# The New Guy MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 25, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328 "2013-02-25T06:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/241 "2013-02-28T22:32:30Z")
Tents really do leak if you touch them when it’s raining. Once as we were coming back from the camp showers I heard my uncle scream. My uncle was 6’3", big and burly and an ex marine. He wasn’t afraid of anything. He got back to camp before the rest of us and saw the back end of a bear sticking out of the door of our tent. He screamed, the bear backed out, stood up and looked at my uncle and ran off into the woods I’ve heard the difference between a black bear and a grizzly is… if you climb up a tree and the bear climbs up behind you it’s a black bear. If it stands at the bottom shaking the tree waiting for you to fall out it’s a grizzly. Now ask me about the spiders, snakes, and skunks. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/242 "2013-02-28T22:50:55Z")
**sari** if you know about spiders that shake trees until you fall out I don’t wanna know! :eek: Dindin was beef veggie soup and grilled cheese sammiches. YUM! Even if it does sound like Thursday in the skool lunchroom. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/243 "2013-02-28T23:19:31Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > The rangers don’t get mad if you sleep on the bears? 😕 Smart asses. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/244 "2013-02-28T23:27:25Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > The rangers don’t get mad if you sleep on the bears? 😕 Well, personally, I’m the one who has the major say in who sleeps on me! ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/245 "2013-02-28T23:38:55Z")
**kaiwik**? I had to read that twice. Welcome back! 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/246 "2013-02-28T23:46:02Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Well, personally, I’m the one who has the major say in who sleeps on me! And you’d leave poor **Moooom** sleeping on the floor? For shame! Just got back from friend’s birthday, in silly mood. Also got IDed buying beer earlier- the guy said he thought I was about 19 ('tis 18 to buy alchamahol here)- I turned 30 a few weeks back. I’m not sure if I should be scared or flattered. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/247 "2013-02-28T23:47:46Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > And you’d leave poor **Moooom** sleeping on the floor? For shame! She can always sleep on FCD. He’s bearish. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/248 "2013-02-28T23:48:39Z")
I’m working on my conlang. I can now ask people their name and introduce myself! Woo! > [@](#): > > Silvorkatsɯn sɯrŋyjy myomchitoty. Moŋjy myomumaty zɯzɯn. > My name is Silvercat. What is your name? Technically each sentence can be in any order, depending on what’s most important. For example: > [@](#): > > Myomumaty moŋjy zɯzɯn. > What is your **name**? And that’s your utterly useless knowledge for the day. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/249 "2013-02-28T23:51:21Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Tents really do leak if you touch them when it’s raining. > > Once as we were coming back from the camp showers I heard my uncle scream. > My uncle was 6’3", big and burly and an ex marine. He wasn’t afraid of anything. > He got back to camp before the rest of us and saw > > the back end of a bear sticking out of the door of our tent. > > He screamed, the bear backed out, stood up and looked at my uncle and ran off into the woods. Big Boss’s brother has a small fridge on his porch that he keeps beer in. Last year he had a bear come up on his porch every night at 9, open the fridge, take a beer, and leave. These are facts. **Swampy** , where were you every night at nine last summer? Hmmmmm? 😉 ---
**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:** [February 28, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/250 "2013-02-28T23:54:49Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **sari** if you know about spiders that shake trees until you fall out I don’t wanna know! :eek: [I think they do that in Australia.](http://emo-snal.livejournal.com/203181.html) ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/251 "2013-03-01T00:01:20Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Big Boss’s brother has a small fridge on his porch that he keeps beer in. Last year he had a bear come up on his porch every night at 9, open the fridge, take a beer, and leave. These are facts. > > **Swampy** , where were you every night at nine last summer? Hmmmmm? 😉 He needs to turn the temp down a bit. The beer could have been just a touch colder. I shouldn’t complain though. It was nice of him to have a beer all ready on those hot nights. Oh and the spider guy is nuts! If a biiiiiiiiiigassssss spider like that was in my vehicle, I’d have no choice but to torch, then nuke from outer space, said vehicle. :eek: ETA: First on six! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/252 "2013-03-01T00:28:57Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/253 "2013-03-01T00:31:54Z")
Kiwi brand waterproofing fixes the touch the tent issue. Doesn’t **OYKW** sleep on a bear regularly? **Wiki** , you changed your name back… :goose: ETA: VunderKind moved today to his first apartment 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/254 "2013-03-01T01:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=Spiderman] The rangers don’t get mad if you sleep on the bears? 😕 [/QUOTE] If I can’t sleep on a bear when I’m camping, I’ll be mad. Oh, did I type that in my outside voice? 😛 ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/255 "2013-03-01T01:09:29Z")
I don’t want to sleep on a bear. I prefer my memory foam. 😛 The Mushroom-Chicken piccata was pretty good, if a tad bland. I served it over noodles, but it might have been better over rice. Daughter has gone home and I’m going to resume my position on the recliner. So glad tomorrow’s Firday!!! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/256 "2013-03-01T01:09:52Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [I think they do that in Australia.](http://emo-snal.livejournal.com/203181.html) Aww, by Aussie standards, that’s a little 'un! 😛 I went to a festival near Brisbane, and a [huntsman](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7r7ag6a7C1rqdksoo1_1280.jpg) took up residence in the ladies toilets, behind the toilet paper roll. Every time someone pulled on the paper, the spider jumped out… Yeah, it was as funny as it sounds- crowds started gathering outside whenever a new person went in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/257 "2013-03-01T01:50:10Z")
I sleep with a bear, & occasionally on. \*waves at **Wiki** Made a ginormous pot of potato-cheese-beer soup for supper. It was teh nommy. Going to put my feet up & finish my book, maybe. L8er G8ers ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/258 "2013-03-01T02:18:16Z")
**Pearl** , you are now required to post the recipe for teh nommy soup ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/259 "2013-03-01T02:37:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Try this[link.](http://spaceweather.com/flybys/) > > Is the Canadian astronaut the guy William Shatner called up, asked if he were on the space station, and the guy responded, “There are life signs on the surface, Captain.”? > 🙂 Yes, he’s the one. Also, thanks for the link. **Wiki**! All your nicknames make sense again! Tired. Off to sleep, I think. Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328/260 "2013-03-01T02:50:00Z")
Did I mention that we watched the space station orbit over LR Wednesday night? It was cool. If I can remember to take leftovers for lunch tomorrow, I’ll have a sirloin hamburger, canned baked beans, mashed potatoes, save three bucks and not have to eat a frozen dinner. Mrs. Mainkowitz or whatever the TV dinner lady’s name is, fellates with great allacrity. My back doesn’t hurt much tonight. Maybe it’s because I’ve been sleeping on a different bear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-guy-mmp/651328.md?page=14)