We don’t have cats, we have miniature mountain goats. We don’t have two cats, we have one cat and one pig. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/319 "2012-12-23T22:23:08Z")
We don’t have cats. We have the walking pile of fur, the old bastard, and the wallflower. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/320 "2012-12-23T22:25:56Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I just got off the phone with my mother. She has made the followin’ goodies: > > Red Velvet Cake > Coconut Cake > German Chawklit Cake > Fried Apple Pies > Sweet **N.O.T.** Pie > Pee-Kahn Pie > Chawklit Chip Cookes > Oatmeal Raisin Cookies > Chawklit Fudge > Peanut Butter Fudge > > Geez ma! Cuttin’ back this year? 😃 What? No rum balls? ---
**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 23, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295/321 "2012-12-23T22:30:12Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > What? No rum balls? My sweet, innocent, lil’ ol’ southern mama once asked the manager at a local grocery store in ye olde hometowne where she could find the rum because she needed a small bottle of it to make a glaze for a pound cake. 😃 Understand that, in Jawja, one cannot buy distilled spirits in a supermarket. Beer and wine yes. Go figure. So, no, no rum balls. In order to make said glaze she called me (this was a long, long time ago when I still lived there) and asked me to go to the liquor sto’ to get her some rum. I got miles out of that! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-ill-start-this-weeks-mmp/644295.md?page=17)