# (Old) Friends, Romans, Penitents, Lent me your ear: An Ash Wednesday MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 16, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-friends-romans-penitents-lent-me-your-ear-an-ash-wednesday-mmp/1027707 "2026-02-16T11:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-friends-romans-penitents-lent-me-your-ear-an-ash-wednesday-mmp/1027707/16 "2026-02-16T15:58:43Z")
> [@OK, I’ll Start the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-ll-start-the-mmp/1027518/237): > > Can’t recall Mom ever using Mercurchrome on us kids, Sometimes we had Mercurochrome, sometimes we had Merthiolate. 35 Ferrets (2 Centipedes) out there; the weatherguessers are still saying we’ll hit 40 (4.4), for the first time this year. Highs of 40 or 41 predicted for the rest of the week. I hope the Canadians do a better job of keeping their weather on a leash the rest of the month. Today is Washington’s Birthday, so I suppose the library will be closed. I still think public libraries should be open 24/7/52. Visiting my doctor this afternoon for a six-month (or thereabouts) checkup. Strictly speaking, I guess, she’s a nurse practitioner, but she has a DNP so I can call her “doctor”. Other than that, today (and most of the rest of the week) will be “RDOS! RDOS! Rah rah rah!” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-friends-romans-penitents-lent-me-your-ear-an-ash-wednesday-mmp/1027707)._