# The n00bing of the MMP -- a tale of hubris and temerity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 7, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535 "2014-04-07T09:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/81 "2014-04-08T13:41:48Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Don’t be silly - rant on! Get it out of your system. Then _deeeeeeeeep cleansing breaths_ - that should keep you away from any charges of homicide. 😃 I note the emphasis on _charges_, not _acts_. If you say _deeeeeeeeep cleansing breaths_ will do the trick I must subscribe to your newsletter! * * * $100 to DC Speed Camera Cops. Fuckers. As much as I drive in that town I \*\*will \*\*catch a ticket once or twice a year. I despise DC, it’s government, most of the citizens, all of the tourists (I’m looking at you Cherry Blossom Fools), Virginia drivers, BMW drivers (a special hell for the combo), traffic in general, several work situations and some other personal crap on top of it. There, let’s see what _deeeeeeeeep cleansing breaths_ will do. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/82 "2014-04-08T13:57:31Z")
How do BMW drivers offend you? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/83 "2014-04-08T14:01:43Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Deep cleansing breaths, **sari** … _deeeep… cleansing… breaths…_ > 😃 Then slowly release it as you squeeze the trigger… ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/84 "2014-04-08T14:04:52Z")
Sounds good **Jynx**! Catnip is the only (legal) plant banned from my allotment site- we have enough kittehs rolling in the seedlings already, thanks! Got stoopid football again tonight, the one I barely get paid for- but the company gas lost the pachyderm patrol contract, so there ain’t much else going on midweek now. I have stepped up the job hunt. Getting very tired of this job, especially the being messed around. > [@](#): > ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/85 "2014-04-08T14:11:05Z")
The British (and best) version of Top Gear is right ---- the fastest production street car isn’t some $250,000 Lotus or Porsche. It’s a perfectly normal rental car in the wrong hands. I had to leave the Frogmobile for some warranty work and they handed me the keys to an Outback automatic with a manual setting and paddle shifters. I shaved 40% off my time from work to home. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/86 "2014-04-08T14:22:59Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > There, let’s see what _deeeeeeeeep cleansing breaths_ will do. I sense a little tension in your post… 😉 Perhaps you would benefit not so much from the breathing as, perhaps, from some heavy drinking? 😛 The stove and fridge have both been pulled out, cleaned behind, and put back. I even dragged the vacuum cleaner to the end of the hallway so I could clean the cold air return vent. If the sun ever comes out, I’ll venture forth to work in the yard a while. Still no ShedGuy. Big surprise there. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/87 "2014-04-08T14:33:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How do BMW drivers offend you? In my experience (which I recognize does not equate to a test of being truth or reality) if a car is going to cut me off or otherwise act dangerously and cause me to slam on my brakes, turn violently to avoid a collision or otherwise have to make an action to prevent a crash because the other driver wishes to drive aggressively, it is most often a BMW symbol staring me straight in the face. Caveats: DC is a land of imported cars, so yes there are more BMWs here. Also a sporty car is more likely to be driven in a sporty manner. Also it’s just as silly for me to claim that _all drivers from Virginia_ are bad. However you can take the same said run on sentence #1 above and replace the words _BMW symbol_ with _Virginia tag_ and it would stand. Those Venn circles overlap distinctly in DC. In that case in DC I find the most aggressive drivers tend to be from Virginia. I believe (but cannot prove) that the reason for this is that inadequate Northern Virginia roads teach Virginia drivers to drive aggressively in order to get anywhere. Certainly there is confirmation bias included, for every BMW driver who doesn’t cut me off is for all purposes invisible to me, and does not alter my perception. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/88 "2014-04-08T14:36:10Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I sense a little tension in your post… 😉 Perhaps you would benefit not so much from the breathing as, perhaps, from some heavy drinking? 😛 Would that I could. Ever since I broke up with ex#2 I lost all interest in drinking; I have some beers that have been in my mini fridge for almost 2.5 years. