# The next MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 23, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813 "2007-07-23T05:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**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 26, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/341 "2007-07-26T06:41:31Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] **Special1** , is your scarcity today a result of staying up until 2:30 am this morning? [/QUOTE] Nah, just avoiding you… 😛 😃 Did you miss me, really? Awwww… {{{ **Roo** }}} 🙂 Maybe I can catch up with you before you fall asleep…? 😉 Everybody else – driveby!! Busy, busy busy morning… morning everybody… gotta run! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/342 "2007-07-26T06:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dottygumdrop] **QueenB** , N.O.T. stands for “Not Our Taters”, i.e. potatoes. 'Cause it would be really rude (and kinda gross - no offense) to eat **taters**!!! [/QUOTE] Thanks (what’s rude and gross about potatoes though?) ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/343 "2007-07-26T07:51:21Z")
Not potatoes - **taters** the Doper, MMPer and all-around Cool Kid[sup]TM[/sup]! ---
**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 26, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/344 "2007-07-26T09:39:09Z")
OK, got slightly more time on my hands now – we’re having a crisis on “my” customer’s facility, so as R&D project lead I’m in things up to my ears – so… \*\*Kai \*\*-- hope things work out! \*\*Dotty \*\*-- Ramadan during the fall must be a **lot** easier to handle than when it decided to be in June! Wonder what an observant Muslim living in Northern Sweden would do in that situation? \*\*Swampy \*\*-- fascinating stuff, beer! Learning more every day 🙂 **Ana** – I’m not too late to make a wise-crack about the Shasta in you Shorts, am I? 😉 ::waves back, very belatedly :(, at **tarra** :: We really need to get our timetables closer to each other. ::waves at **Roo,** too, just because I know you love the attention :):: ---
**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 26, 2007, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/345 "2007-07-26T10:05:17Z")
(Or, was it \*\*taxi \*\*who waved to me yesterday? 😕 ) Nevermind… (::waves at both:🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/346 "2007-07-26T10:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dottygumdrop] Not potatoes - **taters** the Doper, MMPer and all-around Cool Kid[sup]TM[/sup]! [/QUOTE] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/347 "2007-07-26T11:10:26Z")
Nobody ever informs me when the females get out of control and stick carbonated beverages down their pants… I feel so out of the loop… This morning is one of those mornings where it took dynamite to drag my ass out of bed. _yawn_ ---
**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 26, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/348 "2007-07-26T11:50:42Z")
A last little post before I go. Everybody behave(yeah, right). **LOUNE** , if we could get them to do it on webcam, we could sell the results: “Mumpettes Gone Wild IV” 😃 **kai** , I hope things go well. I’ll keep you and the daughter in my prayers. Vent as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/349 "2007-07-26T11:51:39Z")
**Special1** , I have heard that observant Muslims in places like Northern Sweden follow either Tehran or Riyadh timings, depending on whether they are Shia or Sunni (respectively). Off to the doctor now for Noor’s check-up - fingers crossed we are done with this crap (literally!!!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/350 "2007-07-26T11:53:54Z")
OK **Special1** , stop ignoring me!! :::stomp, stomp, stomp::: It’s 4:48 am and this was NOT the schedule. What am I doing up? It’s too early to think of anything coherent to say. **Dotty** , good luck! **doggio** , I’m behaving. What else can I do at this hour? ---
**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 26, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/351 "2007-07-26T11:56:57Z")
[QUOTE=Roo] OK **Special1** , stop ignoring me!! :::stomp, stomp, stomp::: [/quote] No. I’m ignoring you. I’m not paying any attention to you. None at all. Absolutely. > [@](#): > > **doggio** , I’m behaving. What else can I do at this hour? Well, if I stop ignoring you, will you join me in **mis** -behavin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/352 "2007-07-26T12:02:27Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Nobody ever informs me when the females get out of control and stick carbonated beverages down their pants.. I feel so out of the loop… [/QUOTE] You’re telling me! By the time I’d heard about it the beverage was gone and the whole thing just a memory. Maybe I need to give FCM more chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/353 "2007-07-26T12:02:57Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Apropos of absolutely nothing already stated in this thread, I finally put up [this year’s competition photo](http://anyrose58.tripod.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.anyrose58.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tc2007.jpg&target=tlx_new&title=2007) if you’re at all interested [/QUOTE] ☹ _sniff_ no one looked at my picture _sniff_ ☹ 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/354 "2007-07-26T12:05:42Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] ☹ _sniff_ no one looked at my picture _sniff_ ☹ [/QUOTE] Did too. It was kind of … _ **red** _. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/355 "2007-07-26T12:07:18Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] ☹ _sniff_ no one looked at my picture _sniff_ ☹ [/QUOTE] Last week I posted a link to an entire video clip about the dangers of firefighting, and not one person commented. It was a good’un, too. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/356 "2007-07-26T12:09:45Z")
[QUOTE=Special1] Well, if I stop ignoring you, will you join me in **mis** -behavin’? 😉 [/QUOTE] It’s 5 am. I’m bored. It’s the internet. I’m **there**. What do you want to do? We could toilet paper the room before everyone else wakes up. Or we could scream really loud so everyone has to wake up.\* Or. . . ? It’s too early for my brain to kick into gear. Actually, it’s getting later, but I’ve been up for an hour. **rosie** , sorry. . . I meant to comment about the picture. Very pretty!! And I’m not just saying that because you brought it up again. I really forgot. **welby** and **LOUNE** , you guys gotta pay closer attention. \*wait. . .since I started writing this, everyone is getting up. I think I’m too late for this. Drat. ---
**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 26, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/357 "2007-07-26T12:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] What do you want to do? We could toilet paper the room before everyone else wakes up. Or we could scream really loud so everyone has to wake up.\* Or. . . ? It’s too early for my brain to kick into gear. Actually, it’s getting later, but I’ve been up for an hour. [/QUOTE] Well, let’s just say it \*\*could \*\*include getting back into bed for a while… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/358 "2007-07-26T12:12:57Z")
[QUOTE=Special1] Well, let’s just say it \*\*could \*\*include getting back into bed for a while… 😉 [/QUOTE] Hmm. Warm, soft, comfy bed. Nice peaceful sleep. Tell me more. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/359 "2007-07-26T12:17:48Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] Hmm. Warm, soft, comfy bed. Nice peaceful sleep. Tell me more. [/QUOTE] somehow, dahlin’, I don’t think _sleep_, peaceful or otherwise, is what he had in mind… eta: [QUOTE=BBBob] Last week I posted a link to an entire video clip about the dangers of firefighting, and not one person commented. [/QUOTE] I truly missed that post - please point me to it ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813/360 "2007-07-26T12:21:56Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] somehow, dahlin’, I don’t think _sleep_, peaceful or otherwise, is what he had in mind… [/QUOTE] He’s not expecting me to think, is he? Because it’s way too early for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-mmp/412813.md?page=19)