# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/241 "2013-08-22T19:30:33Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > So no more shaking down watermen for a bushel or two when you go counting? Or watermelons. ---
**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, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/242 "2013-08-22T19:30:45Z")
Cool! ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/243 "2013-08-22T20:03:47Z")
YAY! **FCM** Like there was any doubt. So my niece comes over today to let the Hounds from Hell out. I don’t know where HFH is, I hear she got a job but I don’t know or care. So I was talking to my niece and I told her that mom had said she was mad at me for calling one of the hounds a bitch the last time she was here. My niece says ‘mommom told me she told you that and I never said it, I don’t know why she does that’. My mother wonders why nobody gets along and she whines and cries about how awful we are because she can’t have any peace in the family. I have to hear over and over how this or that aunt’s kids get along and how nice it is to spend time with them and blah blah blah. My nieces and I caught on to her game a long time ago, this is what my mother does… and then she wonders why nobody gets along. I remember years ago my niece confronted her about something she said my niece had said nasty about me. First my mother tried to deny it but she was caught and agreed my niece didn’t say it. The minute my niece walked out of the room my mother turned to me and said ‘she really did say it, I just didn’t want to start an argument’. Now my niece and I just roll our eyes at the bullshit. So\*\* Midget\*\* not to take anything from your situation but be glad it’s out in the open and everybody sees it for what it is, it’s a lot harder when the crazy is hidden. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/244 "2013-08-22T20:25:47Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > So no more shaking down watermen for a bushel or two when you go counting? It was rare that any of them even had 2 bushels… Often, their catch wouldn’t cover the bait and gas. Not a good year for crabbing. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/245 "2013-08-22T20:45:28Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > "She offered her honor. > > He honored her offer. > > It was honor and offer all night…" That’s a good one. 😃 > [@swampbear](#): > > Personally I’d like to see **doggio and spidey** in a good old-fashioned slap fight aka Monty Python. Amusement for all! 😃 The Duel Betwixt \*\*doggio \*\*& **Spidey** : [Actual footage](http://youtu.be/xCwLirQS2-o). ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/246 "2013-08-22T20:53:26Z")
Never bring a crappie to a mackerel fight. ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/247 "2013-08-22T21:03:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is “Arkansan”, Gazetteer breath. :rolleyes: Listen Bub; this is the MMP, if **Swampy** has to _purtify_ before going to _irk_ in an _orifice_ with his _cow-orkers_ from _Moanday_ to _Firday_ you’re a frikin’ **Arkansinian**. Got it?!? :eek: & :eek: > [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Checking in from the lab > Progress is good, pondering an aerial launch vehicle like a Hot Air Balloon 😃 > **Jim** Why just last week I was sitting around with a couple of LTA pilots & we were having a conversation about how they’ve taken off with more passengers than they’ve landed with. Of course, all of the one-way parties were wearing a parachute when they deballooned. Points to ponder: would said shark need two smaller parachutes because of large fin mid-back? How do we ensure that they don’t squirm in the basket; we can’t have them [del]touching[/del] biting thru any of the (propane) tanks, hoses, handling lines, or instruments as we instruct in the pre-flight briefing to keep your hands (or in this case, fins) offa dat stuff! Congrats, **Moommm**! ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/248 "2013-08-22T21:11:16Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Listen Bub; this is the MMP, if **Swampy** has to _purtify_ before going to _irk_ in an _orifice_ with his _cow-orkers_ from _Moanday_ to _Firday_ you’re a frikin’ **Arkansinian**. Got it?!? :eek: & :eek: Fine, do I care if the other kids will laugh at you because you use the wrong words, already? ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/249 "2013-08-22T21:18:15Z")
Yay! I’m getting paid! The disability people have partially updated my return to work date, so I should be getting some catch-up pay tomorrow. This whole spine repair endeavor has been hexed. I got the post-op prescriptions for tomorrow’s surgery this morning, and when I got to the pharmacy, I find they’re not worth diddly as the doctor’s DEA number was missing. So, I just have to get new prescriptions tomorrow, but the whole idea was to have the fun meds on hand, rather than waiting at the pharmacy while half-gorked from anesthesia. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/250 "2013-08-22T21:19:48Z")
Haven’t heard from my sweetie since around noon - I’m assuming he’s going to show up whenever. He’d better, dammit!!! Not that I’m worrying… … much. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/251 "2013-08-22T21:21:38Z")
