# What are the rules of the MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 7, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575 "2013-10-07T09:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/321 "2013-10-14T00:32:20Z")
Dear me, so much talk about underwear. 😛 And now back to practicing the clarinet. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/322 "2013-10-14T00:50:52Z")
I once new a young lady who played Greensleeves for me on the clarinet. On the other hand, I took Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra this evening. They played Wagner and some other stuff. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/323 "2013-10-14T01:12:24Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Dear me, so much talk about underwear. 😛 > > And now back to practicing the clarinet. Are you playing a thong about underwear? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/324 "2013-10-14T01:54:22Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I just found out that there’s a popular song in France whose title translates to “When He Farts, He Rips A Hole In His Underwear.” > > [Proof.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0HDimwj_Vs#t=167) Song starts at 1:51 in the video. I just shared that with Complicated Friend who lives in BC. That’s his kind of humour. I got a half peck each of winesap and honeycrisp apples at the farmer’s market today. I love living in a place where I can get fresh apples in season. I have an idea for an MMP. I’ll post it if I can stay up long enough and don’t get distracted by [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/). ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/325 "2013-10-14T02:01:25Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Are you playing a thong about underwear? _Panty Lane_ by the Beetles? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/326 "2013-10-14T02:04:58Z")
I was playing an Offenbach piece - “Orpheus In His Underwear.” **flytrap** what Wagner did the orchestra play? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/327 "2013-10-14T02:32:42Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I was playing an Offenbach piece - “Orpheus In His Underwear.” > > **flytrap** what Wagner did the orchestra play? Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren, Ride of the Valkyries, the overture to act III of Die Walkurie. And some other stuff. 🙂 The complete opera Die Walküre was first performed on 26 June 1870 in the National Theatre Munich against the composer’s intent. By January of the next year, Wagner was receiving requests for the Ride to be performed separately, but wrote that such a performance should be considered “an utter indiscretion” and forbade “any such thing”.[1] However, the piece was still printed and sold in Leipzig, and Wagner subsequently wrote a complaint to the publisher Schott.[2] In the period up to the first performance of the complete Ring cycle, Wagner continued to receive requests for separate performances, his second wife Cosima noting “Unsavoury letters arrive for R. – requests for the Ride of the Valkyries and I don’t know what else.”[3] Once the Ring had been given in Bayreuth in 1876, Wagner lifted the embargo. He himself conducted it in London on 12 May 1877, repeating it as an encore.[4] I guess it is legal to play it. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/328 "2013-10-14T12:31:00Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > I am listening to the twins dumping all the huge fantasy novels (Tad Williams, Robert Jordan) off the shelves. They’re probably going to make them into little piles. At least I hope so. The other thing they do is rip covers, so piles is preferable. > > Long time no see! Twins? what ages/boy/girl??? I have twin 5 year olds, Alli and Lucas. Your post made me laugh because it reminded me of my home. LOL:D ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/329 "2013-10-14T12:36:30Z")
Link to new MMP BTW > **[Hopefully an easy week MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=704836)** > > I had a loooong irk week last week, irked eleven hours Saturday, and now it’s back to irk. I don’t want to go, I want another day off!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575/330 "2013-10-15T00:00:18Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > I am listening to the twins dumping all the huge fantasy novels (Tad Williams, Robert Jordan) off the shelves. They’re probably going to make them into little piles. At least I hope so. The other thing they do is rip covers, so piles is preferable. What?? They can’t be big enough to do this already, can they? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-of-the-mmp/670575.md?page=16)