# Resolutely Striding into the New Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824 "2005-01-03T14:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/141 "2005-01-06T02:24:48Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > I just wanted to remind **Ex** that if there’s ever an MMP party, he offered to come pick me and Mr. Lissar up. We expect a jet-propelled car, with flamethrowers and a daquiri maker. What you’re going to get is a 1997 Ford F150, a buttload of cigarette lighters and a cooler. And that’s only if the MMP meet-up thingy is in Cincinnati(ish). ‘Cause Cincinnati(ish) is at the bottom part of Ohio, and there’s only two ways around that huge friggin’ lake, and what’s a couple of hundred miles between friends? > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Electric Bowel Movement That’s uncalled for from a guy who eats Chineese and the farts tsunamis. S is for **swampbear** : [quote] The Gashlycrumb Tinies\*\* Because he linked a sh\*t-eating poem that pisses me off beyond all rational belief, and makes me think he did it deliberatly like a gf@%&m m#@%&%@$@&er. I didn’t preserve the link either, so screw off. I think the rainbow shirt is kind of hot though. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/142 "2005-01-06T02:26:07Z")
Screwed that up, didn’t I. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/143 "2005-01-06T06:36:30Z")
Personally, I’ve always been partial to Nelville, who died of ennui. Sad about **Winnie** though, embedded in ice and all. Perhaps she shouldn’t have opted for the butt-less chaps. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/144 "2005-01-06T13:19:00Z")
I’m particularly fond of “T is for Titus who flew into bits.” Obviously “B is for Basil asaulted by bears” would intrigue me. He shouldn’t oughta have messed with the bears’ beer and cookie supplies. We don’t like that. Rhoda looks like a case of spontaneous combustion. **Ex** all I can say is **Ashes[sup]2[/sup]** started it. I hadn’t thought about “The Gashleycrumb Tinies” since last Saturday afternoon when they came up in discussion following New Year’s dinner. Yes, dinner. In the south we have dinner in the middle of the day, except when we’re being all fancy and have it at night. Why did “The Gashleycrumb Tinies” come up in conversation you ask? Well, it was a natural segueway from conversation about “The Curious Sofa” which one of my guests had recently read and was commenting about. I need a copy of “The Curious Sofa” cause ACBG wants to read a pornographic, but not really, story. **Ashes[sup]2[/sup]** I think we should have some fried hot dogs to go along with the peanut butter crackers and cocoa. I really want a fried hot dog. I want some Scotch Eggs too. I think Edward Gorey would really enjoy being undead. Sounds like something right up his alley. This week’s MMP is one of the weirdest in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/145 "2005-01-06T13:43:31Z")
**tanookie,** I usually remember what day it is, but I don’t know how often I look for the MMP, decide it has dropped to the second page, and only then find out I am in IMHO. I guess my mousing skills are deserting me. Now I am full of MMP Tinies. “M is for **merrily** , who was buried quite warily.” (I picture Gorey people filling in a grave with shovels with very long handles, and one clawed hand coming over the edge of the grave.) “V is for **VunderBob** , who died in a flame, An unwary resolution was surely to blame.” And my current favorite: “A is for **Ashes[sup]2[/sup]**, who dies of some gashes[sup]2[/sup].” Can **Swampbear** rhyme with despair? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/146 "2005-01-06T13:50:09Z")
quote=merrily]“A is for Ashes2, who dies of some gashes2.” [/quote] \ That’s good **merrily**! \ Ol’ **A[sup]2[/sup]** will love that. S is for swampbear who died of despair? S is for swampbear who fell out of his chair? S is for swampbear who got bees in his hair? S is for swampbear who fell in some Nair[sup]TM[/sup]? I should stop figuring out ways to off myself. :eek: ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/147 "2005-01-06T13:57:39Z")
**R** is for **Rue DeDay** who choked on a crudite. **F** is for **FairyChatMom** who caught her head in a transom. **E** is for **Exgineer** who’s truck hit a deer. **M** is for **merrily** who perished from entropy. (Ok, that needs work) More to come as my warpped mind comes up with em. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/148 "2005-01-06T14:11:58Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > This week’s MMP is one of the weirdest in a long time. No, DUH!!! I feel like the AFLAC duck after his run in with Yogi in the Barber Shop. I don’t like **K is for Kate done in by an axe** , specially since Kate is one of the nicknames for my first name. It’s all bloody an all… ☹ How about: S is for swampy expired from a rompy. R is for rue who drownded in poo. K is for Kalley. She had her finale. L is for Lissla. We will surely miss ha. I’ll think of some more, too. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/149 "2005-01-06T14:20:56Z")
OOOH! S is for swampy expired from a rompy. It sounds dirty, yet not, at the same time. How Edward Gorey of you **Tuppy**! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/150 "2005-01-06T15:25:45Z")
