# You can't beat a Krampus Night MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 5, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042 "2022-12-05T06:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/202 "2022-12-09T16:00:33Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > What did y’all have, may I ask? Sounds like the same or similar crud as what I’ve got. The kidlets’ pediatrician thought they had RSV, which is a giant, nasty wave sweeping the country right now (respiratory syncytial virus) Both for the persistence of the fevers in the kids and the long duration of the cough. Then the grownups started to get it, one by one. > [@LH75](#): > > I have lots of aches and pains and a two inch (5cm) by one inch (1.5cm) section of skin peeled off of my right elbow. I’m having sympathy pain for you from 60 miles away~ouch! I did physical therapy for my balance problems and it was worth every minute. And you are so right….getting old is not for sissies! @FairyChatMom 🎶🎵💃🏼🕺🏻🎉🎊🍾🥂 Happy Anniversary to you 🎊🎉🍾🥂🕺🏻💃🏼🎶🎵 (and the tobester story was adorable-what a clever boy) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/203 "2022-12-09T16:04:58Z")
Reasonable heave. But between the sore throat from the Wednesday screaming, and getting seasonal post nasal drip, It was only 99.99% as fun as usual. Plus I think I pulled an eye muscle. 🤔 > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I prefer a Vieux Carré, but they can be hard to find. (The related Manhattan is good in a pinch.) That’s on rotation for Saturday(I make my own) > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > they’ll either save the world or become super-villains. One of each? > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > For some reason, my eyes saw “severe chastity horse” and for a moment… well, anyway… 😉 A reverse Catherine the Great? 😛 _ **HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!** _ {{{{boofae}}}} ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/204 "2022-12-09T16:27:35Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Corporate shennanigans have ensued, and reorganizations abound, just in time for me to make some cookies this weekend and watch it all transpire. I’ll bring the popcorn! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/205 "2022-12-09T17:56:04Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > **Moooom** I am so sorry to hear about BIL, SIL, covid and all the other things that are getting heaped onto your already overflowing plate. It’s such a shame that you’re having to sacrifice your much-anticipated weekend away too. > > **hippie** sorry to hear about your fall too. I’ve taken a look at the conditions outside and decided I definitely don’t need to venture out there today. > > **Taters** taking your time off is the best thing to do, work’s been way too much from what you’ve bene saying, and with no prospect of improvement, you need to take your time off to give your head a break from it all. > > **shoe** I hope you feel better soon, Monkey hugs and snuggles will help! > > **ace** hope hubby’s results are not too bad, surgery has come a very long way and so many things are “routine” these days. Doesn’t stop you worrying though… I read everything and got caught up, mostly. Allow me to ditto my well-wishes and sympathies to scareyfaerie’s list. It seems like many are having a rough time and I’m sorry for all. I’ve completed the imaging and visits to the ophthalmologist now, and have more followups scheduled. Apparently the aches and pains after the wreck aren’t trivial and the docs are treating this very seriously. Some good news to report though. After mentioning I might want a rental car, the other driver’s insurance was enthusiastic and helpful - telling me to let them know what, when and where, and it would all be covered. I found out TX DOT finally released the official accident report. Pretty sure it happened the day I started getting calls from bottom-feeding lawyers acting as officials who “Need to speak to me immediately” about the [date/time/location] accident without revealing they’re attorneys. I’ve let it all go to voicemail, and started searching the phone numbers of these urgent callers to discover they’re just law offices – not even in my city. I went to the DOT web page for a copy of the report and found out they were happy to email me one – for a fee. For some reason, getting out my VISA card for police reports about my own incident really gripes my cookies. Daughter is still embroiled in drama with Schrodinger’s Douchebag. It’s like her boyfriend demonstrates quantum super-positioning by simultaneously occupying the role of responsible, nice military pilot for us, and drunken asshole bad-ass around his friends. When observed by either group, the waveform collapses and he immediately occupies whichever role is more suitable at the moment. Or maybe he’s just a typical young male – I dunno. But it’s starting to piss me off. Oh well, I hope everyone has a better week. What’s left of it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/206 "2022-12-09T18:05:40Z")
