# The pumpkin spice (bleck!) MMP \[Old\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 9, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304 "2023-10-09T08:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/11 "2023-10-09T13:34:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > It looks _soooooooooo_ good but I’m trying so hard to avoid sweets. Looks can be deceiving. That stuff _tastes_ like crap, and will be so disappointing. (Repeat to self, over & over, as needed.) > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > MIL called last night asking if **FCD** could take her to Indianapolis to visit with her sister. This request + her inability to speak with her sister last night, makes me wonder if she suspects something is not O.K. over there. Well, more “not O.K.” than a broken arm and a declining spouse … sheesh … Anyway, I hope my suspicions are wrong. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > the selfish side of me is looking forward to a couple of days mostly alone (I’ll still have Tobias.) If I want to go to bed at 8, I can, without guilt. I don’t want to live alone again, but once in a while, I do enjoy solitude. Not selfish. You spend an enormous amount of time and energy on behalf of your circle of loved ones. Your own batteries hafta be recharged too, yanno. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I can’t begin to think about what’s for dinner until well after lunch. Wow, I didn’t quite put my finger on it till you mentioned that + put it together with your earlier comment about seeing how other ppl live, but … I have always been in somewhat disbelieving awe at someone who routinely starts their day knowing precisely what will be for dinner. I just didn’t realize that’s what was in my brain when I read those posts. (This happens to me a lot.) > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The only thing worse than the breathless advertising is the fools who absorb then amplify the hype themselves. Damn, that’s a good way of putting it. I’ve also seen counter-memes about just letting people enjoy their silly phone games, P.S. whatever, and other tiny joys in life, and … well, I can see both sides. It IS stoopit marketing, and it also IS something that brings folks a brief moment of joy. … ugh, then again, I just described Christmas music and THAT nonsense is about to start up soon. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > congrats on the DMV Don’t you go jinxing me now. This will be my _third_ attempt, and if I walk out of that same office slumped and defeated, again, I … don’t know. 🍀 Third time’s the charm, right? > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Try to avoid getting any STDs while there. I’m just about at the point where I’d consider doing something very pearl-clutching just to get this 🤬 over with. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > she _can’t_, and therefore won’t, run away screaming Naw, but here, at least - after confirming the $$ and food portions of the transaction are correctly completed - I can simply talk over them, wish an ice-cold-but-technically-polite “Have a _great_ day!” through gritted teeth with an even frostier glare, and slam that window shut. And then turn my back to them, because gosh golly gee, look at all that random stuff that needs restocking! Over there! … while eyeing the monitor so I can see when they’ve pulled away & the next car is rolling up. I’ve also learned that my smoothly cheerful patter is so honed, that if I deviate from my usual scripts _or even my tone of voice simply changes_, heads will quietly turn my direction from the kitchen, and I’ll usually hear a soft “Everything Ok?” from my manager. So while I may vent/bitch a bit, what I deal with now is so laughably pathetic - and I finally know the security of management & co-workers having my back - that it’s barely even small potatoes. > [@(Old) Writing Letters - A Stationery MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-writing-letters-a-stationery-mmp/990993/294): > > > [@(Old) Writing Letters - A Stationery MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-writing-letters-a-stationery-mmp/990993/294): > > > > Snert. You are so typical it isn’t funny. > > I meant “odd” as in mismatched, not “odd” as in rare or exotic Not speaking for **JtheC** but I understood this exchange to mean: you two are so typical, in your mismatchedness. As in, most couples have Big Important Talks ™ about shit like what religion they’re gonna raise their future children, but never find out the other one has “WTF ARE YOU SERIOUS” views on thermostat settings, and whether or not it’s OK to leave dirty dishes on the counter. Or if leaving them in the sink is acceptable. Or if they can load a dishwasher properl-- okay, you know what, stop, just let me do that … And that’s leaving out the “who cleans what bathroom mess” hostage negotiations, upon which many divorce lawyers have paid their children’s college tuition. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > If I controlled the thermostat at home I’d have it set to about 80 … I think I understand where those weird “lizard people” conspiracy theories are originating. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Never seen pig fat soap before. I’ll be curious to hear about how it works & feels. Same. **JtheC** do you smell like bacon yet? > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yaay for 5 gallons of newly minted eventually-cheese! But no mint-flavored cheese; it’s not _quite_ Christmas advertising season yet. JFC my brain did similar. I saw “minted” and “cheese” while scanning quickly and had a brief 🤢 moment. Now I’m remembering the “red butter” debacle from last Valentines Day, and having horrified thoughts of red’n’green cheese. Or butter. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > (Ellis Weiner in _Doon_ made the _sine qua non_ out to be Beer If I said these syllables out loud at work, I’d be sent home on suspicion of being too fucked up to trusted with sprinkling cheese onto a pizza. > [@Seanette](#): > > I am lamentably not joking. OMG I’m done with life. > [@Seanette](#): > > citrus-scented cat litter, given the usual feline aversion to citrus That’s even worse. Gotta be marketed towards the same people who think “vegan” and “cat food” can be compatible. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304)._