# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2010 "2021-12-12T00:18:44Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I cannot find any transitive verb that ends in --sy, perhaps that’s why it’s not immediately intuitive. Busy? “He busies himself with chores until the house is clean.” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2011 "2021-12-12T05:20:47Z")
[[dhttps://peterpopoff.org/miraclewater/](https://peterpopoff.org/miraclewater/)]([Miracle Spring Water – Peter Popoff Ministries](https://peterpopoff.org/miraclewater/)) He promises that if you get the water, money will follow. the stupid mfer will be anyone who falls for this. This is the asshole who Randy exposed as a fraud faith healer. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2012 "2021-12-12T10:50:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Impossible Foods has started selling a new meat-substitute line, which has [run into a bit of a snag because of naming](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/impossible-pork-and-family-secrets-1.6270847/why-plant-based-pork-is-giving-some-jews-and-muslims-pause-1.6273076). There is some serious stupid on both sides here Really? I thought everyone was being perfectly sensible and ethical there. Impossible Foods is honestly marketing something specifically intended to taste like pork, and the people who are avoiding it recognise that it’s more emotional than logical, but that’s okay - it’s only avoiding one flavour of a consumer product after all ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2013 "2021-12-12T12:06:31Z")
Man, Colorado, I may never forgive you. > Doesn’t she have people to help her with stuff? Geez Oh Pete. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2014 "2021-12-12T15:29:40Z")
Since she — or her chief of staff, who is at least in theory on the same page — hires them, they most likely “help” her by digging up (or inventing) shit like this. And/or “correcting” her spelling and grammar. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2015 "2021-12-12T16:43:32Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > [https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249](https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1469846923385397249) > > Doesn’t she have people to help her with stuff? Geez Oh Pete. Aside from her ignorance of the English language… Is she trying to tell us that Trump, who was president in 2020, was responsible for missing children? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2016 "2021-12-12T17:11:58Z")
…but then that enlies the insinuation that he’s _that_ pizza store operator. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2017 "2021-12-12T17:25:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump, who was president in 2020, was responsible for missing children? Trump tried to grope children before they were even conceived. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2018 "2021-12-12T18:56:10Z")
And that is around 56,000 fewer missing children than in 2019. So things are getting better. Should that be the media story, crazy lady? > In 2019, the total number of missing children entries into NCIC was 421,394. (from [Our Impact](https://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/impact) i.e. [MissingKids.org](http://MissingKids.org), ) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2019 "2021-12-12T19:22:26Z")
If you want someone gone, but you ain’t got the guts, why not trust a website called Rent-A-Hitman? “This is kind of weird that your company is not on the deep or dark web,” she wrote in a message to a man she believed was the site’s chief consultant, Guido Fanelli. CNN obtained a copy of the message. “I prefer not going to jail,” she added. “Thanks for your time.” That didn’t stop Wein from offering later to pay $5,000 to have her husband killed. " > **[A Michigan woman faces prison after trying to hire an assassin through a fake...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/us/hireahitman-website-cracks-crimes-cec/index.html)** > > Wendy Wein wanted her ex-husband dead. She came across a website, Rent-A-Hitman, and filled out an online form seeking someone to "handle" her problem. Now the Michigan woman faces up to nine years in prison. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2020 "2021-12-12T19:49:38Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Aside from her ignorance of the English language… That’s a mute point for all intensive purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2021 "2021-12-12T20:09:04Z")
Well I think the word “enlies” is a perfectly cromulent candidate to embiggen the English language. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2022 "2021-12-12T21:25:00Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That’s a mute point for all intensive purposes. I thought the phrase was “for all intensive porpoises” ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2023 "2021-12-12T21:47:26Z")
Perhaps she thought it was a nefarious\* plot on the part of the ghost of a previous [PRC Premier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Enlai). \* Is there any other kind? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2024 "2021-12-12T21:49:23Z")
I thought the porpoises were immortal? I’m so confused. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2025 "2021-12-13T02:40:52Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > That’s a mute point for all intensive purposes. > > I thought the phrase was “for all intensive porpoises” Nah, porpoises tend to be laid-back. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2026 "2021-12-13T10:26:56Z")
I love this response on Twitter to Boebert’s “365,348 children went missing in 2020”: > [@](#): > > That’s why they’re looking into Matt Gaetz. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2027 "2021-12-13T14:06:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Nah, porpoises tend to be laid-back. Not if they’re crossing staid lions. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2028 "2021-12-13T15:21:23Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Not if they’re crossing staid lions. It’s only a problem for them if they are carrying newly-hatched oceanic birds before consuming them. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2029 "2021-12-13T15:52:34Z")
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