# Things I learned about Canada, eh? (MMP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 1, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936 "2006-05-01T12:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/201 "2006-05-04T19:04:40Z")
You know, it occurs to me that if I was gay I could say _“I suck at flirting”_ and it’d be funny. But I’m not, so it’s not. But I _am_ completely inept at flirting, (in the classical sense). Just so’s we’re clear. So **Puggy** , how _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/202 "2006-05-04T19:32:20Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Unfortunately there was nothing of the kind. In fact, there was nothing of any kind, because all the food was gone by the time I got there and they were packing things up. I arrived at 1 pm, and it was done even though I was told 12-2. I feel very ripped off. :mad: [/QUOTE] Oh, dear. You want a Rice Krispie treat? I made them–it’s my way of working in the yard. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/203 "2006-05-04T19:36:35Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] All in all, just glad the week’s almost over. Especially because it brings **Tater** Fest a day closer. So, we need a venue - where’s a not-too-pricy place with decent parking and at least one bland dish I can eat? **welby**? **susan**? Suggestions? [/QUOTE] I’ll look around the area and see what I can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/204 "2006-05-04T20:11:10Z")
Congrats **Mr Lissar**! I appear to be having a run of bad luck at the moment…there is some 24 hour gastric bug going around work. Guess who got it. Guess who puked for almost 2 days. Niiiice. All better now - 7UP is my friend. My boxed set of Sex & The City arrived today so I guess I also have a date with my couch this weekend. If I can possibly avoid it I may not get outta my jammies 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/205 "2006-05-04T20:19:29Z")
[QUOTE=Bumbazine] You know, it occurs to me that if I was gay I could say _“I suck at flirting”_ and it’d be funny. But I’m not, so it’s not. But I _am_ completely inept at flirting, (in the classical sense). Just so’s we’re clear. So **Puggy** , how _you_ doin’? [/QUOTE] 😃 There, see, that was easy…you silver-tongued, silver-haired devil! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/206 "2006-05-04T20:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] Yay for Mr. Lissar’s new job!!! [/QUOTE] I second that. Congrats to you both on that. Those rotating shifts can be a real drag. [QUOTE=gt] I notice that **Sean** hasn’t been back to report details. ::taps foot:: We’re waiting… 😃 [/QUOTE] This durned real life thing has cut into my MMPing (or, conversely, MM-Peeing). I was up to my Not much to tell. We’ve been dating for four years now, and living in sin (and against the laws of the Old Dominion) for three. But since her divorce is now final, well, why not? She doesn’t want a diamond, though. Her daughter is getting me the scoop on what kind of rock to buy. But I probably won’t get the chance to talk to her about it until this weekend sometime. And I’ll let you vultures know the whats and hows when it happens. And I gotta go now. I haven’t had a chance to fully catch up this week. Only got to **gt** ’s post that I quoted here. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/207 "2006-05-04T20:56:53Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] I second that. Congrats to you both on that. Those rotating shifts can be a real drag. This durned real life thing has cut into my MMPing (or, conversely, MM-Peeing). I was up to my Not much to tell. We’ve been dating for four years now, and living in sin (and against the laws of the Old Dominion) for three. But since her divorce is now final, well, why not? She doesn’t want a diamond, though. Her daughter is getting me the scoop on what kind of rock to buy. But I probably won’t get the chance to talk to her about it until this weekend sometime. And I’ll let you vultures know the whats and hows when it happens. And I gotta go now. I haven’t had a chance to fully catch up this week. Only got to **gt** ’s post that I quoted here. [/QUOTE] Well, pre-congrats then! Yeah, diamonds are nice, but my favorite stones are emeralds and sapphires. Emeralds hold the number one spot in my heart. Conveniently, they’re my birthstone too. So, I guess in my rambling way, what I’m trying to say is that it’s cool that your honey isn’t going with “the usual”. I don’t feel like working anymore. I’ve been working on a very large spreadsheet, breaking down the data and moving it to other tabs, only to find out the source data is erroneous. Nearly a day’s work wasted…just wasted. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/208 "2006-05-04T21:29:00Z")
