# What's an MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 14, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482 "2006-07-14T15:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/41 "2006-07-17T01:24:33Z")
> [@Sunrazor](#): > > Er … it’s a lovely garden, and I see the day lilies are doing nicely. But you want to talk about hot?! One-oh-nine yesterday, same forecast for today, and I’m trying to build a brick retaining wall to keep my front yard from sliding into my driveway. On top of that, a prairie fire southeast of town pumped a plume of brown smoke into the air that cast a yellow pall over everything. But … you have a nice garden. Um, you can let go of the ear now. Thank you. > > Does that mean there’s really not a chandelier? Silly **Sunrazor** , I was dragging you into the thread, not to my post. You’re supposed to post in it! Doesn’t matter if you haven’t read the first 4 million pages. The above post would have been perfectly appropriate there, by the way, cuz pretty much anything is appropriate. And I’m not letting go of the ear till you post in the actual MMP. So, there! 😛 Oh, and **FCM** , glad you were there to catch the spleen. Cuz…eeeeeeeewwwww. GT ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/42 "2006-07-17T01:35:35Z")
> [@gabriela](#): > > Only on the Straight Dope could you get 38 answers to the straight question “What is the MMP?” > not one of the cool kids > (used to it) > Here, hold this spleen. My baby does the hanky pancreas… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/43 "2006-07-17T01:41:57Z")
\ Take that! and that! \ Ha! 🆒 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/44 "2006-07-17T03:08:02Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Only on the Straight Dope could you be offered a spleen on a Sunday evening. :eek: I am kinda hungry. What? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/45 "2006-07-17T03:22:19Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Yes, there was a [chandelier](http://groups.msn.com/CaptStevesWanderingStar/beforeandafter.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=71). It was the thing legends are made of. Or nightmares. Or legendary nightmares. When Cartooniverse came to dinner, my husband offered it to him. He took it. His wife was not amused when he brought it home. For it was frighteningly tacky. > > I have yet to find a substitute prize. > > And, no our dining room doesn’t look like that any more. We bought the house despite the chandelier and the blue-veined mirror tiles and oh-so-many other frightening things… Now, THAT’S a chandelier! Glad to see the mirror tiles are gone. Is it a double-wide, darling? Those can be SO hard to decorate appropriately! My suggestion: First, replace the aluminum front door – after that you can’t tell it from anything in Levittown! My GAWD, you are fun people! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/46 "2006-07-17T13:25:06Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > \ Take that! and that! \ > > Ha! > > 🆒 _looks surprised_ Hey, how did I get dragged into this? My last purse cost $10! Waaaaaaaa! _gets dragged into fighting_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/47 "2006-07-17T13:30:27Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > _looks surprised_ Hey, how did I get dragged into this? My last purse cost $10! Waaaaaaaa! _gets dragged into fighting_ You DARED to question my Queendom…\ Take that! Ha! And this \! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/48 "2006-07-17T13:31:31Z")
Regarding the dim history of the MMP, I’d say Rue began acquring his groupies when he was writing the Uncla Rue, Story Guy threads, and it just went downhill from there. 2001-ish? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/49 "2006-07-17T13:38:08Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > You DARED to question my Queendom…\ > > Take that! Ha! And this \! Oh! I see. Well, I don’t need to fight to be Que– GAH! _starts beating rigs over the head with her $10 purse. Oh, and it’s got my cellphone in it, so fairly heavy_ ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/50 "2006-07-17T13:42:16Z")
You guys go ahead and fight, I’ll be over here at the martini bar. I don’t need to be Queen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/51 "2006-07-17T14:24:13Z")
**Drae** - is the seat next to you taken? It looks like we’re safe over here from the $10 purses full of monkey fudge and internal organs. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/52 "2006-07-17T16:16:06Z")
Oh, for heaven’s sake!!! I’ll have a vodka and tonic please. Pssst, **drae** and **twinks** , let’s eff with the throne while those silly gals are cuttin it up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/53 "2006-07-17T16:21:09Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Pssst, **drae** and **twinks** , let’s eff with the throne while those silly gals are cuttin it up. 😃 You get the Krazy Glue, I’ll get the Silly String. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/54 "2006-07-17T16:26:43Z")
Done and done. Oh, and I found the whoopee cushion, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/55 "2006-07-17T16:28:21Z")
This thread has been hijacked by the MMPers, and turned into another MMP. Good job, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/56 "2006-07-17T16:35:40Z")
> [@gabriela](#): > > Only on the Straight Dope could you get 38 answers to the straight question “What is the MMP?” Mighty Morphin’ Posterrangers? And **Anaamika** is their Goddess??? 😃 Go Go Posterrangers…! Dibs on the cool red colored plasticene car/ship/dinosaur/crappy McDonalds toy wanna-be… :eek: (I have Got to cut down on the Saturday Morning TV…) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/57 "2006-07-17T16:39:19Z")
> [@Count Blucher](#): > > Mighty Morphin’ Posterrangers? And **Anaamika** is their Goddess??? 😃 :surfaces from battle: Woohoo! The Count agrees, so I AM IT! ---
**Author:** ![Twinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Twinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twinkie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/58 "2006-07-17T17:29:45Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > :surfaces from battle: Woohoo! The Count agrees, so I AM IT! I’d be careful of the throne, though. ::runs away giggling madly:: ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/59 "2006-07-17T17:45:57Z")
Does anyone have the very \*first \*MMP? I’ve always been curious how the tradition got started. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482/60 "2006-07-17T18:54:50Z")
I don’t think there was actually an identifyable first one; it just sort of evolved from the Unca’ Rue, Story Guy threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-mmp/364482.md?page=4)