# Very MPSIMSy: I Wish I Hadn't Told So Many People That I Post Here . . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342 "2007-11-21T18:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/1 "2007-11-21T18:26:19Z")
Because now I have a pretty minor but very annoying situation that I’d love to vent about and/or get advice on, and I can’t post it because I’m afraid the friend it involves might check the Board. Darn it! ETA: Not to be all mysterioso or anything, it’s not that big a deal, it’s just one of those things where I’m thinking “Hey! I can ask the Board!” and then realizing, no, better not. Guess I hadn’t realized how much I rely on you guys for common sense and other POVs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/2 "2007-11-21T18:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] Because now I have a pretty minor but very annoying situation that I’d love to vent about and/or get advice on, and I can’t post it because I’m afraid the friend it involves might check the Board. Darn it! ETA: Not to be all mysterioso or anything, it’s not that big a deal, it’s just one of those things where I’m thinking “Hey! I can ask the Board!” and then realizing, no, better not. Guess I hadn’t realized how much I rely on you guys for common sense and other POVs. 🙂 [/QUOTE] My wife. My daughter. Yep, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/3 "2007-11-21T18:29:53Z")
Do what the rest of us do – give up IRL friends and get all your emotional gratification here. What? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/4 "2007-11-21T18:32:31Z")
Yanno, you could, like, email the situational info to someone and ask them to post, asking for help for “a friend” and then you could just read along… … or not. That’s pretty lame. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/5 "2007-11-21T18:39:15Z")
Use you telepathetic powers! I’m ready to receive you query…waiting…waiting…waiting… AHA! Pancakes, you know what to do with them. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/6 "2007-11-21T18:55:23Z")
Well, how much information do you need, anyway? I thought you people were smart. Okay, here’s the deal: My friend [Name] has a [noun] that is very [adjective]. He/she asked me to [verb] the [noun] because it [verb] [adverb] and he/she has to [verb] in [name of place]. But it ends up the [noun] is very [unattractive adjective] and very [REALLY unattractive adjective] and it [verb] me off to find that I have to [verb] with the [HUGELY unattracive adjective] [noun] while [Name] is [verb + ing] in [name of place]. I also think [Name] knew that [verb + ing] the [noun] would be [adjective], but I’m not sure about that. So: (1) isn’t [Name] kind of a [adjective] [noun]? And what do I do about [noun]? I await your wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/7 "2007-11-21T19:00:43Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/8 "2007-11-21T19:01:19Z")
Y’know, **Jodi** , just because you _can_ verb every noun in the language, doesn’t mean you _should_… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/9 "2007-11-21T19:03:04Z")
First, you need to talk to [Name] and tell him that you wish he had been more upfront about [noun]. Also tell him that you don’t feel comfortable [verbing] with [noun]. It sounds to me like [Name] stuck you with unattractive [noun] so that he wouldn’t have to deal with [noun] while he was at [place] and [verbing]. Not so nice. Lesson learned–next time, don’t agree to [verb] with [adjective/noun]. This is either extremely innocuous or extremely dirty. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/10 "2007-11-21T19:06:02Z")
I always wonder if I should post certain things because my mother posts here. And it’s all my fault, too. Oh well. If she runs across a bit of TMI, too bad! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/11 "2007-11-21T19:06:05Z")
Bwhaaa… yeah, I realized this awhile back too, thus making my knowledge of the Dope’s existance my most selfishly guarded secret… this coming from a pretty giving guy. You can say whatever here, an option rarely available IRL, and that’s too cathartic to give up. [evil laugh] Mine, all mine! [/evil laugh] ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/12 "2007-11-21T19:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] Well, how much information do you need, anyway? I thought you people were smart. Okay, here’s the deal: My friend [Name] has a [noun] that is very [adjective]. He/she asked me to [verb] the [noun] because it [verb] [adverb] and he/she has to [verb] in [name of place]. But it ends up the [noun] is very [unattractive adjective] and very [REALLY unattractive adjective] and it [verb] me off to find that I have to [verb] with the [HUGELY unattracive adjective] [noun] while [Name] is [verb + ing] in [name of place]. I also think [Name] knew that [verb + ing] the [noun] would be [adjective], but I’m not sure about that. So: (1) isn’t [Name] kind of a [adjective] [noun]? And what do I do about [noun]? I await your wisdom. [/QUOTE] Cool; I didn’t know I’d wandered into the MadLib thread. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/13 "2007-11-21T19:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=whiterabbit] I always wonder if I should post certain things because my mother posts here. And it’s all my fault, too. Oh well. If she runs across a bit of TMI, too bad! [/QUOTE] \ I’m TELLING! _MamaTigs! MamaTigs!_ d & rs 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/14 "2007-11-21T19:20:39Z")
Dude, madlibs rock! I’m laughing now just filling in the blanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/15 "2007-11-21T19:45:06Z")
Okay, ready for my brilliant idea? The board could have an institutional sock puppet that the moderators could let you borrow for instances like this. You’d send the mods an email explaining why you’d like to use it, they’d give you the password, and you’d have the use of it for 36 hours. Handy for those occasions where anonymity is a must. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/16 "2007-11-21T19:53:41Z")
**Jodi** May have just established the template for advice seeking. Imagine the electrons saved if we just say. “Bob horse sexy sticky tree fenestrate slowly…” ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/17 "2007-11-21T20:01:20Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] Dude, madlibs rock! I’m laughing now just filling in the blanks! [/QUOTE] My friend Dan Quayle has a wombat that is very spindly. He asked me to envelop the bear because it chews wildly and he has to go bowling in Hoboken. But it ends up the kumquat is very grotesque and very murderous and it carves me off to find that I have to race with the nauseating pencil while Dan Quayle is assisting in the Everglades. I also think Dan Quayle knew that smuggling the wallpaper would be funky, but I’m not sure about that. So: (1) isn’t Dan Quayle kind of a cardboard Kit-Kat bar? And what do I do about the coffee? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/18 "2007-11-21T20:27:10Z")
Jodi - did you get a mangy cat or dog from someone? One you have to give meds to or something while they’re off at work or on vacation? Please tell me I’m super intuitive. Add me to the list of people who’d rather not mix IRL with SDMB. Even if that may have already happened, against my will. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/19 "2007-11-21T20:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight] Jodi - did you get a mangy cat or dog from someone? [/QUOTE] Either that or a blind date from hell. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342/20 "2007-11-21T21:37:17Z")
[QUOTE=Borborygmi] My friend Dan Quayle has a wombat that is very spindly. He asked me to envelop the bear because it chews wildly and he has to go bowling in Hoboken. But it ends up the kumquat is very grotesque and very murderous and it carves me off to find that I have to race with the nauseating pencil while Dan Quayle is assisting in the Everglades. I also think Dan Quayle knew that smuggling the wallpaper would be funky, but I’m not sure about that. So: (1) isn’t Dan Quayle kind of a cardboard Kit-Kat bar? And what do I do about the coffee? [/QUOTE] I kind of wish I had been here a couple of hours ago, but I’m not sure I could have done this justice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mpsimsy-i-wish-i-hadnt-told-so-many-people-that-i-post-here/427342.md?page=2)