# What Madame Defarge Has Been Up To Lately -- A Yarny MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289 "2007-06-25T05:33:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/341 "2007-06-28T17:52:41Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] **Swamps** , how does the new gig affect your supply of beer and **cockies**? šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] Freudian slip? TMI? Two great tastes that taste great together? Oh yeah. I went there. **LiLi** - I will _try_ and take some good fireworks shots. We arenā€™t going to be anywhere that there will be a reliable show of fireworks ā€“ at least not one thatā€™s guaranteed to be good. I do know that there is always at least one family in the field between my building and the mall that set up their fireworks and fire them off. I may forgo my usual balcony surveillance and set up my tripod somewhere around that field where I can get some good shots of fireworks where I know theyā€™re going to be. Plus, at this time of year the tennis court my balcony overlooks is open, which means the floodlights that illuminate them at night are on, which means most of my balcony firework shots are horribly washed out due to the glare from those lights, so the field might be a good idea. I just hope they splurged on some really fancy shmancy ones. They make for the coolest shots. šŸ™‚ **BBBobbio** - Cool, so youā€™re pretty much good to go wherever you are. I didnā€™t know if there was some stickiness over certification or jurisdiction or anything like that. Nice to know itā€™s more or less a national thing. **Sean** - I live in the Greater Toronto Area. Physics, both Newtonian and Quantum, are concepts most drivers here couldnā€™t grasp if their hands were covered in epoxy. Especially kids, for whom cognitive dissonance appears to be a high school course. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/342 "2007-06-28T17:54:58Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] **Taxi** , you can keep the James Bonds, Iā€™m waiting to see how [Richard Armitage](http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/robinhood/galleries/wallpaper/1024x768/guy1.jpg) agesā€¦not that I wouldnā€™t object _now_, of course. But how would I explain it to 'im indoors? [/QUOTE] Does this really mean I get to keep Sean Connery and Daniel Craig all to myself?? Sweet! šŸ˜ƒ Last time I flirted with someone here, I ended up married. So I think Iā€™m going to sit out the flirting if itā€™s all the same to you all. šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/343 "2007-06-28T17:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Freudian slip? TMI? Two great tastes that taste great together? [/QUOTE] Yes to all three. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/344 "2007-06-28T18:01:31Z")
Have you ever tried to come up with a list of your 100 favorite albums from the '80s? And it had to be restricted to 10 albums per year. Well, I just finished my list. Took me two weeks, and I kept changing the order of things up until I submitted it to that website I was writing for but stopped for awhile (pay issue has been resolved.). I tell ya, I remember buying a lot of albums (on vinyl - you know, those things before CDs were available) in 1986, but I didnā€™t realize just how many I had bought until I started putting together a list of my favorites (and I didnā€™t include every one I bought - some where for only a song or two, others were complete stinkers and I canā€™t get rid of them). It wass a very good year for music for me. 1983 and 1989, however, really sucked. I could barely come up with 10 albums I liked from those years. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/345 "2007-06-28T18:03:34Z")
> [@BBBob](#): > > Disgusting but fascinating, and this morning the finger feels a lot better. I must be used to this TMI thing, because I was eating lunch as I read the details and wasnā€™t squicked in the least. :dubious: > [@LiLi](#): > > Hugh Jackman is gorgeous. And he sings, too. Yes, he does. Beautifully. And in this case itā€™d be called a himem. > [@Special1](#): > > Which means I get to point and laugh because **I have just started my weekend** Thatā€™s okay - on Sunday, the rest of us can do the **ā€œHa-ha! Youā€™re at work and we all have the day offā€** dance šŸ˜› \*\*Ali \*\* and \*\*Meli \*\* - The only suggestion I can offer, is once youā€™re all settled in, and the place looks nice, invite the 'rents to dinner so they can see how well you are managing. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/346 "2007-06-28T18:17:22Z")
Wow, that apartment is going to be crowded, **meli** and **Ali**! Especially when all the rest of us women come admire your harem. šŸ˜ƒ And **Ali** , Papa Tigs came down with a _really_ painful pinched nerve in his neck yesterday. He is now complaining ā€“ he doesnā€™t feel sick enough to just sleep all the time, but heā€™s too foggy to do anything and too bored to _not_ do anything. You know, dealing with sick toddlers was easier than with him when heā€™s not feeling well; he simply _cannot_ handle taking a day to put his feet up and enjoy his Good Drugs and just veg without going stir-crazy. Even when it hurts too much to move. Heā€™s now talking about taking the dogs out for a walk. Even on their Gentle Leaders, I donā€™t see that happening. Fortunately, it appears that a storm is moving in, so apparently Mother Nature doesnā€™t want him doing that any more than I do. Otherwise I may have to put my foot down. I donā€™t do that often with him, but when I do, Iā€™m sufficiently scary that he obeys. šŸ˜ƒ And good news: The doctorā€™s office called back with an appointment. Which, of course, _directly_ conflicts with the only non-breakable appointment _I_ have tomorrow morning. :smack: At least **whiterabbit** is available to chauffeur him, because ainā€™t no way heā€™s driving, as drugged out as he is! The amount of flirting and double entendres (or just plain saying-it-right-out-louds) going on in here is turning this place from a nice PG thread to an NC-17! You people start behaving yourselves, now, and thatā€™s an order! \ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/347 "2007-06-28T18:20:07Z")
