# The Lost & Found MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 2, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982 "2012-07-02T07:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 3, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/61 "2012-07-03T23:33:39Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > [del]Fartblossoms[/del] Brussels sprouts with bacon?!?! What have y’all got against bacon? :eek: Ha! I knew you were incapable of delicate cuisine! So sad, so sad. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/62 "2012-07-03T23:38:22Z")
My sweetie is home. We went to a local chain for soup, salad, and breadsticks so we’s stuffded now. I just finished sorting the last of my pottery - some for the bargain bin, some that I think might sell for a bit more. I’ll be taking them to the shop tomorrow or Thursday, along with samples of my texting mitts (fingerless gloves.) 😃 And now, I’m going to assume the position and veg. \* \\* ---
**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, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/63 "2012-07-04T00:02:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Ha! > I knew you were incapable of delicate cuisine! > So sad, so sad. So delicate cuisine includes a veggie that is a staple in Satan’s cafeteria? 😛 In other news, it’s stormin’ to the north of us. It’s stormin’ to the south of us. We are like a DMZ between storm fronts. Weird. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/64 "2012-07-04T01:27:43Z")
I found out that the woman who comes to physical therapy about the same time that I do is most likely a distant relative. Kinda weird. My sweet little Bubba had a seizure tonight. Fortunately it wasn’t as bad as the last one but they do seem to be happening more frequently. For now, though, all I can do is keep track and hope he’s ok. And in other news I’ve forgotten the other news. But I guess I need to get off here and find something productive to do for the next few hours while my tumbler is running. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/65 "2012-07-04T01:40:27Z")
My quartet was here this evening - so I used the webcam to record us - we did 4 takes and we know what we have to work on - but the best was during the second take when Smokey wandered in to the room and moewed along with us. Needless to say, we did not finish the song that take. ---
**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, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/66 "2012-07-04T01:47:22Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > So delicate cuisine includes a veggie that is a staple in Satan’s cafeteria? Ha Ha Ha, Swampy can’t cook, Swampy can’t cook, Na Na nah Na Na! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/67 "2012-07-04T01:51:34Z")
Maybe I should start throwing frozen Brussels sprouts at the kids who ride bikes through my yard. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/68 "2012-07-04T01:57:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Recipe, recipe! > Give! > > I bet Swampy can’t make it! Erm not much of a recipe really but here goes: Bunch Brussels…trimmed of outside leaves and if they are large cut in half Add a bit of olive oil (not much a you get the fat from the bacon) to a roasting dish/casserole dish and put the sprouts in the dish and roll them around enough to coat them. Cut up a couple of stripes of bacon of your choice into about half inch pieces and fling willy nilly into the pan same for the onions. Season up with salt & pepper and a pinch of nutmeg. Roll everything around to ensure they are coated. Shove in oven at 350-375 for about 30 mins until they are fork tender. Eat. Alternatively sauté onions, garlic and bacon in a cast iron skillet. Add a bunch of thinly sliced Brussels to the pan and sauté in the delicious bacony goodness. Add a splash of balsamic vinegar at the end of cooking just enough to coat them. Salt if it needs it as the bacon will add a lot & lots of black pepper. Serve. Eat. Enjoy. Bathroom is clean. I wil vacuum tomorrow morning and steam mop then casa des ems will be clean and sanitary again. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/69 "2012-07-04T02:24:47Z")
It sounds like the end of _Return of the Jedi_ outside, minus the Ewoks. Hopeflly evolution will be in action:D ---
**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, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/70 "2012-07-04T02:39:49Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > It sounds like the end of _Return of the Jedi_ outside, minus the Ewoks. > Hopeflly evolution will be in action:D ems and I got Vision, the rest of the world wears bi-focals. :rolleyes: ---
**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, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/71 "2012-07-04T10:28:21Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > It sounds like the end of _Return of the Jedi_ outside, minus the Ewoks. > Hopeflly evolution will be in action:D Hey, y’all, watch this!😃 Up, caffeinated, off to irk. Then more house sitting for my “just friend”🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/72 "2012-07-04T10:32:09Z")
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YU ES EI! Well, OK, so that’s in Spanish Phonics. Or, as the CEO of one of my clients called it, “English as spoken by foreigners”. But have y’all a very happy birthday, pretty fireworks and not too many freaked-out dogs. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/73 "2012-07-04T10:33:24Z")
