# 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:** 134
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2670 "2022-02-28T04:35:36Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > A whole new generation of GTA V players are familiar with the song now. Side-note: Anyone of the newer generation, seeking to hear this song on YouTube, should be aware that there were two distinct versions with different lyrics. The original is here: [Convoy , Original lyrics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYTX7parRw). The alternate version (which I don’t think has Friends of Jesus or a chartreuse microbus or a suicide jockey), from the movie, is [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5ZLJWQmss). ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2671 "2022-02-28T10:23:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The road from Barstow goes directly to Vegas or directly to Kingman. Going from Kingman to Vegas is backtracking through mostly empty desert (where they would be unlikely to pick up any fresh camp followers) whereas going straight east from Kingman would be the much easier route. Perhaps it was a different caravan in Kingman. As I recall, going east to west you go through St Louis - Joplin, Missouri - then Oklahoma City which I hear is mighty pretty. You see Amarillo - Gallup, New Mexico - Flagstaff, Arizona (don’t forget Winona) -Kingman - Barstow - and finally San Bernandino. Sounds like a kick. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2672 "2022-02-28T15:27:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Sounds like a kick. I’m hip to your tip. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2673 "2022-02-28T15:58:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > As I recall, going east to west you go through St Louis - Joplin, Missouri - then Oklahoma City which I hear is mighty pretty … I assume you are fitting a song lyric in here, but, to be a wet blanket, I _have_ seen OKC, and it looks like a city. Honestly, every American city looks exactly like every other American city, even after you factor in the Cadillac ranch or the Gateway Arch or the Space Needle or the French Quarter or whatever. If you like cities, they are all pretty, but they are all the same. As for going west to east, it kinda depends on your personal preference, but once you get out to Santa Rosa, you are faced with some 600 miles of flat notmuch. after going through the southwest, where there is at least something to see out there, you hit the great plains, and if you are not ready for it, it can drain your soul. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2674 "2022-02-28T16:02:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Honestly, every American city looks exactly like every other American city Each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories… ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2675 "2022-02-28T16:02:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I assume you are fitting a song lyric in here, [Indeed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_uuHvOz8w). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2676 "2022-02-28T16:07:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > you hit the great plains, and if you are not ready for it, it can drain your soul. It’ll sure drain your windshield washer fluid during bug season ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2677 "2022-02-28T16:20:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > every American city looks exactly like every other American city, You can’t be serious! Unless you mean “they have houses and streets and lots of concrete and cars, therefore they are all the same.” Then yeah, NYC looks just like Miami and just like Amarillo. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2678 "2022-02-28T16:30:20Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > You can’t be serious! I am serious. I have seen dozens of American cities, and even walked around in a few of them. There are some subtle differences, but they all look and feel the same. The homogenization of American culture is breathtaking and disheartening. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2679 "2022-02-28T18:12:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There are some subtle differences, but they all look and feel the same. Yeah, San Francisco has the same look and feel as Las Vegas, which has the same look and feel as Seattle, which has the same look and feel as Chicago, which has the same look and feel as Philadelphia, which has the same look and feel as Boston. I call bullshit. > [@eschereal](#): > > you hit the great plains, and if you are not ready for it, it can drain your soul. I might agree with this statement if one never leaves I-40 or I-80. But I also could say the same statement driving I-5 through the Central Valley of California. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2680 "2022-02-28T18:15:27Z")
But Vegas _does_ look like [New York](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/1c/8d/a1/81/new-york-new-york-hotel.jpg?w=900&h=600&s=1). And [Paris](https://ak-d.tripcdn.com/images/220n0g00000082os089FC_R_550_412_R5_Q70_D.jpg). And [Venice](https://i.insider.com/60103e691d2df20018b70dfa?width=700). And [Rome](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/16/8a/63/fa/the-perfect-place-to.jpg). And… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2681 "2022-02-28T19:23:52Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I might agree with this statement if one never leaves I-40 or I-80. But I also could say the same statement driving I-5 through the Central Valley of California. This is why I drive 99 instead of I-5. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2682 "2022-02-28T19:43:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > This is why I drive 99 instead of I-5. Stay off the interstates! ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2683 "2022-02-28T19:53:36Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Stay off the interstates! 🙂 Yes, because a four lane controlled-access divided highway _without_ an I in its name is so much more pure than an evil interstate. And besides, when the fog rolls in, the view is comparable… ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2684 "2022-02-28T19:57:40Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And besides, when the fog rolls in, the view is comparable Yes, and it will steal your soul on both highways. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2685 "2022-02-28T20:01:21Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And besides, when the fog rolls in, the view is comparable… - Despite a slight return this past winter, fog hasn’t been a thing for years. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2686 "2022-02-28T20:04:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories… Was there a cool wind in your hair, by any chance? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2687 "2022-02-28T20:14:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > This is why I drive 99 instead of I-5. I drove north on 99 about six years ago just for a change of pace from I-5 and was going to go east at Sacramento anyway. Never again. The road surface was in such bad condition I was considering going more than 20 miles due west at Los Banos. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2688 "2022-02-28T21:11:19Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > This is why I drive 99 instead of I-5. > > Stay off the interstates! Sadly, there is 15 between St. George and Mesquite, 70 between Frisco and Rifle, 94 in western ND where it goes right through tie Teddy Roosevelt Park South-section, 5 where it wraps right around the foot of Shasta, 84 between Troutdale and The Dalles and probably a few more unfortunately placed stretches of freeway marring otherwise excellent views. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2689 "2022-02-28T21:13:08Z")
When I drove through Kansas, I took US 50 to avoid the interstate, which was just a straight shot with no scenery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=135)