# The MMP. That's it, just "The MMP". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700 "2014-05-05T04:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/301 "2014-05-10T15:41:23Z")
From the looks of the weather radar, rain will hit here any time now. So much for weeding. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/302 "2014-05-10T15:47:21Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > From the looks of the weather radar, rain will hit here any time now. So much for weeding. šŸ˜ƒ It got sunny here. I donā€™t have to go out for N.O.TP since my niece is coming over to care for the hounds from hell and I asked her to bring some for us. Iā€™m getting stuff done around here though. So that is a good thing. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/303 "2014-05-10T16:28:51Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > **Flytrap** itā€™s not nice to tease would be murderers. Thatā€™s life in the fast lane. I recall when the iris of my eye was stuck to another structure, Dr. Baltz said, ā€œMy your eye is red!ā€ I replied, ā€œThat is why your Parents bought you books and sent you to school?ā€ She said, ā€œIt looks like I am going to have to take this great big needle full of steroids and stick in in your eyeball.ā€ During the process she mentioned, ā€œYou have to breathe, Mr. Plant.ā€ I opened my lips a tiny bit and replied, ā€œnoahdoan.ā€ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/304 "2014-05-10T17:04:49Z")
Needle in the eyeball! Iā€™m done for the day. Youā€™ll find me hiding under the covers trying to get that image out of my mind. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/305 "2014-05-10T17:11:29Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Needle in the eyeball! > > Iā€™m done for the day. Youā€™ll find me hiding under the covers trying to get that image out of my mind. Iā€™m just glad that her phone didnā€™t ring. ā€œSorry, I have to take this.ā€ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/306 "2014-05-10T18:00:01Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **gotti** yep, itā€™s Valtrex. I took the first dose and was a little loopy but now not so much, so maybe it wonā€™t make me a basket case. Thanks for the hugs and such yā€™all. What with the free meds, calamine lotion, Tylenol, oatmeal baths, and stayinā€™ in the A/C I believe I shall survive. Itā€™s really a more achy than hurty feelinā€™. OYKW even offered to hightail it back to see about me, the big olā€™ sweetie, but I told him that would not be necessary. I shall stay put all weekend and if I think I shouldnā€™t, then I can take Moanday off irk or irk from da cave. > > **Sean** I remember you talkinā€™ about your wife and how she resisted goin ā€™ to get herself seen about. Rememberinā€™ that was pretty much the decidinā€™ factor that made me go to convenient care just in case. > I have added this to the list of reasons I like you! šŸ˜ƒ > > ETA: **{{{StickyBuns}}}** all we can do sometimes is worry. Heck, I kinda wish my mom would slow down, but she lurves to be on the go. Hereā€™s hopinā€™ your mom will consider some things she could do like hookinā€™ up with a senior citizens group to socialize some if nuttinā€™ else. **swampy** , make sure OYKW and anyone else who you come into contact with has had the chicken pox or, at least has been vaccinated for it. You can spread that stuff. :eek: ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/307 "2014-05-10T18:01:17Z")
Just got up about half an hour ago. I work closing shift today, so YEAH, Iā€™m sleeping in! The Princess has been fed, Iā€™m current on silly online games, and I still have an hour and a half before I need to leave. Stuff like shower, brush teeth, brush hair, dress, eat breakfast, and pack lunch wonā€™t take more than about half an hour total. Please note that the sequence of those tasks is flexible. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/308 "2014-05-10T18:04:42Z")
da \*\*bear \*\*is contagious!! Quick, gloves and masks and HAZMAT suits for everyone!!! :eek: ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/309 "2014-05-10T18:06:40Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Needle in the eyeball! > > Iā€™m done for the day. Youā€™ll find me hiding under the covers trying to get that image out of my mind. : twitches : : goes fetal : : twitches : ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/310 "2014-05-10T18:07:02Z")