I wanted to sleep in. I needed to sleep in. No such luck. rats. So I left \*\*FCD \*\*to sleep a bit longer since he really needs it, and here I am. Happy Fourth! Hope those of you with skittish doggehs can keep them from freekin’ out too much over fireworks tonight, if you’re in an area that will have fireworks. That’s all I’ve got. Maybe I should go back to bed… ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/74 "2012-07-04T10:36:04Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YU ES EI! > > Well, OK, so that’s in Spanish Phonics. Or, as the CEO of one of my clients called it, “English as spoken by foreigners”. But have y’all a very happy birthday, pretty fireworks and not too many freaked-out dogs. Hey, where **you** been? Finally sober after celebrating _la victoria roja_ for three nights? :p:D (congratulations, BTW :)) ---
**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, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/75 "2012-07-04T10:40:35Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 73 Amurrkin with a predicted high of _only_ 93. A chilly Fourth of July! 😃 Before I forget… **HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!** And for all the non-Amurrkins, Happy Hump Day! JDD and Partner will be over in a while and we’ll load up and head up to large and in charge Parrot, Jawja to festivate with JDD’s folks and family. I have ribs, cheese thangs and ‘nanner puddin’ to take. The ribs will heat up nicely in the biiiiiiiiiiig slow cooker. We shall also have **N.O.T.** sallit, baked beans, bbq and Brunswick stew (YUM!!!) and some bread type substance along with, of course, beerverages. JDD’s folks are so happy we’re comin’ up and not just cause of the food we bring but because they lurve us. For now I need more caffiene and need to feed rumbly tummy as well as wake up ol’ sleepyhaid so purtification can commence. Y’all have fun at play or work today! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/76 "2012-07-04T11:45:00Z")
\*\*\* \* \* Happy \* \* \* - ``` * * 4th of * * * ``` - ``` * * July!!! * * * ** ``` ---
**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 4, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/77 "2012-07-04T11:55:03Z")
Happy 4th July! I am at irk, just about to scoff a very nice lunch accompanied by a horsepill that I got from the doc yesterday. Poorly ear disease requires vast quantities of anti-biotics but at least this time I get to take them in pill form rather than languishing in the horsepickle having them pumped in. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/78 "2012-07-04T12:25:20Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Hey, where **you** been? Finally sober after celebrating _la victoria roja_ for three nights? :p:D (congratulations, BTW :)) Fuck no. Cutover this past weekend, I’m barely alive. And yet, despite all the things that went wrong in my side (small wonder, having done the work of 8 months in 2 and without full-load checks), the rest screwed up so many things I currently smell like a whole florist’s shop. Mind you: I have two neighbors, one from Madrid and one from Barça, each of whom shoots fireworks to celebrate _his_ team’s goals and goals against the other one’s team, and who compete to see which one celebrates _la roja_’s victories the loudest and longest. When we(1) made it to the final, I found myself thinking “… wishing tapeworms on Casillas et al wouldn’t be nice, would it? Can I rip off the guts of one of these two morons and use them to hang the other one?” (2) (1) if _la roja_ loses, it’s “they lost”. If _la roja_ wins, it’s “we won” even though I’ve played soccer only once in my whole life. Sort of like “:mad: that son of yours :mad:” vs “🙂 my boy :)” (2) Spanish saying, “Kings: you should cut open the best one’s guts and use them to hang the worst one.” Evidently not a monarchic saying. ---
**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, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/79 "2012-07-04T12:28:06Z")
**BooFae** glad you’re not in the horsepickle. We shall be leavin’ soon. Y’all behave while I’m gone. We don’t want a repeat of that runnin’ with scissors incident now do we? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/80 "2012-07-04T12:29:35Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > We don’t want a repeat of that runnin’ with scissors incident now do we? _Looks around for some non-safety scissors_ Will a fan do? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982.md?page=5)