# The watch the birdie MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632 "2014-10-27T04:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/81 "2014-10-29T13:00:42Z")
To celebrate National Cat Day, I refilled the cats’ kibbles dispenser. Beyond that, I’m pretty sure my felines don’t care. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/82 "2014-10-29T13:09:05Z")
> [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](#): > > It’s National Cat Day! > > 😃 As though a cat needs more reason to regard a human as their servant than usual. 😛 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/83 "2014-10-29T13:29:48Z")
The cats saw Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) flying squirrel this morning and she threatened them with death. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/84 "2014-10-29T13:32:56Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to work. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/85 "2014-10-29T13:54:51Z")
> [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](#): > > It’s National Cat Day! > > 😃 I’m pretty sure Princess Allie thinks that’s every day. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/86 "2014-10-29T14:08:02Z")
Well, in honor of that I’ll tell you that the Cat scan was normal. The Dog scan, on the other hand, has left me home from work today sick with a cold. This is a weird feeling, or rather a guilty feeling. But I am feeling rather blah. Just woke up from nap #1 and looking forward to a 2nd one later. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/87 "2014-10-29T14:22:53Z")
Rosie, How does one translate [chicken shit](http://www.jta.org/2014/10/29/news-opinion/politics/how-do-you-say-chickenshit-in-hebrew) into Hebrew? What does it mean, “Hara shel tarnegolim”? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/88 "2014-10-29T15:05:59Z")
Phase one of planting is complete - I’ve put liriope around the pavers we put down last month. There are a few more clumps that will go behind the azaleas next to the house to help contain erosion from when the gutters overflow. I’ve also got a couple of iris and some creeping phlox that I’ll stick out front somewhere. Later. I need a break now - for the end of October, it’s way too hot and humid out there!! Kinda makes me wonder why I bothered to shower. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/89 "2014-10-29T15:13:12Z")
I’d use Yiddish טשיקקענשיט As for “Hara shel tarnegolim” the literal translation is “Created of Rooster”; but I sense colloquially, it’s very different ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/90 "2014-10-29T16:40:44Z")
Happy Hump Day! It’s cloudy, wet and rainy. Good day to sleep. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/91 "2014-10-29T17:01:05Z")
Planting is done for the day. I can’t tell if the rain will hit us or not - it’s going more north than east. We shall see. I’ve got a basket of whites to be folded - guess I should tend to that. Good times!! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/92 "2014-10-29T17:10:17Z")
Some bastige got ahold of my debit card number and sold it. I’ve spent most of the morning answering calls from my Credit Union: “Mr. Vunder, is this charge in Great Britain at a shoe store for $260 valid?” As always, the answer was “No, dammit. It’s fraudulent.” I hope everyone involved in skimming my card, selling my number, and using it for a fraudulent sale gets jaundice worse than mine so they itch more than I do, then the lot of them is tossed buck nekkid into a pile of dead cactus. :mad: ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/93 "2014-10-29T17:17:26Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Some bastige got ahold of my debit card number and sold it. I’ve spent most of the morning answering calls from my Credit Union: “Mr. Vunder, is this charge in Great Britain at a shoe store for $260 valid?” > > As always, the answer was “No, dammit. It’s fraudulent.” > > I hope everyone involved in skimming my card, selling my number, and using it for a fraudulent sale gets jaundice worse than mine so they itch more than I do, then the lot of them is tossed buck nekkid into a pile of dead cactus. :mad: \>Tries to look innocent.\< ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/94 "2014-10-29T17:23:44Z")
We have an electrician here at the house now and he smells like pencil shavings. 😕 ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/95 "2014-10-29T17:27:41Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > …How did you of all people miss them, they come in a purple bag. . . Didn’t miss 'em - I kept an eagle eye on the candy aisle back with the trend to make dark chocolate versions of stuff first started. This is a 2-pound (yep!) bag that’s been living in my freezer\*\* and while I tend to only nibble on snacks at home, I snack like a snacking monster if snacking was about to be outlawed by the snack police while I’m at work. It finally occurred to my slow self to bring some in a baggie to my desk. Homicidal impulses have been decreased. > [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](#): > > It’s National Cat Day! > > 😃 - \*throws kitty treats into the air in lieu of confetti \*\* \*\* … which some kind co-workers gave me back when The Other Shoe was first hospitalized. (“Here. You probably … uhh … need some chocolate.”) I had so little appetite while he was ill, and then even less after he died, that I still had about 2/3 of the bag up till last week. They remind me of those horrible dark days, but they also remind me that my co-workers cared enough to hook me up with a sack of chocolate the size of a bunny rabbit. In related news, I’m so tired of _every damn last little thing_ reminding me of him. He liked this place to eat, he watched that TV show, we went to this place for my birthday, he gave me that necklace, etc. etc. etc. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/96 "2014-10-29T17:40:07Z")
Howdy Y’all! Comin’ up for air for a minute. I am buried in paperirk. It’s a good thing cause that means new folks are gettin’ or about to get started. Still, so dang much paperirk! I get Mexican commestibles for dindin tonight, so there’s that. **{{{shoe}}}** I know that has to be tough. Ok, time to dive back in. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/97 "2014-10-29T18:23:15Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Blurf. That is all. I second the motion. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/98 "2014-10-29T18:48:59Z")
> [@missred](#): > > I second the motion. The motion has been seconded. All those who vote “meh”, please raise your hand. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/99 "2014-10-29T19:18:51Z")
Howdy from da cave! Yep, da cave. At 2:45 p.m. when the second power blip in half an hour happened (no **flytrap** I did not trip over a powercord) I took it as a sign. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The motion has been seconded. > All those who vote “meh”, please raise your hand. I believe the shrug of shoulders would be the appropriate gesture. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632/100 "2014-10-29T19:34:45Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I believe the shrug of shoulders would be the appropriate gesture. 😃 :dubious: Just plug the extension cord back in, and wake up Spidey, Doggio and Vunderboob so that they may vote. Bob. Vunderbob. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-the-birdie-mmp/702632.md?page=6)