# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/721 "2024-02-25T14:20:43Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Let’s go, Brandon” takes on a new meaning, as professional bowler Brandon Novak is arrested during a tournament in Indianapolis. > > [Pro bowler facing child sexual abuse material charges after mid-game arrest at US Open | US sports | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/23/professional-bowler-extradited-child-pornography-charges) > > Arresting officers followed a pattern usually associated with Law & Order episodes where detectives bust the alleged bad guy at work. Instead of barging into a board meeting, this time they arrested their suspect as he was in the middle of bowling a game - at the U.S. Open, no less. > > “Can’t you guys wait? I’m trying to convert a split here!” - It was a police strike force. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/722 "2024-02-25T14:23:18Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Let’s go, Brandon” takes on a new meaning, as professional bowler Brandon Novak is arrested during a tournament in Indianapolis. > > [Pro bowler facing child sexual abuse material charges after mid-game arrest at US Open | US sports | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/23/professional-bowler-extradited-child-pornography-charges) > > Arresting officers followed a pattern usually associated with Law & Order episodes where detectives bust the alleged bad guy at work. Instead of barging into a board meeting, this time they arrested their suspect as he was in the middle of bowling a game - at the U.S. Open, no less. I’ve seen bowling on TV before. It’s usually kinda dull, but I’d have loved to watch that! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/723 "2024-02-25T14:30:16Z")
If a bowler gets convicted under a “three strikes” habitual offender law, is that known as rolling a turkey? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/724 "2024-02-25T14:36:08Z")
Seems to me this is the police pandering to the media. We really don’t want the police (of whatever level or agency) making a habit of setting up a trial in the court of public opinion first. The opposite case, the secret disappearance after the midnight knock at the door is no good either. But them deliberately creating an irresistible social media event out of an arrest is not a good development for real justice. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/725 "2024-02-25T16:40:55Z")
The three-headed hydra can’t be complete without Bill Barr - gotta keep the two Mikes company! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/726 "2024-02-25T18:55:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Can’t you guys wait? I’m trying to convert a split here!” The judge should sentence him to 7-10 years just to fuck with him. “I’ll never be able to pick that up!!!” > [@Velocity](#): > > I’ve long argued that point with Christians, that they should be trying to MAKE the End Times happen It would explain all of Trump’s support from Evangelicals. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/727 "2024-02-25T19:23:19Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > The only US coin that ever contained enough iron to be magnetic was the 1943 steel penny. Strictly speaking true, but misleading. Nickels used to be made out of, well, nickel, which isn’t iron, but is magnetic in the same way as iron. You can still occasionally find a Canadian nickel in circulation that’s magnetic (Canada is a major producer of the metal, and so kept on using it in their coins for longer than the US). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/728 "2024-02-26T01:35:56Z")
In high school my sister worked in a popular local cafeteria(the later 70’s) and once a customer. a rather eccentric guy, although very nice, paid with rolls of coins. Sis started to unwrap a roll of nickels and they were all steel ones. So she put her own $2 in the register and took the coins. She was collecting at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/729 "2024-02-26T15:49:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > So she put her own $2 in the register and took the coins. Bonus points if she used a $2 bill, and then got in trouble for counterfeiting. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/730 "2024-02-26T16:23:50Z")
Might these coins have been “silver” nickels produced during WWII? Nickels struck on steel planchets are supposed to be [great rarities](https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2GIGM/1943-s-jefferson-nickel-struck-on-a-type-i-steel-cent-planchet-ms-65-ngc#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20rare%20error,struck%20on%20steel%20cent%20planchet). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/731 "2024-02-26T16:26:05Z")
You know, I don’t know what kind of bills and or coins she used. Doubt it was a $2 bill, this was the late seventies. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/732 "2024-02-26T16:27:56Z")
The real filth in Oklahoma: > **[OK lawmaker calls LGBTQ people ‘filth’ following beating death of bullied...](https://nypost.com/2024/02/25/us-news/oklahoma-lawmaker-refers-to-lgbtq-people-as-filth/)** > > “I represent a constituency that doesn’t want that filth in Oklahoma,” state Sen. Tom Woods reportedly said at a meeting ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/733 "2024-02-26T19:02:02Z")
Oh, no, you must know he was talking about behavior, not people. He wants to keep LGBTQ+ behavior out of Oklahoma. You know, love the sinner, hate the sin. Pardon me, I have to go throw up now. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/734 "2024-02-27T03:07:13Z")
Wendy’s says they’re going to implement “surge pricing” on their menu next year. > **[Wendy's to test 'surge-pricing' menu that updates based on demand: reports](https://www.foxla.com/news/wendys-to-test-surge-pricing-menu-that-updates-based-on-demand-reports)** > > Wendy's will reportedly invest in new high-tech digital menus to adjust prices depending on restaurant traffic. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/735 "2024-02-27T04:58:30Z")
If it’s an alternative to just upping the price on the entire menu at once I’m all for it. Chances are that some of the less-popular items will be a relative bargain. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/736 "2024-02-27T05:10:19Z")
Yeah, no. I want to be able to know how much a burger will be before I spend the time to drive to what is supposed to be convenient fast food. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/737 "2024-02-27T05:21:01Z")
Maybe you can check on their web site. As long as it’s not updating minute to minute. Like if you got in a drive thru and by the time you ordered it went up, that would be shitty, but then it would be **so** bad people would just stop eating there. That would be a sure way to end it quick. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/738 "2024-02-27T05:23:58Z")
I’m driving to town and think I’d like a Wendy’s burger. I know what they cost last time I was there but have no idea how much they will cost when I get there today. I don’t want to pull over and look at my phone to check the current price, so I go to Burger King instead. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/739 "2024-02-27T05:25:21Z")
You’re describing how things are for me **now**. I can’t remember the exact price of every menu item, and the prices change frequently, especially since Covid. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496/740 "2024-02-27T05:29:34Z")
Honestly, I shouldn’t have even bothered to post…because now that I am retired, I don’t eat fast food. Back when I did eat it, I knew just how much it cost because I had ordered the same thing so often. Now that I am retired, and fast food is so expensive, I always choose a sit down meal instead. It is about the same price and I can pretend it is healthier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496.md?page=38)