# Waiting for Bob: A placeholder MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 20, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355 "2010-09-20T01:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [September 21, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/61 "2010-09-21T16:14:50Z")
**Rebo** , Hubby’s drinking buddy looks to be at least part Schnauzer. I know that look all too well. 😛 And that is why we have doggies instead of kitties. That and the fact that our doggy would never crawl under the couch, roll on his back, and pull all the stuffing out of the cushion. Or get up on the kitchen counter at 2 in the morning and knock the dishes off onto the floor. Or leave little surprises behind the furniture. Or yowl at 4am to be fed. I could go on. And on. And on. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/62 "2010-09-21T16:42:45Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > **Happy Birthday, Missy!** Thank you!! 🙂 It’s been a good 'un so far: phone calls from both parents, numerous birthday wishes on Facebook, and birthday emails from my dentist and my online dating service (“happy 39th birthday…still single?” :rolleyes: ) This morning I took Bailey to [Dogtopia](http://www.dogdaycare.com/), and I’m looking forward to picking up a clean, tired doggy tomorrow evening. I will have a designated driver for tonight’s piano bar birthday extravaganza, and am being picked up at around 6:30…too bad I have to be able to work tomorrow. 😉 In other news, I’m still waiting for last week’s contingent job offer to become final. It’s been a week since I signed and returned the letter of intent, and I’m getting antsy… I’m a bad Mumper, and haven’t been able to respond much to what’s going on with everyone else. ☹ Work is busy now, and will be until I leave, but I really do read (almost) every post! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/63 "2010-09-21T19:26:08Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > > [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > > > I only have one Pirate shirt left, because I got rid of the others, … the other two were stained/worn out. > > Since when are pirates supposed to give a fart about that? I had plunder that needed spending! Actually I was going to buy another flask, but I didn’t have enough money for the one I wanted. Next year. And that’s cool **StG**. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/64 "2010-09-21T19:28:10Z")
Happy Birthday, **Missy**! I’ve been rather tired and crabby today. I even tried to take a nap but it didn’t work. While I was out shopping I picked up some stuff for a new silverware project, so that should at least be fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/65 "2010-09-21T19:54:49Z")
Happy B’day **Missy**! Whoohoo for hot water **boofae** I am back from the dentist and starving. But still so numb I had better not eat or I will bite my cheek and bleed! I have to go back for another fillign next week on the oppostite side - this is to repair a 20+ year old filling. Have I mentioned I hate the dentist? Have I mentioned I ended up crying before they even started today. Next week I am going with ‘pre-medication’ as the repair will take longer than the little filling I had today and I might not make it through without having to peel me off the ceiling. I hope the drugs are good drugs! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/66 "2010-09-21T20:12:36Z")
Hippo, Birdie, Two Ewe, **Missy**! ---
**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 21, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/67 "2010-09-21T20:44:15Z")
\ clearing throat \ \*\* Haaapppyyy biiirrrttthhhdddaaayyy toooooo youuuuuu!!! Haaapppyyy biiirrrttthhhdddaaayyy toooooo youuuuuu!!! Haaapppyyy biiirrrttthhhdddaaayyy deeeaaarrr mmmiiissssssyyy!!! Haaapppyyy biiirrrttthhhdddaaayyy toooooo youuuuuu!!! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/68 "2010-09-21T20:46:51Z")
I am having an extremely frustrating waiting-filled day. I have a lot that needs to get done, but I need input from another team. I haven’t had an update in an hour, and the other person has a meeting on her calendar in 15 min. If she goes to that meeting, I am going to be plenty pissed. This stuff _has_ to be done today, and if I have to stay late because she goes to that other meeting… grrrrrrrrr! :mad: I used to like working with this person because she is really smart and really understood this stuff better than the others on her team a couple years ago. But they caught up, and they actually stay focused. Now I dread having to work with this person. And she’s the one who’s going to be training their newbie. I really want to ask if one of the other teammates can train the newbie instead, but I suppose that would be a politically bad move, huh? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/69 "2010-09-21T20:53:27Z")
[QUOTE=Taters] **Bobbio,** you’re just a big teddy bear! [/QUOTE] How many teddy bears have halligans? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/70 "2010-09-21T21:16:27Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > [QUOTE=Taters] > **Bobbio,** you’re just a big teddy bear! How many teddy bears have halligans? [/QUOTE] Y’all think of me something like[this](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Boyds/Figurines/Bearstones/BO2277948RussQMcBearsleyFigure.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Boyds/boyds_figurines_all_in_a_days_work.htm&usg=__pozH9kOlDjLDF0xEXRRhXacb9go=&h=453&w=275&sz=46&hl=en&start=148&zoom=1&tbnid=k8FTaoHdd383CM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfirefighter%2Bteddy%2Bbear%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D602%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C3018&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1150&vpy=124&dur=7946&hovh=288&hovw=175&tx=72&ty=137&ei=KSCZTKmOK4PGlQe8j51U&oei=BiCZTLe_L4SBlAfV9uDdDw&esq=7&page=7&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:148&biw=1366&bih=602)? ---
