# The Really Bad Cookies and Other Stuff MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625 "2013-03-11T10:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/301 "2013-03-15T13:02:10Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > I am bummed out. My Fitbit is MIA. The Fitbit is an amped up pedometer that syncs with a website, tracks sleep, and tells me that I’m cool when I pick it up in the morning. At some point yesterday, it must have fallen off my pants. It’s not anywhere at home. I didn’t see it in a quick check of my car, and it’s not around my desk. I’ll check with the receptionist to see if anyone turned it in, but I’m not holding my breath. > > Darn thing cost $100. That sucks, **phouka**. Hope it turns up! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/302 "2013-03-15T13:10:19Z")
Hurrah for Friday! I am so glad it’s finally here, it’s been a long and rather traumatic week over in my corner. Today I took myself out for a little stroll around campus to drop off our departmental exam papers to the exams office. Partly it was because the deadline is today and partly it was to get away from the incessant chatter from my co-irker. I’m trying to be nice to her because it’s her birthday today but she just hasn’t stopped going on about the funeral we went to on Tuesday for the lady whose job I have been covering. It would be very rude of me to smack co-irker in the chops and remind her that the funeral was not all about her, it was about Janet. I had a very nice chat with my line manager yesterday where she outlined her plan to keep me on as a temp until the exclusion period in my severance agreement runs out later this year, and then just absorb me into this position permanently, but I rather fear I may have killed co-irker by then. She did say that she was aware of the situation and that _when_ (not _if_) it all got too much, I was welcome to head over to her office (she’s based in a different building) and have a rant about it! Still, 'tis Friday and I will at some point this weekend be baking a cake that involves a tin of tomato soup. I may also be making Marmite cocktails too, for sheer devilment. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/303 "2013-03-15T13:14:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Too bad you all don’t live in Kansas. I have an apartment to rent out that’s the first floor, with cellar, or a house. All the amenities for 475$ per month, except you pay your own electric. Wow! At that price I could almost afford the daily air fare … _almost_. :dubious: ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/304 "2013-03-15T13:28:55Z")
We are going to the zoo tomorrow! That’s my birthday present this year, yea! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/305 "2013-03-15T13:33:44Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > not New York City expensive, but certainly not Outer Podunk cheap. One bedrooms go for anywhere from $1100 for a shoebox to $2200 for reasonable space - also relative to neighborhood and complex amenities. > The places I’ve been looking at run $1200 to $1400 for one br - but they all have waiting lists :eek: Mine is 900 for 1300sq. ft. I’ve been so busy, I haven’t keep up this week. :hugs, trouts, and [sub][sub]gropes[/sub][/sub] to whoever needs them : Yay for birthday zoos, **Apes**! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/306 "2013-03-15T14:22:32Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I do so enjoy a good trout slap fight! 😃 > > . Anyone else? Not yet? Then [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IhJQp-q1Y1s/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python, The Fish Slapping Dance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s) or [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/84bBzAxLXFY/hqdefault.jpg "John West Commercial: Man Fights Bear for Fish") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bBzAxLXFY) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/307 "2013-03-15T14:25:57Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > I am bummed out. My Fitbit is MIA. The Fitbit is an amped up pedometer that syncs with a website, tracks sleep, and tells me that I’m cool when I pick it up in the morning. At some point yesterday, it must have fallen off my pants. It’s not anywhere at home. I didn’t see it in a quick check of my car, and it’s not around my desk. I’ll check with the receptionist to see if anyone turned it in, but I’m not holding my breath. > > Darn thing cost $100. Oh no! ☹ My dad lost his once and found it attached to the bottom of his shirt. ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/308 "2013-03-15T14:43:29Z")
I’ve got to get out of here. Between the newly-engaged ditz going on and on and on and on about her wedding planning and the “no bananas for my baby because they have sugar in them” nutzo and the company founder who hangs around and pretty much just talks on his speaker phone all day to his family (and is now talking to our resident physicist and showing how stupid he is) - anyway, my head is about to asplode. We’ve already decided to leave at 11. I don’t know if I can make it for 15 more monutes… _\_ ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/309 "2013-03-15T14:43:36Z")
Hope you find your thingy **roo**! Things are still goin’ pretty smooth. I envision leavin’ this place around oneish. Two hours and fifteen minutes to go as of this post. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/310 "2013-03-15T14:49:09Z")
