# What is an "MMP"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 4, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987 "2005-12-04T03:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/1 "2005-12-04T03:54:15Z")
I’ve tried figuring it out by context, but I don’t know what an MMP is. [Google](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22MMP%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official) returns such gems as: The Marian Movement of Priests Millennium Mathematics Project and my personal favorite, Manure Management Planner (How’s 2:00 for you, Honey?) So…What _is_ an MMP? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/2 "2005-12-04T03:59:09Z")
Monday Morning Post. Rue it. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/3 "2005-12-04T04:15:28Z")
Ha! How long has this been going on anyway? I’ve seen it so many times and wondered. Never got around to asking though. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/4 "2005-12-04T05:03:35Z")
See the SDMB [Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298). Started a number of years ago by Rue DeDay, who has recently been unable to post first thing Monday morning as needed due to the inconvenient necessity of earning a living, so others have taken up the torch. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2005, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/5 "2005-12-04T10:38:33Z")
MMP is where all the Cool Kids hang out. You’d know that if you were one of the Cool Kids… 😛 It’s a fun thread series - join us! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/6 "2005-12-05T16:48:24Z")
Seeing as this question seems to pop up every other week, perhaps a Mod could make a one-line locked sticky. I know it’s detailed elsewhere, but “elsewhere” is the problem, and people don’t know where to look. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/7 "2005-12-05T16:53:15Z")
[confessional voice] Ahem, at first I thought it stood for “Monday Morning Pointless.”[/confessional voice] Then again, perhaps it does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/8 "2005-12-05T17:03:07Z")
Hee hee. We’ve been googled. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/9 "2005-12-06T04:46:17Z")
While we’re on the subject of acronyms, what the HELL does the “FI” part of WiFi stand for??? ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/10 "2005-12-06T05:35:01Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > While we’re on the subject of acronyms, what the HELL does the “FI” part of WiFi stand for??? Fidelity. Wi-reless Fi-delity. 🙂 And I’m glad I got to the bottom of that. I thought something altogether tragic happened to Rue. I lurk around the MMP threads, and when they stopped, I started to worry. Turns out, for no good reason at all. Good. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/11 "2005-12-06T05:51:47Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > [confessional voice] Ahem, at first I thought it stood for “Monday Morning Pointless.”[/confessional voice] Then again, perhaps it does. 😃 At first I thought it stood for Mundane Morning Post. Then again, perhaps it does. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/12 "2005-12-06T14:41:56Z")
The MMP isn’t so much a _thing_ as a _state of mind_. It also keeps a bunch of… delinquents from popping up in other threads and ruining them with mindless hijacks. It keeps us from getting underfoot. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/13 "2005-12-06T14:55:27Z")
> [@Rue DeDay](#): > > It keeps us from getting underfoot. \ Not according to **Welby** \ ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/14 "2005-12-06T15:09:27Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > \ Not according to **Welby** \ Hahahahahahaha! Great one **Tups**. We oughta hijack this thread. How about them Dallas Cowboys? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/15 "2005-12-06T15:25:03Z")
What about them?? 😉 How 'bout them Longhorns! ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/16 "2005-12-06T15:34:16Z")
> [@welby](#): > > Hahahahahahaha! Great one **Tups**. We oughta hijack this thread. > > How about them Dallas Cowboys? **welby** , my man, the Cowboys bite! Gimme the Bucs any day. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/17 "2005-12-06T15:47:45Z")
What about them?? 😉 How 'bout them Longhorns! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/18 "2005-12-06T16:30:44Z")
I know the Cowboys bite, but they’re still my team. The Bucs have a dorky logo. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/19 "2005-12-06T16:34:09Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > **welby** , my man, the Cowboys bite! Gimme the Bucs any day. 😉 I always suspect that **Tupug Anachi** was the sexiest MMP’er. Now I know that it’s true. **Welby** : the old Bucs logo was the dorkiest (dare I say “gayest”?) ever allowed in the NFL. The new one is a huge improvement and decidedly more butch. Probably just in a “bearish” sort of way, but still. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987/20 "2005-12-06T17:58:46Z")
Awwrrw, shucks, **shibb**! I have to agree about the old logo. Not even a decent _aaaarrr_ type of pirate. More Johnny Depp than Long John Silver. 😉 **welby** , at least you can say the Cowboy’s cheerleaders are The. Hottest. Evah! 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/333987.md?page=2)