# The Official unofficial-start-of-summer MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 27, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456 "2013-05-27T10:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 28, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/101 "2013-05-28T20:22:56Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > No shit! šŸ˜ƒ > > Will anyone answer the _real_ question that I asked, about the movie website? > > Went to the gym & am now back in the orifice; however, I think Iā€™m going to leave in a few & go to the grocery store (which was on my agenda anyway, even before **Swampy** ā€™s proclamation as itā€™s now officially summer, which means we have corn, which means we have corn cobs! :eek:). For today, Iā€™m up to _almost_ 15 mins of work. :rolleyes: Who needs TP when they have corn cobs? I bet they are hard to flush though. ---
**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 28, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/102 "2013-05-28T20:28:56Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I bet they are hard to flush though. Iā€¦no. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/103 "2013-05-28T20:30:50Z")
Iā€™ve never used a corn cob to wipe. ---
**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 28, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/104 "2013-05-28T20:36:23Z")
Tango Mike India, Tango Mike India! ---
**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 28, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/105 "2013-05-28T20:37:56Z")
Yep\*\* Nettie\*\* that is the reason for the Happy Dance. Iā€™d give you a nice reference but I doubt it would count. \*\*Taters[/B I feel for you. Rant all you want. ---
**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 28, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/106 "2013-05-28T20:39:49Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Iā€™ve never used a corn cob to wipe. If youā€™re gonna use leaves make sure they arenā€™t poison ivy :eek: ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/107 "2013-05-28T20:46:03Z")
Oh **Tater.** I am so sorry. ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/108 "2013-05-28T21:03:19Z")
[http://http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/451-E-1St-St\_Hagerstown\_MD\_21740\_M69213-86114?row=29](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/451-E-1St-St_Hagerstown_MD_21740_M69213-86114?row=29) I like this house. Too much to pay cash, not enough to get a mortgage 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 28, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/109 "2013-05-28T21:08:13Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > [http://http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/451-E-1St-St\_Hagerstown\_MD\_21740\_M69213-86114?row=29](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/451-E-1St-St_Hagerstown_MD_21740_M69213-86114?row=29) > I like this house. > Too much to pay cash, not enough to get a mortgage ā˜¹ Holy cow, what is wrong with it? ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/110 "2013-05-28T21:08:44Z")
[http://http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/390-Yorkshire-Dr\_Hagerstown\_MD\_21740\_M64598-50565?row=52](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/390-Yorkshire-Dr_Hagerstown_MD_21740_M64598-50565?row=52) This one too. ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/111 "2013-05-28T21:12:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Holy cow, what is wrong with it? Just a depressed area and nothing nearby. You go a few miles down the road to Frederick and the prices jump. I havenā€™t seen it i person yet and I think it probably needs some work but it looks good to me. Itā€™s so damn frustrating. ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/112 "2013-05-28T21:14:13Z")
Nice overhanging second floor window to defend the house against zombies. ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/113 "2013-05-28T21:20:04Z")
\*\*Spidey \*\*- I didnā€™t see any pics - I went by what \*\*flytrap \*\*said. šŸ˜› Home in an inlaw-free house! Yay! We got them to the train in plenty of time, but we ended up in rush hour coming home, so it took a long time. But all is good now so yay! And I made little enough last year that I wonā€™t lose any of my pension supplement, so yay for that. Thatā€™s pretty much all Iā€™ve got for now. Itā€™s just nice to have a quiet houseā€¦ 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 28, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/114 "2013-05-28T21:26:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Nice overhanging second floor window to defend the house against zombies. Itā€™s one of my must-haves! ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/115 "2013-05-28T21:27:26Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Spidey \*\*- I didnā€™t see any pics - I went by what \*\*flytrap \*\*said. šŸ˜› > > Home in an inlaw-free house! Yay! We got them to the train in plenty of time, but we ended up in rush hour coming home, so it took a long time. But all is good now so yay! > > And I made little enough last year that I wonā€™t lose any of my pension supplement, so yay for that. > > Thatā€™s pretty much all Iā€™ve got for now. Itā€™s just nice to have a quiet houseā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ A quiet house is a _good_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/116 "2013-05-28T21:29:01Z")
Glad you have a quiet home again FairyChatMom! Iā€™ll make sure not to use any poison ivy for wiping. Luckily the boat supplies us with plenty of TP. Weā€™ve never run out before (although got kind of close a couple times if I remember correctly). ---
**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 28, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/117 "2013-05-28T21:54:44Z")
I had to unexpectedly train the new girl this morning. Based on my observations of her today, I shall call her Ferret. Also, I was under the impression she had done some actual phone-time and check-in time last night and she did **not**. Her last experience with the company was five years agoā€“while she did catch on pretty quick, she did make a few stumbles that I might have caught \*had someone told me I was training her from scratch. \* I wouldnā€™t have let her answer the phone so much if I had known she hadnā€™t done it before. Tomorrow sheā€™s working with Afternoon Blonde, who will probably kill her. She (Ferret) made me very, very tired. I did get my hair cut, so thereā€™s that. Also I have a story outlined that Iā€™ll start working on this week. I am not proud of this story, but it wants to be written so I have to let it out. ---
**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 28, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/118 "2013-05-28T22:02:24Z")
**$2.99** my advice is to always carry an emergency 48 pack just in case tp runs low. Emergency preparedness is always a good thing. **sari** if nobody is willinā€™ to do a mortgage how do they expect those houses to sell? Weird. Maybe if they understand the place already has zombie protection in place itā€™ll make a difference. šŸ˜ƒ I have never wiped with a corncob. I have wiped with leaves (the nonpoisonous kind), newspaper and magazine pages however. I was more adventurous in my younger days. Yay for quiet house again **MOOOOOOM**! Sketties and meatballs, garlicky bread and sallit made for a wunnerful dindin. Da bear is stuffded. Tomorrow shall be Krystal burgers cause OYKW has a gnawinā€™ and a cravinā€™ for some and hey, if heā€™s buyinā€™ Iā€™m eatinā€™! ---
**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 28, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/119 "2013-05-28T22:06:29Z")
**rosie, doggio** , and any other Whovians out there: Yā€™all have to see[this clip of a totally non-canon Dr. Who movie](http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/dr-who-and-daleks?utm_source=RiffTrax+Mail&utm_campaign=629218e7b2-Daleks_Clicked_05282013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4a5519af23-629218e7b2-36300582&mc_cid=629218e7b2&mc_eid=5a6022339d#sample). They got the Daleks \*mostly \*right, but they still look like Skittles. The best part is the chick reading ā€œThe Science of Science.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456/120 "2013-05-28T22:24:54Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Who needs TP when they have corn cobs? > I bet they are hard to flush though. ā€¦the cobs are meant to be reused indefinitely, or until, um, fullā€¦ [The Master Speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/572/what-did-people-use-before-toilet-paper-was-invented) Evening, all. Well, I got a little gentle blowback from my link to the Bristol Stool Scale (which I learned, of course, here at the dope, btw :D), so I spoilered this response. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-unofficial-start-of-summer-mmp/659456.md?page=7)