# (Old) April Showers bringing May Flowers in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 6, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177 "2024-05-06T08:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**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 6, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177/8 "2024-05-06T13:17:16Z")
So there are quite a few household ceiling fans in the building, which work about as well as Shaggy does. Except the one that decided some time over the weekend to heave itself downward, and crash on to the dumping station where I would have been standing, if it had happened during work [![](https://dpcr19kltm61a.cloudfront.net/backpackinglight/user_uploads/1400114272_105165.jpg) ](https://dpcr19kltm61a.cloudfront.net/backpackinglight/user_uploads/1400114272_105165.jpg) But other than that, a much less chaotic day than Saturday. Also, someone apparently shotgunned a Four Loko in the parking lot after I went to work, > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > So, what flowers are now blooming in your yard currently? Mostly weeds, and trees. > [@Happy National Shrimp Scampi Day in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-shrimp-scampi-day-in-the-mmp/1000896/298): > > Small crustaceans seem to be the source of one of the many language differences between the UK and the USA. “Shrimp Scampi” is nonsense to us. So I shouldn’t invite you over for shrimp scampi and biscuits? 😉 {{{{ **Fishy** }}}} > [@Taters](#): > > I took the weekend to just sort of decompress You needed that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-april-showers-bringing-may-flowers-in-the-mmp/1001177)._