# 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:** 21
**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:** [July 21, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/401 "2013-07-21T20:17:33Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Mouse #3 has gone to the Land of Wind and Ghosts. In a couple of days I’ll find out if there’s a Mouse #4. Most likely. > > I need to kidnap Durwood, Irish Storyteller’s Big Fat Cat, and keep him around for a couple of days. He’d take care of these meeses for me. All I’d have to do is rub his belly for an hour. I wanted to get a cat but the hounds from hell would probably kill it. ---
**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 21, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/402 "2013-07-21T20:45:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Sitting on a hot beach waiting for something to happen? 🙂 More like sitting in a hot car or truck waiting for someone to show up. Good times!!! 😃 ---
**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 21, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/403 "2013-07-21T20:50:16Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > See guys the SHARK cannon is the ticket, we have to stay out of wolf range. I am thinking we need a multiple launch system. Like this but with SHARKS > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha\_rocket\_launcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher) > > **Flytrap** I have no idea if \*\*Spidey \*\*is a gray or why he is so intent on your demise. He is from the city of “Brotherly Love”, what gives? > > **Jim** I live in the 'burbs (½ the taxes & double the services) so I don’t need to abide by their motto either. {where’s the evil smiley?} Shark fins have negative effect on tube propulsion which means we need to find another way to launch them; giant slingshots perhaps? However, we could [del]put rolled-up, tranquilizer-laced steaks in the spud gun to take care of the wolves[/del] get a human cannonball cannon & give [this outfit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_dress_of_Lady_Gaga) to **Flytrap** ; kindasorta that two birds with one stone thingy. Thataway Greenpeace won’t get mad at us for throwing off the wolves sleep schedule & can continue trying to get **Bobbio** back in the water. (Ya know how in a good novel all the loose ends tie up in the last few pages. 🆒) Lemme go to my [library](http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Ballistics-Cannons-Cincinnati-Dynamite/dp/B005DI8E3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374439000&sr=8-1&keywords=backyard+ballistics) for other ideas. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/404 "2013-07-21T20:50:51Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Mouse #3 has gone to the Land of Wind and Ghosts. In a couple of days I’ll find out if there’s a Mouse #4. Most likely. > > I need to kidnap Durwood, Irish Storyteller’s Big Fat Cat, and keep him around for a couple of days. He’d take care of these meeses for me. All I’d have to do is rub his belly for an hour. May I humbly suggest the [Victor M260 Multi-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap](http://www.amazon.com/Victor-M260-Multi-Kill-Electronic-Mouse/dp/B001JJCW0M). It IS expensive for a mouse trap BUT, you bait it once and it keeps killing - 150 of the little squeakers on a set of 4 C batteries. The mice follow the scent of peanut butter or other bait up the tiny staircases (so cute) into the death chamber. They have to straddle 2 metal plates to reach the treat. As soon as it detects the reduced resistance between the plates the mouse’s body creates, ZAPPP!!! Dead mousie. Then, with the psychotic efficiency of Sweeney Todd, the floor of the chamber rotates like the throttle in a carburetor and unceremoniously dumps the corpse into the collection tray. While it says the ‘collection drawer’ can hold 10 mice and that’s probably true if you arrange them carefully like socks in a drawer (socks with a mouse theme - obviously), I would suggest cleaning it out before you’ve added that many to your ‘collection.’ 🙂 I’ve used this myself and it’s one of my favorite gadgets. I have a lot of gadgets, but not a lot of favorites. ---
**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 21, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/405 "2013-07-21T20:57:11Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > May I humbly suggest the [Victor M260 Multi-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap](http://www.amazon.com/Victor-M260-Multi-Kill-Electronic-Mouse/dp/B001JJCW0M). A two-story mouse house & E-lect-rick chair; kewl! Do they make 'em in Arkansinian sizes? (Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes!) ---
**Author:** ![Tracijo67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@Tracijo67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracijo67)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/406 "2013-07-21T21:03:02Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Where ya goin’? In my working days, I never had more than 2 weeks of vacation in a row - I can’t imagine a full month. Well, except now that I’m not working (not really) it’s like every day is vacation!