# Things that go "HELP!!!!" in the night... my first MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657 "2006-12-11T05:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/281 "2006-12-15T03:56:45Z")
It’s odd how a remark can hit you like that, isn’t it, **Jahdra**. Sorry you’re going through that. And wooo hooooo on the raise and bonus, **Sean**!!! I was exhausted by the time I left work today. Worked on a presentation with a friend this afternoon. We have to turn it in to our vidcon people tomorrow, even though we don’t talk till Monday afternoon. My friend and I were both completely sluggish. We took a break and then tried again. That part went better, but I still have some slides to add in the morning. After work, I had to drive to the other side of town to go to the viewing for my friend’s Mom. Several of us went together and our friend was really glad to see us. Then we went back to someone’s house and sat around and chatted for a while. Nice, but now it’s late - again - and I have to get up extra early. So I’m toddling off…hi everyone…it’s almost Friday! GT ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/282 "2006-12-15T03:57:46Z")
And, yes, I’m extra tired: forgot to send extra-special good wishes to **Taters**. Hope the wind is milder than advertised and passes you by… GT ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/283 "2006-12-15T04:03:29Z")
Oh, I know how much you all missed me today :evil grin: First - appropriate hugs, handshakes, pats-on-backs, etc as warranted. - now: [QUOTE=VunderBob] The reindeer: Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donner Blitzen Rudolph Al, the other Reindeer 1. Silver Bells 2a partial) Irving Berlin was the composer 2b) The Bells of St. Mary’s [/QUOTE] Reindeer - Very close - it’s actually Donder, not Donner. and the 10th is Olive. “Olive?” “yeah. Olive, the other Reindeer” 2. Good answer, but not the one I had in mind - And I don’t believe Berlin ever composed a whole stage musical based on The Bells of St Mary’s [QUOTE=Draelin] So, Rosie, at what point do you actually become bionic? 'Cause I think that would be pretty cool. I would quit my job and follow you around making the nanananana bionic noise, if you let me. 😃 [/QUOTE] Sure! :D. But I gotta get the shoulders done before I’d consider myself truly bionic. Oh, and if they ever do knuckles… **Rigs** - see my reply to **Bobbio** - so no prizes yet for question 2. I’m talking about a beloved classic Christmas movie that did NOT have any music in it originally, which was then adapted for the Broadway stage and made into a musical by a composer/author known primarily for another musical for which he wrote the music, lyrics, and script (dead giveaway, if you ask me) The holiday song from the musical based on the movie has been recorded by many artists, but if I tell you who recorded the most popular version, that too would be a giveaway. Question 2 is still unanswered Since I am typing this draft as I read and catch up, I now see that **WoofWaiter** has the 10th Reindeer right. **Swampy** - that video certainly was weird. er, thanks? :dubious: On my way to rehearsal tonight, I grabbed a fish sammich from the drivethru and started thinking about “fried idunno with woofit sauce” Family words. They mean something only to you, your parents, and your siblings, and maybe a cousin or two. Before I was born, when my bro and sis were wee bairns, Mom was making fried flounder filets for dinner. The sibs came home from school and asked “what’s for dinner?” Mom replied “Oh, I don’ know” My sis, the older of the two asked “and how are you preparing the ‘idunno’?” “Fried” My bro asked “What’s the sauce wif’ it?” So from then on, ever time we had fried fish with tartart sauce, it was Fried Idunno with Woofit sauce. I’ll tell you the other big family word some other time because I want to post this. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/284 "2006-12-15T04:32:36Z")
Hoping the windstorm isn’t as bad as advertised. **Mindfield** , it’s your fault that it’s warm here. I want snow, dammit! Time for bed. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/285 "2006-12-15T04:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] **Mindfield** , it’s your fault that it’s warm here. I want snow, dammit! [/QUOTE] Didn’t you get my package? I know it’s the holidays and all but they should have delivered it by now. Stupid postal system. It’s probably all melted by now. I _knew_ I should have sent it by courier. I hope the penguin is okay. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/286 "2006-12-15T05:44:27Z")
btw - if any of you can answer my unrelated [question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=400205), please do so. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/287 "2006-12-15T06:09:30Z")
Wow, I don’t come in for 24 hours and look how chatty y’all have been. I’m in DC now, at a friend’s house. Today was CRAZY, I was trying to move random leftover stuff to my new apartment AND pack my bag for the next week and a half I’ll be spending out of town. My flight got delayed by over an hour as well. But I’m finally here, yay. Tomorrow I’ll be out and about exploring the fair city. **Taters** , hope you haven’t been blown away by the windstorm. **Jahdra** , I hope you feel better soon. And general hugs all around. I don’t think I’ll be around as much for the next few days. Hopefully I’ll be having too much fun! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/288 "2006-12-15T07:05:20Z")
