# Ruminations of the laundry room - Guest MMP number...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887 "2005-11-07T07:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [November 8, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/121 "2005-11-08T19:16:06Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I flirted with you in another thread a couple of weeks ago but you ignored me. > > I think. (I flirt too much.) So, How _you_ doin’? Hey, somebody called this a gay themed MMP. I’m just doing what I can to keep it going. I originally typed “I’m just doing what I can to keep my end up”, then I changed it to “I’m just doing what I can to keep it up” but decided against both because they would cause much \. Aw, what the heck, \ away. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/122 "2005-11-08T19:41:09Z")
> [@Lissla Lissar](#): > > You guys have been impressively busy. Three pages by Tuesday? I only missed one day! I had to read all sorts of stuff about snakes and dryers and TMI about **Mika** and grumpiness and history tests. It’s exhausting. (snerk) I love (sexual) TMI. > [@](#): > > **Mika** , do you have a nice, soupy, simple dal recipe you could share? Something that you can soak up with naan, if I ever get around to making naan. Well it depends. Brown or yellow? I don’t like dahl myself, but I prefer brown dahl to yellow dahl. I like black chick peas better. But I would recommend Madhur Jaffrey’s recipes, she’s quite good and they’re pretty easy. I like her recipes msyself. Here’s one: > [@](#): > > Ingredients: > 1 1/2 cups chana dal or yellow split peas, picked over, washed and drained > 5 cups water > 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric > 2 thin slices of unpeeled ginger > 1/4 to 1 teaspoon salt > 1/4 teaspoon garam masala > 3 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil > 1/2 teaspoon whole cumin seeds > 1 to 2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped > 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder > > Preparation: > > Put the dal in a heavy pot along with the water. Bring to a boil and remove any surface scum. Add the turmeric and ginger. Cover, leaving the lid just very slightly ajar, turn heat to low, and simmer gently for one and a half hours or until the dal is tender. Stir every 5 minutes or so during the last half hour of cooking to prevent sticking. Remove the ginger slices. Add the salt and garam masala to the dal. Stir to mix. > > Heat the ghee/oil in a small frying pan over medium heat. When hot, put in the cumin seeds. A couple of seconds later, put in the garlic. Stir and fry until the garlic pieces are lightly browned. Put the chili powder into the pan. Immediately lift the pan off the heat and pour the mixture into the pot with the dal. Stir to mix. I don’t recommend you use ghee, as it’s fairly fattening. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/123 "2005-11-08T19:48:48Z")
I wonder how \*\*Kytheria \*\* did on her exam. I am back from the hairplace–a new place for me. Gretchen did a nice job and I got a complimentary paraffin hand wax job (there is something wrong with that sentence!). I now have some layers in my long blonde hair–it looks nice. Just got a call from work–I don’t have to take pts again tomorrow! I will be helping my manager with paperwork and attending a meeting. The assistantship is open, but I don’t want to work 60+ hours a week! So, I help her out a bit here and there–it’s nice for both of us. Quiet day here–ordered the balloons for my daughter’s surprise 16th Bday party, which she is planning (don’t ask). ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/124 "2005-11-08T20:07:10Z")
Not that y’all asked, but I have actually used wax with a – Is there a rating for this thread? :::winks at **swampy** ::: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/125 "2005-11-08T20:08:27Z")
::: obligatory \ ::: I too am contemplating a haircut. Since I wear it short, it goes from OK to OH DEAR GOD overnight. I’m at the latter today, and my haircutting girl is out of town, and won’t return until Thursday, which means no cut til Friday, and I’ll be home with Baby Cherry, who can’t possibly go with me, yadda yadda yadda. I may have to look like Total Hell™ for another week! :eek: We influence the ads! Brown Hair Highlights Luxurious Curly Hair L’Oreal VIVE ---
**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:** [November 8, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/126 "2005-11-08T20:19:25Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Not that y’all asked, but I have actually used wax with a – > > Is there a rating for this thread? > > :::winks at **swampy** ::: :: swoons :: Sometimes wax can be fun. That’s all I’m sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/127 "2005-11-08T20:21:00Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > :: swoons :: > > Sometimes wax can be fun. That’s all I’m sayin’. Whoa. You seriously impressed me there, **swampy**. I have a low tolerance for that kind of pain. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/128 "2005-11-08T21:02:25Z")
You know, I have a thing for candles, but I can’t say that I’ve ever used wax in any sort of… that way. Volunteers to play with candles with **chaoticbear** please line up over here -----\> ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/129 "2005-11-08T21:03:16Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Whoa. You seriously impressed me there, **swampy**. I have a low tolerance for that kind of pain. Every response I’ve come up with is undoubtedly a little _too_ TMI, but I just wanted y’all to know that I was thinkin’ real hard about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/130 "2005-11-08T21:12:01Z")
There are different kinds of pain, usually with differing thresholds. That’s all I’m gonna say. :::lines up for **donkeybear’s** waxy experimetns::: ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/131 "2005-11-08T21:28:59Z")
I could see some melted paraffin being put to good use…but it does cool quickly and then it peels off. My hands feel like velvet (not a good simile–velvet hands sound freaky!). I am putting off cleaning the master bath. Anyone want to help me? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/132 "2005-11-08T21:35:13Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Every response I’ve come up with is undoubtedly a little _too_ TMI, but I just wanted y’all to know that I was thinkin’ real hard about it. 😃 Guttermind!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/133 "2005-11-08T21:40:02Z")
You do know that you’re scaring all the straight guys away, right? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/134 "2005-11-08T21:44:51Z")
Aww, with all of the straightness in the world, surely one thread can handle 3 gay men? (If not, I was here first.) ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/135 "2005-11-08T21:56:03Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I flirted with you in another thread a couple of weeks ago but you ignored me. > > I think. (I flirt too much.) Going back to 9-16, I see no flirting with me. But I may have missed it. So, to be official, how _you_ doin? ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/136 "2005-11-08T22:15:15Z")
::sigh:: I’m still stuck at work. Someone needs something to go out NOOOOOWWWWWWW but hasn’t given me the stuff that needs to be done. So I sit here and wait… and wait… and wait so I can get the project done NOOOOOOOWWWWW. And yes, I’m avoiding all comments on wax and candles. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/137 "2005-11-08T22:15:55Z")
**Sean** , if one of the ladies flashed some boobage, would that help? I’m not volunteering, mind you. But I’m guessing someone would step up and take one for the team. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/138 "2005-11-08T22:19:03Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > You do know that you’re scaring all the straight guys away, right? :: flirts madly with Sean :: :: gets bored, wanders off :: 😃 ---
**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:** [November 8, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/139 "2005-11-08T22:19:48Z")
Is it me, or is this week’s MMP just one long walk on the wild side? **rue** , would be so proud. 😃 Speaking of, isn’t it time for something to pop out of a dog??? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/140 "2005-11-08T22:21:09Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Going back to 9-16, I see no flirting with me. But I may have missed it. > > So, to be official, how _you_ doin? I’ll have to look back on a few threads to see where/when it was. And I’m officially fine, thanks. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887.md?page=8)