That doesn’t sound like a good situation, **sahirrnee.** ☹ I’m feeling so down. A friend of mine who’s a musician wanted someone to be in charge of the door (taking tickets and such, I guess) for his concert. So I asked if he’d found anyone yet, and I was going to offer to do it. But then after I asked, another friend went ahead and offered to do the door for my musician friend, and then he said that she’d be able to do it. Fuck! Whoever does the door gets into the concert for free. I wanted to go to that concert, and I really don’t have a lot of money. Damn it. ☹ The concert is on a Sunday night. I would like to go to the concert, but I might actually be sick that day because another friend’s party is on the Saturday night, and considering how shitty my life’s been lately, who knows what’ll happen… I’ll look forward to Saturday. Who knows what’ll happen before or after then. ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/252 "2013-08-22T21:45:16Z")
Laundry is done, kitchen is clean. I need to cook dinner. > [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Checking in from the lab > > Progress is good, pondering an aerial launch vehicle like a Hot Air Balloon 😃 > > Irk is irksome and keeping me busy. Band practice was fantastic last night, we be funky. We have moved to a new practice spot, temporarily. It is a rehearsal studio place with probably 100+ Bands, so a walk down the halls is a deafening mix of Metal, Noise and Whatnot. We OTOH are quiet enough to be able to sing without microphones, there was a time… > > Cheers all, back later > > **Jim** Sharks are so 20th Century. [Mad Scientist Hat on]MY ARMY OF CYBORG LEMURS WILL DESTROY YOU ALL! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH![/Mad Scientist Hat off] > [@SpazCat](#): > > The Duel Betwixt \*\*doggio \*\*& **Spidey** : [Actual footage](http://youtu.be/xCwLirQS2-o). 😃 ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/253 "2013-08-22T21:45:33Z")
Howdy Y’all! At da cave on a sorta dreary evenin’. We swiped the general’s dindin tonight. OYKW et and left again. I’ll be glad when this audit thing is over next week. **MOOOOOOM** YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! That’s the news from swampland. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/254 "2013-08-22T22:12:49Z")
[A kindergarten student brought a gun to school in his backpack and it went off in the cafeteria.](http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/22/20138428-no-injuries-after-memphis-5-year-old-fires-gun-in-school?lite) It happened here in Memphis. It wasn’t at my kids’ school but it could have been and that scares to shat out of me ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/255 "2013-08-22T22:24:42Z")
I think I’m logging off for the evening… tahred… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/256 "2013-08-22T22:36:16Z")
home - blurfy at least the humididity is decreasing ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/257 "2013-08-22T22:43:45Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > [A kindergarten student brought a gun to school in his backpack and it went off in the cafeteria.](http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/22/20138428-no-injuries-after-memphis-5-year-old-fires-gun-in-school?lite) > It happened here in Memphis. It wasn’t at my kids’ school but it could have been and that scares to shat out of me :smack: I’m going to go ahead and blame the gun owner. In no sane world would a five-year-old have access to a gun. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Sharks are so 20th Century. [Mad Scientist Hat on]MY ARMY OF CYBORG LEMURS WILL DESTROY YOU ALL! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH![/Mad Scientist Hat off] Lemurs are so two years ago. Get with the program, **doggio**. It’s 2013 and we use [olinguitos](https://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/a-poem-by-an-olinguito-the-first-new-mammal-carnivore-to-be-discovered-in-the-americas-in-35-years/)for that now. ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/258 "2013-08-22T22:56:08Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > :smack: I’m going to go ahead and blame the gun owner. In no sane world would a five-year-old have access to a gun. > Lemurs are so two years ago. Get with the program, **doggio**. It’s 2013 and we use [olinguitos](https://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/a-poem-by-an-olinguito-the-first-new-mammal-carnivore-to-be-discovered-in-the-americas-in-35-years/)for that now. Olinguitos, lemurs, Yorkies, my Cyber-A-Tron will create an army TO DESTROY YOU ALL! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/259 "2013-08-22T23:16:43Z")
Congrats, **FCM**! This is mostly a drive-by ranting that is going to make me sound extremely ungrateful. I really, really appreciate that so many of my friends and family members want to know how student teaching is going,\* however\*, I feel like I should publish a freaking newsletter because getting questioned (innocently enough) 4-5 times per day is driving me nuts. Yes, it’s great! I just don’t want to talk about it _repeatedly_. :smack: /rant ---
**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:** [August 22, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625/260 "2013-08-22T23:45:41Z")
oh no oh no OHHHHHH NOOOOOOO!!! I am so upset sooooooo upset My mortgage may not go through all this time and two weeks to go I am so upset I specifically asked the broker this I told him it was a problem and he assured me it is okay It all goes back to my income in 2011 being low the broker thinks she can get it through why the FUCK did they approve it if it was going to be an issue I asked repeatedly if it was going to be a problem!!! I am so upset you don’t know how upset jesus fucking christ I already told everybody I was moving giving my pet sitting business away all my clients know I am moving and now this I am holding my breath because they may still be able to push it through I was so scared something was going to go wrong I thought no news was good news now two weeks to go and this [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-going-to-work-early-mmp/666625.md?page=14)