[QUOTE=Taters] Well, pre-congrats then! Yeah, diamonds are nice, but my favorite stones are emeralds and sapphires. Emeralds hold the number one spot in my heart. Conveniently, they’re my birthstone too. [/QUOTE] Those are my favorites, too!!! And Sapphires are my birthstone! {{{{SISTER}}}} 😃 ---
**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:** [May 4, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/209 "2006-05-04T23:00:05Z")
If any of y’all ever felt the need to send me a big hunk o’ rock, a ruby would be nice. Just sayin’ is all. **Sean** good luck and all that stuff. If she’s been living with you this long, she’s probably willing to overlook the middle aged white guy stuff and be happy with whatever you do. 😃 ACBG and I had a wonderful dip in the pool and some pizza and beer. He’s gone now cause he has some paperwork to catch up on but we had fun. The pizza was one of those Moma’s U Bake pizzas that can be picked up and brought home to bake in the oven. Sooooooooo good! I ordered it and picked it up cause it’s on my way home. I baked the pizza, ACBG came over, we ate it and drank a couple beers, then went and had a dip in the pool. It was a clothing alternative dip. 😃 That’s my TMI contribution for the week. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/210 "2006-05-05T02:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Those are my favorites, too!!! And Sapphires are my birthstone! {{{{SISTER}}}} 😃 [/QUOTE] Mine, too. And **blue** is my favorite color Are you a Virgo or a Libra? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/211 "2006-05-05T02:57:46Z")
Got home just before 10:30 tonight; left around 7:20 a.m. Long day, but then end of it was fun because I went out to dinner and then went to see _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_. It was a really fun production of it; very energetic. We were in the front row, so we could see a little of the technical stuff. And the sound…well, it was definitely there. Quite loud. Hoping I can actually catch up on the MMP in the morning… GTGosh I’m tired ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/212 "2006-05-05T12:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=welby] I’ll look around the area and see what I can come up with. [/QUOTE] Wait, I also meant to ask - where will we be? Around national airport? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/213 "2006-05-05T12:24:18Z")
good morning, or more accurately: woogie morning. I was up all night with indegestion and slept not at all. I didn’t want to call in sick today, as I had yesterday off, but there’s no way I can function properly today so I hope the rest of you have a nice Friday, I just may sleep thru mine. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/214 "2006-05-05T12:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Mine, too. And **blue** is my favorite color Are you a Virgo or a Libra? [/QUOTE] A Virgo but a very atypical one. I hope you feel better soon. So Texas Ranch House ended last night. (Yes, I watched it all the way through.) It got pretty oogie there at the end with a fly infestation you wouldn’t believe. And then all the cowboys mutinied. And the family failed the final. I have to say I sided with the cowboys. I’ll shut up about that now. **HAPPY CINQUO DE MAYO!** We are having a little celebration here at work. Actually, it doesn’t take much for there to be a little celebration so they can break out the beer. Tomorrow Mr. Anachi and I are meeting BarbeeDoll[sup]TM[/sup] and her hubby around the corner at the dog track club house for a little Derby action. We will probably go back to our house before the race so we can watch it in high def. That will be fun. I need to figure out which horse to bet on. Tupug ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/215 "2006-05-05T14:12:10Z")
Good morning everyone! Yay! It’s Friday! Thank goodness! \*\*welby, \*\* I’ll be staying approximately (let me check my driving directions) 5 or 6 miles from National Airport, so yeah, we’ll be around that area, I think. Anyway, whatever y’all come up with, I’m game for. Additionally, I don’t have a cell phone (yeah, I’m still in the stone age), so if I need to be contacted while I’m in DC/Alexandria, I’ll be staying at the Hampton Inn which is located at 4800 Leesburg Pike, Alexandria VA. My home e-mail is in my profile folks, so if you need to contact me up until early, early Monday morning, you can reach me there. We can work out the particulars and such. Did I mention that I’m so happy it’s Friday? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/216 "2006-05-05T14:18:07Z")
