# The Great MMP Semi-Offical List of Mumpers for this Week **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426 "2021-02-08T06:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/61 "2021-02-09T17:13:33Z")
Late start for the kiddos this morning. School bot-called us at 5 a.m. to tell us all to go back to sleep. Naturally that was my cue to wander around in the dark, peeking out windows, to confirm I’d be able to get my car out of our very steep driveway until I dozed off about 20 minutes before my (revised) wakeup time. Eh. I’m peeved because the day is long and full of meetings. Well, the first part anyway. Overlymom is happily taking the day off. She still has to see the doc this week, but I’m so, so, so relieved no more radiation. Hopefully her sores will have had a couple of days to heal. They say the side effects of treatment peak about a week after you stop, so hopefully she’ll be on the recovery side this time next week. And thanks for all the yays, guys! I’m so very excited for her. I didn’t do my waddling last night but ate cookies and ice cream instead and suffered for it greatly this morning. Why do I do these things to myself? Oh yeah - because cookies and ice cream are both delicious. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/62 "2021-02-09T17:40:21Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > **shoe** are you treating yourself to something with the refund cheque? Yes. Bills being paid off. I’m treating myself to the gift of silence instead of wolves howling at my door. I don’t know where I picked up the imagery of bills = howling wolves, especially since I love big predators, and would be super excited to see a wolf - from behind the safety of a locked window, of course. * * * Slept IN like the heathen sloth that I am. Now I’m contemplating all that needs to be done, while derping around on my phone and accomplishing nothing. * * * The cats couldn’t stand the idea of not being let out, so I … let them out. Have I mentioned that it’s been snowing nonstop for days? 😉 **Monkey** dashed out … into snow up to his furry little armpits. He put on a brave show, though, and play-pounced on the snow a couple of times while looking back at me, to show that he was, in fact, having lotsa fun … before shooting back into the house like his tail was on fire. **Nikki** - being an elderly matron with no patience for such unseemly behavior - sat primly on the 1.5 square inches of bare concrete by the door on the back steps for a moment, glared at ME (cuz the weather is my fault, plainly) then hustled back inside, growling the whole time. Whether she was growling at me, or at Monkey, or at the snow - or at life in general - is uncertain. Now she has cat-loafed on a pillow near me, and gives off a mighty _purrrrrrr_ at the merest touch. The fact that she’s right by a heating vent may be related. > [@overlyverbose](#): > > I’m peeved because the day is long and full of meetings. I got the reference. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/63 "2021-02-09T17:49:09Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yes. Bills being paid off. I’m treating myself to the gift of silence instead of wolves howling at my door. > > I don’t know where I picked up the imagery of bills = howling wolves, especially since I love big predators, and would be super excited to see a wolf - from behind the safety of a locked window, of course. Paying bills is definitely a case of treating yourself when the treat is the peace of mind you get. As for the wolves, you are keeping the wolf from the door! The cats took a look outside and decided that the little bit of snow out there was far too much for their delicate sensibilities. Much snoozage has ensued for the day while the humans have been slaving away. Time to log off work now and venture out in the cold and dark on a supply run. Wouldn’t do to have insufficient cat food in the house! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/64 "2021-02-09T17:57:13Z")
You misspelled “Dogbutt”. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/65 "2021-02-09T18:08:55Z")
Without 5 million emails a day from the new board, I slip behind in my posting. The second week of working at home. We had 15 folks who either tested popsitive or were exposed. With all their associates, we had to close the joint for two weeks. I seem to cruise the web less than I do at work with Mrs. Plant (v.3.0), dogs, cats and fish to care for. Just finished hatching of the fifth spawn of neon gobies. The longest lasted ten days. Marine fish fry are much more larval than fresh water fish. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/66 "2021-02-09T18:21:37Z")
Here! Almost got hit while in the sidewalk this morning. Not happy about that, as I definitely had the right-of-way. That was after trudging through the snow to get a cavity filled at the dentist. And I had German class. Somewhere in there I did some work, but that was mostly meetings. Not feeling really productive if my inbox keeps growing. I did see a Eurasian Collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) this morning. Nice to see and hear the birds. Time to settle down for the evening. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/67 "2021-02-09T18:21:44Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Those are phenomenal! I love the colors you chose for all of them. Thanks, but I can’t take credit for the colors too much. The yarn was donated so I worked with what I had. Some were partial skeins, some colors had multiple skeins, so it was a challenge making it all work. The one with squares was a bit inspired, if I may say so. There were a bunch of partial skeins of variegated yarns that really wouldn’t have worked together. I found the pattern for the square on line and I really liked it. I’d hoped there’d be enough of the green to edge all the squares, but as you can see, I had to edge a few with the purple (just because.) I’m pleased with the result, and it’s really warm. Back from Aldi. I got a nice hunk of corned beef, so one meal this weekend will be corned beef and cabbage - yum! Weather and traffic will determine if they come here Firday or Sat - **FCD** doesn’t want to get caught in end-of-week rush hour on the DC beltway. Break over - time to clean two pellet stoves. Rah. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/68 "2021-02-09T18:23:38Z")
