# (Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** mmp\
**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266 "2026-08-10T08:01:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266/254 "2026-08-15T18:02:49Z")

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@PastTense,

Positing this here because for some reason I can’t PM you (says you’re not accepting PMs) and I don’t want to hijack a breaking news thread, so I’m going to explain my attempt at a joke here (I know, I know. If you have to explain the joke…):

I know it was an **Airplane** reference. And I was doing a riff on it. That is, they’re actually calling _you_ Shirley and telling you not to call them. Call as in “don’t call us, we’ll call you.”

Read it as “Don’t call me, Shirley” rather than “Don’t call me Shirley.”

Re:

> [@Police stage 'chilling' raid on small Kansas newspaper, seizing computers (due to divorce conflict?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/150):
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> It’s a joke from the movie Airplane:

Maybe @Elendil_s_Heir got it, at least? Anyone?

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