# The Important Birthday MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 28, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271 "2016-11-28T10:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/201 "2016-12-03T16:30:43Z")
She was really my first SDMB friend. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/202 "2016-12-03T16:37:38Z")
This is such sad news. Despite all of her troubles, **rosie** always seemed to have such tenacity. It seems so wrong that she wasn’t able to weather this. ☹ ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/203 "2016-12-03T17:07:54Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/204 "2016-12-03T17:09:55Z")
Has anyone been able to confirm the Rosie news? Is it weird to cry for someone you’ve never met in person? ☹ ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/205 "2016-12-03T17:12:22Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > There’s a post saying she succumbed to pneumonia. I knew she was in rehab after a fall and had gotten ill. This is horrible. Where is the post, Ivory? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/206 "2016-12-03T17:13:52Z")
The post is on her FB page. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/207 "2016-12-03T17:18:38Z")
Is anyone taking care of her cat? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/208 "2016-12-03T17:22:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Where is the post, Ivory? Yeah- a Facebook friend reported what Rosie’s cousin said. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/209 "2016-12-03T17:27:03Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Yeah- a Facebook friend reported what Rosie’s cousin said. Thanks. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/210 "2016-12-03T17:29:23Z")
Wow… just wow. I thought she was getting better. So very, very sad… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/211 "2016-12-03T17:29:26Z")
All I can find on Facebook is what **ITD** said. Has anyone with Rosie phone number tried to call her? I would hope that someone wouldn’t post anything on social media that wasn’t absolutely true, but, well, it’s social media. I can hope. She was posting on FB yesterday… I will check in here several times today, just to get the news. I wanted to remind everyone that I leave tomorrow morning early for Hawai’i and make no promises for Internet all next week. This just sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/212 "2016-12-03T17:35:17Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > All I can find on Facebook is what **ITD** said. Has anyone with Rosie phone number tried to call her? I would hope that someone wouldn’t post anything on social media that wasn’t absolutely true, but, well, it’s social media. I can hope. She was posting on FB yesterday… > > I will check in here several times today, just to get the news. > > I wanted to remind everyone that I leave tomorrow morning early for Hawai’i and make no promises for Internet all next week. > > This just sucks. There are several posts by her friends and family. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/213 "2016-12-03T17:43:21Z")
In more mundane news, de-leafage is done. Well, most of it. We declared it done, and that’s good enough. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/214 "2016-12-03T18:03:12Z")
That sucks. That really, really sucks. It’s serious suckage. I met Rosie several years ago when she was in Philly for a Sweet Adelines thing. Since then, we got close here and on Facebook. Rosie’s sig, y’all. ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/215 "2016-12-03T18:14:01Z")
Hugs, Yays, Boos, Pats-on-Back, Smacks-Upside-Heads, yums, and a smattering of eeeeewwwww! Please distribute as needed. **Rosie’s** sig. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/216 "2016-12-03T18:14:38Z")
Sad Saturday ☹ So sorry to hear about **Rosie** , I thought she was getting better. This is such a shock. I thought about her cat too **Flytrap**. I hope somebody who was close to her will take care of Smokey. I have to leave for the grocery store soon. Then it’s on to doing laundry. De-leafing won’t happen around here until school is over. If I didn’t know better I’d think my cat is smoking crack. He tried to use my leg as a scratching post this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/217 "2016-12-03T18:24:37Z")
Just saw Rosie’s FB page and came straight here. I’m shocked and heartbroken as I imagine everyone else is as well. I will miss her so much. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/218 "2016-12-03T18:39:14Z")
If no one else is willing to look after Smokey, we are willing to take him in. (IIRC, it’s a him.) ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/219 "2016-12-03T18:40:42Z")
There’s a part of me that refuses to believe the news. Alas, I know it’s true now. Goodbye **rosie** you made our hearts a little bit gladder bein’ here and you make our hearts a whole lot sadder by leavin’ us. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271/220 "2016-12-03T18:44:29Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > If I didn’t know better I’d think my cat is smoking crack. He tried to use my leg as a scratching post this morning. He wants you to pick him up and/or scratch him. Think of it as a kid tugging on your pant leg or skirt. He’s trying to get you to pay attention to _him_ way down there on the floor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-important-birthday-mmp/773271.md?page=12)