# (Old) Gunpowder, Treason and Plot in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 3, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524 "2025-11-03T08:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/101 "2025-11-05T17:21:58Z")
> [@Frozen burrito inventor Duane Roberts dead at 88](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-burrito-inventor-duane-roberts-dead-at-88/1024583/5): > > Even more interesting in his passing was the inventor of the Hokey Pokey & how they got him in his casket. > > First, they put his left leg in… I think of The Hokey Pokey from time to time when I step over the tub when I get out of the shower. (We really need a walk-in shower, but I’m afraid to ask the price lest we start getting 23 spam calls per day.) It occurs to me that I was not exposed to The Hokey Pokey until my late-20s at the earliest. I still have not seen The Chicken Dance. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/102 "2025-11-05T17:47:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I still have not seen The Chicken Dance. [What rock have you been hiding under?](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UOnUJhqNyLA) I’ve not only seen it many times, I’ve done it many times! Time out from teak sawing. The boards are 10’ long so I start out helping to feed, then I run around to the other end of the table to catch. There’s a workbench adjacent to the table saw and it can accommodate about 6 or 7 feet of feed, so I have plenty of time to get around and help finish the cut. **FCD** needed a lunch break, and when we go back, it’ll be biscuit cutting, glue and clamp time. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/103 "2025-11-05T17:58:21Z")
It seems to be a wedding thing. I haven’t been to many weddings, and the ones I’ve been at didn’t have that sort of thing. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/104 "2025-11-05T18:15:49Z")
They lied. The load sheets said 116 or so pieces for each package car. It was a bit more than double that. Plus the one bulk load that said 23 pieces was more like 70, and took up half that package car. I still manged to get it figured out. Then I had to help pull for all the Blueberry loaders on the 100 North. In with the damages was a Target order, with 3 broken [Ramen Noodle](https://www.target.com/p/christmas-glass-ramen-christmas-tree-ornament-wondershop-8482/-/A-94331766#lnk=sametab) ornaments. I would have cost less to just slap some Dolla Sto glitter on actual packs of Beef Ramen. Xmas glitter being one the things I’m most glad I don’t have to deal with any more. I always used to come home from work looking like Tinkerbell hornked on me. When I was showering, I had to yell at the Eternal Fly so it wouldn’t get hosed down the drain. But I’m clean, dry, and oatmealed. So naptime. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Probably for the best as it’s Guy Fawke’s Night so I am expecting lots more fireworks, I don’t get that. Just the usual fireworks for the November Teacher’s Work Day, and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and such. > [@swampbear](#): > > The consequences will be brutal if they do! I assume it would be a cross between _RuPaul’s Drag Race_, and _The Weakest Link_. 😃 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’m honestly wondering if my skin is more fragile as I advance into geezerhood. Yes. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m going to give them the signed unchanged version without telling them of the mistake and they can go fuck themselves. Make copies. > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Tonight is the first orchestra rehearsal for this weekend’s concert. It should be fun, but also a bit of a logistical nightmare (orchestra and chorus on stage, plus a second chamber orchestra with its own conductor somewhere off stage, plus an off-stage children’s choir with a portable organ). Ike didn’t have that many moving pieces for D-Day. Break a leg! {{{{ **sticky** }}}} > [@teelabrown](#): > > 'Bye, Maru, I’m going to miss you. 😦 > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > wheeeee! bins! Sunday is the day I tote the half sack o’ rubish to the compacting bin. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Irritation gone. Cool. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ve not only seen it many times, I’ve done it many times! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It seems to be a wedding thing. I haven’t been to many weddings Nor watched Lawrence Welk as a lad. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/105 "2025-11-05T18:40:21Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Make copies. Always. Got some shopping in today, which didn’t veer away from the list, surprisingly. We’ll be making sandwiches for kids this afternoon, unless it’s too crowded in the room. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/106 "2025-11-05T19:31:34Z")
The first 2 teak boards have been biscuited and glued together. In a couple of hours, we can do the same with the 3rd board. So, chill time. I need to do something with chickie tit for supper - maybe I’ll just do baked strips covered in Italian breadcrumbs. Spud chunks with onions, and maybe peas? Or green beans? Decisions decisions… ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/107 "2025-11-05T19:40:12Z")
Not exactly something to celebrate, but the car now has the winter tires mounted. And tomorrow morning it will be just above freezing, so we scheduled the tire change exactly at the right time. Hubby took out the trash and did laundry. Forgot to put out the cardboard this morning. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/108 "2025-11-05T20:18:44Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Break a leg! But I don’t want to break my leg. (Once, in the misty past, when years started with 1, I sprained my ankle (badly) while on break during a dress rehearsal for a musical. Since then I’ve found “break a leg” darkly foreboding.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/109 "2025-11-05T20:20:31Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > But I don’t want to break my leg. So break someone else’s leg. A leg is a leg. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/110 "2025-11-05T20:31:04Z")
Now off to brave the DMV. But first I need to get the form notarized. Which seems particularly perverse since I’m bringing it to a place that has confirming identity as one of its primary purposes, but I guess pointless bureaucracy is one of the perks of a civilized society. Edit: or not. No notary appointments today. Fortunately St. Louis is notorious for not caring about tags. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/111 "2025-11-05T21:20:17Z")
Evening all. Things are going **boom**. I had an imprompu last minute trip to the next city over, to see their display with a few other from irk, as there is no official show in town- and it’s only the people in the outskirts, like my area, who are making things go **boom**. When I say last minute, I think we made it to a spot over the river with a view of the site with 3 minutes to spare before the fireworks started. We were a bit further away than I thought, but hey, we could see them! Luckily the ratties seem utterly unconcerned about the noise. They’re weird little things- sometimes they’re completely fine with crazy loud noises, the vacuum, the radio, and sometimes they freak out because I do something like move a plant pot and it makes a slight scraping noise. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/112 "2025-11-05T22:44:54Z")
