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mrmpa

(4,033 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2012, 05:31 PM Oct 2012

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I'm 56 today.......Ask me anything

My younger brother & his family gave me some instant lottery tickets, $8 worth. End of the day, won $56. Is that an omen?

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I'm 56 today.......Ask me anything (Original Post) mrmpa Oct 2012 OP

Will you spend it on dinner? Phentex Oct 2012 #1

Makes sense... in dog tickets, those $8 were $56. Which makes you 392 today. MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #2

Any posting by MFM always makes me feel better.....eom mrmpa Oct 2012 #7

Thank you. That was pretty sweet... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #19

Our sheltie would wear that outfit. Damn is that cute. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #22

Will you enjoy this? nolabear Oct 2012 #3

Yes I did enjoy that. Thank you...eom mrmpa Oct 2012 #8

Of course Moondog Oct 2012 #4

Will there be cake? LoveMyCali Oct 2012 #5

Yes there was. I'm sorry you weren't here to enjoy it........... mrmpa Oct 2012 #9

Welcome to the downhill side of the '50's. How many AARP mailings did you get so far? benld74 Oct 2012 #6

I've been getting them since I was 50. Mailbox was clear of any invites today. Maybe that's an omen mrmpa Oct 2012 #10

I keep getting those pre-paid cremation deals from Palm mortuary.. so I crunch60 Oct 2012 #18

Should the toilet paper roll off against the wall or out from the wall? yellowcanine Oct 2012 #11

I think............. mrmpa Oct 2012 #15

OK, I will Throckmorton Oct 2012 #12

I think I have it........... mrmpa Oct 2012 #17

Ding, Ding, Ding, no more callers, we have a winner. N/T Throckmorton Oct 2012 #20

Happy Birthday (nt) TuxedoKat Oct 2012 #13

How does it feel to be the same age as Johnny Rotten? DBoon Oct 2012 #14

Rotten, just rotten. eom mrmpa Oct 2012 #16

I'm 56 as well DBoon Oct 2012 #24

Yes. It means you can score two bottles of REALLY good wine! HopeHoops Oct 2012 #21

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? byeya Oct 2012 #23

... so he went down to the racetrack ... Kennah Oct 2012 #25

I was 56 once DFW Oct 2012 #26

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

1. Will you spend it on dinner?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 05:47 PM

Oct 2012

Happy Birthday!

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

2. Makes sense... in dog tickets, those $8 were $56. Which makes you 392 today.

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 06:46 PM

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mrmpa

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7. Any posting by MFM always makes me feel better.....eom

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:10 AM

Oct 2012

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

19. Thank you. That was pretty sweet...

Reply to mrmpa (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 02:45 AM

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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

22. Our sheltie would wear that outfit. Damn is that cute.

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 09:43 AM

Oct 2012

nolabear

(41,959 posts)

3. Will you enjoy this?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 06:50 PM

Oct 2012

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

8. Yes I did enjoy that. Thank you...eom

Reply to nolabear (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:12 AM

Oct 2012

Moondog

(4,833 posts)

4. Of course

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 06:55 PM

Oct 2012

it's an omen. Omens, like gold, are where you find them. The question is, what does the omen portend?

LoveMyCali

(2,015 posts)

5. Will there be cake?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 07:53 PM

Oct 2012

Happy Birthday even if I don't get cake.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

9. Yes there was. I'm sorry you weren't here to enjoy it...........

Reply to LoveMyCali (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:15 AM

Oct 2012

it was from the bakery, a whipped cream cake, 3 layers, 2 layers chocolate, 1 layer yellow, whipped cream icing, with cherries on top, and the sides of the cake had slivers of white chocolate and slivers of milk chocolate on the icing.

This was a real bakery, individually owned since the 1950's.

Delish.

benld74

(9,904 posts)

6. Welcome to the downhill side of the '50's. How many AARP mailings did you get so far?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 09:08 PM

Oct 2012

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

10. I've been getting them since I was 50. Mailbox was clear of any invites today. Maybe that's an omen

Reply to benld74 (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:16 AM

Oct 2012

crunch60

(1,412 posts)

18. I keep getting those pre-paid cremation deals from Palm mortuary.. so I

Reply to benld74 (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 02:41 AM

Oct 2012

stick on a smiley face and send them back with the message.. "Not yet,thank you" still got lots of left in me.. Now they have to pay for the postage.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)

11. Should the toilet paper roll off against the wall or out from the wall?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:36 AM

Oct 2012

Answer carefully because some people think this is really important.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

15. I think.............

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #11)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 02:12 AM

Oct 2012

off against the wall. but then maybe out from the wall. Oh I'm so confused.

Throckmorton

(3,579 posts)

12. OK, I will

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:40 AM

Oct 2012

What is the Latin name for Parsley?
What's the Greek name for Swines Snout?

Bonus Question:

What Poem are these lines from?

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

17. I think I have it...........

Reply to Throckmorton (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 02:23 AM

Oct 2012

latin for parsley is Petroselinum Crispum
greek for Swines Snout (dandelion) Leontodon

From the poem by Robert Browning
Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister

Throckmorton

(3,579 posts)

20. Ding, Ding, Ding, no more callers, we have a winner. N/T

Reply to mrmpa (Reply #17)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:25 AM

Oct 2012

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)

13. Happy Birthday (nt)

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:43 AM

Oct 2012

DBoon

(22,356 posts)

14. How does it feel to be the same age as Johnny Rotten?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:52 AM

Oct 2012

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

16. Rotten, just rotten. eom

Reply to DBoon (Reply #14)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 02:13 AM

Oct 2012

DBoon

(22,356 posts)

24. I'm 56 as well

Reply to mrmpa (Reply #16)

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 12:32 AM

Oct 2012

I feel kind of punk

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

21. Yes. It means you can score two bottles of REALLY good wine!

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 09:41 AM

Oct 2012

byeya

(2,842 posts)

23. How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 09:47 AM

Oct 2012

Gertrude Stein said that "Inside we are the same age forever&quot or something like that)

Kennah

(14,256 posts)

25. ... so he went down to the racetrack ...

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 01:02 AM

Oct 2012

... and bet $5,000 on the #5 horse in the 5th race to win, and he came in 5th.

DFW

(54,341 posts)

26. I was 56 once

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 03:21 AM

Oct 2012

Dinosaurs roamed the earth once, too.

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