# (OLD) The Dessert MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106 "2023-04-24T10:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/61 "2023-04-25T01:29:10Z")
Ms. Dog and I walked 8.5 miles. Me: I’m soooooo tired. Point me toward the sofa. Ms. D.: Hey! Where’s my toy? Wanna play fetch? I love fetch! Toy! Toy! I was hoping to find good Darci news when I checked here. I’ve been nudging St. Francis on her behalf. **VanGo** , wow, that’s a lot of work! Hope you get to rest up tonight. **Bumba** , deathly allergic AND lactose intolerant…you poor boy! > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > the Rainbow Canaries as they named themselves. What a fantastic name! They need **Moooom’s** rainbow hats! > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **{{nellie}}** , for whatever funk ails you. Aw, thanks. You’re such a kind person! I shouldn’t have mentioned the funk. I’m trying to avoid griping here. I don’t do it anywhere else, plus I’m worried that maybe I’ve earned myself a reputation as an unpleasant whiner on The Dope, and that appalls me. _Waves at Tokyo Bayer_ ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/62 "2023-04-25T01:33:01Z")
Oh, and give me a rhubarb pie for dessert! Sadly, my rhubarb patch has come under attack from weeds, mostly really pervasive grass, the last couple of years. I think I let them get too over-crowded and they got weak. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/63 "2023-04-25T01:34:59Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I’m worried that maybe I’ve earned myself a reputation as an unpleasant whiner on The Dope, and that appalls me. Nope, not even close. Doesn’t remotely apply to you. Please don’t give that worry any more space in your head. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/64 "2023-04-25T01:37:23Z")
> [@(OLD) It's Tax Time in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-tax-time-in-the-mmp/982780/399): > > > [@(OLD) It's Tax Time in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-tax-time-in-the-mmp/982780/398): > > > > No version of this Earth can be good if it contains Patsy Cline. > > So very, very wrong. Sad! Hear, hear!! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/65 "2023-04-25T01:40:01Z")
I’ve never been a big dessert eater. I’ll taste it if it is put in front of me and save the rest for later. Sometimes I get to it before hubs, usually not. He’s the big dessert eater in the house. Frozen bing cherries covered with cream is a good treat, but for later in the evening. So I got my nerves tested today. The tech started explaining how the electric stimulation would be a little scary but wouldn’t hurt me, so I told him that I know all about it from that time I got tazed\* and he had the usual reaction “How did it feel?” The after all the electrocuting was done, the tech told me that while he wasn’t a doctor and that the doctor would be reading the results and transmitting his findings to my doctor, the tech doesn’t think I have nerve damage or carpal tunnel. \*back when I was young and stupid, we were at a biker party and the bounty hunter (bail skip tracer TBH) offered to taz me so I told all the guys that I was going to Ponch’s place to get tazed and they all jumped on their bikes so everyone could go and get tazed. Ponch put a mattress on the floor and positioned us so we would fall on the mattress. After we all got tazed, we had a few beers and told each other how we weren’t really scared and that it was good to know what to expect in case we were going to be tazed for real. (Like any of us were in any danger of doing anything to get tazed over, but most of you know how young and stupid people can be.) > [@dogbutler](#): > > Still no word on Darci. Dang. I was hoping she was sitting in doggy jail waiting to be processed and released. I sure hope she is found soon, both of you are suffering. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Cloth placemats and cloth napkins are needed. They are so much better for the environment. I do reuse the placemats though… > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Now if I could only figure out _how_ to get 50% power on my microwave. You probably can. Call or chat with the manufacturer and ask them. I called the manufacturer of ours when i wanted to know the wattage, the young person on the phone was happy to help. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Dollar General is now a mini-grocery store with other stuff. Our DG has some groceries but no fresh produce. I like the size of their soup cans, they are much better for just one person to eat. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Met the afternoon small dog crowd at the park. > Echo is so much better behaved on the small side. I’m glad you two are going to the park again. The weather will be warmer later in the day. I hope this works out for you. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/66 "2023-04-25T01:44:13Z")
良かったね！That’s great! > [@dogbutler](#): > > : waves from N.C. : Waves back! My kids and I will be sort of near your area in the summer, if you consider Georgia close to NC. > [@nelliebly](#): > > Waves at Tokyo Bayer Waves back! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/67 "2023-04-25T01:51:35Z")