Damn, I get in here to do some flirting and **Mama Tigs** has put the kabosh on it. Just my luck. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/348 "2007-06-28T18:33:29Z")
I donā€™t believe Iā€™ve flirted even once this week. Do I get any points for that? **BBBobbio** you still doinā€™ next weekā€™s MMP? Just makinā€™ sure you remember, is all. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/349 "2007-06-28T18:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] I donā€™t believe Iā€™ve flirted even once this week. Do I get any points for that? **BBBobbio** you still doinā€™ next weekā€™s MMP? Just makinā€™ sure you remember, is all. [/QUOTE] Yeah. Iā€™ll come up with sumpinā€™. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/350 "2007-06-28T18:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Freudian slip? TMI? Two great tastes that taste great together? Oh yeah. I went there. [/QUOTE] Less a Freudian slip than an extremely unfortunate typo, and it stuck as an inside joke **HopsBear** uses to club me over my head whenever he gets a wild hair up his wazoo. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/351 "2007-06-28T18:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Less a Freudian slip than an extremely unfortunate typo, and it stuck as an inside joke **HopsBear** uses to club me over my head whenever he gets a wild hair up his wazoo. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but who brought it up first _this_ time, huh? šŸ˜› _Two great tastes that taste great together_ā€¦ this has given me giggles all afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/352 "2007-06-28T18:59:40Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Yeah, but who brought it up first _this_ time, huh? šŸ˜› [/QUOTE] Well, I did. I also had previously posted a drive-by comment regarding flirtationā€¦ I believe the term Iā€™m looking for is ā€˜performance artā€™ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/353 "2007-06-28T19:00:46Z")
I thought weā€™d established that there were no Freudian slips, just Jungian T-shirts? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/354 "2007-06-28T19:13:56Z")
Hubba, hubbaā€¦Clive Owenā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Whoever wants him can keep Sean Connery-- I canā€™t remember why I no longer like him, but I donā€™t. Daughter and I watched Pretty in Pink today. I think that movie is missing a scene or two. It seems incomplete. Andrew McCarthy is some nice eye candy, though. I went grocery shopping and it wore me out. Apparently there is a beat the Friday rush on because the store was packed. I donā€™t know from double entendres etc. No flirting here. Nosiree. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/355 "2007-06-28T19:18:08Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] I thought weā€™d established that there were no Freudian slips, just Jungian T-shirts? [/QUOTE] Not to mention the occasional Glasserian boxer shorts. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/356 "2007-06-28T19:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Not to mention the occasional Glasserian boxer shorts. [/QUOTE] Or Maslow push-up brasā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/357 "2007-06-28T19:31:42Z")
[QUOTE=me] I thought weā€™d established that there were no Freudian slips, just Jungian T-shirts? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=beerbear] Not to mention the occasional Glasserian boxer shorts. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=rescuebob] Or Maslow push-up brasā€¦ [/QUOTE] My my, such theraputic undergarmentsā€¦ ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/358 "2007-06-28T19:35:32Z")
MY BRAND NEW A/C IS NOT WORKING!!! I am not happy. Itā€™s 81 and rising in the house and the outside unit is dead. This is the system we just had installed in October. I just called the guys who installed it and they say theyā€™ll send a tech out. So, despite what the commercials say, itā€™s apparently not all that hard to stop a Trane. Mine stopped of its own accord. I am not pleased. Thank goodness for ceiling fans. Come to think of it, it was a bit warm in here yesterday. So maybe it died then. Thatā€™s all. Iā€™m not gonna complain any more. Till the next time I post. :mad: ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/359 "2007-06-28T19:41:36Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] My my, such theraputic undergarmentsā€¦ [/QUOTE] I hear those Rogerian bikini briefs are quite nice. **FCM** I hear ya! When I put a new HVAC system in two years ago, I had those fools out here everyday for almost a month cause the dang thing would not work. Even had the ā€œPresidentā€ of the local company out here. Finally they sent out the burly (::drool:: ) technician and he got it to work. Which just goes to showā€¦ send in the burly guys firstā€¦ they know how to please me. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [June 28, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289/360 "2007-06-28T19:41:59Z")
Who was it used to get so POā€™d when we started talking about underwear? **shibb**? **rigs** , was it the Sean Connery interview where he mentioned thinking it was okay to slap around his woman? I was never a big fan anyway but that was a turnoff. **biotigs** , I sure hope **papatigs** feels better soon. **ali** , I think you should very maturely tell the rents the truth and that it is not open to discussion. Iā€™m willing to bet they wonā€™t be as surprised as you think and perhaps not nearly as shocked as you fear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-madame-defarge-has-been-up-to-lately-a-yarny-mmp/409289.md?page=19)