# What is an MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 17, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743 "2009-03-17T13:40:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/1 "2009-03-17T13:40:23Z")
I think I need a edumacation. What the hell is an “MMP” thread? I saw [this thread (A Maine Vacation MMP …)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510462) in MPSIMS and, being a Mainer, I thought I’d post in it. But checking back, I can’t tell what the hell the thread is supposed to be about. It seems like message-board-cum-instant-messenger deal. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/2 "2009-03-17T13:42:38Z")
From the [SDMB Glossary](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298): > [@](#): > > MMP – Monday Morning Post. One of our posters used to do a rambling thread every Monday morning. I don’t know why he or she isn’t doing them anymore, but others have been stepping up to continue the tradition. Sometimes “Guest MMP” or “Member MMP” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/3 "2009-03-17T13:48:08Z")
So more like a message-board-cum-Live-Journal sort of thing, I guess. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/4 "2009-03-17T13:48:59Z")
If memory serves, the original writer of MMPs was Rue DeDay, one of our more delightful personalities ever. He’d talk about something different each week, people got quite used to just being able to come in and talk about whatever crossed their minds and then when Rue took a lengthy absence the tradition continued, this time with different posters contributing each week but with the same ‘chatful’ premise. It’s just mindless fun and it’s partly driven I suspect just out of missin’ ol’ Rue. He was a keeper. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/5 "2009-03-17T19:21:54Z")
Yes, it’s pretty much a stream of consciouness thread. We’re a warm, welcoming bunch of folks. We support each other through good and bad times; but mainly we just chat. It’s kind of like heading down to your neighborhood tavern to chat with a regular group of buddies. The only difference being that we talk about food…A LOT…and share the recipes. That being said, we’ll talk about anything under the sun, and do! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/6 "2009-03-17T22:27:21Z")
A lot of people stop by to post things that aren’t quite enough to merit their own thread. There are quite a few regulars, but also a large number who only stop by occasionally. And, yes, we still miss **Rue**. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/7 "2009-03-17T22:38:10Z")
[spooky Maine accent]It’s a whole boatload of trouble. Best advised to keep away[/sMa] I kid. It’s like a long conversation over coffee. With nicknames. Did I mention the nicknames?? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/8 "2009-03-17T22:57:03Z")
And here I thought it was a thousand military police, (or two thousand police). ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/9 "2009-03-19T03:20:08Z")
\*\*Rue \*\*used to be a stay-at-home dad, that’s when he used to do the MMP. He went back to work after the kids started school IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/10 "2009-03-19T12:40:24Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > The only difference being that we talk about food…A LOT… Actually, they just plain talk A LOT! 😃 I enjoy it when I can keep up, but the thread moves VERY quickly and it’s usually up to something like 5 pages before I even get to it. I haven’t been in much lately. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-mmp/489743/11 "2009-03-19T23:13:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Actually, they just plain talk A LOT! 😃 I enjoy it when I can keep up, but the thread moves VERY quickly and it’s usually up to something like 5 pages before I even get to it. I haven’t been in much lately. As in, never perhaps? :dubious: 😃