# 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:** 137
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2730 "2022-03-08T15:08:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@enipla](#): > > > > She can read road signs? > > No, she just turns when the talkin’ GPS tells her to. > > [Following GPS route, 30-foot box truck becomes stuck on Engineer Pass – The Durango Herald](https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/following-gps-route-30-foot-box-truck-becomes-stuck-on-engineer-pass/) > > (Note: I have driven Engineer Pass. I’m dumbstruck the driver got as far as they did. It’s kinda obvious…) - It’s already pointed downhill, can’t they just push it the rest of the way? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2731 "2022-03-08T15:14:55Z")
Sheeesse. I’ve been over that pass a few times. A friends brother got stuck on it in a 4x4 and I helped pull it out. Very tricky. You go over the edge and you will roll 100 times. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2732 "2022-03-08T15:21:43Z")
No twitter at work. What’s the synopsis? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2733 "2022-03-08T15:22:19Z")
It’s not loading for me. What did she say? And speaking of truckers driving ineptly, railroads like to elevate their roadbeds above the surrounding terrain and if you do a _train truck crash_ search on YouTube you’ll find a fair number of them are stuck because they high-centered trying to get over the crossing. Lowboys are particularly prone to this. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2734 "2022-03-08T15:25:43Z")
There is a one-way bridge a couple of miles from me with a ten foot clearance. They cant lower the road any more, otherwise it’ll be under water, and they can’t raise the railroad, because… railroad. There are flashing lights and signs every couple hundred yards approaching it, still about twice a year a truck or camper gets stuck on it. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2735 "2022-03-08T15:44:23Z")
She’s protesting attempts to “digitalize” her. Vaccines will turn everybody into robots. The interviewer keeps going back to the word “digitalize,” trying to get her to define it, but she has no clue. I’m guessing she still believes that her Uncle Henry “has her nose” from Christmas 1988 and that clapping really hard is what saved Tink. Her age is higher than her IQ. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2736 "2022-03-08T15:47:27Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > No twitter at work. What’s the synopsis? A truck driver is being asked what she is protesting. Her response was that she was afraid “they” are trying to “digitile” us. What does that mean, you ask? Let me tell you. When “they” put things in us, they can control us. Eventually, we’ll be robots with no freedom of choice. After all, “They already have full man-made working female robots.” There is no indication that she is anything but 100% serious. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2737 "2022-03-08T15:52:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > She’s protesting attempts to “digitalize” No NO! She’s is afraid they are trying to “digitile” us. Totally different head. Though that could be her accent. I trust the captioning. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2738 "2022-03-08T16:03:48Z")
I thought a Digitile was one of those little handheld plastic toys that lets you care for a virtual pet. I’d protest that too. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2739 "2022-03-08T16:06:42Z")
Thank you. I think I’m grateful I couldn’t watch it. I could just feel the IQ points slipping away just reading about it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2740 "2022-03-08T16:09:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Or, howsabout the Atlantic City Boardwalk? Are we sure that’s not the Rubber Duck? > They had us backed up clean to the shore > And them cab-over Petes don’t float > I says, "Pig Pen, I got me a good idea! > Them Friends a’ Jesus gonna save us! > "So praise the Lord and Mister Ford, > And follow that mikker-bus, ten-four! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2741 "2022-03-08T16:26:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m guessing she still believes that her Uncle Henry “has her nose” from Christmas 1988 Hey! Sometimes it’s for real. Look at Voldemort. He looks like someone who played “Got Your Nose” and lost. > **[Dumbledore's History With Voldemort Explained - Looper](https://www.looper.com/725446/dumbledores-history-with-voldemort-explained/)** > > From Horcruxes and Deathly Hallows to Hogwarts lessons and the love of Severus Snape, here is Dumbledore's history with Voldemort explained. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2742 "2022-03-08T17:30:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > He looks like someone who played “Got Your Nose” and lost. I thought he was spiting his face? