# The Happy, Happy MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545 "2013-07-15T10:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/241 "2013-07-19T12:39:59Z")
\*\*Drae \*\*- did they at least give you donuts or something?? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/242 "2013-07-19T12:42:10Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Drae \*\*- did they at least give you donuts or something?? There will be cash prizes for the best in each category, I believe. And I admit I _am_ wearing a damn tiara. Mostly because any excuse to wear my tiara out of the house is a good excuse for 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:** [July 19, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/243 "2013-07-19T12:45:21Z")
Is there any reason you couldn’t wear your tiara every day?? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/244 "2013-07-19T12:52:27Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Is there any reason you couldn’t wear your tiara every day?? 😉 It actually kinda hurts my head, so I can only wear it for an hour or two at a time. Usually while I do dishes or something. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/245 "2013-07-19T12:58:20Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I’m sorry, did I say “awesome”? I meant “stupid and desperate.” It seems to me that this is the kind of thing a company does when it’s trying to distract its employees from noticing something is very wrong. Stuperate. “And now, Titanic passengers, it is time for our stuperate Funny Hat contest! Ignore the iceberg and enjoy the Funny Hats!” ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/246 "2013-07-19T13:06:08Z")
First real day of vacation for me. I have a driving lesson today. ☹ I suck at driving. Same old story. I hope we won’t have any more fricking thunderstorms today, but we probably will. :rolleyes: ← me rolling my eyes at myself. I finally got around to practicing my clarinet yesterday after a few days off. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/247 "2013-07-19T13:11:52Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I hope we won’t have any more fricking thunderstorms today, but we probably will. :rolleyes: \<– me rolling my eyes at myself. There are people out there who have had _no_ thunderstorms in more than two weeks, young lady. So you _eat your thunderstorms and you like it!!_ Wait. I may have gotten confused there. It’s really really hot. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/248 "2013-07-19T13:29:02Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > There are people out there who have had _no_ thunderstorms in more than two weeks, young lady. So you _eat your thunderstorms and you like it!!_ > > Wait. I may have gotten confused there. It’s really really hot. That sounds a little bit unsafe. 😛 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/249 "2013-07-19T13:33:37Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > There are people out there who have had _no_ thunderstorms in more than two weeks, young lady. So you _eat your thunderstorms and you like it!!_ When I was young, we _walked_ to our thunderstorms, and we _liked_ it! Get off my shriveled lawn! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/250 "2013-07-19T13:38:45Z")
I wish I could send thunderstorms to those who need them. I’m sitting around in my pjs and cracking open a Dr Pepper at 9:30 AM. Damn caffeine addiction. I’ll take a shower later today. Or maybe I can just wait for the next thunderstorm and go outside in it. 😛 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/251 "2013-07-19T13:57:02Z")
I’d like a nice thunderstorm- we haven’t had any _all year_! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/252 "2013-07-19T14:05:21Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I wish I could send thunderstorms to those who need them. Make me feel guilty about being in a drought. Fine. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/253 "2013-07-19T14:58:51Z")
I’ve been considering getting a hotel room for the night just for use of their pool, but then I’d have to bring the dog, abandon a grieving cat, and try to sleep in a place other than my own bed, which never works out as well as I’d hope. I suppose I _could_ just check in, go swimming, and then go home for the night, but that seems kind of ridiculous. But then I remembered that our town swimmin’-hole will do one-week memberships. Because $200 a summer for Roomie an’ me to go swimming five times seemed a little excessive last year. But fifty bucks just to get in, swim around a little, and go the hell home is a much better deal. Even if it is a pond and not a pool. I’m enough of a city girl that I hate that much _nature_ all over me. I want chlorine, dammit. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/254 "2013-07-19T14:58:56Z")
Back from erranding and from dropping off the Sonata to get its oil changed. Higlet has the runs still - I need to do some research before deciding if we need to get her to the vet. Otherwise, I’m good till 2. I see some stenciling in my near future. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/255 "2013-07-19T15:09:51Z")
**Drae** , one of my best friends calls pools “used water”. She hates them and would much rather swim in the ocean or a natural body of water. In about 25 minutes I’ll need to hop in the shower and clean up for my errands. I had planned on being ready to go sooner, but I was just enjoying my coffee and quiet time too much. Temps here are supposed to reach the mid 80s; so not too terribly bad. We had thunderboomers here the other night and it cooled things off considerably. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/256 "2013-07-19T15:20:11Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > **Drae** , one of my best friends calls pools “used water”. She hates them and would much rather swim in the ocean or a natural body of water. I’m pretty sure it has a lot to do with the fact that we had a community pool when I was a kid, so I spent most of my childhood swimming time in pools. Roomie grew up in a much more rural area, and prefers ponds. I just really don’t like swimming in something that is also somebody’s house. _Things live in that pond._ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/257 "2013-07-19T15:23:19Z")
they do more than that, **Drae** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/258 "2013-07-19T15:25:01Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > they do more than that, **drae** 😉 _ **exactly my point.** _ 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/259 "2013-07-19T15:39:47Z")
Given the choice, I’ll take a river or lake over a pool, assuming the river or lake isn’t just an open sewer. I’m not a fan of chemicals and miscellaneous urine… ---
**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:** [July 19, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/260 "2013-07-19T16:26:30Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > It actually kinda hurts my head, so I can only wear it for an hour or two at a time. Usually while I do dishes or something. 🙂 I think I’m in LOVE! 😃 **Status update** : I am scheduled to be offline/outside most of this weekend; if you haven’t heard from me by Mon/Tues, please ask TPTB to add me [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) as it means I **MELTED** \*! :eek: …or melted & was warshed away in forecasted T-boomers! :eek: :eek: - Calm down, **Flytrap** , there are _two_ medical tents to try to prevent that from happening. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545.md?page=14)