# The I Didn't See One So I Started One MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 27, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305 "2015-07-27T07:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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 30, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/161 "2015-07-30T17:33:38Z")
Go ahead, **sari** , mock me for my typos! 😛 \*\*Spidey \*\*- the lumber is pressure treated, and it’ll sit on bricks to keep it above the dirt. We’ve been to this rodeo before - we know how it goes. 😃 Laundry is mostly in. **FCD** ’s jeans are still out. I always check the crotch since that’s where the seams are heaviest and always out of the sun - if that’s dry, the jeans are dry. Except not. The waistband and pockets - the parts in the sun, no less - were slightly damp. So the jeans are on hangers hanging on the eyebolts that hold the lines. I figure in another hour, they should be dry - it’s pretty hot out there, and not very humid. Meanwhile, after the roasts were in the smoker for 90 minutes, I put the chops in. They’ll get about 90 minutes themselves, then after they cool down, all but 2 will go in the freezer. I’m thinking one of the roasts will become pulled pork and the other will be frozen. But for now, I’ve got time to be a slug. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/162 "2015-07-30T19:17:10Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Nah she just buried it under five years of corn LOL **SARI** I noticed that How much is five years of corn **MMMOOOOMMM?** ---
**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 30, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/163 "2015-07-30T19:30:32Z")
**Butters** , that would be five years that Hee Haw was on the air. 😛 Smokeage is done. Laundry is in. Sky is clouding over - here’s hoping we get some rain. Yep, all flavors of exciting here. ---
**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 30, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/164 "2015-07-30T19:49:03Z")
Howdy Y’all! Another day of irk survived! ‘Twas a busy day and I was in and out of the heat a lot so I’s hawt and tahrd! Dindin shall be sammiches and chips cause cook mode ain’t happenin’. **MetalMouse** thanks. Happy OCD sounds like something we should wish **doggio**. 😃 I think the next time I shall apply smoke to meat will be Labor Day weekend. Ribs are needed for Labor Day weekend. I already have some St. Louis style ribs in da freezer and am awaitin’ a deal on some baby back ribs. ---
**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 30, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/165 "2015-07-30T21:23:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe it is to keep it dry and keep snakes out of it. Snakes can climb trees. ---
**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 30, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/166 "2015-07-30T22:21:57Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Snakes can climb trees. I’m never, ever again goin’ outside. There are snakes in trees ready to jump on me! :eek: ---
**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 30, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/167 "2015-07-30T22:28:19Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Snakes can climb trees. Tell me about it. Years ago I had friends who lived back in the woods. Beautiful house, all redwood and glass, stream running through the front yard. She had cats and when they broke up she took her cats with her. No cats around so he got mice, and with the mice came the snakes. You had to walk under a canopy of trees to get to the front door and the trees were just dripping with snakes. Every now and then one would fall out and land on the path. If one had ever landed on me you probably would have heard my screams coast to coast. I hated the walk from the car to the house. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/168 "2015-07-30T23:02:26Z")
Every tree in da yahd is _infested_ with snakes! I just know they are. Snakes slitherin’ all in the trees ready to jump down on me. I think I need a cast iron umbrella. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/169 "2015-07-30T23:05:49Z")
When I was a girl all we did for recreation was go fishing. I can’t count the times Daddy would get the boat in the bushes and snakes would fall into the boat. He couldn’t fish in a clear open spot. Once we were at a pond fishing from the bank and he wanted to move to the other side through the woods. I stepped on a snake and remember looking down and it was looking back up at me with its mouth open. I screamed and jumped. Daddy saw it and said “damn, that’s a cottonmouth”. It’s a miracle I survived childhood. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/170 "2015-07-30T23:15:31Z")
Fine. I am now convinced that snakes are slitherin’ around all over the place just waitin’ for me to step outside. Y’all happy now? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/171 "2015-07-30T23:22:14Z")
Home from a day of irk that almost felt like a waste of time. Not sure why, except maybe heat, but productivity was low and crankiness was high. For bonus points, the foot I whammed over a month ago is hurting (with no new damage). Dinner will probably be bagged salad with cut-up grilled chicken breast, assuming the chicken is still edible. Nice to know I’m not the only ophidiophobe around. 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/172 "2015-07-30T23:27:08Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Fine. I am now convinced that snakes are slitherin’ around all over the place just waitin’ for me to step outside. Y’all happy now? No. One time when Oldest Sister was living at Southern Grandma’s old house, I saw a four-foot long blacksnake crawl out of a hole in the crawlspace under the back porch. My dad wouldn’t let Oldest Sister kill it because blacksnakes eat mice. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/173 "2015-07-30T23:27:51Z")
As long as they’re not poisonous, snakes are cool. Supper was OK - the smoked chops were good, but the corn wasn’t as fresh as the Amish corn. So now I know where not to get it. We got a nice bit of rain, and now it’s cooling down a bit. Tomorrow, we’re going out for breakfast, then to get some kind of cleaner/degreaser so \*\*FCD \*\*can finish painting. I was going to mow, but I’ll do that Saturday morning. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/174 "2015-07-30T23:28:38Z")
I’m kind of scared of spiders, but snakes don’t scare me. Though they might startle me a little sometimes. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/175 "2015-07-30T23:44:52Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > No. > > One time when Oldest Sister was living at Southern Grandma’s old house, I saw a four-foot long blacksnake crawl out of a hole in the crawlspace under the back porch. My dad wouldn’t let Oldest Sister kill it because blacksnakes eat mice. Yes. My Father and I got into serious trouble for shooting a black snake at my Grandfather’s farm. ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/176 "2015-07-30T23:48:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Fine. I am now convinced that snakes are slitherin’ around all over the place just waitin’ for me to step outside. Y’all happy now? Do you have [any](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C8CYOAbnd7k/TwrEhEutafI/AAAAAAAABv0/BTmadZI37_0/s1600/spudgun.jpg) [weapons](http://files.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/rubber-band-gun.jpg), Swampy? ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/177 "2015-07-30T23:59:20Z")
I think it’s time to assume the recline position. _ **MWAH!** _ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/178 "2015-07-31T00:05:26Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Every tree in da yahd is _infested_ with snakes! I just know they are. Snakes slitherin’ all in the trees ready to jump down on me. I think I need a cast iron umbrella. :eek: I’d rather have a snake jump out of a tree on me than an elephant. Fact: Elephants paint their toenails red so they can hide in apple trees to jump on you. ---
**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 31, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/179 "2015-07-31T00:25:32Z")
I worked. I came home. The neighbors got evicted. > [@swampbear](#): > > **MetalMouse** thanks. Happy OCD sounds like something we should wish **doggio**. 😃 I have CDO, it’s like OCD, except the letters are in proper alphabetical order. > [@Catamount](#): > > Snakes can climb trees. And to the top of 3 story apartment buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305/180 "2015-07-31T00:39:30Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > The neighbors got evicted. Was there a story behind this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-didnt-see-one-so-i-started-one-mmp/726305.md?page=10)