# (Old) Funny things you overheard in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 18, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-funny-things-you-overheard-in-the-mmp/998974 "2024-03-18T07:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 215
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-funny-things-you-overheard-in-the-mmp/998974/215 "2024-03-23T12:33:05Z")
Morning all. Up early, the rain has left and am now waiting to see if the soccer fields will be open or not for playing today, if so I expect I’ll be there for 5-6 hours, if not, then I’ve pretty well cleared my schedule yesterday, so we’ll see what happens. Appliance people never called, so I may be in the position of having to actually wash my dishes by hand (the horror! the horror!) for the first time in years. Otherwise some general house-irk is probably in order. Missed swimming last night, got to the gym and…had forgot to put my lock in my gym bag. A lot of people hang their stuff and bags in lockers without locks, I guess I’m not as trusting as they are, so came on home sans exercise. Will try to do better today. **FCM** , I agree with other MMP’ers, trying to find things MIL can do is a good idea, but hard considering her blindness and fragility. Best of luck and don;t spend that $2 recklessly… **Swampy** , sorry to hear about your friend Rose; 90 years is my goal, we’ll see if I make it or not. **BBBoo** , I’ll have to look for those Pillsbury biskits you describe, haven’t had a good biskit in awhile. **Sari** , hope you and son start feeling better soon. **Cat Glove** , right now I have about $0.40 cents/gallon off and a half-tank of gas, don’t think I’ll make the $1.00 mark but it’ll still be a nice savings. **Dicey** , busy week and sounds like you got some good information there. OK, they just posted the fields are closed, so the day is free and clear (actually cloudy and 54F). Need to let my parents know and then stumble forward into the day. At least I have broken my fast… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-funny-things-you-overheard-in-the-mmp/998974)._