Measuring Man has come and gone. He got lost twice on the way to the house. Maybe that’s what made him so grouchy. He was quite put out that the new cabinets weren’t in as yet (as if the ones here would be the new ones–there are drawers missing, hinges off etc). Told him that the store told me that it didn’t matter when the measurements were made OR that when the floor was installed (before new cabinets or after). He didn’t thaw. Whatever. :rolleyes: I need to do alot today. Here is my list: clean bathroom-at least one, to show I made an effort vacuum downstairs water annuals plant deck pots(start, don’t have all the flowers yet) organize the mail, since the dining room table in now being used for kitchen shit iron uniforms for weekend clean fish tank take a nap (priority) make dinner call plasterer #2 back and book a time I’m tired already. Waah. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/217 "2006-05-05T14:23:27Z")
I’m all sinusy today so I find some amusement in the google ads being about nasal sprays and such. It’s also cloudy and is supposed to rain. All weekend. Of course. We need the rain but, dangit, I want to play in the pool all day tomorrow! :: POUT :: In other news, we have these brand new neato digital thermostats at work. The one in my building works fine. The ones in the front building don’t, so the AC ain’t workin’ up there. Bitchiness abounds up there. Glad I’m back here where it’s all nice and cool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/218 "2006-05-05T14:37:20Z")
Morning, kool kids! Happy Friday! And Cinco de Mayo! I’m ready for the weekend. No major projects planned! I need a break. I can’t believe I forgot to take my meds this morning. They can wait, but it’s the first time that’s happened. Weird. Since I started treatment for HepC on Mar. 3, I’ve lost 9 pounds. Woo-hoo! A few more weeks at this rate and I’ll be under 200. I’m at 208, now. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/219 "2006-05-05T14:56:15Z")
Good morning everyone. Today is Friday. But today is not an ordinary Friday. Today will be one of those Fridays with a crash landing at the end. Today I need to do the following things, in no particular order: 1. Sell some textbooks back to the school 2. Finish my undergraduate thesis 3. Take a bus home, although I don’t know yet at what time I’ll be doing this 4. Pack roughly half of the possessions in my dorm room 5. Go to the ID Desk in the Union and put some money on my RAD (Rensselaer Advantage Dollars Account) so I can have some money to do laundry. 6. Do laundry. A LOT of laundry. Have I mentioned I _loathe_ doing laundry? Oh yeah, and eat food in there somewhere as well. I’ve been thinking of cutting back on that. It’s gotten to the point where I’m eating several times _each day_. I know, right? It’s becoming an expensive habit and I need to cut down. **Dolores** , I know you mean well, but “kool kids”? Next thing you know we’ll be the “kooky kool kids,” and that’s just asking for trouble. **rigs** , I always knew you had your priorities straight. > [@taxi78cab](#): > > Anyway, when are you leaving? Do you have time for lunch at Ali Baba again sometime before you leave? Once Mika’s through with her busy season, we should see if she’s free and all get together. Maybe for dinner then instead of lunch. Let me know if/when you’re free. We definitely need to do this. When **Mika** and I last hung out, we decided on something after May 8, to fit her schedule. Monday and Thursday work for me that week, and I’ll be around on Saturday as well. > [@](#): > > Fruit of the Day: Plum > Plum \PLUHM\ noun > Definition: Plums are sweet, juicy and edible, and they can be eaten fresh or used in jam-making or other recipes. Plum juice can be fermented into plum wine. Dried plums are known as prunes. Plums come in a wide variety of colors and sizes. Some are much firmer-fleshed than others and some have yellow, white, greed or red flesh, with equally varying skin color. > Example sentence: Not many people know that sailors used to drop fruit off the ship to plum the depths of the water. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936/220 "2006-05-05T14:58:59Z")
Happy Friday! We just got our census forms, and Driving Husband says now is _not_ the time to let them know about the mutiple Husbands system. There aren’t enough spots for listing spouses anyway. Today I should run around and pick some small things up, then clean the kitchen. Whee! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-learned-about-canada-eh-mmp/354936.md?page=12)