# The Summer Solstice MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 17, 2013, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170 "2013-06-17T09:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/161 "2013-06-20T00:19:01Z")
**Drae** we’re all hopin’ for the best. Poor kitties. Poor **Drae**. Home from Evening Prayer over to the church house. I was Slackolyte and I’m proud to report I remembered everything, didn’t drop anything and didn’t set the Altar on fire. All in all I done good. 😃 Now I think I shall go lie upon the bed and watch some teevee until sleepy time. I’s tahrd. Nitey Nite Y’all! ETA: Sorry about your doggie **ColdBlood**. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/162 "2013-06-20T00:25:26Z")
[GAME ON!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkecYVRt_E)😃 Let’s go Blackhawks! {{{{ **Drae** and kitty}}}} Yay for **mousy** , **Nut**! **Jynx** , i love the mantra. Sorry about your dog, **sang**. I know how that feels.☹ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/163 "2013-06-20T00:29:17Z")
My sis is here with her beasties - it’s an interesting evening at FairyChatEstates… Catch ya’s tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/164 "2013-06-20T00:37:38Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > [GAME ON!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkecYVRt_E)😃 That national anthem… he wasn’t serious, right? ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/165 "2013-06-20T00:47:41Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > That national anthem… he wasn’t serious, right? yes, he was. and he’s done that for 30+ years.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/166 "2013-06-20T01:19:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I was in a hit & run; all I saw was the company name, “Blurf Paving” on the steamroller that flattened me! ☹ Upon further review, it wasn’t a hit & run; it was a hit & park on top of. I was just officially instructed to break out the good Scotch. I am now going to follow my “Rabbi’s” orders. G’nite. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/167 "2013-06-20T01:26:31Z")
We should start playing games in MMP threads. Anyone? ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/168 "2013-06-20T01:27:39Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Believe it or not, O Friendly Ursine, He is going to get the big head. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/169 "2013-06-20T01:57:15Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > We should start playing games in MMP threads. Anyone? Wait, no, never mind. _Ain’t nobody got time for that._ At least for me until I am done with finals which isn’t until next Wednesday. They start this Friday. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/170 "2013-06-20T02:28:50Z")
> [@sangfroid](#): > > +2 > > I hears ya, **Jnyx**. > > 'Tis the circle of irk, fellow misanthrope. This is pretty close to how I’ve been feeling lately, but replace ‘security’ with ‘human resources’. > > What an awful, yet appropriate, department name, that. Human resources. Like you’re a sack of coal someone has to figure out where to cram. > > On the plus side, we got the kiddos (10 & 12) one of those molecule kits (styrofoam balls you paint and can assemble) and they love it! Stealth learning. > When else might you hear a ten YO girl say _“Hey, look mama - I made methane!”_ > 😃 When Sah-son was in 5th grade I home schooled him. I found the coolest science kits on the net and we had a lot of fun. We got a bird watching book that came with little plastic binoculars, we made a motor out of magnets, all kinds of fun stuff. I think that was one of our best years. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/171 "2013-06-20T10:06:19Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 71 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of a cool 89 degrees. Well, BRRRRRRR! 😃 **Who?** play games? I say we start with Twister! No, I do not know how we would accomplish this on a message board. You suggested we play games so I’ll leave that up to you. 😛 Ok, now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy demands to be fed. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Life is so hard! Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/172 "2013-06-20T10:13:25Z")
Morning all! It is 61 degrees outside and cloudy, but there are occasional glimmers of sunshine. A vast improvement on the downpour at 6am when I got up today. I am at irk, irking, and looking forward to a nice quiet day. Last night I went to the pub with friends, as the weather was so good we went to a small put out in the country, great night for sitting outside watching the bats. They had Ma Pardoe’s “Entire” as a guest beer so a small quantity of that was supped. Late night, early morning, tea required! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/173 "2013-06-20T10:36:19Z")
Morning blurf! Got up early today for part 2 of the induction for the security course (hopefully the actual course will be starting monday, they’ve been trying to drum up the last few people for a while)- walked allll the way across town, handed in the one letter I didn’t have with me on tuesday, only to be told that that was all they actually needed me to do, so walked allll the way back. The guy I thought (hoped?) might fail to get on has in fact done so. I can’t really feel too bad about this. Got back to find a letter from the gummint saying “Oh alright, we can’t really get cross about you not going to an appointment if no-one told you about it, I s’pose”, so I’m not getting benefits cut for 6 months for definite (yay!). There’s still a possibility that the die rollers will decide that the same excuse won’t work twice, even if it was true both times, so I could still get a 4 week sanction, but it’s still a bit relief. I’m definitely not gettin the SIA card paid for- I called and checked- but I might be able to pay for it anyway, even without requesting a loan from the Parental Bank, which I am really too old to feel happy doing. I’m trying to design a 3D version of twister for a juggling convention- a lot of contortionists show up, and it should be awesome if it works. Anyone up for testing it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/174 "2013-06-20T10:52:22Z")
Coldest morning in a while. It is only 50 degrees F outside. Usually it is in the high fifties to low sixties. Predicted high of only 79 today, which is actually kind of high. We have only for the most part been getting low to mid seventies and even high sixties for predicted highs. This weekend is going to be hot though with highs fluctuating between 90 and 91. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/175 "2013-06-20T11:05:50Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > We should start playing games in MMP threads. Anyone? Please, no. I really hate game threads which is why I avoid that forum. Start a MMP game thread if you wish, but please, not in here. Thank you. My house is full of doggies. I had dreams about a gazillion doggies in my yard. Think there’s a connection?? Today, I shall try out my new clotheslines. Woohoo!! That’s all for now. Happy Thursday!! ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/176 "2013-06-20T11:24:08Z")
My morning has gone thusly: Get in new car and drive to work - Check! Have updated insurance info - Check! Have new registration - Check! Have inspection paperirk - Check! Have old DON car stickers for turn in - ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm CRAP! They are on the kitchen table. _whimper_ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/177 "2013-06-20T11:32:39Z")
Blurf. My givadammer is seriously broken today. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/178 "2013-06-20T11:34:42Z")
Laundry is all sorted and first load is washing. Three of the 4 dogs are lying on my sis. FCD is still in bed. It’s an interesting morning at FairyChatEstates. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/179 "2013-06-20T12:04:45Z")
Between sun glare and a curve in the road and a millisecond of looking at the dude tailgating me, I came very close to hitting a deer this morning. Like, within two feet of hitting her. That would have been the topper on the cake of this week’s suck. Dinner with Mom & Dad & Grandma tonight, another goldang wedding tomorrow. I would like to go back to bed, please. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170/180 "2013-06-20T12:06:26Z")
I hate irking on my day off. blurf. **FCM** , you can have Gordie if you are collecting.😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-summer-solstice-mmp/661170.md?page=10)