# The sure sign of Spring MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 28, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175 "2014-04-28T09:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/41 "2014-04-28T19:10:26Z")
I’ve got 18 'nanner-pecan muffins in the oven, a load running in the dishwasher, and a dryer load running. Go me! I’m surprised the rain hasn’t started yet - one site predicted it would start around lunch time. Obviously they lied. 😛 But from the looks of the radar, it’ll hit very soon. I should get Higgs out to pee before then. Still thinking about getting out the vacuum cleaner. Can’t rush into these things, you know. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/42 "2014-04-28T19:29:17Z")
Irk is over for the day. YAY! Taco makin’ shall ensue shortly. I’s hongree! Plus OYKW will be here shortly after four. I guess I should wait until he gets here since they won’t take long to make. **MOOOOOOM** get out the vacuum. Higgs will be glad to go out. Then you can vacuum in peace whilst Higgs does her thing at her leisure. Win-Win! **Midget** sorry for all the yuck with gummint websites. That’s the way of gummint websites, alas. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/43 "2014-04-28T19:41:55Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > That’s the way of gummint websites, alas. Yeah, but that’s _Canada_, for crying out loud. No guns or anything. The girl in the next office was vacuuming, however one spells it, and began screaming and jumping up and down. She must have seen a roach. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/44 "2014-04-28T19:56:30Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Hijacked before this week’s MMP ever started. > > I had yet another sure sign of Spring this morning: my first tick of the season. I probably picked it up fishing yesterday, but I won’t rule out Saturday’s yard work session, either. > > I’m getting cavalier about them, going from\*\* “A TICK! I’M GOING TO DIE FROM LYME DISEASE!”\*\* to “Gross.” \ \ > > So, that was my sucky start to yet another Moanday. you might want to save deer ticks (or what you suspect to be) in between two layers of clear adhesive tape if you suspect it has been there about a day. some places might hesitate giving you antibiotics without multiple indications. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/45 "2014-04-28T20:01:43Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > My neighbor in Pirateville told me the story once of how he got a tick in a place no man should ever get a tick. I will say no more so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of any men in the room. nuts are common location, a hike up the leg to a warm and protected spot. many a tick removed there during scout camping, first aid and entertainment. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/46 "2014-04-28T20:03:44Z")
Ziva is the only critter who cares about the vacuum. And Higgs has been out, so that’s good. I made the executive decision to order pizza - that’ll take care of supper, breakfast, and probably lunch. And no dirty dishes! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/47 "2014-04-28T20:05:26Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > nuts are common location, a hike up the leg to a warm and protected spot. many a tick removed there during scout camping, first aid and entertainment. :eek: Aw geez - I get oogied out when I find one on my neck or leg! I don’t know what I’d do if one got around my girly bits. _ick ick ick ick ick ick ick_ ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/48 "2014-04-28T20:46:18Z")
Howdy all! **flytrap**. I am glad you are OK from tornadoes. **Rosie**. Good thing you are moving. I wouldn’t want to live near that bitch. Thank goodness Moanday is over. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/49 "2014-04-28T21:06:24Z")
My mother just phoned me and I had to explain to her that I got fuck all done on the government website and on the phone. It’s triggered my anxiety all over again. I wonder if I’m headed back to becoming a part-time alcoholic. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/50 "2014-04-28T21:21:52Z")
Tacos have been ingested. Commestibles may become combustibles at any given time. Plus OYKW is stayin’ the night. YAY! > [@johnpost](#): > > nuts are common location, a hike up the leg to a warm and protected spot. many a tick removed there during scout camping, first aid and entertainment. So, this tick removal, everybody watched? :eek: Also, welcome to the MMP if this is your first visit. You are now one of us. I would nickname you but my sinuses are achy so all creativity is put on hold for the nonce. **{{{Midget}}}** just cause it looks like you need a hug. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/51 "2014-04-28T21:23:57Z")
Must be the day for grumps. The inspection has been rescheduled _AGAIN_ because the power is still not on and isn’t expected to be this week. I am getting extremely annoyed. Supposedly this time it’s the power company holding things up. Now I need to sighn another extension, which I opened, printed, and signed. Now the damn scanner won’t work, I get a big KODAC in the middle of the screen and I can’t move it, it’s covering everything up and the only way to make it go away is to restart the computer. Usually I can move it off to the side. Maybe the old epson printer will work. {{{ **Kai** }}} ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/52 "2014-04-28T21:24:45Z")
thanks **swampy.** ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/53 "2014-04-28T21:26:45Z")
I think we should call the n00b Morgan, after JP. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/54 "2014-04-28T21:28:32Z")
Pizza has arrived! I shall soon take up residence on the couch for the night. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/55 "2014-04-28T21:38:58Z")
We ordered pizza as well tonight. Somewhere around 3:30 I realized I hadn’t eaten all day and decided today can be pizza day. I hate when I forget to eat. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/56 "2014-04-28T21:42:07Z")
**Rosie** , what a bitch that woman is. Ugh. Glad you’ll be rid of her at least. **{{{Midget}}}** Can somebody please freaking tell me how long after your SO dies that you’ll stop panicking that something has happened to your new SO when you haven’t heard from them in the expected amount of time?? I am driving myself crazy worrying about most likely nothing and I do it all the time and it’s stressful and aggravating. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/57 "2014-04-28T22:01:49Z")
**Sticky** , I have never lost an SO but I still worry when I don’t hear from my spousal unit when I expect to. Maybe it’s overactive imagination. Maybe it’s borderline insanity. Maybe it’s perfectly normal (my vote) - I don’t know the answer. I just try to be patient. Sometimes it helps… ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/58 "2014-04-28T22:08:19Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I think we should call the n00b Morgan, after JP. Thus mote it be! **johnpost** you are herewith Christened **Morgan**. Stand still and the champagne bottle won’t hurt too bad when we whack it over your haid. 😃 I am a hero! Ok, maybe not a hero, but I made my two year old next door neighbor boy extremely happy. Some how his purple bouncy ball got on top of my awning and he was upset and cryin’. I got a ladder and a broom and got it off the awnin’. He is now happily playin’ with his purple bouncy ball. Go Me! ETA: **StickyBuns** I vote for it’s normal. OYKW and I do it to each other when either one or both of us is travelin’. One must check in at intervals. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/59 "2014-04-28T22:14:39Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- you need to remind that adorable neighbor boy that he owes you when he gets older and you become too decrepit to mow your own lawn… 😉 And on that note, I’m logging off. _ **MWAH!** _ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175/60 "2014-04-28T22:18:43Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*swampy \*\*- you need to remind that adorable neighbor boy that he owes you when he gets older and you become too decrepit to mow your own lawn… 😉 Should I wait until he’s nine or ten to become decrepit? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sure-sign-of-spring-mmp/687175.md?page=4)