# Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496 "2023-05-03T11:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 226
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4506 "2026-06-18T14:44:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What happens if you only catch a fragment of the ball? I’m sure there’s a rule for that. And a statistic in baseball reference of how many times it happened. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4507 "2026-06-18T14:50:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > … And a statistic in baseball reference of how many times it happened. BVD: Baseball Visibly Disintegrated. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4508 "2026-06-18T15:22:05Z")
Outfielders with laser weapons are a natural progression from the ABS system. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4509 "2026-06-18T15:40:45Z")
Well, I think you need to control the major part of the ball to get an out by catching. So if you have a piece of yarn and the core falls to the ground, that’s not an out. But if you tag the runner with any part of the ball… ~Max ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4510 "2026-06-18T16:54:46Z")
That’s the goal. The optimal distance to play center field against Batter _X_ is _Y_ feet. So aim the laser in your hat at your catcher and move in or out until it says “Y Feet achieved”. Then you’re ready to play the next pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4511 "2026-06-18T18:23:22Z")
This is pure evil. > **[Police arrest a man for attempted murder after toddler ends up in crocodile...](https://apnews.com/article/britain-toddler-johnsons-zoo-crocodiles-arrest-7483d05298ba6b302ab7c4c857d1054b)** > > Police in England have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder. This follows an incident where a 3-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a zoo near Cambridge. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4512 "2026-06-18T18:29:27Z")
I’m so very confused by this one. > “We do not believe the man arrested and the child are known to each other,” said Detective Inspector Verity McCann. So… The guy didn’t even know the kid? Then why did he put the kid in there? Did he feel bad for the crocodiles and wanted to give them a treat?! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4513 "2026-06-18T20:06:27Z")
Probably the kid was doing some being-a-kid thing that was annoying him. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4514 "2026-06-18T20:57:43Z")
Sometimes crazy people are just crazy. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4515 "2026-06-18T21:44:11Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Hmm, I wonder how they’d apply Rule 3.01 in that case: > > > Rule 3.01 Comment: Should a ball come partially apart in a game, it is in play until the play is completed. I think Randall forgot to take that rule into account on his very first [What If?](https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4516 "2026-06-20T15:31:58Z")
Maybe not that evil in the grand scheme of things, but this girl should probably spend at least a bit of time behind bars and should, IMO, be paying some type of restitution to these people for the rest of her life, and that’s on top of (also IMO) paying for all their medical expenses related to this. > **[Spit in food? McCurtain Co. Arby’s employee accused of giving herpes to customer](https://www.tmj4.com/us-news/crime/oklahoma-arbys-employee-accused-of-giving-herpes-to-a-customer)** > > In McCurtain County, a former Arby’s manager is charged with felony poisoning—accused of spitting in a woman’s food and, as a result, giving her herpes. Can a herpes flareup happen within hours of contracting the virus? I would’ve thought it be days/weeks/months? I just wasn’t aware it could happen that fast. As it stands, I have no reason to disbelieve her, and I don’t, but I can say if the news didn’t mention that there’s video of her spitting and that they have a ‘history’, I’d be skeptical. I would’ve assumed she ate Arby’s AND had a flareup, not that she had a flareup because she ate that specific food. (Correlation isn’t causation and all that) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4517 "2026-06-20T15:38:25Z")
Herpes is incredibly common. I’d say that it’s much more likely that the customer already had it. If the worker did in fact spit in the food, she should still be punished for that, of course, under whatever law is most relevant (and there’s probably a specific law for that exact circumstance). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4518 "2026-06-25T22:08:30Z")
Tom Emmer whines that people are too afraid of being called racist to speak their minds, then declares in the same breath that the blacks should go back to Africa. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mp53ucsqms26)** > > Tom Emmer: "Minnesotans are so afraid that you're gonna call us a racist, you're gonna call us an Islamophobe. You know what? I'm done being even the least bit careful. Somalis don't assimilate. And if they don't assimilate, then they should go the... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4519 "2026-06-25T23:25:15Z")
“We respect other cultures by insisting that those cultures be abandoned.” Fucking bigot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4520 "2026-06-26T02:21:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Herpes is incredibly common. I’d say that it’s much more likely that the customer already had it. Also, it’s extremely rare to contract herpes through food. Unless in this case it was covered in saliva (blurgh), it’s highly unlikely it was transmitted that way. Irrelevant fun fact: The county in Oklahoma where this incident occurred gave its name to the hardiest known form of dwarf palmetto, Sabal minor “McCurtain County”, which survives zone 6 winters. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4521 "2026-06-26T02:57:20Z")
You know who doesn’t assimilate? Rednecks. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4522 "2026-06-26T04:53:45Z")
Someday we will no longer need this comic. But that day is not today. [![](https://www.dailykos.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/images/574802/original/1350.png) ](https://www.dailykos.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/images/574802/original/1350.png) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4523 "2026-06-26T11:20:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Unless in this case it was covered in saliva (blurgh), it’s highly unlikely it was transmitted that way She spit in the food. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4524 "2026-06-26T14:50:36Z")
Read my post…carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/4525 "2026-06-26T17:14:02Z")
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