# The Epically Continuing MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 15, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529 "2014-09-15T03:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/41 "2014-09-15T23:26:43Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > You want her to “Kill da Wabbit”? > > At last. Some good news. With her spear and magic helmet.😃 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/42 "2014-09-15T23:42:09Z")
That just reminded me of the _ **Saga of the Blood Ninja** _ _I put on my cape and my wizard hat_ and no I’m not posting a link, anybody who wants to can look it up on their own. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/43 "2014-09-16T00:12:23Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > That just reminded me of the _ **Saga of the Blood Ninja** _ > > _I put on my cape and my wizard hat_ > > and no I’m not posting a link, anybody who wants to can look it up on their own. I did.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/44 "2014-09-16T00:17:24Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > With her spear and magic helmet.😃 Her spear and magic helmet? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/45 "2014-09-16T00:18:12Z")
**Sari** - so it might all work out for the best, right? Screw the bitch sister. Tell them they have 24 hours to figure it out or your offer is withdrawn, and you can go back to the other house. 😃 **Spaz** - cool on the novel in genesis. Have you heard of the pantsers versus the plotters (outliners)? See some people who write just do it by the seat of their pants and see where it takes 'em. And some outline. I’m more of an ploter. The truth is even if you outline what you’re describing happens anyway… things change. You decide that something make more sense earlier or later. Motivations change, characters disappear. Your hero becomes your villain. You hate your heroine (not that I’ve ever done that _cough, cough_). and I admire you for going through the writing process in front of the crowd :eek: **Nut** Good luck **Capt** Good luck 😉 We had the solar panels put on today. Now we wait for the city to come by and say, “yep, those are solar panels” and the utility company to switch things on their end so electricity flows **both ways**. How cool is that! I hate waiting… ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/46 "2014-09-16T00:52:06Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I did.😃 You’ll never eat pizza again. **Sunny** _you_ hate waiting I finally heard back from the realtor and I told her how I feel and it wasn’t nice. Of course it’s not the realtors fault but I told her I have my own crazy ass bitch of a sister to deal with and I’m not going to deal with another one. So we will see what comes of it. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/47 "2014-09-16T01:07:00Z")
oh joy and more happiness the asshole is back with the dogs he wasn’t supposed to be back until wed or thurs so now i have to change plans for getting in the attic or hell maybe I will keep them and let the HFH wonder what I am up to ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/48 "2014-09-16T01:15:13Z")
Magic helmet?! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/49 "2014-09-16T01:45:15Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > With her spear and magic helmet.😃 > [@SpazCat](#): > > Her spear and magic helmet? > [@EmilyG](#): > > Magic helmet?! [Magic Helmet!\*](https://archive.org/details/WhatsOperaDoc) \*good stuff starts at 1:40 ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/50 "2014-09-16T01:52:40Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Her spear and magic helmet? > [@EmilyG](#): > > Magic helmet?! [Magic helmet](https://archive.org/details/WhatsOperaDoc) Beaten to it by The Cute One[sup]TM[/sup] ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/51 "2014-09-16T02:12:09Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > [Magic helmet](https://archive.org/details/WhatsOperaDoc) > Beaten to it by The Cute One[sup]TM[/sup] Do NOT diss Wagner. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/52 "2014-09-16T02:13:40Z")
it was tough finding one _not_ taken at the live concert, wasn’t it? ETA: No one is dissing Wagner! Sheesh, flytrap! You’re like the MMP’s Sheldon Cooper. It’s always about you and your viewpoints, isn’t it? p.s. you know we love you, right? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/53 "2014-09-16T02:21:59Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > p.s. you know we love you, right? Humor. It is a difficult concept. :rolleyes: Tristan unde Isolde is the Perfect German Love Story…Everyone who counts, dies. Now THAT is funny. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/54 "2014-09-16T02:33:22Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > it was tough finding one _not_ taken at the live concert, wasn’t it? It was either the concert, or they cut out the 1st 4 minutes > [@anyrose](#): > > p.s. you know we love you, right? We like him. As a straight man if nothing else > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Humor. > It is a difficult concept. > :rolleyes: What are you, Vulcan? ^:dubious:^ ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/55 "2014-09-16T03:10:39Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > p.s. you know we love you, right? We do??? > [@dogbutler](#): > > We like him. As a straight man if nothing else I’ll take nothing else for $200, Alex. 😛 Brutal day tomorrow; watching MNF now. Only allowing myself one beer…a 32oz mini growler. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/56 "2014-09-16T03:23:13Z")
[Here,](http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/09/11/old-jews-explaining-yiddish-words-will-absolutely-make-your-day/) **flytrap**. Especially for you. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/57 "2014-09-16T08:22:13Z")