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/89 "2014-04-08T14:38:22Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Also it’s just as silly for me to claim that _all drivers from Virginia_ are bad. That’s true. Some Virginia drivers know what they’re doing. Now \*Florida \*drivers, they’re all consistently terrible. Every last one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/90 "2014-04-08T15:03:43Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’m turning 37. I got three of my wisdom teeth in my twenties, probably my mid-twenties. The dentist swore the 4th one would never surface. But guess what! As of a few days ago, the 4th one decided it’s coming up too - I can even see it with a flashlight and mirror. It doesn’t hurt too much, but it’s weird, right? I was 18 when my wisdom teeth started coming in. I had an appointment to remove them, then had to reschedule because of my grandmother’s funeral. So for about a week I understood why babies cry all the time when they are cutting their first teeth. Did anyone else see that [Martha Dunnstock](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097493/) beat out Weird Amy last night on _Jeopardy!_? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/91 "2014-04-08T15:06:52Z")
Deep cleansing breaths work, for a little while. **VorlonI** I like the way you think. I think Delaware drivers are the worst. They are sloooooow I think because their state is so small that no matter where they are going it won’t take long to get there. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/92 "2014-04-08T15:24:53Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > I have some beers that have been in my mini fridge for almost 2.5 years. Too far for me, but I’m sure **Doggio** would help you out with those! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/93 "2014-04-08T15:47:46Z")
Taxen are filed. Feh. I need to ship the IRS $900 of tea bags. :mad: ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/94 "2014-04-08T16:47:01Z")
Just got off the phone with Md Health Connection. The person was a lot easier to deal with then the website However I still got a headache. So I am in the system but now I have to pick a plan. I have 4 days to make my choice. We know how I am about choices. I am like the horse that could starve to death between two bails of hay. So I am going to start my laundry. Both HFH are here, oh joy and happiness. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/95 "2014-04-08T17:12:23Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > We know how I am about choices. I am like the horse that could starve to death between two bails of hay. That’s why the Good Lord gave us coins to flip. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/96 "2014-04-08T17:37:05Z")
What, **Jynx** , no tarragon? 😉 It is looking to be a beautiful, sunny day in ABQ today, and it’s predicted to get to the low 70s. We might hit 80 by the end of the week - that’s a tad warm for me! 😃 We had some fresh cantaloup from Farmers Market this morning; it was delicious! My next outing is to a regular grocery store on Thursday. I’m also feeling so much better about myself since I started a new med. - I thoroughly recommend anyone who is having problems finding the right med to hang in there and keep trying. There are good meds out there that can help out. 🙂 {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} for **Rosie’s** extended family. and anyone else in need. Hope all have a good day today. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/97 "2014-04-08T17:41:01Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > That’s why the Good Lord gave us coins to flip. So do I take the first flip, or 2 out of 3, or 3 out of 5? See what you started?! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/98 "2014-04-08T18:11:03Z")
Had to run home at lunch and take the pup to daycare so somebody can show the house. Then I had about ten minutes to eat the salad I bought … which I then threw on myself because the lid popped open while I was trying to shake it. Managed to salvage most of it, but now there are tiny pieces of lettuce just waiting to rot on the floorboards of my car. Guess I’m getting it detailed soon. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/99 "2014-04-08T18:13:52Z")
Irk lives up to its name so far today. I hate payroll week. Ok, I don’t do the payroll but I get the whines about missin’ timesheets and such, which means I get to call folks up and say get your timesheet in now if’n you want to get paid on Firday. Then Firday will roll around and I’ll get whiny calls from folks who didn’t get paid because they did not get their timesheets in on time. You’d think people would get tired of me sayin’ if you didn’t get your timesheet in on time you won’t get paid. GEEZ! Act like the adults you are allegedly supposed to be. In other news, I got the catfish filets ordered for Firday. Oh, I’m not irkin’ on Firday so I won’t get whined at! YAY!!! Instead I get to spend a couple of hours cuttin’ filets into strips and gettin’ all fishy smelly. So how’s everybody else doin’? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/100 "2014-04-08T19:03:22Z")
I’m feeling better. I’ve got my window open and the fresh air feels and smells good. My laundry is almost done. Pizza is on the way. I decided not to put myself though choosing a health plan today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535.md?page=6)