# The "I stayed up past midnight just to start the MMP" MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010 "2014-12-01T05:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/41 "2014-12-01T18:27:07Z")
Welcome aboard, **Grrlbrarian**. We thank you for your offerings, and the squid and the goat have been put aw3ay. Now we need to assign you a nickname. The two that spring to mind are **Girly** and **Booker**. I’ll let **swampy** , **FCM** , and the others weigh in on this before it’s official. 'gratz on the continuation of your genetic line, **Yllaria**! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/42 "2014-12-01T18:40:35Z")
Welcome aboard, **zombie**. You can skip the beer and chocolate for me and go straight for the bourbon. 😃 Congrats on the wee one, **yeller**! Spoil her rotten enough to serve as proxy for all of her Mumper aunties and uncles. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/43 "2014-12-01T18:44:07Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > If you want to stay, you’ll need a nickname. Between the “Grr” & the end that looks like ‘brain’, your new Delta Tau Mumper name now **Zombie**! > P. S. way to go with the beer & chocolates on your first post, you’ll fit in well! > [@anyrose](#): > > Welcome aboard, **Grrlbrarian**. We thank you for your offerings, and the squid and the goat have been put aw3ay. Now we need to assign you a nickname. > The two that spring to mind are **Girly** and **Booker**. I’ll let **swampy** , **FCM** , and the others weigh in on this before it’s official. Okay I missed **Spidey** ’s post, but some Mumpers have multiple nicknames. so, it’s all good. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/44 "2014-12-01T18:52:53Z")
\*\*Yeller \*\*- congrats!! Babbeys are great, especially when they belong to someone else and I don’t have to contend with poopy diapers! I hope pics will be forthcoming. Just back from a run to Food Lion. As usual, I went for 4 or 5 items and come home $48 and change later. The biggest chunk was for 4 cases of Sierra Mist Diet Cranberry - very yummy and not available after January (at least that’s how it went last year.) We’ve now got 10 cases in reserve. Yay! Chickie for supper - not sure what I’m going to do with it, tho. I’ll figure something out. Incidentally, it’s 71° and gorgeous here! The windows are open and the sun is shining. There’s a band of rain on the way, but I figure we have a couple more hours of nice before it hits. Just so I get my laundry in before the drops fall, I’m good. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/45 "2014-12-01T19:08:57Z")
Comin’ up for air. _GASP_ Been a bzzzzzzy day here at the irkplace. That’s a good thing though. I like to be busy. **yeller** yay for grandbaby! Pics must be forthcomin’. **zombie** welcome! Homemade aignog, yum! Don’t like the sto’ bought stuff but homemade with a hefty shot of whiskey is da bomb! Also, I happen to like bangers and mash. Good eats! ‘Tis 74 Amurrkin out. Warm, sunny and oh so nice. I went out and put my jacket in twuck thus ensurin’ jacket will at least make it to da cave this evenin’. GO ME! 😃 I told OYKW I’d be late gettin’ to da cave due to havin’ to deal with Staples today. Fortunately he knows there’s beast stew in da fridge and has a workin’ knowledge on how to nukulate stuff. He won’t starve. Ok, back to irk. Laterz! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/46 "2014-12-01T19:11:54Z")
> [@missred](#): > > So, **spaz** , what did the x-rays reveal? Tic-tac-toe? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/47 "2014-12-01T19:17:34Z")
> [@Grrlbrarian](#): > > Ahhhh congrats on the grandbaby! Photos linked here or elsewhere? There are pics, but the new parents haven’t had a chance to post them yet, and they have priority. Although I have to say, with no bias at all, that she looks extraordinarily intelligent for a newbie. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/48 "2014-12-01T21:10:35Z")
I worked I came home. I heard distant meowing. Apparently Bella had snuck not my closet while i was showering. > [@VunderBob](#): > > Gigablurf. > > Maybe **Flytrap** and wife will be [moving to China](http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/puns-are-now-punishable-in-china/article/417950). It has to be a good law. A billion Chinese can’t be Wong.😃 > [@Grrlbrarian](#): > > Hey y’all! > > Long time lurker, first time poster in the MMP. > > As is traditional, here is your virtual brunchin’ fare: > > For the lighter appetites: > > Coffee with Baileys or Jameson (or even without, if you like your coffee puritanical) > Hot tea, variety of flavors > Cranberry-orange muffins > Chocolate chocolate chip muffins > > For the heartier appetites: > > Guinness or Strongbow > Bangers and mash (yes, those are sausages, and fine they are too for breakfast / brunch) > > Truly hearty appetites: > > Eat it all, call aloud for more > > Health, wealth, and a good morning to all. Slainte! Bangers and Mash? Guinness? You are alright in my book, **Zombie**. Congrats, **Yeller**! **Midget** , go all **BBBobbio** on the Centre’s ass! **lieu**! : tacklehug : ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/49 "2014-12-01T21:26:18Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Oh, my way to work this morning, while I was in the drive-through at Taco Bell, there was a ping announcing the message that my granddaughter had been born. She’s the first grandbaby born into the family. Apgar: 9.9. Weight: 7 lbs 1 oz. > > Good way to start the day. > > * * * > > On the topic of the blurf - someone posted a picture of it months ago. Does anyone have a link to that? A picture is worth a thousand words. I was quick-skimming and at first only saw: " … I was in the drive-through at Taco Bell … " " … … " " … … " " Good way to start the day." and thought to myself :eek: How sad is \*this \*person’s life? But apparently, it’s quite awesome. :o Hope NewMom is doing well and recovering quickly. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/50 "2014-12-01T21:43:58Z")
If **Zombie** ends up posting in all the MMP threads from now on, each new MMP thread can be a **zombie** thread! 😛 I did get some info on how to fix things up for myself a bit, so that’s good I guess. I’ve been working on a craft project while waiting for a friend to log into Skype. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/51 "2014-12-01T23:25:44Z")
