# The Bloomin' MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 7, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742 "2018-05-07T10:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/61 "2018-05-08T23:44:15Z")
Home\*\*\*\*. Take out from _ **The Bucktoothed Rooster** _. I am having the meatloaf dinner since we had chicken last night. I have been watching the news and had to look up the meaning of Oligarch. Learn something new everyday. **FCGM** After hurricane Irma blew down all the trees in the front yard of irk we had to plant grass. It has filled in nicely. The watering of it was a pain in the patoot for the grounds maintenance guy but it is well established now. Bye bye Buttonwood trees. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/62 "2018-05-09T00:07:34Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I was in Trader Joe’s this weekend, the had frozen Won Ton’s for sale. No soup go go w/ 'em, which I thought was a bit weird to not sell as a combo. Iffn there’s one close to you that might be the ticket. > > I’ve made dumplings from scratch before; time consuming to prepare (as is lot’s of Chinese food), but not all that different from Won Tons (except for the filling). Good to know! Unfortunately, the nearest Trader Joe’s is an hours drive so we don’t get there very often. I/we have made won tons before and found it tedious, so I’d rather not do it myself if I can avoid it. Someone gave **Wifey** some beautiful asparagus. Much nicer than the spindly little strings available in the grockery sto, so dinner tonight has been changed to lemony risotto with asparagus. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/63 "2018-05-09T00:12:06Z")
Got out of work early, voted, laundered, napped. Having a martini and making Asian BBQ Chicken for dinner. > [@nightshadea](#): > > I’m told hockey is basketball on ice skates and you just dribble with the sticks well that’s what my Canadian friends always said Well, there’s the fighting, and checking ,and the Zamboni. > [@Spiderman](#): > > You forgot a “fight” in there, & a few faceoffs, but I’d say you got it. 😉 Or as [Chuck Kaiton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Kaiton) says during really chippy games, “This is Carolina Hurricanes Boxing”😃 > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Basketball drives me nuts, but I like hockey. Penalty box! Power plays! I don’t really understand all of it, but it’s fun. 🙂 > [@Spiderman](#): > > ::Gets in [line](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GW0Vnr9Yc&t=7s):: : gets in line : ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/64 "2018-05-09T02:10:36Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > My Inner 8 Year Old Boy is giggling hysterically.😃 I wore the locksmith one today [http://cdn8.bigcommerce.com/s-7t5byr9njq/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/1112/1867/IMG\_6559\_-\_Copy\_\_99843.1523396335.JPG?c=2&imbypass=on](http://cdn8.bigcommerce.com/s-7t5byr9njq/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/1112/1867/IMG_6559_-_Copy__99843.1523396335.JPG?c=2&imbypass=on) and several co-workers loved it. But the best was the clerk at the Speedway “Quickie-mart” who got a chuckle out of the front. I told him “you ain’t seen the half of it” and turned so he could read the back. He laughed so hard he darn near wet himself. I’m wearing the fudge shop one [http://cdn8.bigcommerce.com/s-7t5byr9njq/images/stencil/500x659/products/1088/1824/IMG\_4763\_\_30498.1504898166.JPG?c=2](http://cdn8.bigcommerce.com/s-7t5byr9njq/images/stencil/500x659/products/1088/1824/IMG_4763__30498.1504898166.JPG?c=2) Thursday just for him. And like I said before its not like HR has to look up my picture if they want to come talk to me. > [@Filbert](#): > > 😕 > > Really, really weird burglars? Mice with a grudge against/thing for August 1st? Another student who wanted to know the hand in dates for stuff but didn’t want to ask? If you had been around our kitchen I would blame the OWs dead Gramma; she does some strange things now and then but for the most part just to us. And to my one cousin who didn’t believe oin any of that stuff. Does now. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/65 "2018-05-09T02:20:23Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Basketball drives me nuts, OK – I blame it on back-to-back doubles but my first thought was [![](http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6234226/p4pb6234226.jpg) ](http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6234226/p4pb6234226.jpg) > [@Bumbazine](#): > > Just where is this airport? On Neptune? > (I know they closed the one on Pluto.) a) St Louis. b) Pluto was a victim of a mad scientist. c) Most of our time is usually spent in Mars where their home team is known as the Planets. I had hoped for Martians but -------- ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/66 "2018-05-09T10:33:23Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/67 "2018-05-09T10:42:59Z")
Weird, mixed-up dreams last night. One was about one of the baby engineers here being married, wearing a big ol’ honking ring, and in the other, for some reason, I was wearing diapers. Not bladder-leakage underwear, but actual diapers. I was recently talking with my daughter about diapers, but strictly in the context of the baby, so why it morphed into me wearing Pampers… 😕 My brain can be a confusing and somewhat terrifying place. On the good news side, Coke products are on sale at Food Lion, so I can stock up again. We were down to our last few bottles. :eek: And once I get home, I’ll be building a big batch of sketty sauce. With our new roomies moving in, I’ll need larger packages. Or maybe same size, but we’ll pull out 2 as needed. That makes more sense, right? Ground beef is on sale - I see a couple of meatloaves going in the freezer also. Busy, busy… Happy Wednesday!! ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/68 "2018-05-09T10:46:35Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 63 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 90 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. The big plans for the day include grocery shoppin’ and the laundry I didn’t do yestiddy. I did all the mulchin’ and some other yahd stuff yestiddy. I was so tahrd after all that I spent most of the afternoon in my recliner watchin’ Netflix. This mornin’ I feel like a God. Thor all over. 😃 Stouffer’s lasagna, sallit and garlic bread shall be supped upon. **Ruble** , like **doggie** my inner eight year old boy is still gigglin’ over those tshirts. Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then, bein’ as I shall go about the public, I suppose I should purtify and don appropriate goin’ about the public clothin’. Bother! Happy Hump Day Y’all! ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/69 "2018-05-09T12:42:10Z")