I like hand-churned fresh peach ice cream. Pound cake with citrus glaze. Anything with almond paste. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/68 "2023-04-25T01:54:23Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I didn’t hear about the light show, will it still be around tonight? Probably, but fading. Here’s the US government site for forecasts which cover the entire top of the Earth. **[Aurora Viewline for Tonight and Tomorrow Night (Experimental) | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental)**. You might be able to find something similar from the Japanese authorities with better spatial resolution for your part of the world. My life is quiet today. Just hanging out on my non-standard weekend days while my wife recovers from a nasty bout of food poisoning. Immediately I’m having dessert of good brie plus post-dinner drinks. Tonight is Gimlet night for me. The first sounds of a monster thunderstorm are just approaching outside. For those following along at home, she’s now barfing up the plain rice she ate two hours ago. This from something that started on Friday night. Poor thing. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/69 "2023-04-25T02:17:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > she’s now barfing up the plain rice she ate two hours ago. This from something that started on Friday night. Poor thing. Unsolicited advice from your majik internet nurse friend: She needs to be seen by a doctor or PA/NP tomorrow. 72 hours is too long for simple food poisoning, especially at our age. Lots of things it could be gall bladder, yada yada, or she has vomited/etc. enough to have gotten her electrolytes out of whack enough that it is just going to keep happening. I once needed a phenergan injection and two bags of IV fluid at an urgent care in similar circumstances. Cajole her into getting seen. She will get some help to feeling better sooner and catch whatever is causing it, whatever it is, before she is run into the ground. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/70 "2023-04-25T02:18:04Z")
Roommate: \< put piece of cheeseburger in front of Spot’s dish \> Spot: \< stands on cheeseburger piece, eats kibble \> 🙄 ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/71 "2023-04-25T02:19:19Z")
Evening all. All quiet and peaceful, so something will probably go wrong soon. Soccer was coached, I was almost late due to missing the crowded left turn lane and the alternate route was blocked by a freight train, but still got a couple hours of fresh air. Cool again tonight (near 38F) but starting to warm up tomorrow (high near 70F). **Tokyo Bayer** (have no clue what a good MMP name would be), you’re in **swampy’s** neck of the woods if you are south of Atlanta, I’m over in Ali-bame and **red** and **cat glove** are in Tennessee, so we have you partially surrounded. And glad you are back in Japan, a place I have never visited (outside of Narita Airport to change planes). **VanGo** , don’t know what they are paying you for the install (none of my business), but I’m telling you it ain’t enough… **JtC** , never been tazed, never wanted to be tazed, but to each their own. **nellie** , at the absolute worse, you are a very pleasant whiner… 😉 😉 😄 😃 Sometimes sharing a bad moment helps out, and we’re here for you. **Herald** , if the Aurora ever gets down to Ali-bama, then things are really screwed up. But I’ve seen the Southern Cross, I would also like to see the Northern Lights. And happy harvesting!! Ok, some TV and some reading and will call it a day. ah, to finally sleep in my own bed. Take care all. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/72 "2023-04-25T02:33:40Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Tokyo Bayer** (have no clue what a good MMP name would be), you’re in **swampy’s** neck of the woods if you are south of Atlanta, I’m over in Ali-bame and **red** and **cat glove** are in Tennessee, so we have you partially surrounded. And glad you are back in Japan, a place I have never visited (outside of Narita Airport to change planes). Huh? Northern Hokkaido is a very long way from Alabama and Tennessee. “Surrounded” my oh so cute tush. I suspect some bad editing someplace. I suppose we could call him **Hokkaido Harry** or something. Although **Bayer** might work. My dessert has now morphed into TJ’s dark chocolate coated almonds. And a second Gimlet. I wish all y’all’s typing didn’t swim quite so much around my screen though. 😉 @ **Boo** ; yes, tomorrow is a doc if we can’t get this under control. She has a lot of history of lingering stomach issues once her digestive equilibrium is derailed. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **nellie** , at the absolute worse, you are a very pleasant whiner… 😉 😉 😄 😃 Sometimes sharing a bad moment helps out, and we’re here for you. Yes. This. No worries about whining **nellie**. You do it with great grace and style. As do the others here. I sometimes thing we should rename the MMP the MMW. Truth in labeling and all that rot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/73 "2023-04-25T02:47:11Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **JtC** , never been tazed, never wanted to be tazed, but to each their own. We were young and stoopid AND there was beer involved. TBH, it wasn’t that bad. It was scary because suddenly I had lost all control of my body and I certainly wouldn’t do it now cause getting up off the floor wouldn’t be pretty, but it doesn’t hurt or cause permanent damage. Those people you see on the news screaming after being tazed are screaming because they are scared and mad. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Spot: \< stands on cheeseburger piece, eats kibble \> Feral cats are the pickiest eaters ever. If they haven’t been taught that something is fud, they won’t eat it. Hubs spent months teaching The Best Cat in the World that bacon was fud. I have to say that every time I look at one of your pics, I am just amazed that your light colored carpet is always spotless and unstained despite you being a pet owner. I know that you must spend a lot of time taking care of it and it shows. The last time we had carpet, it was avocado green with cat puke stains. I was really glad to get laminate floors, they are so much easier to clean. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/74 "2023-04-25T03:00:00Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I am just amazed that your light colored carpet is always spotless and unstained despite you being a pet owner. I know that you must spend a lot of time taking care of it and it shows. How do I keep 2009 vintage carpet relatively stain free? [![](https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.fnPWO7IXOvPSQZslC4Vd0gHaHa&pid=Api&P=0) ](https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.fnPWO7IXOvPSQZslC4Vd0gHaHa&pid=Api&P=0) ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/75 "2023-04-25T03:02:01Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > How do I keep 2009 vintage carpet relatively stain free? WOW! Now I’m even more impressed! ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/76 "2023-04-25T03:05:46Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > (waaay enjoying Tucker Carlson’s abrupt fall from fame) 😄 you and me both **{{{Sari & Echo}}}** **Darcy** please come home.🐾 As I’ve mentioned before, my very favorite dessert is a blueberry pie with a cinnamon crumb topping from Brookside Farms. Second place is a French pastry which is a chocolate bol from Shatilla, a middle eastern bakery, even better if the chocolate bol is coated with pistachios. Buddy’s was having a benefit for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen so dinner was pizza and salad from Buddy’s. They were donating 20% of all sales today. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/77 "2023-04-25T03:18:18Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > WOW! Now I’m even more impressed! “when you’ve been in an apartment so long, management refers to it as ‘classic’.” ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/78 "2023-04-25T03:22:48Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Tokyo Bayer** (have no clue what a good MMP name would be), you’re in **swampy’s** neck of the woods if you are south of Atlanta, I’m over in Ali-bame and **red** and **cat glove** are in Tennessee, so we have you partially surrounded. And glad you are back in Japan, a place I have never visited (outside of Narita Airport to change planes). Another one in TN here. I’m good with surrounding wonderful Dopers when the opportunity presents. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Huh? Northern Hokkaido is a very long way from Alabama and Tennessee. “Surrounded” my oh so cute tush. I suspect some bad editing someplace. I think **metal mouse** was referring to this: > [@TokyoBayer](#): > > My kids and I will be sort of near your area in the summer, if you consider Georgia close to NC. In that case, we’re kinda surrounding. Well, except on the shore side. Hi **Bayer**! I’ve read everything today and haven’t retained much. My brain is fuzzy tonight. I blame the gummies. I did see that we’re still trying to entice Darci. I hope she finds her way home soon. Have to be on the road earlier than usual for me so I can drive out to get Dad and take him to the doctor’s appointment. We need to stop at the store when we’re done (if the doctor doesn’t think Dad should go back in the hospital). It’s going to be a pretty driving heavy day, but having time alone with my thoughts might not be a bad thing. Now I should find sleep. Hope everyone has a good night/ day! ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/79 "2023-04-25T03:23:01Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Tokyo Bayer** (have no clue what a good MMP name would be), **Inu?** (Japanese for ‘dog’.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106/80 "2023-04-25T03:50:47Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Roommate: \< put piece of cheeseburger in front of Spot’s dish \> > Spot: \< stands on cheeseburger piece, eats kibble \> > 🙄 Look at the bright side. Kibble is cheaper than Cheezburgers If Spot had preferred the other you’d be busy all day every day for the rest of its life bringing it cheezburgers. Although if you were feeding cheezburgers maybe you could make a fortune on internet cat memes like that other guy a few years ago: > **[I Can Has Cheezburger?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_Has_Cheezburger%3F)** > > I Can Has Cheezburger? (abbreviated as ICHC) is a blog-format website featuring videos (usually involving animals) and image macros. It was created in 2007 by Eric Nakagawa (Cheezburger), from Hawaii, and his friend Kari Unebasami (Tofuburger). The website was one of the most popular Internet sites of its kind receiving as many as 1,500,000 hits per day at its peak in May 2007. ICHC was instrumental in bringing animal-based image macros and lolspeak into mainstream usage and making Inte ICHC w... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106.md?page=5)