# Opening Day in the MMP!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 3, 2017, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645 "2017-04-03T10:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/181 "2017-04-09T20:17:00Z")
Back from errands. The world is too bright. 'Beamer stayed up very late watching movies with his dad and sister, so he is now taking a nap (somewhere we just ticked closer to the apocalypse). I’m going to take some anti-nausea meds and hope that the effects of going out and about subside in a bit. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/182 "2017-04-09T20:56:20Z")
Today I went to a shopping mall and there were 100 guitarists there, all playing electric guitar. A newly-written piece inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Very cool 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/183 "2017-04-09T22:15:28Z")
**{{{2gig}}}** That sounds like a cool show, **emily**. I heathenated today, then went to Hogwarts with them. Right now I’m fixing supper: sweet N.O.T. noodles with chicken, broccoli and Thai peanut sauce, fresh asparagus and quinoa with spinach and mushrooms. I’s hongry! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/184 "2017-04-09T22:25:38Z")
Dindin has been ingested. ‘Twas good and the little hunk o’ beast got all et up which is good cause this bein’ Holy Week means no red meat for the week. I do try to do some things right after all. 😃 I shall host an Easter N.O.L. next Sunday. Ham will be the star with other sides. Some folks are bringin’ sides, I’ll make some and dessert shall be OYKW’s Noo Yawk style cheesecake with strawberries and real whipped cream. A feast for sure. For now however, the kitchen is cleanded up and the biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig trash can has been hauled down to the road for pickup tomorrow. Chillage ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/185 "2017-04-09T22:56:04Z")
> [@missred](#): > > I heathenated today What does this mean? I thought on Sunday you went to church to DE-heathenate. Does it mean you didn’t go to church? Were extra bad? Morning got screwed up but still ran LSD, though slower than I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/186 "2017-04-09T23:53:51Z")
**Red** , if I remember correctly, participates in a non-denominational celebration, which she affectionately refers to as “heathen.” Your turn **Spidey**. How does one run LSD? I would think that would be disorientating? Hubby and 'Beamer are going to go see “Skull Island” movie. Try as I might, I cannot find the least urge to see it. I have requested popcorn, however. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/187 "2017-04-09T23:59:23Z")
We shall retire unto the boudoir to watch teevee until sleepy time. Thus endeth Sunday. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/188 "2017-04-10T00:32:29Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > One of the things I lost over the last 15 years when my mother was throwing my stuff away was my old t-shirt from the one rugby tourney I played in: > > Rugby players eat their dead > > Or to paraphrase something I think Marx said ----- they are the maggots feeding off the bloated corpse of capitalism. 🙂 I think he was talking about politicians. Actually I have no idea, it’s been 50+ years since I read that stuff, and I wasn’t all that impressed with his ideas even then, but politicians sounds right. Spent the day cleaning up the yard after the big wind storm. We have two big fir trees in our back yard, one in each corner, and the yard was full of branches and seed cones. Then I had to clean all that crap out of the hot tub. We got a new foam cover last year that came with a different type of snap downs on each corner. I replaced the snaps on the two corners to windward, (storms almost always come out of the south around here and the house is north of the tub anyway) but for some reason I didn’t replace the two on the north side. I have no idea why not. Anyway, the wind somehow swirled around and blew the north side of the cover open and the tub was full of fir needles and branches and seed cones too. Wifey is cooking sirloins and baked potatoes with caprese on the side. I’m getting hongry! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/189 "2017-04-10T00:34:20Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Yestidy was the second time I did that particular race. Last year my good friend & teammate was there also. She is a widow. Last year, some guy (who is there because he runs the place) is staring at her, starting to creep her out. Then he comes over to her & says, “Hi, \.” She gives him a quizzical, dog’s head cocked look at first & then, “OMG, \!!!” Turns out he was a former rugby teammate of her husband’s & they hadn’t seen each other in many years (which is why he was staring - is it _really_ her?). She, (& by extension, us) were treated well after that. Even among opponents rugby builds bonds that last forever. Other than the odd old-boys game here and there my last real season on the club level was 83 and the last year of so I was mostly B Squad. One of our trips to Indiana a couple years back I went though the same kind of thing – this guy giving me an odd look for way too long. I was just starting to think maybe **Swampykins** had snuck north when he approached me and and asked if I had ever played rugby. Yeah – Pittsburgh RFC. He turns and loudly yells out “Hey guys! Come meet one of the toughest hookers I ever tried to kill!!!” He probably should have worded it different. Everyone else on the street started making this odd detour around us. 🙂 Smoked about 6 pounds of pork. I usually like to do a bit more when building the fire but it came out so good I don’t care. And it leaves us a lot of leftovers to play with this week. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/190 "2017-04-10T00:37:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 43 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 78 and N.O.S. for the day. Temps will get back into the 80s for highs this week. **Today’s plan include deheathenization** which will be big bein’ as today is Palm Sunday and our Bishop is here for his annual visit > [@missred](#): > > I heathenated today > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > **Red** , if I remember correctly, participates in a non-denominational celebration, which she affectionately refers to as “heathen.” > > Your turn **Spidey**. How does one run LSD? I would think that would be disorientating? But if Swampy’s **DE** heathenating at church, wouldn’t heathenating be the opposite? 😕 Irregardless (See what I did there?), **L** ong **S** looooow **D** istance ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/191 "2017-04-10T01:24:29Z")
**spidey** , \*\*sunny \*\*was close. One of several secular humanist groups that I belong to holds a monthly service. We sing pop songs (this being Nashville, we have a number of session musicians along with some talented amateurs), have a speaker of the day and socialize, including a meal in one of the campus dining halls (we meet on Vanderbilt University’s campus) that has much better food than I remember college having, but is in a stone, gothic style building with dark wood that we’ve affectionately nicknamed Hogwarts. 😛 We refer to ourselves as _the heathens_ and some of our meet ups are actually titled things like Bowling with the Heathens, Karaoke with the Heathens and Crafting with the Heathens. We simply reclaimed the term that a lot of locals here at the buckle of the bible belt use for us. ---
**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 10, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/192 "2017-04-10T03:21:22Z")
I’ll get one more post in before the end of Sunday. Refereed another soccer game today, so I treated myself to a chocolate ice cream cone…a BIG one. So not much need for dinner. Then watched the end of The Masters (only Golf tournament I make an effort to watch each year) and was glad Sergio won it. Mad at Logan’s Roadhouse, they have re-done their menu and removed the Meatloaf dinner from it. I was rather fond of that meal, now I’ll have to find another place that serves meatloaf like Mama used to make. **ruble,** being in pretty constant pain ain’t pretty. Hope it gets better soon. **Bumba,** I notice that you are beginning to sound more and more like **swampy.** You must live in South Israel… **Midget,** would love to have heard all those guitars. Off to bed now, see all y’all on the next edition of the MMP. ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645/193 "2017-04-10T08:33:47Z")
Haven’t posted in a bit, we’ve just been real busy with Passover and stuff. Got all the leavened stuff (yes, the scotch too) put away . . . floors pretty much all cleaned . . . all we need to do is set up for the seder tonight. My oldest surprised us and came home last night instead of today. It spit a few drops of rain this morning, and I think rain is called for on Thursday - and that may be it for the sky water until the fall. For those that celebrate, have a wonderful Passover or Easter, and if not - have a great week!🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-day-in-the-mmp/783645.md?page=9)