# The Welcome To Autumn MMP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** mmp\
**Created:** [September 22, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147 "2014-09-22T05:36:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/201 "2014-09-27T15:36:20Z")

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I’d wear that brain hat!

Orfe to wimmin’s football. Joy.

Did manage to nip down the allotment for a bit before irk, but hardly for peace and quiet like normal- there’s a bleedin’ festival in the park just behind the site,close enough to hear the stages, plus there’s drunk (and stoned) young people wandering all over the area. Durn kids, making me feel old. One almost walked into the car- which was stationary and in the middle of the road at the time, waiting for a gap in the traffic to pull onto the main road. She didn’t look away from her new-fangled telephone device until she was about a foot away. Didn’t even glance around when stepping off the curb.

Incidently, I may not be growing much produce this year, but my plot neighbours have been making’ up for that; they keep giving me spare vegetables. Jolly nice of them! Got a load of beans today, and got offered some wallflowers on a the way out.

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**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/202 "2014-09-27T15:53:24Z")

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> \*\*Bunny \*\*- it wasn’t a matter of calories or sugar, it was a matter of not having bought any. Silly me - I bought bread and lunch meat and some veggies, but I completely missed the ice cream aisle!!! :eek:

You should go to the doctor. That level of forgetting is probably a sign of something. 😃

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/203 "2014-09-27T15:58:20Z")

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blurf

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/204 "2014-09-27T17:10:12Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I want one of[those!](http://www.orientaltrading.com/brain-hat-a2-25_5294.fltr)

The only person that I know who wants one of those is [this](http://hero.wikia.com/wiki/File:Scarecrow.jpg) guy. Is you him?

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/205 "2014-09-27T17:34:15Z")

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GRRRRRRR!!!

I got an email from OnStar  
the dumbasses put my mother’s new car on MY account.  
I know it’s a small thing but damnit it’s one more thing I have to deal with, one more phone call I have to make, one more annoyance.

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/206 "2014-09-27T17:39:15Z")

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We continue to be hard at sloth here at da cave. 😃 I have windows open as it’s a very pleasent 74 Amurrkin out.

**Midget** yay for good kitty checkup!

**Nuts** yay for neighborly largess!

The brain hat would be cute on knee nibblers. 😛

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/207 "2014-09-27T17:42:32Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> You should go to the doctor. That level of forgetting is probably a sign of something. 😃

I think it’s a sign of severe ice cream deficiency!!!

Back from monitoring my crabber. He came back in early, but I was there waiting for him, so yay! The sun was so bright, it was hard to read the tablet - I had to find a shadow so I could input the info. But it’s done, and I got home before the time he was originally due in so yay again!! 😃

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/208 "2014-09-27T17:48:03Z")

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Oh yeah, this is a question for \*\*Nut \*\*or **BooFae** , or both, for that matter. In Merrye Olde England, what do you call houses which are built together in a row? And what sort of dwelling do you refer to as a cottage?

When I was growing up, attached houses were called row houses, unless there were just two, then it was a duplex. These days, they call them townhouses (la-dee-dah!) or even villas (seriously??) But when we were touring Port Sunlight, the tour guide referred to such homes as cottages. I’d always thought of a cottage as a small, stand-alone house either out in the country or perhaps at the seaside.

So, what’s the scoop?

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/209 "2014-09-27T18:12:54Z")

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Off to work.

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/210 "2014-09-27T18:19:47Z")

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We’re commencin’ to get a little hongry. Think I shall start late N.O.L./early dindin in a little bit. It would not do for both of us to just waste away! 😃

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/211 "2014-09-27T18:36:06Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> It would not do for both of us to just waste away! 😃

Head over to Margaritaville; wastin’ away is allowed there. 🆒

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/212 "2014-09-27T18:54:55Z")

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\*\*FCD \*\*is home - apparently 48 motorcycles clogged traffic in downtown Annapolis. Evil bikers…

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/213 "2014-09-27T19:00:12Z")

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I could use a visit to Margaritaville.  
Safeway screwed up our delivery today.  
Just one more thing.

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/214 "2014-09-27T19:30:48Z")

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Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) new [loach.](http://www.loaches.com/species-index/photos/h/IMG_6939.JPG/image_large)

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/215 "2014-09-27T19:34:36Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Is you him?

Are you he?

Apparently not, for my brain is able to construct a literate sentence in the English language.  
:rolleyes:

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/216 "2014-09-27T19:46:35Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) new [loach.](http://www.loaches.com/species-index/photos/h/IMG_6939.JPG/image_large)

I remember that when I was a kid, I was interested in aquarium fish, and I loved loaches. I think I mostly loved the word “loach.”

We did have a loach once, as I recall. A long one. I no longer remember the names of the different loach species.

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/217 "2014-09-27T19:55:51Z")

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> [@EmilyG](#):
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> I remember that when I was a kid, I was interested in aquarium fish, and I loved loaches. I think I mostly loved the word “loach.”
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> We did have a loach once, as I recall. A long one. I no longer remember the names of the different loach species.

Homaloptera orthogoniata (Vaillant, 1902)

Most of her others are Botia.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/218 "2014-09-27T20:20:56Z")

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> [@Sahirrnee](#):
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> I know I am going to jinx myself but I’m sharing anyway  
> [http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/folwawup/media/New%20House/227front\_zpsf0c25ff9.jpg.html?sort=6&o=0](http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/folwawup/media/New%20House/227front_zpsf0c25ff9.jpg.html?sort=6&o=0)

Those floors are gorgeous, and so is all the trim. And the bay windows.

You got a nice place there. I sure hope the legal hassle is cleared up soon.

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/219 "2014-09-27T20:33:36Z")

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**Mooom** , one would normally call a row of connected houses a terrace here. Cottage generally implies little twee single dwelling like you said, but some people seem to use it just to mean ‘small house’, so I have heard someone say ‘terraced cottages’, but it sounds terribly silly and pretentious to me.

It turned out today was basketball, wimmin’s footy is tomorrow. It was not fun. The public were fine, but I wound up stuck working for two hours with the dumbest most annoyingly over-the-top racist in the company. In all seriousness, he told me he often goes to his local Chinese takeaway and tells the poor sods behind the counter that Chinese medicine is stupid and they should stop using it, and that China’s the worst place in the world. Presumably, he’s hoping they’ll stop being Chinese soon. Maybe they should try being Polish, he didn’t seem to have much problem with them.

It’s hard work talking to someone whose brains wouldn’t fill a teaspoon, and now I have a headache.

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**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:** [September 27, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welcome-to-autumn-mmp/699147/220 "2014-09-27T21:26:34Z")

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Dindin has been ingested. Actually that was an hour ago. 'Twere good. Ice cream later.

> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Mrs. Plant’s (v.3.0) new [loach.](http://www.loaches.com/species-index/photos/h/IMG_6939.JPG/image_large)

Looks tasty!

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