# (Old) Prepping for a visit in the MMP

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** mmp\
**Created:** [August 17, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-prepping-for-a-visit-in-the-mmp/1032376 "2026-08-17T11:18:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-prepping-for-a-visit-in-the-mmp/1032376/41 "2026-08-18T06:12:33Z")

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> [@(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266/314):
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> Much more recently, I have learned that under a new system of taxonomy, kingdoms are not even the highest taxon, any more. Now, above kingdoms, are three domains—_Archaea_, _Bacteria_, and _Eukarya_.

“King Philip came over for good soup” has become very complicated these days.

> [@(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266/317):
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> High school biology also taught there were two sexes and gender was the same as sex.

My high-school biology class said nothing at all about gender. That was a topic for German class.

> [@(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266/318):
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> I don’t recall anything being taught about human biology - at least not sex stuff. That was handled in the Health portion of Home Ec.

The health portion of 8th-grade PE for me.

> [@(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266/323):
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> Occurs to me I haven’t posted pictures of my “kids” lately. Here’s one DH snagged:

Pretty cats! Lady SCAdian wants to get a cat that isn’t grey-scale – we have one grey-and-white, one black-and-white, and four black. They love to sleep on the folded towels in the loo.

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