On the subject of snow, I wanted to just share with y’all that while I was home in Germany recently, there _was_ none, but that’s not the weirdest part: When it was overcast, and the wind was blowing, I experienced a very _damp_ cold. By that I mean if the temps had been “just right”, I would have expected to see snow flakes. **But** …when it was overcast and the wind was _still_, I could have worn a t-shirt and have been comfortable, and this was _at night_ when the temps would have been lower _anyway_. Okay, okay. I understand that this might just be a mild winter over there, and it may have nothing whatsoever to do with “global warming”, but I am used to coming back to Georgia, USA and the weather being _warmer_ than in Germany, not the other way around! 😕 Quasi ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/289 "2006-12-15T08:33:28Z")
Morning! Only 10 shopping days to Christmas(God help me). I have hockey tonight. Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy! No snow here, it’s going to be 70 degrees Amurikin this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/290 "2006-12-15T08:35:10Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] Hey again I’m kinda new at this, so I asked **FCM** for the “rules”, and she wrote back to just “jump in”, so that’s what I have been trying to do, and still kinda keep “on topic” (_someone’s_ topic, anyway 😉 ) I noticed that your SO works at Godard, **FairyChatMom** , so could you ask him if he’s familiar with a program called “Space Night”? If not, I wouldn’t be surprised because it originates in Germany and is played in the wee hours of the morning on _Bayerische Rundfunk_ (cool name for a network, huh? 🆒 ) and is a program which shows satellite images of of the Space Station and Earth and is always accompanied by “space music”. It airs for about three hours, and when I’m “home” and can’t sleep, I always tune it in and it relaxes me. The reason I am posting this here is to get you to ask him if he knows of the program and if any DVD’s of it are available here in the US? I can order them sent to me from Germany, but would have to pay to have them converted to our system. So… I hope I did this right, or should I have posted it in GQ, or what? Thanks Quasi [/QUOTE] **Quasi** , I’ve never used DVDs on a TV, but if you read them in a computer they work fine in any. You just have to get one of those readers that ignore the “zone” information (who came up with that idea anyway? oh wait, the record industry; the same guys who sold me in Costa Rica a CD by a Mexican group, made in Malaysia and with a warning about the FBI coming after me if I mp3 it…) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/291 "2006-12-15T09:49:31Z")
**Taters** - hope you didn’t get blown away in the windstorm! In my offical capacity as Wicked Witch, I managed to avoid any low-flying houses landing on my head… **Jahdra** , people often say things that upset others, without meaning to, and it’s usually because they didn’t phrase it how they really meant it to come out. Ophie and I will be sending positive thoughts your way though, and hope you feel better about things today. **SCL** - you’re exactly the kind of person your friend needs, I’m sure you’ll be karmically rewarded for it! Thanks for the link, **swampy** , it reminds me of a formation drill team we saw at the Edinburgh Festival a couple of years ago. Formation marching with power tools. You people are strange. In other news, yesterday I made a student cry. In fact it turned out to be an Oscar-merited performance, and such a shame she wasn’t a drama student 'cos she’s got wasted talents there! I was doing hall duty for one of the degree ceremonies and this particular student, mature student too (late 20s, early 30s), gave me her seat allocation ticket and then told us she was going to sit with her best friend. I politely told her she was welcome to sit with her friend until the ceremony was due to start and then she would need to take her allocated seat. She said she was going to sit with her friend, I said that wouldn’t be possible. She flounced off to complain to her mother. Her mother comes over and says that her daughter wants to sit with the friend, we explain for the second time exactly why that’s not possible. The congregations team spends months preparing the lists and issuing tickets - students are seated in the order in which they go up on stage to shake hands with the Chancellor. It’s not difficult to understand, is it? We have around 250-300 students per ceremony and if they all wanted to sit wherever they fancied, we’d be in utter chaos. Anyway, mother wasn’t happy, daughter was turning on the tears. So we sent for the congregations supervisor…mother harangued him for a while, daughter grizzled. He sided with us and explained why daughter had to sit in the seat she was allocated, adding that we have very little time to get them out of their seats, lined up in the side aisle and do a last check of names to make sure they’re in the right order before sending them to the stage. Mother is almost at screaming point by now. Daughter throws her ceremony booket on the floor, stamps on it, hurls her cap and gown at the superviser and runs out of the hall screeching about how we’re horrible unhelpful people and her entire day’s been ruined. We watch, amused and bemused. Such is life. She didn’t come back, and her degree was awarded in absentia. I’m so glad that was the only duty I had to do! Today’s going to be nice and peaceful, I’m faffing about with ethnicity returns. Oh joy. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/292 "2006-12-15T09:58:56Z")
> [@BooFae](#): > > Daughter throws her ceremony booket on the floor, stamps on it, hurls her cap and gown at the superviser and runs out of the hall screeching about how we’re horrible unhelpful people and her entire day’s been ruined. Now _that_ cool kids is a classic example of a hissy fit! One that should have been caught on tape and studied. Or laughed at. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/293 "2006-12-15T10:07:12Z")