Howdy Y’all! Da bear is in the midst of full **BBBobbio**. The phone I bought at Staples is an ATT phone and is still under ATT warranty. We all know what fun that is. Of course they will replace the system but I have to pay to ship it back accordin’ to ATT. **WRONG ANSWER!!!** After goin’ three rounds with ATT reps, I have now scanned and emailed the receipt along with a detailed explanation as to how they shall send me a prepaid shippin’ label along with a box to ship it back to them, along with my email addy and phone contact information. I explained that the only suitable solution is for ATT to do as I have requested and that I am prepared to keep goin’ until I get what I want. It was a nice, polite, but firm email. OYKW thinks my picture should be sent to everyplace I buy stuff from along with a note that says, “do not, under any circumstances, piss this man off.” See, he gets me! 😃 > [@VunderBob](#): > > Maybe **Flytrap** and wife will be [moving to China](http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/puns-are-now-punishable-in-china/article/417950). Well, in truth, there should be no cracks in China. **Midget** HEE! That was funny! **loo** YO! Where ya been hidin’? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/52 "2014-12-01T23:30:40Z")
Supper was chickie, cabbage-n-onions, smashed N.O.T.s, with ice cream to follow later. I’s stuffded, and there was enough chickie left over to make chickie salad tomorrow. Now we’re just waiting for the rain to arrive. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/53 "2014-12-01T23:39:30Z")
Y’all are a chatty bunch today. Haven’t read but will. Just wanted to say AAAAARRRRRGGGGGG! My best employee decided to surf the net today for Cyber Monday deals until I had had enough. I went in there and told her to get off the computer and rattled off a list of cleaning projects I needed done right now. Her ass got up and started to clean. Imagine that. Now I guess I am a bitch. When the teen relief came in she told her I had yelled. I did not yell but everyone was looking at me a little sideways. I don’t care. I am very lenient but when I am in the mood I ask them to Do the Fucking Job they are being paid to do. Bunch of Slackers. Try to be nice and it’ll bite you every time. It is not my time. It is Uncle SAMs time and is not mine to give. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/54 "2014-12-01T23:52:37Z")
After being nice to Wally\*World, I’ve since recovered and wrote another scorcher to Big Blue Health. The reason was a solicitation to join some kind of health monitoring program they have. > [@me](#): > > [INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]VunderBob > The VunderLair > [/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]Big Blue Health Insurance > Richmond, VA > > Encl: Your letter of 19 November > > 1 December 2014 > Dear Madam or Sir: > > Each year, I can count on Big Blue Health to send me something of some type > that reminds me your company believes me and the other clients to be stupid. I > thought there was a chance that I might sneak out of 2014 without having my > intelligence insulted, but at almost the last moment, I received the enclosed > letter from ConditionCare. > > My answer was, is, and always will be **HELL NO!** Let me explain my reasons in > small words that even you will understand: > > 1. I know all the health issues I have with my glorious Greek god-like body, > and I do not have the time to bring a faceless corporate bureaucrat up to speed > on something that is none of their damned business; > > 2. Because your own in-house pharmacy is incapable of processing and > delivering a prescription order in 6 weeks time, I don’t trust anything related to > Big Blue Health just on general principles. Where one division is criminally > negligent, the others have to be, too; > > 3. The subject of the enclosed letter reeks of the foul stench of Obamacare. Me > no like his horse, either. > > Be sure to call me at the number listed above so I have something to block in my > phone. > > With a gruff snort of contempt, > > /s/ VunderBob ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/55 "2014-12-02T00:09:01Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > **lieu**! : tacklehug : Woof! Who’s your butler, who’s your pal? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/56 "2014-12-02T00:13:50Z")
Recline time!!! _ **MWAH!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/57 "2014-12-02T00:19:25Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **loo** YO! Where ya been hidin’? As a 70’s era geologist? Under classic rocks. Yes, this one was a really good _cover._ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/58 "2014-12-02T00:30:40Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Don’t know. Haven’t seen them yet. I think that means there’s something unspeakable in there. Maybe the CIA has some sort of secret implant in you? > [@lieu](#): > > Tic-tac-toe? I thought that was what Blue Cross called it when you dropped a case of breath-fresheners on your foot. > [@lieu](#): > > As a 70’s era geologist? Under classic rocks. > > Yes, this one was a really good _cover._ So Papa really _was_ a rolling stone! ---
**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:** [December 2, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/59 "2014-12-02T00:34:08Z")
Hi **Zombie**! Seeing as you’re still the only doper I know for certain is a real human (though I don’t remember you being undead) welcome to the MMP! 😃 Mind the squid, he gets grumpy. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010/60 "2014-12-02T01:28:54Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > The winning numbers for the next Lotto are 18, 27, 4, 36 and 41. I would recomend you do a lump sum distribution. > You know how when you’re chopping down a tree and you swing and hit it just right and wood goes flying everywhere and the axe feels so perfect in your hand, you hardly even feel it hit? > > Surely that feeling can’t be limited just to trees. I am so,playing these numbers and I do not play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-past-midnight-just-to-start-the-mmp-mmp/706010.md?page=4)