Word of warning for all the men on board. Donā€™t watch the E.R. show about sex sending people to the E.R. One of the men had his penis stuck in a camp stove. Getting that off would make getting a needle in the eyeball look like childā€™s play. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/311 "2014-05-10T18:25:00Z")
Tl;dr. Made it safely to Cottonfield County, and will be heading to the wedding shortly, Maaaaan do I miss my former corner of redneck heaven. ā˜¹ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/312 "2014-05-10T18:26:54Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > da \*\*bear \*\*is contagious!! Quick, gloves and masks and HAZMAT suits for everyone!!! :eek: Perhaps a diving bellā€¦ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/313 "2014-05-10T18:45:31Z")
Guest bathroom is clean. Cat box is scooped. Dishes are done. Weā€™ve had a few sprinkles, but nothing major yet. \*\*FCD \*\*called a bit ago from the Jawja line - heā€™s making really good time. Tomorrow, however, will be a different story. Heā€™ll be traveling with his dad, and I suspect the stops will be more frequent and longer. Plus if his dad helps drive, itā€™ll be slower going, too. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/314 "2014-05-10T19:23:54Z")
**Red** heā€™s had chicken pox, so no worries there. I am stayinā€™ low for that reason and the fact that itā€™s best for me to stay low. Today I have had brekkie, a nap, N.O.L., a nap, had another oatmeal bath, taken meds, and, oh yeah, napped. Iā€™m a little hurty, but still not awful hurty like some people with shingles get. Thatā€™s the big plus in findinā€™ out early on. Itā€™s begun to rain and itā€™s really cominā€™ down right now. Started a few minutes ago with a few drops then the bottom fell out. ::sneezes in **flytrapā€™s** general direction:: ETA: **BBBobbio** glad yā€™all made it safely to Cottonfield County. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/315 "2014-05-10T19:25:20Z")
Spousal unit just called - heā€™s in FL. So he should hit Ocala easily in time for supper. Then tomorrow, he turns around and comes back. Glad itā€™s not me driving. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/316 "2014-05-10T20:08:55Z")
Yay for **BBBobbio** and **FCD** for making it safely! Shingles is contagious? I did not know this. Iā€™d be OK, Iā€™ve had chicken pox, and after needling **Mooommm!** on Facebook all day, sheā€™ll be sure to wish a pox on me, too. šŸ˜ƒ > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Word of warning for all the men on board. > Donā€™t watch the E.R. show about sex sending people to the E.R. > One of the men had his penis stuck in a camp stove. > Getting that off would make getting a needle in the eyeball look like childā€™s play. ā€œItā€™s the stoveā€™s fault! She was coming on to me, the hussy!ā€ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/317 "2014-05-10T20:20:23Z")
Note to self: Ask doctor about the wisdom of getting a shingles vaccine. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/318 "2014-05-10T20:46:20Z")
Surprise! RT is home. :D. And it happens to be his nieceā€™s graduation party tonight so weā€™re getting all dressed up and going. Iā€™ll even be wearing makeup.:eek: Iā€™ll be wearing the same dress that I wore to my graduation because I really like it and fancy dresses should be allowed to be worn more than once. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/319 "2014-05-10T20:49:06Z")
Oh, and the best part is that if he stays on this schedule, RT will be home either on my 40th birthday or the day after!! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/320 "2014-05-10T20:50:21Z")
**Spaz** from what Iā€™ve read, the vaccine reduces the chance of getting shingles and if you do get shingles, it would most likely be a mild case like mine. When I follow up with my doc Iā€™ll ask about it. Iā€™d only be contagious to anybody who has never had chicken pox or the vaccine for chicken pox. With a one in three chance of getting shingles if youā€™ve ever had chicken pox, the shingles vaccine might be worth it. Shingles can happen again, so if my doc recommends it, I think I shall go for the vaccine. Itā€™s a couple hundred bucks or more for the vaccine, which I think is just ridiculous. In other news, the rain has cooled off the temp big time. 'Tis 73 Amurrkin out right now. NICE! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700.md?page=17)