# 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:** 17
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/321 "2014-05-10T21:15:23Z")
How long you expect to be down **Swampy?** ---
**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, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/322 "2014-05-10T21:27:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > ::sneezes in **flytrap’s** general direction:: ::wipes porthole with mechanical arm and Squarebobospogepants. Look! [A cardinal fish!](http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-39336-cardinalfish.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/323 "2014-05-10T21:34:21Z")
looks like an ordinal fish to me ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/324 "2014-05-10T22:36:28Z")
Time to retire to my recliner. _ **MWAH!!** _ ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/325 "2014-05-10T22:42:49Z")
**StickyBuns** yay for RT bein’ home! **Butters** I’m really doin’ ok. It hurts a bit but overall as far as shingles go, not too bad. I shall see my regular doc on Wednesday mornin’. Until then, I plan to lie low and not be out and about the public. I can irk from da cave so that’s a good thing. TPTB at irk are good with me not seein’ anybody just as a precaution, so I intend to irk and take care of stuff from da cave. Hopefully on Wednesday my doc will say everything’s fine once again. In the meantime, I continue to take the antiviral med, use the calamine lotion, take Extra Strength Tylenol [sup]TM[/sup] for pain, and take oatmeal baths. I’m also, as I mentioned earlier, lookin’ into the shingles vaccine even though it’s kinda :eek: expensive. :eek: Havin’ said all that, I did venture out down to the Chinese commestibles place just down the road to swipe the General’s dindin. I called and ordered ahead and was in long enough to grab my order, pay, and go. I needed me some General’s dindin! ETA: **flytrap** that fish is at least not quite as creepy as a clown fish. ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/326 "2014-05-10T22:59:18Z")
I went to the grocery store, since I was craving marked down salad. Looks like it’s gonna storm. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Look! [A cardinal fish!](http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-39336-cardinalfish.jpg) That cardinal is lacking fear and surprise. Yay for **RT** being home on your birthday, sticky! ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/327 "2014-05-10T23:31:20Z")
I just watched _Almost Famous_. The best thing I can say about it is that I got a lot done on my blanket. Maybe I’m missing out on how great it supposedly is because I wasn’t around in the early 1970s. I feel that way about a lot of that era, actually. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/328 "2014-05-11T00:06:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > ::sneezes in **flytrap’s** general direction:: ::wipes porthole with mechanical arm and Squarebobospogepants. Look! [A cardinal fish!](http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-39336-cardinalfish.jpg) The cat did this. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/329 "2014-05-11T00:09:07Z")
looks like an ordinal fish to me (what? I thought we were in a temporal loop) ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/330 "2014-05-11T00:11:59Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > looks like an ordinal fish to me It may be a [venerable](http://www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu221.htm) fish. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/331 "2014-05-11T00:34:29Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > looks like an ordinal fish to me > > (what? I thought we were in a temporal loop) It’s deja vu all over again! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/332 "2014-05-11T00:46:12Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Butters** I’m really doin’ ok. It hurts a bit but overall as far as shingles go, not too bad. If you want, I’ll come down there w/ a baseball bat & swing it _so_ hard into your shin that you’ll forget all about the shingles pain. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/333 "2014-05-11T00:48:36Z")
Eek! Our moving date just got moved up by two weeks. ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/334 "2014-05-11T02:05:05Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Eek! Our moving date just got moved up by two weeks. How long does that give you to pack your earthly possessions? ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/335 "2014-05-11T02:21:11Z")
> [@missred](#): > > How long does that give you to pack your earthly possessions? Earthly possessions? The extraterrestrial are being beamed up? ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/336 "2014-05-11T02:59:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Earthly possessions? > The extraterrestrial are being beamed up? How else do you move your unearthly possessions? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/337 "2014-05-11T03:36:55Z")
[QUOTE=missred] How long does that give you to pack your earthly possessions? [/QUOTE] About two weeks less than originally planned. Off to the uhell store to get a bunch more of the various oddball boxes that we just need onsey-twoseys of. The good news is the new tenant likes the colors we chose and doesn’t want the blinds back up, so we can just do touch ups on the walls rather than making everything Blech Beige. ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/338 "2014-05-11T05:16:50Z")
: turns light out in MMP : Night, 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:** [May 11, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/339 "2014-05-11T09:32:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **flytrap** that fish is at least not quite as creepy as a clown fish. What do you have against [Nemo](https://www.google.com/search?q=clown+fish&client=firefox-a&hs=PMm&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=fUFvU7iEBfLesASm-4G4Ag&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1311&bih=886)??? Clownfish aren’t creepy - they’re colorful! Despite various threats and promises, we hardly got any rain yesterday - drat! So I’ll have to drag the hose out and water my new plantings. One more thing on the list… Higgs decided she needed to be up at 4:45, but I made her wait till I showered and dressed. Yep, I was presentable shortly after 5 - khaki shorts and a red t-shirt. Plus I’ve breakfasted and now I’m caffeinating. Today will be a chore-filled day. I’ve got to ready the guest room for FIL, dust throughout the house, haul the dirty laundry downstairs, run to the grocery store, and now I get to drag the hose, too. If all goes well, my sweetie will be here before 9 tonight, but that largely depends on his dad. I forgot to feed the fish last night - I was watching a movie on Netflix, and by the time it was done, the aquarium lights were out - oooops! So when the lights come back on, I’ll give them a light snack. Stoopit fish. Today will be nice, followed by 2 days of hot. Followed by 3 days of rain. And that’s the official weather report from FairyChatEstates! 😃 Happy Sunday! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/340 "2014-05-11T10:15:24Z")
Still haven’t read a lot. Posting from bed at a friend’s house in Cottonfield County, and we’ll be headed for brekkies in Suffolk, VA, in a little over an hour on the way home. The wedding was nice, despite the bride taking a dive during vows, and her mother also during the reception. A bonus was going to the CC Rodeo last night. Got to see a metric buttload of people there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700.md?page=18)