# The going to work early MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 19, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625 "2013-08-19T09:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/201 "2013-08-22T10:58:01Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > The next tab to the MMP on my browser is Dave Barry’s Blog. Today I click over to it and [this is the first story.](http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2013/08/the-news-from-canada.html) > > Thursday has been brought to you by the letter F and the number Unholy Stench. Speaking of farting… I woke up really early this morning because I had a stomachache, and couldn’t get back to sleep. It’s happened a few times in the past little while. I think I know what the problem is and how to fix it, though. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/202 "2013-08-22T11:02:28Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > > [@Draelin](#): > > > > Also, being but a woman, I’m concerned I’m going to screw up the fix. I’ll have to ask a big brawny neighbor to do it. I need to get a husband. Who cooks, because I don’t do that. > > Tonight’s dinner was Parmesan Herb crusted chicken, with thyme chardonnay rice and steamed broccoli. I clean, too.😃 **Drae** , don’t get your hopes up too much as there’s this _serious_ issue with **Doggio** : > [@dogbutler](#): > > Bless your heart. (yeah, I’ve been in the South for 35 years) **OBL** was the only dog I’ve ever known who would give audible warnings . The funniest thing is his poor little pea brain didn’t get it; he’d be lying there, toot; then lift his head & look back as if to see where the noise was coming from! :smack: Today is **HellDay** [sup]TM[/sup]; wish me luck! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/203 "2013-08-22T11:05:13Z")
Blurf. My Boxers are followed around the house by green clouds. Just sayin’… Happy happy joy joy, I finally got my cell phone replaced yesterday. Two weeks with a resurrected zombie dumb phone was pure hell. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/204 "2013-08-22T11:29:49Z")
Good morning!! My sweetie should be on his way home - he was going to leave around 6:30. Overall, the weather radar looks good, but it’s a long ride and a long day - we shall see how he fares. Higgs tends to toot when she gets up on her hind legs to be skritched. It’s as if fingernails down her spine trigger the release! :eek: She’ll sometimes to a little crop-dusting past \*\*FCD \*\*- it’s hilarious to hear him when the scent wafts his way! 😃 In other news - my back yard looks like a mushroom farm. That means it’ll soon look gross and slimy as the fungi die. I’d run the mower over the whole mess, but it’s wet out, and there aren’t too many things more disgusting than trying to clear wet glops of cut grass and stuff out of a mower. No crabbers today - big surprise. Last night, I had to scan and email the “daily log” sheets that I fill out when I see a crabber. I had 13 of them. In a month and a half, I’ve seen 13 crabbers, and 2 of them were when I was in training. This job hasn’t come close to what I’d hoped. Wonder if I’ll hear back from the drafter job. Maybe they weren’t impressed with my five-year-plan… 😃 Not a lot planned today. I need to rework the pattern I have for the stocking cap - instead of tapering down gradually, it makes abrupt changes. It reminds me of a telescoping antenna - larger diameter at the base, stepping down in size several times till it reaches its full length. Frankly, I think it looks stupid. But I know how to make it work the way I want, so there’s that. And today, my baby brother is 57. He’s a big-shot company president who’s celebrating his b-day by attending a board meeting in Boston. He’ll probably whoop it up this weekend. Or not. He’s practically a geezer anyway! 😛 Happy Thursday!! ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/205 "2013-08-22T11:42:20Z")
Morning all, Irk is irksome. I hafta irk all day tomorrow. I don’t wanna. Blurf! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/206 "2013-08-22T12:02:42Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > **OBL** was the only dog I’ve ever known who would give audible warnings . > The funniest thing is his poor little pea brain didn’t get it; he’d be lying there, toot; then lift his head & look back as if to see where the noise was coming from! :smack: Winchester occasionally glares at us like that smell was _our_ fault. I believe we have fixed the air conditioner, but we have to wait for the sealant to dry before we can turn it back on. I have decided that I will wrap a towel around the offending area, turn it on, and check to see if the towel is wet after a few hours to a day. Because we can’t live without A/C. It was terrible in there last night. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/207 "2013-08-22T12:07:58Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > When I was in grade school, we had a dog with a hideous flatulence problem. My father started muttering about corks, until my mother pointed out what would happen when the pressure built up too much. She didn’t care to deal with projectile corks slamming around the room. 🙂 Isn’t that what the Queen has, a bunch of corkeys? ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/208 "2013-08-22T12:19:09Z")
\*\*lieu \*\*- _BOOOOOOOOOOO!_😛 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/209 "2013-08-22T12:48:34Z")
In 24 hours, if all goes to plan, I’ll be in the recovery room after yet another spinal surgery. No dramatic pictures for this one. It’s just a quick nip and tuck of a disk in my neck to make my hand work better, and the recovery should be quick. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/210 "2013-08-22T12:55:20Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*just called - he got stuck in a massive traffic jam at the Ohio-Indiana border. I pulled up Google Maps and gave him a detour, and it worked - yay! 😃 He stopped for breakfast and called me. I’ll be glad to have him home. Meanwhile, it’s really boring here… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/211 "2013-08-22T12:55:28Z")
Good luck, **Gotti** , and remember while you’re gone we’ve got your back. 😉 Let us know how it went when you’re able. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/212 "2013-08-22T13:08:17Z")
I’m up, caffeinated, and off today. 🙂 > [@Spiderman](#): > > **Drae** , don’t get your hopes up too much as there’s this _serious_ issue with **Doggio** : > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by dogbutler View Post > > Bless your heart. (yeah, I’ve been in the South for 35 years) You have insulted my honor, sir! I challenge you to a duel at dawn. Squid at twenty paces.😛 Good luck, **gotti**! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/213 "2013-08-22T13:15:27Z")
My husband and I need a serious date night. I think this current clinical rotation in critical care medicine this month is driving him crazy. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/214 "2013-08-22T13:25:41Z")
Happy thoughts, **gotti**! The problem with getting up and having breakfast at 6 is that it’s 9:30 and I’m hungry!!! PB toast doesn’t stay with a body very long… ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/215 "2013-08-22T13:32:32Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > You have insulted my honor, sir! I challenge you to a duel at dawn. Squid at twenty paces.😛 You’re a Mumper, we have no honor! :eek: Besides, the squid are reserved for the noobs; make it trout @ 10 paces & you’re on! 😛 Good luck **Gotti** ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/216 "2013-08-22T13:33:43Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > You have insulted my honor, sir! I challenge you to a duel at dawn. Squid at twenty paces.😛 I would be honored to be your second, Sir. Might I recommend chainsaws at two feet? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/217 "2013-08-22T13:34:54Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > You have insulted my honor, sir! I challenge you to a duel at dawn. Squid at twenty paces.😛 **DogBut** , stop by my place and I can spot you a box of frozen squid. That’ll slap a knot on his head… ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/218 "2013-08-22T13:34:55Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I need to rework the pattern I have for the stocking cap - instead of tapering down gradually, it makes abrupt changes. It reminds me of a telescoping antenna - A “telescoping hat” sounds like something from Harry Potter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/219 "2013-08-22T13:36:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*FCD \*\*just called - he got stuck in a massive traffic jam at the Ohio-Indiana border. I pulled up Google Maps and gave him a detour, and it worked - yay! 😃 He stopped for breakfast and called me. I’ll be glad to have him home. You have him take US 40? ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/220 "2013-08-22T13:42:28Z")
Yeppers. He took 40 east to 127 where he could get back on 70. Easy-peasy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625.md?page=12)