Morning all. Did go to the remodeler ‘open house’ and was impressed enough that I have an appointment for him to come out and look at the house this month. That will get me in gear enough to get some others out because it’s going to be the biggest investment I’ve made since I bought the place and I would like more than one bidder. Soccer practice was good, the girls didn’t pay attention so I finally got mad and made them run; parents probably wondered why I waited so long. Still felt a little bad, but not too much; sometimes kids need to remember who is in charge here. Don’t know what I want for breaking fast, but I’ll think of something… **Ruble,** all you need to do now is get some Intercourse, PA T-shirts to go with Uranus… So banking and mowing are planned activities for today. Otherwise we shall see. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/70 "2018-05-09T13:17:58Z")
_ **blurfage** _ Irking of course. I don’t know what the day will hold. I am training a new employee and she is stumped on learning how to open her safe. It is not rocket surgery. I guess I will go show her again for the 100th time. **Blurfage** ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/71 "2018-05-09T13:44:43Z")
Happy Hump Day! It’s another beautiful day. The dog and cat are playing, or rather the dog is playing and the cat is growling and hissing. I get tired of breaking it up. I do my best to shield the cat but sometimes he asks for it. Today I have to pick up some scripts, and the back yard needs to be whacked again. I also have to put in a grocery order for tomorrow. I love the shirts **Ruble**. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/72 "2018-05-09T14:16:12Z")
I _thought_ I posted this morning… > [@swampbear](#): > > Stouffer’s lasagna, sallit and garlic bread shall be supped upon. From a box?!?!? :eek: :o ☹ Hey, you didn’t say the magic words, “Don’t judge” Yestidy, at irk, they changed our signon so that we now need our phones. There’s an app like the old RAS tokens; the # that we need to tack on to the end of our password changes every 30 seconds. So, of course, guess what I walked out of the house without today? :smack: The kicker was at first I didn’t think I needed to go back & get it, & once I realized I do need it, I also remembered that we’re _supposed_ to be in the orifice today; otherwise, I’d be, ahem, ‘irking’ from the deck. That did give me the opportunity to hear something on the radio for our [del]old fart[/del] retired Mumpers - Viking is doing a cruise, starting Aug 2019, for 245 days, 6 continents, & _only_ $92,000/person. Other than that, guess what [day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc6WDloo-Qo) it is! 🆒 ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/73 "2018-05-09T15:22:52Z")
\*\*Spidey \*\*- my Baby Engineer was telling me about that cruise yesterday. I don’t think I could handle that much of a vacation. It sounds exhausting!! And I’d be in trouble if I needed a smartphone to log in on any computer since I just have a dumb flip phone. Makes me wonder if having a smart phone will become a criterion for getting a job… Lunch time!!! C’mon Firday!! 😃 ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/74 "2018-05-09T16:49:05Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Ruble,** all you need to do now is get some Intercourse, PA T-shirts to go with Uranus… Had those. One shirt I wanted years ago but they didn’t have my size was from Fairmount Indiana which was home (for a while) to James Dean and Jim Davis of Garfield the Cat fame. It showed Dean in his classic pose leaning on a streetlamp with a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth ------- and Garfield in his armpit. I should have bought a medium and turned it into a pillow. My current favorite is one from my old stomping grounds from Strange and Unusual Oddities Parlor [https://scontent.fagc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31944263\_1671979216250279\_4453760590644510720\_n.jpg?\_nc\_cat=0&oh=5ffb4f0e6796f1f126bbac9eda3c506e&oe=5B9A28B0](https://scontent.fagc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31944263_1671979216250279_4453760590644510720_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=5ffb4f0e6796f1f126bbac9eda3c506e&oe=5B9A28B0) it just fits me in so many different ways. Went shooting to try our a new-to-me Wards/Mossberg .22 I got on the way to Knoebels. Me and it both shot very well together and I am much happy. I could clean my gun before work but will leave that for tomorrow and go take Bessie on a roam before heading for Da Jungle. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/75 "2018-05-09T17:32:46Z")
Today I have procured groceries, rescued my edger from the shop (got it’s yearly tune up) and finished laundry. Go Me! **Spidey** lasagna from a box will wait until tomorrow. OYKW called me a little while ago. He has a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for a patty melt from the \Quickie \ so thus a \ Quickie \ sup we shall have. They do make a dang good patty melt. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/76 "2018-05-09T21:45:50Z")
I’ve got a great big pot o’sketty sauce simmerin’ away. Many meals will result. Now I need to decide what to do for supper. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/77 "2018-05-09T22:08:29Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ve got a great big pot o’sketty sauce simmerin’ away. Many meals will result. Now I need to decide what to do for supper. Spaghetti? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/78 "2018-05-09T22:12:54Z")
No, the sauce needs to sit at least overnight so the flavors can blend properly. I had leftover chickie. Not great, but at least it was quick and easy. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/79 "2018-05-09T22:19:11Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Ruble,** all you need to do now is get some Intercourse, PA T-shirts to go with Uranus… Ummmm, oh never mind. One of the sets of plans had me there this weekend. Iffn you need a shirt from there but can’t get one online let me know. In the meantime, look what I found on the [telly](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/28132626718/) the last time I was there. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 9, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742/80 "2018-05-09T23:09:23Z")
We had a \Quickie \ sup and then went to :eek:Wally Jr.:eek: where we bought an apple pie among other things. Apple pie and ice cream have been consumed. Life is good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bloomin-mmp/813742.md?page=5)