Howdy all. Was going to get my swimming in between the World Cup games today, but the morning game went to overtime and then penalty kicks, so not enough time; will go after the second game or later today, we’ll see. Still rainy and gloomy outside. **yanker** , hope all the medical results are negative and your aches and pains…are just aches and pains and will subside. And love your description of daughter’s boyfriend; may she see both sides clearly and make her judgements based on them both. **red** , that’s an interesting idea for the door; I may look into it. **FCM** , hooray for the negative test. **Taters** , enjoy the B-day celebrations with son. > [@overlyverbose](#): > > I got in a short **rage waddle** (I was annoyed over something silly so took it out on my sneakers). I love that!!! Thought it might be a spelling error then I read the rest of the message…just perfect. Enjoy your cookies and the corporate wackiness. OK, need to do a couple things and then back to the World Cup. Take care all. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/207 "2022-12-09T18:25:43Z")
Got a few more hours sleep; feel somewhat human again. There’s rumors of rain/sleet/snow later today. Doubt it’ll amount to much, but it would be nice to see a little whiteness on the ground. (Can you tell I haven’t lived in Michigan all that long?) It’s weird being into December and it not really looking OR feeling much like winter. Must feed self now. A big bowl of cereal sounds do-able. Maybe I’ll get the ambition to scramble a coupla eggs and/or fix a P.B. sammich to take with. I _do_ have marshmallows that need usin’ up. (For the Fluffernutter, which is what I always mean by “pb sammich” because I am 42 going on 8.) > [@Taters](#): > > he usually gets a biscuit with a **skiff** of peanut butter Is that anything like a “schmear”? Only heard of a skiff in the sense of a lightweight boat-type thingie. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/208 "2022-12-09T18:29:27Z")
Happy Anniversary **FCM**. Glad you are still negative. I am having a sinus attack so off to take allergy pill. ---
**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 9, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/209 "2022-12-09T18:41:30Z")
Laundering continues apace. First load is folded and awaiting stowage in various drawers. Second load is in the dryer, third in the washer, two more on deck. Lots of loads because lots of bedding - sheets, blankets, electric blanket, comforter, pillow cases, plus towels. If I don’t feel like doing it all today, there’s always tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying some quiet recliner time - almost too quiet - I’ve kinda sorta dozed a bit while reading. **FCD** has picked up both of our COVID test orders. I may have him drop off a couple of boxes with our daughter - not sure if her insurance covers home tests or not. Beyond that, more chillage on the agenda. Thanks for the anniversary acknowledgements. In a way it still boggles the mind how I married a virtual stranger, yet here we are nearly 4 decades later. Guess it was a good match. OK, back to the recliner! ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/210 "2022-12-09T18:46:02Z")
**shoe** Do use actual marshmallows for your fluffernutter, or do you make it properly with fluff? I’m about to dive into making some really tedious scenery for this exhibit I’m working on. It’s a cityscape, so lots of little fiddly bits. I didn’t design it, I’m just the pro-from-Dover hired in to help them get it done. But at least I’m in my own shop for a couple of days. Happy anniversary, **FCM!** May there be many more. {{{ **BooFae** }}} You have my sympathies on Ophelia. It’s never easy. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/211 "2022-12-09T18:50:41Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > In a way it still boggles the mind how I married a virtual stranger, yet here we are nearly 4 decades later. Wow…poetic. Congrats, you two! ❤ ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/212 "2022-12-09T18:58:17Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > (I make my own) Me too. It’s about the only way I can have one. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/213 "2022-12-09T19:04:20Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > **shoe** Do use actual marshmallows for your fluffernutter, or do you make it properly with fluff? I use real, honest-to-Og marshmallows. I never even knew it came in jars till way into grown-ass-adulthood. Minis if I have them, or the biiiiiiiiiiiig ones torn into halves or thirds, if I’ve got some leftover from making s’mores. (I _did_ mention eating like a child, yes?) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/214 "2022-12-09T19:34:43Z")
Skipped the cereal in favor of inching closer to finishing my Secret Santa box, but I _did_ both ingest a pair of scrambled eggies _and_ made that Fluffernutter for tonight. **Monkey** is currently lapping up some gooshy-food (good way to re-use the disposable bowl I beat the eggs in, before tossing it) and I have found clean socks’n’undies. Time to get juuuust purtified enough to work in a hot kitchen and/or run the drive-thru. Or both - we shall see. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/215 "2022-12-09T20:04:52Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > For some reason, getting out my VISA card for police reports about my own incident really gripes my cookies. Your insurance company will have that report and should be able to send you a free copy. Glad to hear your docs are taking it all seriously. I can’t remember about your accident~do they suspect a traumatic brain injury or whiplash? That would explain the vision problems. If so, you might want to consider finding an attorney so that you get all the coverage you deserve from the other person’s insurance. You will need it because medical health insurance you have (versus underinsured medical coverage from your auto insurance) will not willingly cover your medical and therapy/rehab expenses once they find out they are caused by another insured person (the fault of the other driver-if you were rear ended it is 100% that other driver’s fault). A month or two of rehab for a TBI can use up the coverage in the at fault driver’s coverage, then the next few months of therapy/rehab can use up your policy’s underinsured medical expenses and then you’re stuck still needing vision therapy, cognitive therapy, physical therapy and your health insurance will refuse to pay because there is an at-fault person identified. It is a well-disguised ‘gotcha’. Rear end accidents can be hideous. Mine was 5 years ago and I still need rehab but have no way to pay for it. Whatever you do, don’t settle damages too soon. I was finding damages for two years (vision was the last to be diagnosed). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/216 "2022-12-09T20:06:56Z")
> [@"nonacetone](#): > > They told him that his heart isn’t working ‘the way it should’. So, he figures they’re gonna want to do open heart surgery, or stints, or something like that. I’m a wreck over it. Or it could mean a pacemaker. I have one, (and a stent,) and it’s a wonderful device. Saved my life, it did. Be glad he’s willing to see the docs about it. Also ,I was awake throughout my stent placement, it was quite interesting, and the only reason they kept me afterwards was so that they could watch out for me until the anti-coagulating drugs wore off. And if he gets the choice, wrist is the way to go. I’ve fallen a few times lately too, **Hippie**. It does indeed suck. Sorry again about Ophelia, **Boofae**. (I said sorry on FB. You’re one of the people I stalk on there.) **Taters** , you need to take as much time off as you can get away with. They need to do things for themselves. I’ve found that if people find out that you will do things that they are supposed to do, they will happily let you and come to expect it. In the work world, and elsewhere. Glad you got some sleep **Mom**. Perhaps ‘other grammy’, BIL’s mother, could take on a bit more responsibility for babby wrangling? OOps, sorry. (not sorry) Not my place to say. And happy anniversary! **{{{{{Shoe}}}}}** **Red** Ouch! We keep those Leg Cramp pills around for Charles the horse. They may just be woo, but they do seem to work. > [@pullin](#): > > Daughter is still embroiled in drama with Schrodinger’s Douchebag. It’s like her boyfriend demonstrates quantum super-positioning by simultaneously occupying the role of responsible, nice military pilot for us, and drunken asshole bad-ass around his friends. When observed by either group, the waveform collapses and he immediately occupies whichever role is more suitable at the moment. Or maybe he’s just a typical young male – I dunno. But it’s starting to piss me off. I grew up, (mostly), in Pensacola where they train Navy and Marine pilots and knew a few of them. Your assessment is spot on more often than not. She should get out while she can. But don’t say that to her. **Wifey** stopped by Grocery Outlet after PT yesterday and bought 4 pounds of [Belly Flops](https://www.amazon.com/Jelly-Belly-Irregular-Assorted-Flavors/dp/B0046LA842/ref=asc_df_B0046LA842?