# Slightly delayed, my tale with a moral; this weeks MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 2, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210 "2007-07-02T09:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 26
**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:** [July 8, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/501 "2007-07-08T20:48:09Z")
I agree. How sad. Then again, I’m kinda psyched up about tomorrow! I get to go get orientated. I get to fill out forms! I get to listen to stuff about safety compliance and OSHA! I doubt I’ll sleep a wink tonight just bein’ all giddy about this! Think of the excitement I’ll have to tell y’all all about tomorrow! Why, it’s just like Christmas, Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving and birthday all rolled into one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/502 "2007-07-08T21:15:24Z")
OSHA and safety compliance?!? Both at the same time?!?!? You lucky **bear** , you! Are you s’posed to go in suit and tie or jeans and T or somewhere in between? Will you have a uniform? Somehow, you don’t strike me as a jumpsuit sorta guy… Hope this job is all you want it to be. There’s little worse than slogging thru the day in a job you hate. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/503 "2007-07-08T22:26:33Z")
I was told to wear “casual” comfy clothes. The HR guy was nice enough to elaborate on that though. He told me polo type shirts, khakis and shoes nice enough to wear to church are what most folks (men and women) wear to work. So, tomorrow I’m wearin’ to work what I wore to church today. Actually this is the way I had gotten use to dressin’ for work, so I’m all set! I will assume that button up shirts are also ok, but I do prefer polo type shirts cause they be comfy! Thanks for the well wishes **Moooooom** (hee! I like that!). I’m really lookin’ forward to this job. It’s different. I like different. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/504 "2007-07-08T22:28:33Z")
Of course you like different - you \*are \* different! 😛 And that’s why we lurves ya! ---
**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:** [July 9, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/505 "2007-07-09T02:21:47Z")
Home, tired, wheezy. Beerverage time. Happy Birthday Papa Tigs!! **gt** , maybe their fraternity is the one my dad was in in college: I Felta Thigh 😃 **swampy** , the last person I would have been able to do the heathen thing to was the governor. :eek: OSHA riule? Like “Don’t drive an forklift and drink, you might hit a bump and spill your beer”? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/506 "2007-07-09T03:25:50Z")
Ooooh, I forgot earlier: Happy Birthday Papa Tigs!! (Most of the coding shamelessly/gratefully stolen from **doggio**.) Hope day 1 of the new job is fun, **swampy**! Home from the baby shower, which was actually fun. (I had low expectations; it exceeded them by a lot.) We played a poopy diaper game, which was amusing. Also, Local Best Friend got a lot of loot. And the food was good (appetizery and little desserty stuff - are too words!). After the shower, I went to her house for dinner and to admire the newly painted kids’ room (her stepson lives with them 1/2 time and will get to share). It’s really cool ocean-themed room that will be fun for quite a while. No cutesy baby decor for them. It’s way past my bedtime…guess I should toddle off. See you in the next MMP! GT ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/507 "2007-07-09T03:59:01Z")
Happy Birthday Papa Tigs!! It’s not his Bday there any more, but oh well. What, y’aint ever seen a Siberian tiger? Off to serve drinks in the Mafia thread, back later for bullcast since you say you like it. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/508 "2007-07-09T05:19:56Z")
\*\*Nava \*\*-- wow, you’re up early! You posted at, what, 6 AM your time? :eek: :eek: **Swampy** , it’s Monday – what are you still doing in bed? 😃 Rise and Shine! Off to work!! Hey – the job sounds nice, the dress code sounds cool… hope you really enjoy it there. 🙂 Well, this is pretty much it for this MMP I guess (other than the Daily BullCasting, that is) – see y’all later today! ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/509 "2007-07-09T05:43:54Z")
**swampy** , you probably won’t see this since you probably won’t make it back here, but I just wanted to say that your enthusiasm is enchanting. I hope it’s contagious. Have a great day tomorrow. > [@Special1](#): > > Well, my cover story is that I’m a Software Engineer. Yeah, right. A likely story. If you had said that you were a trader of precious jewels or an international spy or just about anything else, I might have gone for it. But software engineer just doesn’t sound believable. > [@Special1](#): > > I’d tell you the truth but then I’d have to take you hostage and hold you in a dark room for the rest of your life Oh, is that what the room was for? I thought it was something far more interesting. [QUOTE=Special1] Well, this is pretty much it for this MMP I guess (other than the Daily BullCasting, that is) – see y’all later today! [/QUOTE] Hey, wait a minute! It’s only 10:40 pm here. Are you calling my chats BullCasting now? Harumph! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210/510 "2007-07-09T05:44:36Z")
> [@Roo](#): > > Oh, is that what the room was for? I thought it was something far more interesting. Well of course it is. Otherwise I’d just kill you, like in all the tired cliches. There is only a limited number of things one can do with a corpse, however 😉 Oh, and for the benefit of stragglers, Rigs has posted this week’s OP already, which you can find [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428011) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-delayed-my-tale-with-a-moral-this-weeks-mmp/410210.md?page=25)