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: > > 😃 > > I was able to successfully complete a monitoring today, but the poor guy only had one bushel of crabs. Probably won’t even cover the cost of the gas and bait. That may explain why no one else is going out - there’s nothing to catch! I’ve submitted my time and mileage for the week - at 56.5¢ per mile, it more than covers the cost of my gas - even when I have to take the truck! So that’s good. > > We took the dog to get her nails trimmed and to get a gallon of milk. Yep, exciting times at FairyChatEstates! 😃 > > On Sep 14, I’m going to a sorta 40-year reunion. I graduated in '72, but our class pretty much sucks in the reunion department. Class of '73 decided to do a combined '72-'73 reunion, and at least 2 of my friends will be there, so I’ll have someone to hang with. \*\*FCD \*\*doesn’t want to go, which is fine. And since it’s in Baltimore, I’ll just spend that night at Mom’s and come home the next day. Easy peasy! I’m pretty sure some of the folks I’d really like to see won’t be there, but what the heck! For $40, there’ll be food, a band, and an open bar - not a bad deal! Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. And 4 days in Bali, Indonesia. I haven’t taken any vacation days – other than a sporadic day off here and there – for a little more than a year. I went to my 25 year class reunion a few years ago (class of '85) and had a blast, but did find myself wondering who all the old people were 😃 ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/407 "2013-07-21T21:08:23Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > A two-story mouse house & E-lect-rick chair; kewl! > > Do they make 'em in Arkansinian sizes? (Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes!) Hmmm. I take it you have ‘plus-size’ mice yearning to be gerbils or guinea pigs perhaps? There are a variety of electronic rat traps but those are single-kill only as far as I know and that’s all I’m seeing now with a quick search. Cats really are the best at this since they enjoy their work so much. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/408 "2013-07-21T21:15:47Z")
> [@Tracijo67](#): > > _\_ but did find myself wondering who all the old people were 😃 Yeah, I figure a bunch of old farts will sneak into our reunion. 😛 I just looked at my high school graduation portrait - I was so adorable looking back then. Gravity is so cruel, and thinning hair, and wrinkles. But I’ve still got my own teeth!!! 😃 ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/409 "2013-07-21T21:50:05Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Do they make 'em in Arkansinian sizes? (Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes!) :dubious: ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/410 "2013-07-21T21:55:03Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Shark fins have negative effect on tube propulsion which means we need to find another way to launch them; giant slingshots perhaps? [Slingshot.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo) If we cut the shark fins off, they will fit the tube better, and be really, really, really pissed off when they land in the pool. And, we can make [soup](http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/2925/Sharks-Fin-Soup.html)! ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/411 "2013-07-21T21:59:35Z")
It’s thundering - I think I need to turn this machine off… Who’s got tomorrow?? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/412 "2013-07-21T22:00:30Z")
Thanks mom. Today is my aunt’s 80th birthday and there was a big party and mom tells me afterwards that I was invited. It’s not the first time she’s done that. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/413 "2013-07-21T22:11:38Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I live in the 'burbs (½ the taxes & double the services) so I don’t need to abide by their motto either. {where’s the evil smiley?} > > Shark fins have negative effect on tube propulsion which means we need to find another way to launch them; giant slingshots perhaps? > However, we could [del]put rolled-up, tranquilizer-laced steaks in the spud gun to take care of the wolves[/del] get a human cannonball cannon & give [this outfit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_dress_of_Lady_Gaga) to **Flytrap** ; kindasorta that two birds with one stone thingy. Thataway Greenpeace won’t get mad at us for throwing off the wolves sleep schedule & can continue trying to get **Bobbio** back in the water. (Ya know how in a good novel all the loose ends tie up in the last few pages. 🆒) > Lemme go to my [library](http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Ballistics-Cannons-Cincinnati-Dynamite/dp/B005DI8E3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374439000&sr=8-1&keywords=backyard+ballistics) for other ideas. I too realized the deficiencies of my plan and propose two further modifications 1. Steam Catapult with SHARK launch tray(patent pending) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam\_catapult#Steam\_catapult](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_catapult#Steam_catapult) 1. The use of Hammerhead SHARKS for aerodynamic efficiency As we can be sure to miss **Swampy’s** pool a few times, I doubt the Wolves will be too interested in us, as they will be distracted by dangerous meat falling from the skies. I still am puzzled at your insistence at every turn of this worthy endeavor to cause harm to our own **Flytrap**. If he were to fall in the execution of our plan, say by being eaten by by a sea creature while obtaining our projectiles, we would doff our hats and mourn our comrade and we would continue upon our way, heavy in heart but brightened in the knowledge that he died not in vain but so that we could achieve our noble goal. Remember good sir, we seek to fill **Swampy’s** pool with SHARKS, we must put aside our differences and complete our mission, anyway you can always challenge him to a duel. **Jim** ---
