# (Old) Make Me Proud! In the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 17, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414 "2025-02-17T10:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414/341 "2025-02-24T08:51:54Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > You wanna start a fight between the French and Germans, drop _Alsace-Lorraine_ between them. That’s pretty much where my father’s family derived from. I know three way to pronounce our name. The English way, the German way. and the Belgian French way. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414/342 "2025-02-24T13:47:44Z")
The movie _The Longest Day_ was made in 1962. That does not classify it as an old movie. I was a kid when it when was made! _Birth of a Nation_? Now that’s OLD. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414/343 "2025-02-24T20:31:06Z")
_Started Typing: 2:47 PM ET Clicked Reply: 3:31 PM ET_ Happy Doperversary, **Metal Mouse**! 🍰 I think being off work two days last week plus being away the weekend before this one has really messed up my sense of what day of the week it is…I’m not even sure what day I think it is, but I keep having to remind myself that it’s Monday! 😂 And this month is only 2 days “short,” but it’s messing with my head that Saturday will be March already. At least we’re in for an early Spring over the next few days (highs in the low 60s)! Here’s the little Lego dog sled set that I assembled yesterday: [https://i.ibb.co/chv3bjZc/Dog-Sled.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/chv3bjZc/Dog-Sled.jpg) Cute, right? 🙂 I’ll keep it displayed until I need the space; then it will be stripped for parts. (If you can’t make out the label on the front of the sled, it says “BRICKS 'N BREWS FEB 2025.” Bricks ‘n Brews is the name of my friends’ side business.) > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I fear this will happen to my daughter - she’s not been on the job for a year yet, so pretty low on the totem pole… If there are other people doing the same job with the same skills at the same level who perform just as well or better than her _and_ have been there longer, they might be prioritized. But we don’t tend to do simply “last in/first out” cuts, if that helps at all. The direct report who has “senior” in his title and has been here for 3 years will be affected; the junior guy who’s been here for 8 months won’t be. Different jobs, contract needs, etc. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I just finished making up several snack bags of nuts for him. NSFW comment behind the blur: In other words, you handled his nut sacks? 😁 I’M SO SORRY…I HAD TO DO IT…I REALLY HAD NO CHOICE…I’LL SEE MYSELF OUT > [@Baker](#): > > sometime in the night someone came to the damaged property and looted stuff that was left Incredible. That’s a certain kind of evil right there. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I said I told him and his wife I am always attending. > No, he insists I must text him. I’d require texts, too – and if I asked for one and you didn’t send one, I also wouldn’t have picked you up. _And_, I would have said no when the pastor tried to send me to get you. Like **shoe** said, stuff happens: people get sick/hurt, accept other ride offers, etc. Dude and his wife are doing you a favor; a simple weekly confirmation isn’t too much to ask for. 🙂 > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > The table was team Oxford comma! Excellent! > [@dogbutler](#): > > No pint of the black stuff? 🤔 I can get an actual one of those (not a mini Lego version): that’s what the free drink ticket is for. 😁 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414/344 "2025-02-24T20:35:33Z")
I always text his wife, saying ready. She says she never looks at her phone. I hadnt had his number, i do now and will always text him. And the guy who drove out of his way to give me t.p. still asked me if I needed a ride, even though he knew my usual driver was there to take me. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414/345 "2025-02-24T21:01:05Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I keep having to remind myself that it’s Monday! Aaaand I managed to forget about the new thread… 🤦‍♀️ See y’all over in the new MMP! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-make-me-proud-in-the-mmp/1014414.md?page=17)