# The kaboom mmp **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 3, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418 "2017-07-03T10:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 4, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/81 "2017-07-04T21:29:47Z")
Hung out with my roommate’s brother today. Going to a concert tonight. ---
**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 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/82 "2017-07-04T21:32:59Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Went to the barn to turn Ariel out and she was out all night and wanted IN NOW because she missed brekkie. So she et her grain and we rode outside for a bit. I’m home now making chicken and Tater Tots and watching Wimbledon. Wearing steel-toe shoes around her yet, or has she gotten over that grudge against your foot? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/83 "2017-07-04T22:06:03Z")
I’am going out to bring in my mom’s flag, and get some take out before it gets dark. It’s going to be scary in the streets around 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 4, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/84 "2017-07-04T22:06:44Z")
Quality time at the cee-mint pond was wunnerful as well as dindin. Everyone is gone and chill mode ensues. As I always say, I love company, comin’ and goin’. 😃 ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/85 "2017-07-04T22:12:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’am going out to bring in my mom’s flag, and get some take out before it gets dark. It’s going to be scary in the streets around here. A bad neighborhood in Tottering on the Brink? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/86 "2017-07-04T22:41:05Z")
**butters** , I’d be willing to start a Mumper bail fund. 😃 ---
**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 4, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/87 "2017-07-04T23:26:30Z")
I worked a short day, came home napped. Dinner tonight is burgers with microwave corn on the cob with jalapeno blue cheese butter > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **doggio**!! You quoted Yellowbeard!!! That’s one of my very favoritest movies!!! \* …stagger, stagger, crawl, stagger, roll…\* GMTA. Or as Yellowbeard would say, “With your head on my shoulders, we could wreck civilization!”😃 > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > **Doggie** , did you post a picture of your car somewhere? If so, I missed it. > [@dogbutler](#): > > I now am the proud owner of a [Volvo wagon](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/dogbutler/20170703_155021_zpsbobqlocu.jpg) Complete with [Prancing Møøse](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/dogbutler/20170703_155032_zpskbeuvhts.jpg) emblems.😃 > [@Catamount](#): > > That møøse once bit my sister. :mad: She shouldn’t have been Karving her initials in it with Svenge’s interspace toothbrush.😛 > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > And we _still_ don’t want to pay our taxes. We don’t like taxation without representation. We’re not overly fond of taxation _with_ representation. ---
**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 5, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/88 "2017-07-05T00:07:32Z")
We shall now retire to the boudoir to watch teevee until sleepy time. OYKW goes back to irk tomorrow, poor thing. I shall engage in yahd irk and at some point clean the kitchen and bathrooms. Retirement is not for the feint of heart. Nitey Nite 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:** [July 5, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/89 "2017-07-05T00:26:41Z")
I am not imprisoned. The chipper left shortly after it returned. We are talking giant commercial sized chipper. Anyway, i had a good nap while my beef stew was cooking. I got up and added the veggies and supper has been et. I also cleaned the kitchen and did some laundry so not a totally wasted day. I have the cat inside ready for the onslaught of kabooms. Was thunderstorming for a while which suits me but our event at irk probably does not like it. Lots of man power and time just to be rained out. I guess tomorrow will be another Moanday. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/90 "2017-07-05T01:43:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > A bad neighborhood in Tottering on the Brink? No, just LOTS of kids shooting off LOTS of fireworks. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/91 "2017-07-05T02:26:03Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > 😃 You rock, **kopek**!!! I own my own copy; probably watch it more often than I do my Monty Python ----- and you know how often I work those lines into conversations here. 😉 > [@Spiderman](#): > > Why not, there are some real characters here. Yes, your honor and members of the jury ------ whatever **Plant** is accused of doing, I saw him do it with my very own eyes! > [@Spiderman](#): > > Gendarmes. Are you in France? > Are you there celebrating July 4th today? US Independence Day is big in France, right? Indeed! They celebrate by throwing cows across the Channel at England. Fetchez la vache! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/92 "2017-07-05T02:27:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > No, just LOTS of kids shooting off LOTS of fireworks. We got that here too. I had to glare down a couple on the ride home. ---
**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 5, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/93 "2017-07-05T04:39:25Z")
I’m hearing some unsettlingly large stuff going off outside. Haven’t checked on the cat’s whereabouts in a while, but I will not be surprised if she’s hiding in the bed. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/94 "2017-07-05T06:12:37Z")
I got woke up by a couple large booms. I am almost hoping they were shotgun blasts. I don’t want anything less getting me out of bed at 2am. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/95 "2017-07-05T06:40:47Z")
The neighbors had some amazingly large fireworks. I thought you had to be a city council to have booms that big. Still, fun was had, and no injuries that I am aware of. We went on a family bike outing. Thinking back, I haven’t ridden my bike in almost 30 years. We had fun. Hubby’s back to work tomorrow. ---
**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 5, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/96 "2017-07-05T09:12:32Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work. It’s drizzling. > [@kopek](#): > > Indeed! They celebrate by throwing cows across the Channel at England. > > Fetchez la vache! And taunting them a second time. ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/97 "2017-07-05T10:06:09Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 75 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 95 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. No doubt the heat index will be in the low hunnerts. ICK! The big plan today is mowage and to clean the bathrooms and kitchen. There are assorted leftovers in da fridge which shall comprise dindin. Good thing we’re both good with leftovers. No really big **KA\*BOOMS** last night at least that I could hear from inside da cave. Last year the neighbors behind and the neighbors two doors up set off a lot of fireworks but not this year. Guess the novelty wore off. Also so far no reports of anyone blowin’ up. Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then I shall prepare for mowage. The neighbors are all gone to irk by around seven-thirty so I can get started then. Yay for that. Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**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 5, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/98 "2017-07-05T10:31:06Z")
I kinda heard some kabooms last night, but nothing terrifying. The only thing that got Higgs all het up was a dog barking on TV - she had to bark back. Sometime in the middle of the night, \*\*FCD \*\*and I both woke and heard an owl hooting. It had to have been close because our windows were closed. Back in the office - I need to figure out what the heck I was doing before my looooooong weekend. I didn’t leave myself any notes - so which pile was I attacking??? 😕 At least it’ll be a short 3-day week. Happy Wednesday! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/99 "2017-07-05T11:42:48Z")
Happy camel day, mumpers! Did you enjoy your kaboom day, those that celebrated? We don’t officially get to blow stuff up legally until November but that doesn’t stop the folks where I live. Apparently we blow stuff up to celebrate every last eurpean public holiday, independence day and probably Russian grandmother’s birthday too. Some days you wonder if it’s fireworks or they’re blowing each other up with something more serious. Missed half the week due to a couple of crazy stupid deadlines for things that are entirely unrealistic when we are short-staffed but we have to keep to them as much as we can 'cos we have two systems working together with a very fragile link between them. Too many users and they’ll both have a flounce! 'tis getting hot over here again, we have nasty humid weather but the promise of thunderboomers tonight. Something to look forward to! _hugs, yays, boos and scritches as required_ ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418/100 "2017-07-05T12:02:03Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Wearing steel-toe shoes around her yet, or has she gotten over that grudge against your foot? 🙂 She has learned where to put her feet, which is NOT on the guardian’s toes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kaboom-mmp/790418.md?page=6)