**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 21, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/71 "2010-09-21T21:29:27Z")
Quick drive by - poke loin in the rotiss, german N.O.T. salad made - hope it’s good - peas-n-carrots in standby. Store-bought carrot cake for dessert. Just another freekin’ day in paradise. Mini heatwave starting tomorrow - ick. **Happy Missy Day!!!** **❤❤❤❤MWAH!!!❤❤❤❤** ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/72 "2010-09-21T22:56:40Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@gotpasswords](#): > > > > How many teddy bears have halligans? > > Y’all think of me something like[this](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Boyds/Figurines/Bearstones/BO2277948RussQMcBearsleyFigure.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Boyds/boyds_figurines_all_in_a_days_work.htm&usg=__pozH9kOlDjLDF0xEXRRhXacb9go=&h=453&w=275&sz=46&hl=en&start=148&zoom=1&tbnid=k8FTaoHdd383CM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfirefighter%2Bteddy%2Bbear%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D602%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C3018&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1150&vpy=124&dur=7946&hovh=288&hovw=175&tx=72&ty=137&ei=KSCZTKmOK4PGlQe8j51U&oei=BiCZTLe_L4SBlAfV9uDdDw&esq=7&page=7&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:148&biw=1366&bih=602)? Definitely the paramedic bear. With a glass of lemonade. ---
**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 21, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/73 "2010-09-21T23:20:52Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@gotpasswords](#): > > > > How many teddy bears have halligans? > > Y’all think of me something like[this](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Boyds/Figurines/Bearstones/BO2277948RussQMcBearsleyFigure.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Boyds/boyds_figurines_all_in_a_days_work.htm&usg=__pozH9kOlDjLDF0xEXRRhXacb9go=&h=453&w=275&sz=46&hl=en&start=148&zoom=1&tbnid=k8FTaoHdd383CM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfirefighter%2Bteddy%2Bbear%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D602%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C3018&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1150&vpy=124&dur=7946&hovh=288&hovw=175&tx=72&ty=137&ei=KSCZTKmOK4PGlQe8j51U&oei=BiCZTLe_L4SBlAfV9uDdDw&esq=7&page=7&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:148&biw=1366&bih=602)? Actually **BBBobbio** we think of you as more like [this](http://www.grandcanyonteddybears.com/fireman-bear.htm). 😛 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/74 "2010-09-22T00:44:56Z")
Happy Birthday, \*\*Missy! \*\* I hope you’re having a wonderful day. I made it through another work day. We’re still having severe network latency issues which really cuts into productivity. **Yup** , Bobbio, that’s how I think of you. I’m sorry your day is sucking, \*\*taxi. \*\* I can definitely understand your frustration. We’re going to have leftover soup tonight. That’s assuming my son hasn’t snarfed it all down. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/75 "2010-09-22T01:30:31Z")
Well, at least those of you who are waiting for stuff picked the correct MMP to do it in. 😃 Happy Birthday, **Missy**! Yay for hot water, **BooFae**! Cool new furniture, **StG**. Hope you’re feeling better soon, **Coyote**. Home, have been to the grocery store, had soup and salad for dinner, and started some chicken soup for tomorrow. Little brother is here between trips and has a cold. And I seem to be coming down with something too (I have a co-worker who was sick late last week; I’m guessing I may have caught it from her or from one of the many others around who seem to have whatever’s going around). So, I 'm thinking I’ll get to bed early and hope to avoid whatever’s trying to get me… Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/76 "2010-09-22T02:35:06Z")
**Happy Birthday, Missy!** Poke chops, rice&gravy, and peas for din-din. Mmm. Sleepy… but I’m trying to watch Chopped Champions. I’m recording it just in case I fall asleep in my chair, which is looking very probable. 🙂 See ya tomorrow! ---
**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 22, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/77 "2010-09-22T03:18:35Z")
Well that was a disappointing game. On the bright side, I got to tailgate with friends. On the dark side, Gordie is on _THE LIST_ for eating some computer cables. Oh well. Happy Birthday **Missy**!!!. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/78 "2010-09-22T04:29:35Z")
Well, whadda ya know! Years ago I tried Aleve for joint pain and it did nothing but since Tylenol wasn’t helping me and I can’t take ibuprofen (eats my stomach lining) and I’m avoiding aspirin I decided to give it another shot and it worked! I am in much less pain and was able to function today. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/79 "2010-09-22T05:14:12Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > A lifetime ago, when I lived In Indianapolis, one of my projects had a computer system the sysadmin named Godot. It was slow, and everyone was waiting for… > > When I joined the project, Godot was replaced by a cluster of 4, and I was made the sysadmin instead. I named the 4 CPUs Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving. > > Let’s see who gets that pop culture reference… well the Bingo Bango Bongo I think I get Quantum Leap but where does Irving fit in? eta: **Happy Birthday, Missy!** ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355/80 "2010-09-22T09:02:55Z")
I don’t think it’s Missy’s birthday any more, is it? Happy belated birthday, Missy! I need to find a really-firm pillow, but apparently the world has decided that we’re not allowed to sleep on the side any more. The pillows which claim to be “extra firm” and “for side sleepers” are almost as soft as the other ones, damnit. And, since they’re sold bagged up all tight, you can’t push and punch and twist them to see whether they are firm or not. Firm means firm, something with the general solidity of a bag of flour is not firm! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-bob-a-placeholder-mmp/554355.md?page=5)