It snowed AGAIN last night and today the temp was MINUS 3 when I got up. Decided to work from home. I’m getting real tired of this. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/69 "2021-02-09T19:03:22Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > And I had German class. Wie geht’s? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/70 "2021-02-09T19:31:16Z")
Ich bin krank. Ich bin müde. I remembered the important stuff from my German class back in the late 70s. 🤣 **FCD** just now called me from Nashville. They’re about to get off I-24 on to I-65. I just finished cleaning both pellet stoves. At the moment, I’m taking a banana break. I don’t eat them often enough - yum! I think I’ve earned some recliner time with my crochet hook. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/71 "2021-02-09T20:15:52Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I remembered the important stuff from my German class back in the late 70s. 🤣 Do these sound familiar? Maybe we had the same book. Wohin geht Peter? An den See. Wo ist Monika? Im Boot. Ute, wo ist der Hut? In der Stube. Was tust du? Ich übe Geige. Bist du müde? Ja. Ist die Post offen, Otto? Nein, sie ist am Sonntag geschlossen. Wie geht’s Danke, gut. Wann kommt Benno? Im Sommer. Heisst du Annchen? Nein, ich heisse Lenchen Wichmann. Kennst du mich? Nein, ich kenne dich nicht. Was macht Jochen? Er spielt Schach. Mit wem? Mit Achim. Fritz, warum bist du so traurig? Richard ist krank. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/72 "2021-02-09T20:54:28Z")
**Hippie** , that recipe looks really good. Going to have to try it someday soon. **Mooom** , those are great! I especially like the one with the squares and the one with the diagonal stripes. Ich möchte lieber Erdbeeren mit Schlagsahne. ‘Männer der Tiefe.’ Soll ganz toll sein. Wenn es nicht geregnet hätte, hätte meine Mutter es nicht gekauft. The books we used in the early '70s were _Sprechen und Lesen_ (first year) and _Verstehen und Sprechen_ (second year). Kept my copies; they should be down in the basement somewhere. Can’t remember if we actually had a textbook for third year – mostly we read novels: _Die drei Kameraden_, _Immensee_, and _Die Verwandlung_. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/73 "2021-02-09T21:51:33Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@overlyverbose](#): > > > > I’m peeved because the day is long and full of meetings. > > I got the reference. 🙂 Me too. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/74 "2021-02-09T21:55:01Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/5jUi93d.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/5jUi93d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/75 "2021-02-09T22:00:09Z")
The absolute truth. 🔼🔼🔼🔼 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/76 "2021-02-09T22:00:21Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > > I got the reference. 🙂 > > Me too. I might have. GoT? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/77 "2021-02-09T22:25:30Z")
Ha. Thanks, guys. I’m feeling a tad lame today. And the day was indeed long. And full of frikkin’ meetings. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/78 "2021-02-09T22:29:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > GoT Indeed. You got it in one. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/79 "2021-02-09T22:54:52Z")
Amazing! FedEx delivered the package to my porch right by the front door!! But it was a real FedEx employee, not a contractor in a rented truck. Anyway - huzzah!! **FCD** called about an hour ago from Louisville. According to their GPS, they should get to his aunt’s around 7 or so. He sounded tired - no surprise there. As for books - mine was called Deutsche Heute and it’s on a shelf across the room from me. We also had a novel (of sorts) called Geheime Mission, about industrial espionage and lipstick that changed color. Now, I’m going to order something for supper because I’m starving and I don’t feel like cooking. What to get and where to get it from?? I’ll peruse offerings in Leonardtown and decide accordingly. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426/80 "2021-02-09T23:09:03Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@Bumbazine](#): > > > > We’re almost out of dark chocolate covered caramels. 😮 > > Ever had Trader Joe’s? Delectable and I can eat them twice as fast cause they are so inexpensive for the quality. TJ’s is **such** an enabler! I would like to, and we will, but TJs is an hour’s drive away, so who knows when we’ll get up that way again… The ones we like can be had at Fred Meyers (Kroger) or Safeway, both of which are 10 minutes away and our usual grocery gettin’ stores. But thanks for telling me about them. You’re a peach. BTW, we each have **one** after dinner for dessert. They’re that good. Made a visit to Costco this morning. We are now stocked up on TP and paper towels. Also scored some corned beef! We usually can only find corned beef around here just before St. Paddy’s day, so I’m happy. My annoyance for this week: Last week I called my gastro guy for an appointment. The nice person I talked to said I needed to fill out some forms and she would send me a link to sign to their website and a password to sign in. I wrote it down on a piece of paper in front of the ( **Wifey** ’s) computer, thinking I would use it in a few minutes. Remember, this was _last week_. The email with the link arrived _yesterday_. Of course, by them the piece of paper had disappeared. I just spent half an hour on the phone with a nice tech person named Robin getting myself signed in. Forms are all filled out now. 😅 I know. First world problems. Supper tonight is leftover corn chowder from last night. Y’all be good to each other out there! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-mmp-semi-offical-list-of-mumpers-for-this-week/932426.md?page=5)