# Will This Be The MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 16, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403 "2012-07-16T10:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/201 "2012-07-20T02:18:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > **YES! YES!** > > ahem. > > I believe that would be an appropriate nickname, Ladies and Gentlemen. But, But, But I am Buttercup. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/202 "2012-07-20T02:27:35Z")
Am I the only one who remembers that we have an occasional Mumper named **Buttercup Smith**? Thanks for remembering me **Mooooom** ---
**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 20, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/203 "2012-07-20T02:46:38Z")
Home. the Pizza Fairy had dinner ready for me. {{{{{ **wiki** }}}}}☹ ---
**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 20, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/204 "2012-07-20T03:04:13Z")
I’m so sorry, **wiki**. Hugs and condolences to you and your whole family.☹ I’m going to add your jam tips to the blog, **Mommmmmmm**. Interesting about all that punctuation, **Nava**. I’d never heard of the high comma being used as a decimal. Tired. Should have worked on irk stuff, but didn’t. Maybe in the morning. Hugs all. GT ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/205 "2012-07-20T03:06:31Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I feel like I’m staying in the Poison I’ve Itch hotel; new sheets & towels every day to keep it from spreading - 'cept there’s no maid or laundry service (udder dan me) to wash, dry, fold & put away the mountain. I actually saw the bottom of the hamper last night, but it’s again filled up as of this morning. _sigh_ Can you medicate and bandage the affected area instead? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/206 "2012-07-20T08:17:11Z")
**(((((Wiki)))))**, I’m so sorry for your loss and my condolences go out to you and your family. I hope you find strength and comfort from your friends, real and virtual, to keep you going. You know we’re all here for you! > [@tarragon918](#): > > I do have a question for anyone who might know: is George R. R. Martin going to do more books - or is Dance with Dragons the end of the saga? Fortunately he’d not going to leave us hanging with the end of Dance with Dragons, the next two books are not released yet but the working titles are The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. I read somewhere that he has slowed down on writing the new books because he’s been devoting so much time to working on the TV versions but he’d better get on with it because some of us are _very_ impatient! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/207 "2012-07-20T08:38:44Z")
Man… I was looking at ticket prices for the opera… 200€? _¡OSTIA!_ Can you say _ostia_ here? And that’s in the nosebleed seats… Aida or no Aida, if I get a DVD I’ll be able to see the pretty dresses without squinting 😛 For the price of two tickets I can get the DVD and a new computer on which to play it. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/208 "2012-07-20T10:18:31Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 89 and yet again a fifty percent chance of rain that has of yet to happen. They lie! **Butters** of course we remember you. We nicknamed you **Butters** remember? There should be no confusion. Or at least there should be no more confusion than normal for this place. 😃 **FlyTrap** in the future, when you bathe the dog, put him in the baby grass to shake off. That way you bathe the dog and water at the same time. I should write a helpful hints column. **Nava** not only could you buy the DVD and a new computer, you might even be able to afford some costumes so you could dress up and play along with _Aida_. How much fun would that be! Wait a minute… **StickyBuns** is afraid of a haunted hotel/b&b/inn but is going to a cemetary and is excited about it? 😛 ETA: **Nava** blasphemed! :eek: 😛 Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. At least it’s Firday. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/209 "2012-07-20T10:25:09Z")
Good morning. We were cheated out of rain again last night. It’s as if this county has a force field that deflects water. Dammit. Maybe we’ll have better luck today. Of course we will - my daughter is coming over to help me clean out our sheds. I figure we’ll be halfway into it when the skies open. That’s Murphy’s law, right?? When I talked to my sweetie last night, I found out exactly what’s going on in PA (\*\*rosie \*\*- he’s in Johnstown. Even if we were inclined to relocate, your house wouldn’t be any better than commuting from here…) Anyway, he’s organizing them into a proper manufacturing facility. That part of the company makes the wiring harnesses for UAVs. According to **FCD** , they had all their tools, including the ones that were \*supposed \*to be calibrated, tossed in a pile on a folding table. Very professional. And because they’ve been rather random in their quality control, they’ve had close to a 50% failure rate. Idiots!!! So **FCD** , being the only person in the whole company who spent any time in manufacturing industries, is doing things like organizing their tools and workflow, establishing quality checks to be done along the way, and generally trying to teach them how to be professional. If he manages to change the mindset up there, they can become quite profitable - duh! But apparently there’s a lot to be done, so he’ll be spending 2-3 days a week for the next few months in the wilds of Johnstown, PA. I think he’d really enjoy the assignment if it was here and not there. Oh well… Has anyone else noticed that we’ve had particularly chatty MMPs last week and this? Up to page 5 already, and last week, we hit 7. I guess we’re all huddled inside avoiding the heat, except the few outliers who have lucked out… 😛 Regardless, it’s another day in paradise! Happy Firday!!! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/210 "2012-07-20T10:30:24Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > But, But, But I am Buttercup. No, you are **Butters** , as in the kid from South Park. \*\*Buttercup, \*\*however, is short for **Princess Buttercup** , and can therefore be called **Princess** in times of cornfuzzion. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/211 "2012-07-20T10:31:40Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > ETA: **Nava** blasphemed! :eek: 😛 Did not, I was studying Italian geography. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/212 "2012-07-20T10:55:23Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > But, But, But I am Buttercup. > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers that we have an occasional Mumper named **Buttercup Smith**? > Thanks for remembering me **Mooooom** **Buttercup** may be your name, but **Butters** is your nickname. Hmmmm. It can get confusing. I suggest **TPR** should be **Westley** to avoid confusion. ---
**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 20, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/213 "2012-07-20T11:24:44Z")
**Spidey** , I keep forgetting to say - you don’t actually have to worry about it spreading. What seems like spreading is actually you reacting to your initial exposure. It can take up to 3 weeks to finish reacting. I learned that somewhere on the Dope. **Ogre** shared a bunch of information about it. I think the upshot of the advice was that if you weren’t able to prevent the reaction by thoroughly washing within a couple of hours, your best recourse was oatmeal baths (look for Aveeno) and hydrocortisone cream. If it gets really bad, doctors can give you cortisone injections to calm things down. I actually went back to find the thread the other day, but got distracted and never linked to it. **Nava** - :eek: :eek: :eek: How many people actually attend at those prices? Butters, don’t worry, we generally manage to keep everyone straight sorted out despite the chaos). Just read a depressing article that said the drought could last into October… ☹ On the plus side, it looks like we got a little rain last night. Up and at 'em! It’s Firday! Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/214 "2012-07-20T11:29:07Z")
[This](http://cheezburger.com/6433944832)truly made me LOL just now! I really need to get started with my chores… ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/215 "2012-07-20T11:32:02Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **Nava** - :eek: :eek: :eek: How many people actually attend at those prices? Dunnow, but www.liceubarcelona.cat shows an eyeballed 90% sold seats for any show in the next 10 days. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/216 "2012-07-20T11:33:05Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **FlyTrap** in the future, when you bathe the dog, put him in the baby grass to shake off. That way you bathe the dog and water at the same time. I should write a helpful hints column. Excellent advice, Sir! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/217 "2012-07-20T11:34:40Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Wait a minute… **StickyBuns** is afraid of a haunted hotel/b&b/inn but is going to a cemetary and is excited about it? 😛 My Sweet Avenger is laying in bed still asleep and here I am cracking up. Thanks, **swampy**! 😃 But, uh, yeah, I guess you summed it up accurately. I will say, however, that I’m not going to sleep in the cemetary! And, really, I didn’t get much sleep here last night either. When I was asleep I was having nightmares about ghosts in the hotel. Incidentally this is the same thing that happened last time I was in a haunted hotel, too. Tonight we’ll be staying in a nationally known chain hotel. I hope to sleep much better. At any rate, happy morning to everyone! It’s raining here, but I don’t mind so much. Especially since we’re driving a rental and we don’t have to worry about my van’s wonky air system that always fogs up all the windows when it rains. ETA: \*\* FCM\*\*, now you’ve got me cracking up too. Love the link! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/218 "2012-07-20T12:07:29Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > What seems like spreading is actually you reacting to your initial exposure. It can take up to 3 weeks to finish reacting. In layman’s terms, it’s gonna get worse, and there is nothing you can do. ☹ ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/219 "2012-07-20T12:27:44Z")
My mom’s Christmas in July party is tomorrow. It \*was \*supposed to be a pool party. Weather may prohibit that, but luckily, she’s got a huge basement, so the party will go on regardless. Knowing my mom, she’s already got tons of food prepared - she HAS to have the party! And I have to go because I have 8 jars of jam for her. And she has some stuff for me… Dishwasher has been emptied, kitchen is tidied, cat box is cleaned, cat water is refreshed, cat hork stain on the carpet has been cleaned, rest of the carpet has been vacuumed. I’m just waiting for my slug-a-bed daughter to show up. She’s not a morning person - no clue when she’ll get here. Oh well… ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/220 "2012-07-20T12:31:25Z")
HEE!!! That cracked me up **MOOOOOOM**! This is as close as I’ve ever actually gotten to [opera](http://www.funnyjunk.com/movies/3182/What+s+Opera+Doc/). I don’t want to be at irk. Ick! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403.md?page=12)