The irkplace is a ghost town today. Last day of spring break, and the few faculty who were around earlier this week have flown the coop. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/311 "2013-03-15T14:49:07Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > That sucks, **phouka**. Hope it turns up! Thank you, **freebie** , and I’m awfully sorry about your coffee cup. I tried to think if I had anything that old, that sentimental, and that much a part of my daily life, and I couldn’t come up with anything. ☹ * * * On a slightly different topic, I thought I’d share my funny/gross story from a couple of nights ago. I had a dream that I was being forced to look at a rotting corpse in a forest. The thing was, the visual element wasn’t bad. It looked like a scene from a crime show. It was the smell. No matter how I turned my head or covered my nose, I couldn’t get away from it. Then I woke up and found one of my kitties had just settled down near my head. This is the kitty who occasionally cuts the most god awful silent but deadlies imaginable. So, at least I knew the dream was a little reality-based. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/312 "2013-03-15T14:53:47Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Anyone else? Not yet? Then > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s) > > or > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bBzAxLXFY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bBzAxLXFY) [even better!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmBlUb2dcsk) ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/313 "2013-03-15T14:55:34Z")
Oh, yeah, and the cycle of Spring Break weeks has started out here as well. Several of my coworkers are having to take at least a couple of days off to watch the kids. I can’t help but think that if I were still in teaching, I could make some major moolah by creating a Spring Break camp. Rent a conference room, write up a science or art or writing lesson, maybe even all three. Keep the kiddles safely and constructively occupied for the hours of a school day. Why didn’t I think of this when I was a teacher? Oh, yeah, because I wanted absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH CHILDREN during Spring Break. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/314 "2013-03-15T15:26:28Z")
We had a meeting, after prompting from me but…I actually got the info that I needed and can now do much work until I need him again later to review. It took just 20 minutes for him to give me the info. I has no trouts, but there is some salmon and tilapia in the freezer… Now I can have a weekend! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/315 "2013-03-15T15:29:03Z")
Happy Firday! It’s a whopping 12 degrees above freezing outside. Oh BOY! Spring is a comin :rolleyes: Back to MVA today and hopefully Sah-kid will pass the test.:rolleyes: I think he failed on purpose because he doesn’t want his license, so I told him we will keep going back and he will get to hear me cuss the entire drive, about the horrible parking, how hot and crowded it is, how long the lines are and everything else I can find to cuss about. Which considering it’s the MVA there is always lots to cuss about. I’m sure once he gets his license I won’t see him or my truck anymore. Then, if he gets his learners, off to the bank to add him to my account so he can collect his final SS check. Only now I’m not sure he will be eligible for it so it may not be worth it anyway. I’ll fill out the paper work anyway, the worst they can do is tell me no. Then he will have a license, my truck and his own debit card. Maybe I need to rethink this plan. **Baker** I wish I lived in Kansas. How much snow do y’all get? It’s just amazing to me how prices can vary so much in one country. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/316 "2013-03-15T15:35:27Z")
My peanut butter cookies are not Really Bad, but they lack a certain peanutty, oleaginous lusciousness. What do I do to brighten them up? Crunky peanut butter, nutmeg, and/or vanilla are a few things suggested in web based recipes. ---
**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 15, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/317 "2013-03-15T15:57:50Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I envision leavin’ this place around oneish. I hate you. But you knew that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/318 "2013-03-15T16:19:07Z")
**BoDoug** - we can _always_ return to cookies. There are no rules in the MMP. ---
**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 15, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/319 "2013-03-15T16:20:24Z")
So, after spending yesterday’s lovely sun inside tidying up, I get the sudden urge to go out and _do_ things today, when it’s not stopped raining all day. My subconscious doesn’t like me, I swear. I’m curious about the Marmite cocktails, **Boofae** , even as a convicted Marmite lover, that does sound a little… unnerving? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625/320 "2013-03-15T16:35:10Z")
Howdy all Seems like most Mumpers are doing well I am off to work for the hippies, with their hula hooping and weed smoking. Tonight’s music should be good, we have the Bernie Worell Orchestra, he is a member of P-Funk and there are horns. Yeah. Having a horn section usually means a band can really play. That’s all I have for now Have a great Friday all **Jim** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-really-bad-cookies-and-other-stuff-mmp/652625.md?page=17)