I heard this morning that she carried on making a scene out in the foyer, then decided she wanted to come back in and take part in the ceremony but the security guards wouldn’t let her… ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/294 "2006-12-15T10:56:33Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] I heard this morning that she carried on making a scene out in the foyer, then decided she wanted to come back in and take part in the ceremony but the security guards wouldn’t let her… [/QUOTE] Like Swampy said, I think I would pay money to see footage of this entire event.. But you were definately correct about where she should have sat. She sounds like just another selfish brat. (Hope I don’t sound too critical, I mean, the girl already had ‘her day ruined’) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/295 "2006-12-15T11:05:16Z")
I’m very glad that I shall never be the wedding planner for that idiot **BooFae** speaks of! If she’s like that about her seat in a graduation ceremony… oooooh my ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/296 "2006-12-15T12:14:31Z")
Wow, the double hissy fit! I’m with **sweetums** , I’d pay to see that! **Na** I was thinking the same thing when I read **BooFae’s** first post… imagine what kinda Bridezilla she’d be! :eek: I picture a church and reception hall in ruins. WOOHOO **Sean**! Party at your place, right? **rosie** I failed the show tunes part of my gay test, so I would be of no help. **Haze** , enjoy DC! **FCM** , I’m wonderin if you taped five one dollar bills together side by side, could you use the instructions for folding a one dollar bill into a shirt? Mind you, I haven’t put this into practice, it’s all theory at this point. Glad y’all liked the Lawn Chair Precision Team. It is my conviction that outre weirdness must be shared. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/297 "2006-12-15T12:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Like Swampy said, I think I would pay money to see footage of this entire event.. But you were definately correct about where she should have sat. She sounds like just another selfish brat. (Hope I don’t sound too critical, I mean, the girl already had ‘her day ruined’) [/QUOTE] agreed (and here I thought we 'Mercins had that market cornered…;)) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/298 "2006-12-15T12:49:29Z")
It’s my last day of work till after the new year. The kidlets will give me lots of gifts. Such is the life of a preschool teacher - 20 “#1 Teacher” mugs. No, I’m kidding. Usually one parent rounds up a fistful of cash and buys a gift certificate to the mall or some store they think I might like. It’s usually quite nice. Plus, I usually get some extra things, like plates of cookies and candies. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/299 "2006-12-15T12:51:08Z")
ok - I’ll give you a hint - The composer is Meridith Willson The story behind the other family word: Years ago, some cousins were visiting for dinner while I was away at college (not Cousin, because she too was at college but a couple who “hung out” with my folks a lot). In the course of conversation they started discussing childhood memories, and got around to favorite candies. They could all remember a particular one - the flavor, texture, packaging, cost, everything but the name. It drove them batty trying to remember it. It got late and cousins left to go home. Much later, at around 3am, the phone rings. Dad picks it up quickly (because the only calls in the middle of the night are either bad news or a wrong number) and hears Mrs cousin say “Joe? Walnettos!” and hang up. To this day, “walnettos” is anything you can remember clearly but cannot recall its name. So, what are your “family words”? You know what? I think I’ll start a thread about it. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657/300 "2006-12-15T13:35:58Z")
We have family phrases, all made up by my Dad. My Dad speaks fairly decent English, but his grasp of figurative language is, shall we say, poor. “He has moh money than you can throw sticks!” is my favourite. It’s said in a heavy Japanese accent, grouchy tone. Urk. I woke up thoroughly when Mr. Lissar left this morning, and spent from six to seven falling back asleep. When I did fall asleep, it was to be in/ watching a _Buffy_ episode that was two parts, involved a scary abusive mom who was also a witch, and became a zombie in the second half. During most of it I was having an involved discussion with Willow and Xander about C. S. Lewis. I remember setting the woman on fire with a molotov cocktail. I need caffeine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-go-help-in-the-night-my-first-mmp/383657.md?page=16)