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80676783691988&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584276310994932&psc=1)! My blood glucose was 158 this morning. Danger, Will Robinson! 😱 I told you all that it snowed here last week, yes? Well, it’s still here, lying about like a angsty teenager. Wish it would go away. Have a wunnerful weekend everybody. (You too **Mom** ) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/217 "2022-12-09T20:10:56Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > **Wifey** stopped by Grocery Outlet after PT yesterday and bought 4 pounds of [Belly Flops](https://www.amazon.com/Jelly-Belly-Irregular-Assorted-Flavors/dp/B0046LA842/ref=asc_df_B0046LA842?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80676783691988&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584276310994932&psc=1) I used to buy those at Big Lots. I have no self control about them so I had to stop going into Big Lots. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/218 "2022-12-09T22:01:58Z")
I also have no control and I did not know about Belly Flops and now I am trying to erase that from my memory bank. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/219 "2022-12-09T23:02:47Z")
Howdy Y’all! Went over to the church house to do the thangs and were bears who brunch at Eggs Up Grill, which was nummy as usual. Then it was back to da cave where I made stuff for tomorrow’s bday soiree. I made N.O.T. sallit, satanic chikin ovaries, and prepped the veggie casserole.Tomorrow I shall bake the ham, the veggie casserole, and make a pineapple casserole cause it goes good with ham. In other news the new mattress and box springs will be delivered next Tuesday. **Hippie** sorry about the fall. Hope you heal up soonest. Gettin’ old ain’t for sissies! **{{{BooFae}}}** I am so sorry about Ophelia. She had a very long life filled with much love because of 'im indoors and you. **MOOOOOOM** sounds like the Tobester is a buddin’ tech genius. I agree a hunnert percent on the masks. The plague still abides. Also, happy FairyChatAversary! **shoe** hope you were able to go back to sleep. **MetalMouse** glad you were able to break in your house. Aren’t you glad you were not nekkid underneath a shorty robe when that happened? **GodBod** glad you’re feelin’ better today. **red** ouchie! I hate gettin’ a charley horse. **sari** hope it all went well for Adam and Cerby at the vet. **Taters** one can never go wrong with an ice cream cake. **talky** homemade cookies and a corporate meltdown sounds like a fun weekend. **flyboy** have fun at your Christmas soiree. **yanker** yay for the rental car good news. I’d be pissed too about havin’ to pay for an accident report when the accident is not my fault, but whachu gonna do. Maybe daughter will come to her senses. **Butters** hope the sinuses are feelin’ better. **Bumba** I am the jelly bean (flop) eater but don’t buy ‘em often cause I cannot stop myself from eatin’ 'em. ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/220 "2022-12-09T23:57:05Z")
Tobias tested positive. Roxy is still negative. Daughter says Tobias is mostly just snotty and grouchy, not feverish. Roxy has more symptoms. I’m still coughing, but somewhat less. **FCD** is just exhausted, but that’s due to family stuff. Speaking of which, BIL is off the ventilator and he’s more ot less conscious. His nurse was asking about his “baseline” because he isn’t particularly communicative. But that’s the way he is. We’re going there tomorrow - I’m going along to help manage FIL. And now, back to reading. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042/221 "2022-12-10T00:00:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **flyboy** have fun at your Christmas soiree. Mrs. L.A. doesn’t want to go. She says it’s a long way to go for free food. So I’ll go alone. At least I won’t hear her complain about my bow tie! 😛 Cocktail hour starts at 18:30, with dinner at 19:15. It’s eight bells right now, so I’ll wait until 1 bell to take off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-beat-a-krampus-night-mmp/976042.md?page=12)