I have actually been busy today (Monday) and not been able to spend much time online. That’s probably a good thing, for me. 🙂 For Sunday dinner, we finally made the cheeseburger casserole, and oh boy was it ever good! This is the one that had pickles in it, and a sheet of the crescent roll dough on top, so it was like a cheeseburger. It’s really quite delicious. I am loving keeping up with **Moooommm’s** cruise, but boy howdy I sure couldn’t figure out how those places in Iceland would be pronouced! LOL I had to call the places “whachamacallit” when I was “reading” them to myself. You know what I mean. LOL Iceland does sound like a fantastic place, though. Happy Tuesday all! ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/58 "2014-09-16T09:12:03Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to work. 5 days till hockey. ---
**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 16, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/59 "2014-09-16T10:06:18Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffienated, and purtified, so no _YAWN_ Ima go meet OYKW for brekkie at IHOP cause he wants IHOP and said last night he wanted to go for brekkie today. Hey, he’s payin’ so who am I to argue. 😃 ‘Tis 75 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 89 and afternoon tstorms. We shall see. I’m headin’ to the southeast forty first thing today and hope to be back by afternoon. And now the main attraction… The continuin’ saga of **MOOOOOOM’s** life as a [del]pirate[/del] tourist on the high seas… > [@MOOOOOOM](#): > > What is a day at sea like, you may wonder, if you’ve never cruise before. It’s currently very early on the 16th and we’ve got 5 of these days ahead of us before we reach New York, with our stop in St. Johns, Newfoundland, coming on the 19th. So I thought I might give you a vague idea of what our days will be like. > Every evening, usually a bit before 9, the Princess Patter is delivered to each room. If I had a scanner, I’d attach a copy for your enjoyment. It’s a 4 page schedule of the next day’s activities inside, with a “Meet the…” various senior personnel article on the front, a brief and not-too-helpful weather summary (most have read “partly cloudy, temp 12°C/54°F” or the temps as expected, followed by sunrise/sunset times. At the bottom of the front page, there will be a note – today’s tells us to set our clock back an hour. (We’ll do that almost daily till we get back on Eastern Time.) > > The back page has locations and hours of the dining rooms and other places of interest like the library, the casino, and the medical center, and the various clubs and lounges. There are other miscellaneous notes depending on the company’s agenda – for example, today’s is pushing future cruise sales. > > On today’s schedule within, they list movies, whether playing in the theater, on deck (brrrrrrr) or on the ship’s TV, get-togethers (like for crafters or veterans or singles or LGBT), games – bridge, board games, Sudoku, bingo – classes (beginners tap is at 1215 today), shopping events like the $10 sale, and seminars. For the evening schedule, they describe the various entertainments and where they’re located. So tonight at 5 and 7, the string quartet will be playing in the Piazza (they are really good!!), there will be a production show in the main theater 3 different times tonight, “The Amazing and Amusing Carl Andrews” will be performing in the Explorers Lounge, Elvis hour with DJ Romeo in Skywalkers Lounge, a pianist in Crooners lounge, dancing in Club Fusion, more dancing in the Wheelhouse Bar, Texas Hold’em in the Casino, and other stuff. We’re going to the second production show since we expect it to be less crowded. > > Anyway, that’s pretty typical of what’s available every day. When we’re in port, there are fewer options during the day because most people leave the ship. And for our unexpected at-sea day, they threw together some extra activities. Mom and I were sitting in Crooner’s – she reading, I crocheting – and we heard the paper airplane competition in the Atrium. Earlier that day, we’d gone to Skywalker’s Lounge on deck 18 because it’s usually really quiet – she had a crossword book, and I was trying to finish a pair of slippers. As it turned out, that’s where Knitters and Natters gather, and when the first few came up and saw me with yarn, they all came and sat with us. Boy, was I out of place – all these women with really, really expensive yarns (one woman spent $100 for a skein that wouldn’t even make a scarf!!!) and there I sat with my cheapo acrylic! No, I didn’t care and I wasn’t embarrassed. But I was aghast > at what some people will spend on yarn – I don’t care how soft the underneck hair of a certain buffalo is! > > Now, if you’re sailing in the Caribbean or some other warm place, add activities around the pool(s). This ship has a small putt-putt course on deck 19, plus a jogging track and a basketball court enclosed in netting so the balls don’t go overboard. I suppose some hearty souls may use that. A great many walk the promenade deck, except for the rather nasty day when they closed it. There are lots of deck chairs along the promenade deck, a lovely, quiet place to sit if the weather is right. That’s where we rode into Bergen, and it was very nice. But as we transit the north Atlantic, I expect it’ll be a bit brisk. > > Several people saw the northern lights a few nights ago, but I missed them. I tried to see them the next night, but it was overcast. We’ll see if there’s anything the next few nights – luckily our cabin is on the north side of the ship as we head west, so we might get lucky. > > Anyway, that’s another aspect of life at sea – the part that doesn’t involve buffets. Oh, and two of these at-sea days will be formals. Rah. I don’t understand the love of getting all gussied up, but then I’m not particularly girly. I will wear a dress at least one of the nights, but it won’t be anything special for me. Still, I brought the stuff, so I might as well wear it, right? And we’ve become quite adept at avoiding the strolling photographers. They took pics our first night at dinner and they looked particularly horrible. We’ve declined, since we have no intention of buying portraits anyway. > > So there ya go – life at sea. Does it make you want to run out and book a cruise?? Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/60 "2014-09-16T10:43:58Z")
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