All 3 boards are glued together and they’ll stay clamped overnight. Dunno what the next step will be - we shall see… Supper was good and quickly ingested. Ice maker is making ice. I emptied the dishwasher earlier, so it’s time to refill it… eventually. Meanwhile, the night was made for chillage! ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/113 "2025-11-05T22:54:43Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > it’ll be biscuit cutting, glue and clamp time. I hope you’re not using standard fiber biscuits, I don’t think they do well with water. But I don’t know from boats, y’all are waaay more experienced there. Or are the biscuits just for alignment? My boss took the whole exhibits team out for lunch today as celebration of me getting permanent status. I thought that was very sweet of her. I didn’t actually get anything done at work, too many meetings and planning. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/114 "2025-11-06T00:13:34Z")
Still having digestive issues, so’s it was toast and tea again for supper. I’ll be so glad when these freakin’ antibiotics are finished. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/115 "2025-11-06T00:25:22Z")
I don’t know what kind of biscuits they are, but they were just for alignment. Everything will be held together with glue and screws. Tomorrow will be trash/recycle day. The convenience center doesn’t open till 9:30, so I’ll have plenty of time to gather everything and load the truck. Beyond that, we’ll see what will. Happen. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/116 "2025-11-06T00:49:34Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Maru, the popular youtube cat from Japan, has died. This broke my heart. I loved watching him dive into boxes (and the super clean background! My momma would’ve been proud.) > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > there are too many people who need my $20 more than I do. Sadly, true. > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Once, in the misty past, when years started with 1, I kinda hate you. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So break someone else’s leg. A leg is a leg. I shouldn’t have laughed as hard as I did at this one. * * * Trying to decide between Culver’s (I can get a choc’lit frozen treat, MALT!!) or Red Robin (“YUMMMM”) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/117 "2025-11-06T00:51:27Z")
Howdy Y’all! We procured and stowed provisions. We also purchased stuff to take to the church house for Turkey Day baskets, includin’ two turkeys. Wednesday night doin’s was good as usual. We feasted upon fried chikin strips, green beans, Mac & cheese, rolls and brownies. YUM! I also staged stuff for the big trip. **BBBOO** I will take an extra pair of grown up pants and an extra shirt. OYKW reminded me of the fact that I am prone to bein’ a klutz and have the social graces of a toddler. **MOOOOOOM and VanGo** before I perfected the art of bizkit makin’ I made a bunch that would’ve made great construction material. **{{{red}}}** feet better soonest! ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/118 "2025-11-06T02:18:02Z")
Up from naptime, having a martini. I dreamed I started Sunday dinner too late, and spilled things on mom’s white tablecloth because I was distracted by aliens assimilating my spaceship’s crew. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I need to do something with chickie tit for supper - maybe I’ll just do baked strips covered in Italian breadcrumbs. Spud chunks with onions, and maybe peas? Or green beans? Decisions decisions… I’m doing chicken tits with peas, mushrooms, egg noodles and cheese(Swiss/Gruyere blend) sauce. > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > (Once, in the misty past, when years started with 1, I sprained my ankle (badly) while on break during a dress rehearsal for a musical. Since then I’ve found “break a leg” darkly foreboding.) Was it a musical version of The Scottish Play? > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So break someone else’s leg. A leg is a leg. “Back in my day, when athletes took a knee, _they took a knee_” - Tonya Harding > [@Filbert](#): > > They’re weird little things- sometimes they’re completely fine with crazy loud noises, the vacuum, the radio, and sometimes they freak out because I do something like move a plant pot and it makes a slight scraping noise. Are you sure you don’t have smol long nosed cats? > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > This broke my heart. I loved watching him dive into boxes Last time I was this sad about someone else’s pet it was when the “Thoughts of Dog” dog died. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/119 "2025-11-06T03:26:19Z")
Evening all. Mowage was mowed, candy donated, gym sweat sweated, cheeseburger assimilated and garbage taken to the curb, so all missions are complete for the day. Add to that I’m caught up on my You Tube viewing and it got above 70F and is due to be the same tomorrow, and I’ll give this Hump Day a passing grade. And now to pay the penance of not posting in the afternoon, there are 30 messages to scroll through, so best be about it… **rocky** , been there, put stuff not where I planned to that. And that’s way to many bins for me to remember. **FCM, red** , I’ve noticed that bruises on my had take quite awhile to disappear, they are pretty clear now. Hope your Intestinal tract is behaving better, **red**. **FCM** , good on ya for the donation. And thanks for the big grin your conversation with **BBBoo** brought to my face. And that’s a lot of teak to be sawing/gluing. **Dicey** , one good thing about living in N. Ali-bama is that snow tires are unheard of down here. Of course, on the 1-2 days a year it does snow, nobody goes anywhere… > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Fortunately St. Louis is notorious for not caring about tags. Hope you didn’t Murphy yourself. **Nut** , you probably told us, but why fireworks on 5 November? **VanGo** , I concur, that boss is a good one. And some folks (managers and supervisors mostly) consider meetings and planning work…odd. **shoe** , I find Red Robin very good but a bit over-priced, Culver’s is nearly as good and much cheaper. IMHO of course. **doggio** , wait, “Thoughts of Dog” has passed? Haven’t been over to that part of Facebook for awhile but I will miss him. And’s 9:30pm so will internet a little more then off to bed and slumberland. Catch y’all on Thorsday. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524/120 "2025-11-06T04:16:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > OYKW reminded me of the fact that I am prone to bein’ a klutz and have the social graces of a toddler. Which one did it first? Do I get partial credit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gunpowder-treason-and-plot-in-the-mmp/1024524.md?page=7)