**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:** [July 21, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/414 "2013-07-21T23:03:43Z")
I’ve spent all week up in here _not_ readin’ the posts about the surprise bein’ planned for me. Still not sure about the whole _Full Monty_ thing but I’m certain I would appreciate the effort. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 21, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/415 "2013-07-21T23:21:56Z")
Dinner is cooking, life is good. Boys. boys.boys. The plan is unworkable, unless you use sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/416 "2013-07-21T23:34:54Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > May I humbly suggest the [Victor M260 Multi-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap](http://www.amazon.com/Victor-M260-Multi-Kill-Electronic-Mouse/dp/B001JJCW0M). It IS expensive for a mouse trap BUT, you bait it once and it keeps killing - 150 of the little squeakers on a set of 4 C batteries. It looks like a Toolbox of Death. I’ll keep using the snap traps. I’m down to one, so hopefully my infestation is almost at an end. I just bought a game on Steam and it’s taking for. bloody. ever. to download. It should be done around 4 a.m. at this rate. Oh well, I’m getting some work done on the Neverending Teal Blanket. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/417 "2013-07-21T23:44:27Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Dinner is cooking, life is good. > Boys. boys.boys. The plan is unworkable, unless you use sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads. This is getting expensive [http://www.opticsplanet.com/laser-devices-dbal-a2-aiming-laser-with-visible-green-pointer-532nm.html?gclid=CP7y1eThwbgCFUkS7AodplAAwQ&ef\_id=UbjhjwAABCaIWSH7:20130721234224:s](http://www.opticsplanet.com/laser-devices-dbal-a2-aiming-laser-with-visible-green-pointer-532nm.html?gclid=CP7y1eThwbgCFUkS7AodplAAwQ&ef_id=UbjhjwAABCaIWSH7:20130721234224:s) ::Adds lasers to list:: **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/418 "2013-07-22T00:29:10Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > It looks like a Toolbox of Death. I’ll keep using the snap traps. I’m down to one, so hopefully my infestation is almost at an end. OK and this is not me trying to change your mind - truly. For me the nicest thing about it is the fact that if I remember to wipe up the old bait and put some fresh PB in every couple months, the trap will get any new arrivals before they get the chance to piss and shit on everything everywhere. What it really needs for that kind of ‘long march’ situation though is a transmitter. Going into the basement after a few weeks to see that I’ve nabbed one isn’t so much fun when you open the drawer and discover its less than pristine state. Fortunately I seem to have a preternatural sense of smell when it comes to the unique aroma of dead mouse and it’s never been TV forsenics level of disgusting. Even so . . . not fun. ---
**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 22, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/419 "2013-07-22T00:40:16Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > This is getting expensive > > [http://www.opticsplanet.com/laser-devices-dbal-a2-aiming-laser-with-visible-green-pointer-532nm.html?gclid=CP7y1eThwbgCFUkS7AodplAAwQ&ef\_id=UbjhjwAABCaIWSH7:20130721234224:s](http://www.opticsplanet.com/laser-devices-dbal-a2-aiming-laser-with-visible-green-pointer-532nm.html?gclid=CP7y1eThwbgCFUkS7AodplAAwQ&ef_id=UbjhjwAABCaIWSH7:20130721234224:s) > > ::Adds lasers to list:: > > **Jim** I’m good for the .55. ---
**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 22, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545/420 "2013-07-22T01:05:05Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > Hmmm. I take it you have ‘plus-size’ mice yearning to be gerbils or guinea pigs perhaps? Please note the location of post #409 :dubious: > [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > This is getting expensive > > [http://www.opticsplanet.com/laser-devices-dbal-a2-aiming-laser-with-visible-green-pointer-532nm.html?gclid=CP7y1eThwbgCFUkS7AodplAAwQ&ef\_id=UbjhjwAABCaIWSH7:20130721234224:s](http://www.opticsplanet.com/laser-devices-dbal-a2-aiming-laser-with-visible-green-pointer-532nm.html?gclid=CP7y1eThwbgCFUkS7AodplAAwQ&ef_id=UbjhjwAABCaIWSH7:20130721234224:s) > > ::Adds lasers to list:: > > **Jim** Especially when you add $ in to, ahhh, “grease palms” in order to get gov’t agency letterhead. > [@website purchase restriction](#): > > \*\*Government Restriction \*\* > This item is available for sale to Military and Law Enforcement Agencies only. Documentation required may include a Purchase Order on department/institution letterhead and additional certification forms. Certain federal, state, and/or local laws and regulations may apply. It is much less illegal to go with #403 plan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-happy-mmp/663545.md?page=22)