# The Contents Of My Pantry... The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 4, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388 "2006-09-04T10:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/321 "2006-09-08T14:28:38Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] For those keeping score: Coding Gremlins 5.73 x10[SUPER]15[/SUPER], \*\*Sean \*\* 0 [/QUOTE] make that Coding Gremlins 5.73 x10[SUP]15[/SUP]_ **+1** _, \*\*Sean \*\* 0 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/322 "2006-09-08T14:28:09Z")
Oh, the irony. It burns like acid. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/323 "2006-09-08T14:30:29Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] make that Coding Gremlins 5.73 x10[SUP]15[/SUP]_ **+1** _, \*\*Sean \*\* 0 [/QUOTE] Just seeing how you did that. I had the wrong word (SUPER vs SUP). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/324 "2006-09-08T14:31:15Z")
and to do [sub]this[/sub] type SUB in the brackets ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/325 "2006-09-08T14:32:06Z")
All this talk of Ren Faires - we’re definitely going this year. The Texas RenFaire isn’t until October. I mentioned that maybe we should go this year for my birthday - Oct 26 - and Mr Rebo said, “Cool! Can we dress up?” I was shocked, I tell ya! So we’ll be looking for costumes soon. I left work early yesterday (I have _nothing_ to do!) and went by Pier 1 Imports. I found this huge red lacquered bamboo platter that I though would look way cool on top of the entertainment unit. It was too big! It’s about 2 feet in diameter, and there’s only about 1-1/2 feet of clearance up there. I’m so disappointed. I also bought a basket, and a bunch of those silly little woven willow balls to put in it. It looks cool! I’m trying to find things to decorate the joint. I found out that my brother and his wife are coming down at the end of the month. Their house is absolutely gorgeous, even if I don’t love the style. It’s very frou-frou and Italian. My house is kinda modern and very eclectic with mismatched wood and stuff. We went for comfort and function. It’s kinda lacking on accents, so I’m looking. (A female relative is coming to my house for her first time! I have to perk up the place! As well as clean it.) One of these days we’ll work on the office and the master bedroom. Happy Friday, all… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/326 "2006-09-08T14:32:23Z")
[sup]up[/sup]middle[sub]down[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/327 "2006-09-08T15:47:33Z")
Yeah, sorry **Drae** and **Twinkie**. I have a qualifying exam next week. Grad school is, like, hard and stuff. :o Here’s a pun! > [@Pun of the Day](#): > > “Johnny,” said the teacher, “can you tell me of what descent was Napoleon Bonaparte?” > I replied smartly, “Of Corsican.” Today is studying for that exam. Joy! Yesterday was going on a hike with the people I’m studying with today - two of my fellow incoming grad students. Both female. You can see why I went on that hike. Alas, the more attractive of the two has a long distance bf. The ratio at Dartmouth is 50/50 though, so I’ve got a much better shot here in general than at Rensselaer Polytechnic “3 to 1” Institute. Ptui! ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/328 "2006-09-08T15:48:07Z")
\*\*Drae \*\* and \*\*Mika \*\* - look for an email from me. **Drae** , just so you know, my name looks a little like it could be p0rn spam. Really. By the way, I’ll probably be there earlier, so call me whenever you get there. **swampy** , if you get the new job, does that mean you can really, truly mean it when you say, “no more wire hangers!!”? On rings – I love my engagement ring, but I hardly ever wear it. It’s an antique style setting, and it rubs against my wedding band so much that it wore done some of the detail work. So I’m afriad to wear it. It’s a diamond-shaped diamond – what kind of cut is that? The voice in the back of my head is whispering “marquise,” but I can’t always trust that voice… I didn’t want an engagement ring, actually. I wanted this cave bear skull we saw at a gem & fossil show. But my husband (then fiance, of course) is _such_ a traditionalist. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/329 "2006-09-08T15:52:42Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Rensselaer Polytechnic “3 to 1” Institute. Ptui! [/QUOTE] Also known as the school where the guys are desperate and the girls run. So says taxi, anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/330 "2006-09-08T15:54:13Z")
Oh, and Twinks - got your e-mail and I responded already. And I will bring your pattern back, I couldn’t make heads nor tails of it. It was worth a shot, I suppose. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/331 "2006-09-08T16:12:20Z")
Ya got it **twinks**. When the new job stuff kicks in… **NO WIIIIIIIIRRRRRRREEEEEE HAAAAAAANNNNNGGGGGGEEEEEEERRRRRRRSSSSSSS EEEEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/332 "2006-09-08T16:23:56Z")
Someone take **swampy’s** caffeine away from him, now. I am still grumpy and likely to be so for some time. That is all. see you guys-I dont’ see me getting back here soon. Enjoy the Ren Faire, me lads and lassies, er wenches. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/333 "2006-09-08T16:33:49Z")
Lemme see now… Beans and spaghetti…oh and some tomato soup ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/334 "2006-09-08T16:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Ya got it **twinks**. When the new job stuff kicks in… **NO WIIIIIIIIRRRRRRREEEEEE HAAAAAAANNNNNGGGGGGEEEEEEERRRRRRRSSSSSSS EEEEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!** [/QUOTE] So…it’s not your first time to the rodeo, I take it? 😃 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/335 "2006-09-08T17:05:57Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] [sup]up[/sup]middle[sub]down[/sub] [/QUOTE] Now you’re just showing off. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/336 "2006-09-08T17:05:57Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Lemme see now… Beans and spaghetti…oh and some tomato soup [/QUOTE] brown, pale beige, red - okay - the color palette works - but talk about bland in flavor. At least shoot the beans or the soup with some interesting seasonings ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/337 "2006-09-08T17:18:02Z")
The nice thing about my job is the ability to take off at will. The boss-folk trust that we’ll stick around and do what has to be done, but if there’s nothing hot and we’ve got the time on the books, we can split. So I did. I’ve been to the bank to get change, and in a little bit, I’ll start hauling stuff upstairs to load into the van. I need to iron some tablecloths for the display, and I’m going to have a look at the canopy frame so I have an idea of how it should go together. I’ve been saying to \*someone \* that we need to figure it out to be sure we have all the requisite pieces. Apparently that’s not a priority. So I’ll just figger it out myself. 😛 Other than that, it’s a gorgeous day here and it’s much nicer than being cooped up in a windowless office. Life is good. Happy Friday!! ---
**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:** [September 8, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/338 "2006-09-08T17:34:54Z")
Thus preparations are underway for the unveiling of The Goddess of Pottery’s Fall Collection. 😃 **FCM** you need a banner that says **POTTERY GODDESS**. People would be knockin’ each other down to buy your wares. Or giggle as they walk by. Either way it’d be interestin’. **jayjay** **GET OUT OF THAT BED!!!** On second thought, stay in that bed and let me climb in with ya. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/339 "2006-09-08T18:03:38Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] On second thought, stay in that bed and let me climb in with ya. 😉 [/QUOTE] When ACBG is away, the **Bear** will play? 😛 ---
**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:** [September 8, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388/340 "2006-09-08T18:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] When ACBG is away, the **Bear** will play? 😛 [/QUOTE] Nah, just thought I’d give **jayjay** a thrill. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-contents-of-my-pantry-the-mmp/371388.md?page=18)