# Spring cleaning – a tidying swap-meet MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 8, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711 "2010-03-08T10:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/101 "2010-03-10T06:39:27Z")
… I’ve just spent way too much time adding Thundercats characters to the eyebrow pages\* of TVTropes. Oh lord. - that is pages about eyebrow tropes, not… I dunno. Any other way you could read that. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/102 "2010-03-10T09:10:10Z")
Wow, I was 1st on 3rd! I feel special. (yeah yeah, what the hell am I doing online at one in the morning? Not doing homework, that’s what.) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/103 "2010-03-10T09:26:12Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ **Nava** go for it I say. I got no problem with any recipe I have in the blog bein’ used. If you need to use real names instead of a screen name, you know mine from facebook. You can use it if it’s better for you to use a real name. I think that all makes sense. **BBBobbio** I say go for it and construct a belfry on top of the VunderLair. Ok, tummy demands to be fed, so off to forage and purtify for irk. Happy Wednesday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/104 "2010-03-10T09:32:23Z")
I feel decidedly meh today. I don’t feel well but nothing specific is wrong with me. Hmmmmm My favourite former boss lady was in town yesterday and did our annual performance appraisals for last year which went much better thatn I expected. last year was rough personally being away from **mr ems** and although I tried to not let it interfere I know I did not perform at my best. Appraisal was good though which means that this year now that I am moving jobs and get to be with the hubby again I should have a stellar year…right? 😃 Happy hump day! Oh and one more vote for a full on belfry **bobbio**! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/105 "2010-03-10T10:44:50Z")
Interesting software. You’re welcome to use any of my recipes, **Nava**. Eyebrow pages made me laugh, **STG**. No idea why. Sorry for your crappy day, **Taters**. Hope tomorrow’s better. Is it Firday yet? Hugs. GT ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/106 "2010-03-10T11:47:37Z")
Ditto what **swampy** said about recipes, **Nava**. Last night’s water aerobics must have been quite a workout, I can definitely feel it this morning! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/107 "2010-03-10T12:12:55Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > My colleague just sent an email asking for faculty recommendations on an important topic. > > Well, that’s what she meant to do. > > What she did do was ask for FAULTY recommendations. > > Those, I can supply! 😃 Personally, I think **Fawlty** recommendations would probably be even more hilarious! (especially coming from someone with a relation to **Towers**! :D) > [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I always inform my co-workers when I’m pre-coffee so that I will not be held liable for any actions, statements, or attitudes. That’s not a good idea! You are implying, nay **stating** that after having coffee you **are** responsible for all of the above! :eek: \*\*Nava \*\*-- I have, like, **maybe** two recipes in the Blog, but like everyone else has said – feel free. You know my IRL name if you need it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/108 "2010-03-10T12:27:46Z")
Afternoon, mumpers. I’m back, did you miss me? Did you even notice I’d gone? I have just spent a very fun week in Hungary with friends - it’s amazing how easy it is to stretch one birthday into several days of random celebrations. Anyway, had lots of fun, ate loads of great food that was all probably very bad for me, drank far too much beer and had rather a lot of palinka one night. That’s it until next year, then. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/109 "2010-03-10T12:30:04Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Personally, I think **Fawlty** recommendations would probably be even more hilarious! (especially coming from someone with a relation to **Towers**! :D) She doesn’t know my alter ego- my “superhero” name, as it were… I didn’t even think of that- it’s too funny. > [@Noone Special](#): > > \*\*Nava \*\*-- I have, like, **maybe** two recipes in the Blog, but like everyone else has said – feel free. You know my IRL name if you need it 🙂 Ditto for me too, **Nava**! But I’d like to be cited as “IvoryTowerDenizen, Supreme Commander and Bringer of Justice”, if you don’t mind. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/110 "2010-03-10T12:31:27Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > Afternoon, mumpers. I’m back, did you miss me? Did you even notice I’d gone? Of course, and we’d all like to say: Happy Belated Birthday, **BooFae**!!! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/111 "2010-03-10T12:32:58Z")
Oh my goodness: HAPPY BOO-DAY! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/112 "2010-03-10T12:35:56Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > Afternoon, mumpers. I’m back, did you miss me? You’d have noticed had any of us **hit** 😉 Then again, given the amounts of alcohol described, maybe not…? :eek: 😛 … And **Happy Birthday!!** > [@Ivory](#): > > Most Excellent Keeper of the Keys to Room 304 Make that “Most Excellent Keeper of the Keys to \*\*Apartment \*\*304” and I could be MEKKA! All would make pilgrimage to me! Bwahahahahah…!!! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/113 "2010-03-10T12:38:31Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Make that “Most Excellent Keeper of the Keys to \*\*Apartment \*\*304” and I could be MEKKA! All would make pilgrimage to me! Bwahahahahah…!!! Obscure reference. Must 'splain. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/114 "2010-03-10T12:56:01Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Obscure reference. Must 'splain. You have never heard of Mecca? Infidel! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/115 "2010-03-10T13:06:59Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to work. Gonna watch hockey tonight. > [@Noone\_Special](#): > > You have never heard of Mecca? > Infidel! Achmed, is that you? Happy Belated Birthday, **Boofae**!!! **Nava** , you can use my recipe, if you want. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/116 "2010-03-10T13:18:19Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > You have never heard of Mecca? > Infidel! Infidel, yes. Mecca, yes. Apartment 304, ¿Que? ETA: playing Facebook Scrabble with my husband (who’s in London). Last two turns: pinniped for 70 points and chez for 91. Heh. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/117 "2010-03-10T13:27:57Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Achmed, is that you? No, this is Osama. Can I pass a message onto my brother, Achmed? 🙂 > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Infidel, yes. > > Mecca, yes. > > Apartment 304, ¿Que? It’s like room 304, but we’ve upgraded to a whole suite. With champagne and caviar in the fridge, too! You really should try it out!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/118 "2010-03-10T13:36:22Z")
Oh, :smack: you made an acronym! Got it now! M E K K A Oy. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/119 "2010-03-10T14:02:07Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Oh, :smack: > > you made an acronym! Got it now! M E K K A > > Oy. Well somebody gets it. I’m still whooshed. Another sign of spring: the coastal humidity made it’s first appearance this morning, after vacationing for the winter out in the 'Lantic. THunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days, too! Bite me, snow! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711/120 "2010-03-10T14:11:29Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Well somebody gets it. I’m still whooshed. > > Another sign of spring: the coastal humidity made it’s first appearance this morning, after vacationing for the winter out in the 'Lantic. THunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days, too! Bite me, snow! Let me explain. No, there’s no time. Let me sum up. _M_ost _E_xcellent _K_eeper of the _K_eys to _A_partment 304 (I had written “room” in my post) Spells a bastardized form of Mecca (Mekka). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-cleaning-a-tidying-swap-meet-mmp/531711.md?page=7)