Why thank you, **swampy** , I think. 😕 How bout: S is for **shibb** , got stabbed with a nib. T is for **taters** , she choked on some 'maters. F is for **fcm** , attacked by “no-see-ems.” S is for **scout** who died of a pout. More to come. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/151 "2005-01-06T15:51:59Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > As independent clauses, these make sense. Linked by a comma and “but” they make a nonsense phrase. Upon re-reading this morning, I have to agree. At the time I posted that yesterday I was still drinking my coffee, and coffee-beer just didn’t sound like a good idea. It could be a good idea at some point in my life, though. If I had coffee-beer right now I’d be warm (it’s brrrr-y out), awake, and less bored (I’m at work). We used to have beer in our fridge here and we were allowed to have one or two if we were working OT. But it’s been awhile since anyone’s been on a beer run. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/152 "2005-01-06T16:05:45Z")
I like the ‘dying of a pout’ idea. EBM stands for Electric Body Movement. I think. Anyway, **Shibb** was close :D. It’s goth pop dance music. Like regular dance, but with heavier and faster beat (I think) and less cheerful music. The lyrics don’t alway tend to be about love, either. There’s usually sort of depressing. Depressing or weird. The music is bouncy, though! Bounce bounce bounce. There’s a winter storm watch. It’s supposed to be horrible in the MidWest. Everyone okay? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/153 "2005-01-06T16:10:50Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > There’s a winter storm watch. It’s supposed to be horrible in the MidWest. Everyone okay? Yeah, it’s horrible here. Temps have dropped down into the high 60s and it’s overcast and threatening to rain. Who can live with this stuff? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/154 "2005-01-06T16:12:22Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > I like the ‘dying of a pout’ idea. ☹ _:: keels over ::_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/155 "2005-01-06T16:24:15Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > There’s a winter storm watch. It’s supposed to be horrible in the MidWest. Everyone okay? It passed through Kansas and most of Missouri yesterday. Ice, sleet, rain, snow, you name it, we had it. We didn’t lose power or nothing. I survived by staying home yesterday and working on a quilt. I was kind of a wimp. I could have driven in it, I just didn’t want to. Did it make it to St. Louis yet, **Homebrew**? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/156 "2005-01-06T17:37:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by the Very Orginal Tupug_ > How about\_: > > S is for swampy expired from a rompy. > > R is for rue who drownded in poo. > > K is for Kalley. She had her finale. > > L is for Lissla. We will surely miss ha. > > I’ll think of some more, too. Just so you know, I will be coming back for my curtain calls. It’s fun to be morbid in the morning. T is for **Tupug** who was crushed by a hug. T is for **Tupug** , when she ate a big bug. T is for **Tanookie** who ran afoul of a bookie. W is for **Wintermute** who was just much too cute. S is for **Swampbear** who thought nobody’d care. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/157 "2005-01-06T18:20:15Z")
**B** is for **Bumbazine** who slipped on some vaseline, slid out the door, and was seen nevermore. **K** is for **Kallessa** , who died from an excess a’ bad puns and jokes, th-th-th-that was all folks. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/158 "2005-01-06T18:33:12Z")
H is for **Homebrew** who ate some bad beef stew. S is for **Susan\_Foster** a thug did accost her. K is for **Kallessa** who was offed by a Contessa. S is for **ShibbOLeth** eating too much Chinese cause his death. T is for **Tupug Anachi** who got to close to her hibachi. F is for **Fairie** who ate raw calamari. W is for **Wintermute** who forgot to open her parachute. T is for **Tanookie** who choked on a cookie. L is for **Lissla Lissar** who brawled in a Goth bar. M is for **merrily** who ate too much Sara Lee. S is for **scout1222** who smothered to death in her muumuu. T is for **taters** who was run down by skaters. B is for **Bumbazine** whose death was rather obscene. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/159 "2005-01-06T18:39:00Z")
Gashes?! Yeah, that’s fairly likely. But not from walking into a helicopter’s blades please. I remember that from the Indiana Jones movie and it certainly made an impression. As well as a mess. P is for **'puggy** , attacked by some Thugees. S is for **Swampbear** who burned off all his hair. Why was his hair burnt? Because he tried to fry hot dogs at my cookout. I don’t have a fryer and I shudder to think of the splatter and pop of frying a hot dog in an open pot. Where might we get a proper fryer, hmmm? Put the quesadilla maker down **Ex**. **Scout** and I will give the procurer of the fryer extra minimarshmallows. Maudie was only five when she was discovered gazing at a dead bird by Madam Trepidovska. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/160 "2005-01-06T18:46:14Z")
S is for **Swampbear** - that was some _really_ bad health care! A is for **Ashes** - he got too many lashes. R is for **Rue** - He didn’t know it was the flu. T is for **Tanookie** - She should never have played hookey! K is for **Kallessa** - she left quite a mess ah? M is for **Merrily** - her end came terribly. B is for **Bumbazine** - He was sat upon by the Queen! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824.md?page=9)