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2743 "2022-03-08T18:04:18Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > they can’t raise the railroad, because… railroad. The former 11 foot 8 underpass in Durham raised the railroad by 8 inches to 12 foot 4, detailed [here](http://11foot8.com/raising-11foot8/). The railroad was out of service for about 24-hours while the bridge was jacked up and the ballast retamped. The road was closed for 13 days to do the preliminary and post-raising work. It was three weeks before the first truck crashed into the raised bridge. Over the years the city kept adding to the warnings until finally they had installed an overheight sensor a ways up the block before the bridge. When the sensor is triggered the traffic light at the bridge _immediately_ goes yellow, then red while an electric sign starts flashing, **OVERHEIGHT / MUST TURN**. Despite being given a pause to contemplate the error of their ways, some drivers would continue straight anyway. Others barreled through the intersection to beat the light. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2744 "2022-03-08T18:14:51Z")
The Indepence Avenue bridge in Kansas City, MO has it’s own Twitter handle: [https://twitter.com/bridge\_avenue?lang=en](https://twitter.com/bridge_avenue?lang=en) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2745 "2022-03-08T18:26:49Z")
Do they still have a webcam on that bridge? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2746 "2022-03-08T18:38:37Z")
They do! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2747 "2022-03-08T18:44:22Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Over the years the city kept adding to the warnings until finally they had installed an overheight sensor a ways up the block before the bridge. Why not just go low-tech and install sturdy bars 40’ before the bridge to shave off overheight loads? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2748 "2022-03-08T19:02:47Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > There is a one-way bridge a couple of miles from me with a ten foot clearance. They cant lower the road any more, otherwise it’ll be under water, and they can’t raise the railroad, because… railroad. > > There are flashing lights and signs every couple hundred yards approaching it, still about twice a year a truck or camper gets stuck on it. There’s a 10 foot 6 bridge in Massachusetts: > **[If you like 11Foot8 bridge, you'll love 10Foot6 bridge](https://boingboing.net/2017/02/14/if-you-like-11foot8-bridge-yo.html)** > > If the mayhem caused by 11Foot8 bridge was not enough, imagine shaving another 1Foot2 off the clearance, et voila! The 10Foot6 Bridge in Westwood, Massachusetts. In case the screencap intrigued… A covered bridge in Illinois with a clearance of 8½ feet: > **[Covered Illinois bridge hit 14 times since August reopening](https://www.equipmentworld.com/roadbuilding/article/15065086/covered-illinois-bridge-hit-14-times-since-august-reopening)** > > The 115-year-old bridge keeps getting hit by oversized trucks, but now the trucks bear the brunt of the damage. Read more on Equipment World Another 8½ clearance in San Mateo, CA: [![](https://i.redd.it/1iy1xfico3m61.png) ](https://i.redd.it/1iy1xfico3m61.png) No clue where this is: [![](https://preview.redd.it/8vt0kxiqael81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=63a466b9fb83ecc8ebc89a7a8bc49a179151b412) ](https://preview.redd.it/8vt0kxiqael81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=63a466b9fb83ecc8ebc89a7a8bc49a179151b412) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2749 "2022-03-08T19:17:29Z")
The Mass Ave bridge over Memorial Drive in Cambridge (at the MIT end of the Harvard Bridge) has been a rick source of truck damage since they put it up in 1931. Even though there are copious flashing lights and very visible warnings, people remain blissfully unaware of the heights of their vehicles. Especially people driving U-Haul vans. The bridge is 9 feet high. They even have a name for it – “Storrowing”, taken from Storrow Drive on the other side of the Charles River, where they get this kind of thing, too > > **[Truck carrying crabs, shellfish wrecked trying to pass under bridge](https://www.wcvb.com/article/truck-ripped-apart-trying-to-pass-under-mass-ave-bridge/10002990#)** > > A box truck was ripped apart trying to pass under Massachusetts Avenue bridge in Cambridge Friday afternoon, photos from the scene showed. > **[Oversized truck's trailer destroyed after striking overpass on Memorial Drive](https://www.wcvb.com/article/oversized-truck-trailer-destroyed-after-striking-overpass-on-memorial-drive/37232211#)** > > For the second time in as many days, an oversized truck's trailer was shredded after hitting an overpass. > **['Storrowing' On Memorial Drive In Cambridge Destroys Box Truck | WBZ...](https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2021-08-05-storrowing-on-memorial-drive-in-cambridge-destroys-box-truck/)** > > An over-height box truck got stuck on Memorial Drive Thursday morning after hitting the Mass Ave Bridge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=138)